Boom not bust: Cooperative management as a mechanism for improving the commercial efficiency and environmental outcomes of regional scallop fisheries

Isobel S Bloor; Peter Duncan; Samuel P Dignan; Jack Emmerson; David Beard; Fiona R Gell; Karen McHarg; Michel J Kaiser

doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104649

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Boom not bust: Cooperative management as a mechanism for improving the commercial efficiency and environmental outcomes of regional scallop fisheries

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Boom not bust: Cooperative management as a mechanism for improving the commercial efficiency and environmental outcomes of regional scallop fisheries

Isobel S Bloor, Peter Duncan, Samuel P Dignan, Jack Emmerson, David Beard, Fiona R Gell, Karen McHarg and Michel J Kaiser

Marine Policy, Vol.132, pp.1-10

2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104649

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The environmental impacts of food production are increasingly influencing consumer’s food choices. To maintain market access in this context, the fishing industry must adopt strategies and technologies that reduce their carbon emissions, environmental footprint, bycatch and seabed impact. In this study, closure of a depleted scallop fishing ground, to enable stock recovery, coupled with a transition to a cooperative management system, based on territorial user rights, promoted fishers to make management decisions that have improved the environmental outcomes and economic efficiency of this fishery. Innovative cooperative management systems like territorial user rights that decentralise decision making and provide users rights to a defined fishing area, could help mitigate against the negative impacts and issues traditionally associated with scallop dredge fisheries, and help maintain both stock biomass and consumer demand in a market increasingly dominated by sustainably certified food products.

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Title: Boom not bust: Cooperative management as a mechanism for improving the commercial efficiency and environmental outcomes of regional scallop fisheries
Authors: Isobel S Bloor (Author) - Bangor University
Peter Duncan (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast
Samuel P Dignan (Author) - Bangor University
Jack Emmerson (Author) - Bangor University
David Beard (Author) - Manx Fish Producers Organisation
Fiona R Gell (Author) - University College Isle of Man
Karen McHarg (Author) - Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture, Isle of Man
Michel J Kaiser (Author) - Heriot-Watt University
Publication details: Marine Policy, Vol.132, pp.1-10
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
Date published: 2021
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104649
ISSN: 1872-9460
Organisation Unit: Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99548405702621
Output Type: Journal article

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