Fisheries management approaches as platforms for climate change adaptation: Comparing theory and practice in Australian fisheries

Emily M Ogier; Julie Davidson; Pedro Fidelman; Marcus Haward; Alistair J Hobday; Neil J Holbrook; Eriko Hishino; Gretta T Pecl

doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2016.05.014

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Fisheries management approaches as platforms for climate change adaptation: Comparing theory and practice in Australian fisheries

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Fisheries management approaches as platforms for climate change adaptation: Comparing theory and practice in Australian fisheries

Emily M Ogier, Julie Davidson, Pedro Fidelman, Marcus Haward, Alistair J Hobday, Neil J Holbrook, Eriko Hishino and Gretta T Pecl

Marine Policy, Vol.71, pp.82-93

2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2016.05.014

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Abstract

climate change adaptation

co-management

adaptive management

ecosystem-based management

practitioner perceptions

This study examines the extent to which the choice of management approach is a critical factor in enabling climate change adaptation in marine fisheries. Climate change is expected to compound many pressing issues affecting fisheries management. Good governance of fisheries, which is critical to building their adaptive capacity and social-ecological resilience, is seen as ever more important in the context of climate change. A range of fisheries management approaches have been developed and, to varying degrees, applied. Each has been described in the literature as a promising way to manage marine resources. Through literature reviews and a survey of practitioners, this study explores how theoretical properties of selected major management approaches (i.e., ecosystem-based management, adaptive management, co-management, adaptive co-management, and active adaptive management) enable climate change adaptation, and how such properties are perceived by practitioners to manifest in practice using an Australian marine fisheries context. Overall, the selected management approaches have the potential to enable climate change adaptation to varying degrees. Ecosystem-based management, in combination with adaptive management and co-management as nested management approaches, possesses the full array of adaptation capacities and attributes required for adaptation in fisheries. Distinctions between theory and practice observed in this study highlight the importance of practitioner perceptions and enabling institutional arrangements in adapting management to climate change.

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Title: Fisheries management approaches as platforms for climate change adaptation: Comparing theory and practice in Australian fisheries
Authors: Emily M Ogier (Author) - University of Tasmania
Julie Davidson (Author) - University of Tasmania
Pedro Fidelman (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and Law
Marcus Haward (Author) - University of Tasmania
Alistair J Hobday (Author) - University of Tasmania
Neil J Holbrook (Author) - University of Tasmania
Eriko Hishino (Author) - CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere
Gretta T Pecl (Author) - University of Tasmania
Publication details: Marine Policy, Vol.71, pp.82-93
Publisher: Pergamon
Date published: 2016
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2016.05.014
ISSN: 0308-597X
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Sustainability Research Cluster
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99449869802621
Output Type: Journal article

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