Fulton Elizabeth A, Smith Anthony D M, Smith David C, Johnson Penelope
Wealth from Oceans Flagship, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
Rural Environment and Agriculture Statistics Branch, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
PLoS One. 2014 Jan 13;9(1):e84242. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084242. eCollection 2014.
An ecosystem approach is widely seen as a desirable goal for fisheries management but there is little consensus on what strategies or measures are needed to achieve it. Management strategy evaluation (MSE) is a tool that has been widely used to develop and test single species fisheries management strategies and is now being extended to support ecosystem based fisheries management (EBFM). We describe the application of MSE to investigate alternative strategies for achieving EBFM goals for a complex multispecies fishery in southeastern Australia. The study was undertaken as part of a stakeholder driven process to review and improve the ecological, economic and social performance of the fishery. An integrated management strategy, involving combinations of measures including quotas, gear controls and spatial management, performed best against a wide range of objectives and this strategy was subsequently adopted in the fishery, leading to marked improvements in performance. Although particular to one fishery, the conclusion that an integrated package of measures outperforms single focus measures we argue is likely to apply widely in fisheries that aim to achieve EBFM goals.
生态系统方法被广泛视为渔业管理的理想目标，但对于实现该目标所需的战略或措施，人们几乎没有达成共识。管理策略评估（MSE）是一种已被广泛用于制定和测试单一物种渔业管理策略的工具，目前正被扩展用于支持基于生态系统的渔业管理（EBFM）。我们描述了MSE在调查澳大利亚东南部复杂多物种渔业实现EBFM目标的替代策略中的应用。该研究是利益相关者驱动的过程的一部分，旨在审查和改善渔业的生态、经济和社会绩效。一种综合管理策略，包括配额、渔具控制和空间管理等措施的组合，在广泛的目标中表现最佳，该策略随后在渔业中被采用，导致绩效显著改善。尽管该研究针对的是一个特定渔业，但我们认为，一套综合措施优于单一重点措施的结论可能广泛适用于旨在实现EBFM目标的渔业。
