Future Oceans Lab, CIM-Universidade de Vigo, Torre CACTI, Campus Lagoas Marcosende, 36310, Vigo, Spain.
Centro de Experimentación Pesquera, Dirección General de Pesca Marítima del Principado de Asturias, 33212, Gijón, Spain.
Ambio. 2022 Mar;51(3):652-665. doi: 10.1007/s13280-021-01606-x. Epub 2021 Aug 17.
The lack of effective governance is a major concern in small-scale fisheries. The implementation of governance that encompasses the three pillars of sustainability (social, economic, and ecological) is still a worldwide challenge. We examined nine stalked barnacle fisheries (Pollicipes pollicipes) across Southwest Europe to better understand the relationship between governance elements and sustainability. Our results show that nested spatial scales of management, the access structure, co-management, and fisher's participation in monitoring and surveillance promote sustainability. However, it is not the mere presence of these elements but their level of implementation that drives sustainability. Efforts should be placed in the accomplishment of a minimum combination of local scales of management, access rights through individual quotas, instructive-consultative co-management and functional participation. Surpassing this threshold in future governance structures will start to adequately promote social, economic and ecologically sustainability in small-scale fisheries.
小规模渔业的主要问题之一是缺乏有效的治理。实施包含可持续性三个支柱（社会、经济和生态）的治理仍然是一个全球性挑战。我们研究了欧洲西南部的九个蔓足类渔业（Pollicipes pollicipes），以更好地了解治理要素与可持续性之间的关系。我们的研究结果表明，管理的嵌套空间尺度、准入结构、共同管理以及渔民参与监测和监督有助于可持续性。然而，推动可持续性的不仅仅是这些要素的存在，还有它们的实施程度。应努力实现最低限度的地方管理尺度、通过个人配额获得准入权、指令性协商式共同管理以及功能参与的组合。在未来的治理结构中超过这个门槛，将开始充分促进小规模渔业的社会、经济和生态可持续性。
