Journal article
A review of adaptation options in fisheries management to support resilience and transition under socio-ecological change
Marine and Freshwater Research Institute1
University of Helsinki2
National Institute of Aquatic Resources, Technical University of Denmark3
Section for Ecosystem based Marine Management, National Institute of Aquatic Resources, Technical University of Denmark4
University of Bergen5
Finnish Environment Institute6
Åbo Akademi University7
University of Hamburg8
Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research9
The Pacific Community10
National Research Council of Italy11
Stockholm University12
University of Melbourne13
UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs14
University of Iceland15
University of Oslo16
Fisheries and Oceans Canada17
...and 7 moreSocial-ecological systems dependent on fisheries must be resilient or adapt to remain viable in the face of change. Here, we identified possible interventions (termed “adaptation options”) from published literature, aimed at supporting social or ecological resilience and/or aiding adaptation to changes induced by environmental or social stressors.
Our searches centered on nations/regions across North America, Europe, and the South Pacific, encompassing fisheries literature with and without a climate change focus, to compare how, when, and by whom interventions are currently or potentially implemented. We expected that adaptation options within a climate change context would have a greater focus on enhancing social resilience due to a connection with climate change adaptation assessment methodology.
Instead, we found a greater focus on ecological resilience, likely indicating a focus on management adaptation. This pattern, along with the more extensive use of social adaptation options responsively and outside the context of climate change, along with an importance in bottom-up influences in implementing them, suggests a general lack of centralized planning and organization with regards to adaptation of stakeholders.
Determining how adaptation options are created, chosen, and implemented is a crucial step within or external to ecosystem-based management, especially if planned stakeholder adaption is the goal.
Language: | English |
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Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
Year: | 2022 |
Pages: | 463-479 |
ISSN: | 10959289 and 10543139 |
Types: | Journal article |
DOI: | 10.1093/icesjms/fsab146 |
ORCIDs: | 0000-0001-6565-2841 , 0000-0001-7336-3919 , 0000-0002-1191-0574 , 0000-0002-7567-5518 , Kokkalis, A. , 0000-0003-1208-4793 , 0000-0001-5763-1813 and 0000-0002-3019-6273 |