A framework for results‐based management in fisheries |
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Authors: | Kåre Nolde Nielsen Michaela Maria Aschan Sveinn Agnarsson Marta Ballesteros Alan Baudron Maria de Fátima Borges Aida Campos Rosa Chapela Anna Kristín Daníelsdóttir Karim Erzini Ólavur Gregersen Petter Holm Alessandro Lucchetti Sveinn Margeirsson Hugo Vilela Mendes Petter Olsen Mafalda Rangel Antonello Sala José Luis Santiago Sigríður Sigurðardóttir Cristina Silva Daryl Sykes Jónas Rúnar Viðarsson Massimo Virgili Laura Wise Paul George Fernandes |
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Institution: | 1. Faculty of Bioscience Fisheries and Economics, UiT – The Arctic University of Norway, Troms?, Norway;2. School of Business, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Island;3. Centro Tecnológico del Mar, Fundación CETMAR, Vigo, Galicia, Spain;4. School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK;5. Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera (IPMA), Lisboa, Portugal;6. Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMAR), Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal;7. Matís ohf/Icelandic Food and Biotech R&D, Reykjavík, Iceland;8. Syntesa ApS, Copenhagen, Denmark;9. Italian National Research Council (CNR), Institute of Marine Sciences (ISMAR), Ancona, Italy;10. Nofima, Troms?, Norway;11. New Zealand Rock Lobster Industry Council Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand;12. Level 6 Eagle Technology House, Wellington, New Zealand |
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Abstract: | We present a framework for results‐based management (RBM) of commercial fisheries. The core idea of RBM is to reduce micromanagement by delegating management responsibility to resource users. The RBM framework represents an industrial organization approach to co‐management and comprises three defining processes, conducted by three independent “agents”: (i) an “authority” defines specific and measurable and achievable objectives (outcome targets, OTs) for the utilization of fisheries resources, (ii) resource user organizations (termed “operators”) take responsibility for achieving these OTs and provide documentation that (iii) allows independent “auditors” to evaluate the achievement of OTs. Using incentive mechanisms, notably deregulation, RBM grants operators the flexibility to develop and implement innovative and cost‐effective ways to achieve OTs. The feasibility of implementing RBM in five European fisheries was investigated in cooperation with relevant stakeholders through artificial planning processes and computer simulations. The operators involved were enthusiastic, and new management plans were drafted based on the framework. These included socioeconomic OTs in addition to traditional stock objectives, encompassing an ecosystem approach. Several issues are in need of further research to consolidate the approach and prepare the ground for practical implementation, including: the specification of the legal and regulatory framework required to underpin RBM, details of transitional arrangements when shifting towards RBM (including cost‐sharing) and the development of necessary organizational capacity for operators. Initially, we therefore envisage the framework being applied to high‐value single‐species fisheries, with a limited number of participants, which are adequately represented by a competent organization. |
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Keywords: | burden of proof co‐management Common Fisheries Policy results‐based management the EcoFishMan project |
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