COVID-19 highlights the need to improve resilience and equity in managing small-scale fisheries.

Autor: Mangubhai S; Talanoa Consulting, Suva, Fiji., Olguín-Jacobson C; Hopkins Marine Station, Oceans Department, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, CA USA., Charles A; School of the Environment & Sobey School of Business, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, NS Canada., Cinner J; Thriving Oceans Research Hub, School of Geosciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW Australia., de Vos A; Oceanswell, Colombo, Sri Lanka., Graham RT; MarAlliance, Panama City, Panama., Ishimura G; Iwate University, Iwate, Japan., Mills KE; Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Portland, ME USA., Naggea J; Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions, Stanford University, Stanford, CA USA.; Charles Telfair Centre, Charles Telfair Campus, Moka, 80829 Mauritius., Okamoto DK; Department of Integrative Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA USA., O'Leary JK; Wildlife Conservation Society, Mombasa, Kenya., Salomon AK; School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC Canada., Rashid Sumaila U; Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries and the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC Canada., White A; Marine Resource Consultant, Honolulu, HI USA., Micheli F; Hopkins Marine Station, Oceans Department, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, CA USA.; Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions, Stanford University, Stanford, CA USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Npj ocean sustainability [NPJ Ocean Sustain] 2024; Vol. 3 (1), pp. 61. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Dec 19.
DOI: 10.1038/s44183-024-00100-7
Abstrakt: The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the fragility of global and domestic seafood markets. We examined the main impacts and responses of the small-scale fisheries (SSF) sector, and found that mitigation and preparedness strategies should be prioritised to boost resilience in SSF. We provide five policy options and considerations: (1) improving access to insurance and financial services; (2) strengthening local and regional markets and supporting infrastructure; (3) recognising fisheries as an essential service; (4) integrating disaster risk management into fisheries management systems; and (5) investing in Indigenous and locally-led fisheries management. Response and recovery measures need to explicitly build strategies to maintain or boost inclusion and equity in SSF.
Competing Interests: Competing interestsU.R.S. is an Editor-in-Chief and A.d.V. an Editorial Board Member of nPj Sustainability but were blinded from the peer-review process for this paper. The authors declare no other conflicts of interest.
(© The Author(s) 2024.)
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