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Title: To shape or to be shaped: engaging stakeholders in fishery management advice
Authors: Sampedro, Paz; Prellezo, Raul; Garcia, Dorleta; Da-Rocha, Jose Maria; Cervino, Santiago; Torralba, Julia; Touza, Julia; Gutierrez, Maria Jose; Garcia-Cutrin, Javier
Citation: ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE, 2017, 74, 487-498
Abstract: The purpose of this article is to assess the effectiveness of the collaboration between stakeholders and scientists in the construction of a bio-economic model to simulate management strategies for the fisheries in Iberian Atlantic waters. For 3 years, different stakeholders were involved in a model development study, participating in meetings, surveys and workshops. Participatory modelling involved the definition of objectives and priorities of stakeholders, a qualitative evaluation and validation of the model for use by decision-makers, and an iterative process with the fishing sector to interpret results and introduce new scenarios for numerical simulation. The results showed that the objectives of the participating stakeholders differed. Incorporating objectives into the design of the model and prioritizing them was a challenging task. We showed that the parameterization of the model and the analysis of the scenarios results could be improved by the fishers' input: e.g. ray and skate stocks were explicitly included in the model; and the behaviour of fleet dynamics proved much more complex than assumed in any traditional modelling approach. Overall, this study demonstrated that stakeholder engagement through dialogue and many interactions was beneficial for both, scientists and the fishing industry. The researchers obtained a final refined model and the fishing industry benefited from participating in a process, which enables them to influence decisions that may affect them directly (to shape) whereas non-participatory processes lead to management strategies being imposed on stakeholders (to be shaped).
Keywords: Atlantic Iberian waters; participatory modelling; stakeholder engagement; AGE-STRUCTURED MODELS; GALICIA NW SPAIN; KNOWLEDGE; SCIENCE; PARTICIPATION; COMANAGEMENT; EUROPE
Issue Date: 2017
Publisher: OXFORD UNIV PRESS
Type: Article
Language: English
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsw160
URI: http://dspace.azti.es/handle/24689/482
ISSN: 1054-3139
E-ISSN: 1095-9289
Funder: European Union [289257]
Appears in Publication types:Artículos científicos



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