Public Officials' Knowledge of Advances and Gaps for Implementing the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries in Chile

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dc.contributor.authorEstevez, Rodrigo A.
dc.contributor.authorGelcich, Stefan
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-20T23:51:50Z
dc.date.available2025-01-20T23:51:50Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractThe United Nations calls on the international community to implement an ecosystem approach to fisheries (EAF) that considers the complex interrelationships between fisheries and marine and coastal ecosystems, including social and economic dimensions. However, countries experience significant national challenges for the application of the EAF. In this article, we used public officials' knowledge to understand advances, gaps, and priorities for the implementation of the EAF in Chile. For this, we relied on the valuable information held by fisheries managers and government officials to support decision-making. In Chile, the EAF was established as a mandatory requirement for fisheries management in 2013. Key positive aspects include the promotion of fishers' participation in inter-sectorial Management Committees to administrate fisheries and the regulation of bycatch and trawling on seamounts. Likewise, Scientific Committees formal roles in management allow the participation of scientists by setting catch limits for each fishery. However, important gaps were also identified. Officials highlighted serious difficulties to integrate social dimensions in fisheries management, and low effective coordination among the institutions to implement the EAF. We concluded that establishing clear protocols to systematize and generate formal instances to build upon government officials' knowledge seems a clear and cost effective way to advance in the effective implementation of the EAF.
dc.description.funderANID/FONDECYT
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/su13052703
dc.identifier.eissn2071-1050
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/su13052703
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/94864
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000628641900001
dc.issue.numero5
dc.language.isoen
dc.revistaSustainability
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectconservation
dc.subjectsocial
dc.subjectgovernance
dc.subjectequity
dc.subjectcollaboration
dc.subjectinstitutions
dc.subjectadaptive management
dc.subjecttraditional knowledge
dc.subject.ods14 Life Below Water
dc.subject.ods15 Life on Land
dc.subject.odspa14 Vida submarina
dc.subject.odspa15 Vida de ecosistemas terrestres
dc.titlePublic Officials' Knowledge of Advances and Gaps for Implementing the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries in Chile
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen13
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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