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Deciphering global marine product trade dynamics: Patterns, drivers, and policy insights 解读全球海产品贸易动态：模式、驱动因素和政策见解

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Marine Policy Pub Date : 2025-03-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106681

Yu Sun , Feng Lian , Zhongzhen Yang

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Leveraging EO 14801 to grow the U.S. seaweed industry 利用EO 14801发展美国海藻产业

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Marine Policy Pub Date : 2025-03-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106683

Martha Berman

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A practical framework to evaluate the feasibility of incentive-based approaches to reduce bycatch of marine mammals and other protected species 评估以奖励为基础的减少海洋哺乳动物和其他受保护物种副渔获的方法的可行性的实用框架

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Marine Policy Pub Date : 2025-03-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106661

Manuel Bellanger , Benjamin Dudouet , Sophie Gourguet , Olivier Thébaud , Lisa T. Ballance , Nicolas Becu , Kathryn D. Bisack , Annie Cudennec , Fabienne Daurès , Sigrid Lehuta , Rebecca Lent , C. Tara Marshall , David Reid , Vincent Ridoux , Dale Squires , Clara Ulrich

{"title":"A practical framework to evaluate the feasibility of incentive-based approaches to reduce bycatch of marine mammals and other protected species","authors":"Manuel Bellanger , Benjamin Dudouet , Sophie Gourguet , Olivier Thébaud , Lisa T. Ballance , Nicolas Becu , Kathryn D. Bisack , Annie Cudennec , Fabienne Daurès , Sigrid Lehuta , Rebecca Lent , C. Tara Marshall , David Reid , Vincent Ridoux , Dale Squires , Clara Ulrich","doi":"10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106661","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106661","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Fisheries bycatch is one of the biggest threats to marine mammal populations and an important conservation and management problem worldwide. Conventional marine mammal bycatch mitigation approaches typically rely on top-down, command-and-control regulations that often fail to create desired incentives for fishers to avoid bycatch. There is growing recognition of the need to explore alternative approaches that encourage behavioral change through the creation of an appropriate set of incentives – both economic and social – towards bycatch reduction. This study introduces a practical framework that aims to evaluate a range of dimensions related to the feasibility and durability of incentive-based approaches to mitigate marine mammal bycatch. We use this framework to examine seven case studies where incentive-based measures have been implemented or proposed, demonstrating both its applicability in a variety of contexts and usefulness in <em>ex-ante</em> assessment of alternative bycatch mitigation options. Our analysis underscores important operational aspects to consider in implementing such approaches, including the need for fine-scale data collection, the importance of a credible threat such as a fishery closure or loss of market access, the involvement of fishers in solution development, and the pivotal role of collective organizations in addressing marine mammal bycatch issues which almost always are complex and multi-faceted.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48427,"journal":{"name":"Marine Policy","volume":"177 ","pages":"Article 106661"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143601454","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Navigating the dual currents: Advanced insights into carbon emissions and economic growth in China's coastal marine fisheries 驾驭双重潮流：对中国沿海海洋渔业碳排放和经济增长的先进见解

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Marine Policy Pub Date : 2025-03-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106671

Yixiao Wang , Sufyan Ullah Khan , Dequan Kong , Ruijing Xu , Yao Zhang

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Counterproductive punishment in closed communities: Experimental evidence from Japanese fishery 封闭社区中适得其反的惩罚：来自日本渔业的实验证据

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Marine Policy Pub Date : 2025-03-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2024.106493

Jun Goto , Takahiro Matsui

{"title":"Counterproductive punishment in closed communities: Experimental evidence from Japanese fishery","authors":"Jun Goto , Takahiro Matsui","doi":"10.1016/j.marpol.2024.106493","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.marpol.2024.106493","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Since Hardin (1968) emphasized the fundamental difficulties of common pool re- source (CPR) management, social scientists have been struggling to find a way of mitigating a free-riding problem in social dilemma situations. Empirical evidence based on a public goods experiment demonstrates that introducing a punishment opportunity among subjects successfully solves the free-riding problem. However, few studies investigate whether the effectiveness of such a punishment option varies with community network structures. To examine this aspect, we targeted 10 Japanese fishing communities and conducted public goods games. During the course of the experiments, we exogenously changed the rule of the game and introduced pun- ishment opportunities. Adopting the difference-in-differences strategy, we compare individual contributions between closed and open community structures before and after the introduction of the punishment opportunity. Estimation results find that the punishment option is counterproductive in the closed communities because it crowds out existing cooperative norms. This implies that policies without considering local community structures may exacerbate CPR management problems.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48427,"journal":{"name":"Marine Policy","volume":"177 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143577455","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Local knowledge corroborates threats of local extinctions in Kenya’s exploited reef fishes 当地的知识证实了肯尼亚当地被开采的珊瑚礁鱼类面临灭绝的威胁

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Marine Policy Pub Date : 2025-03-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106650

Levy Michael Otwoma , Julia Obuya , Christopher Aura Mulanda , Victor Mwakha Alati , Iddy Munuphe , Jibril Olunga , Mathews Wafula , Jelvas Mwaura , Christian Chimimba

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An evaluation of degradation of marine capture fisheries in China 中国海洋捕捞渔业退化评价

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Marine Policy Pub Date : 2025-03-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106617

Zifei Liu , Yuan Yuan , Fei Li , Liangzhen Zang

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Authority, capacity, and power to govern: Three marine protected areas co-managed by resource users and non-governmental organizations 管理权限、能力和权力：由资源使用者和非政府组织共同管理的三个海洋保护区

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Marine Policy Pub Date : 2025-03-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106647

Jean Aimé Zafimahatradraibe , Lala N.J. Ranaivomanana , Cicelin Rakotomahazo , Bemahafaly Randriamanantsoa , Aaron C. Hartmann , Gildas G.B. Todinanahary

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Hope for an accessible ocean: Blue justice and ocean science diplomacy central to the outcome of the UN Decade of Ocean Science 对无障碍海洋的希望：蓝色正义和海洋科学外交是联合国海洋科学十年成果的核心

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Marine Policy Pub Date : 2025-03-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106639

Andrei Polejack , Luciana Fernandes Coelho , Harriet Harden-Davies , Laura Elsler , Diva J. Amon , Asha de Vos

{"title":"Hope for an accessible ocean: Blue justice and ocean science diplomacy central to the outcome of the UN Decade of Ocean Science","authors":"Andrei Polejack , Luciana Fernandes Coelho , Harriet Harden-Davies , Laura Elsler , Diva J. Amon , Asha de Vos","doi":"10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106639","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106639","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, launched in 2021, aims to achieve seven societal outcomes, including equitable access to marine scientific data, knowledge, and technology. An accessible ocean can help to eradicate inequalities between the Global North and South, empowering countries with the necessary knowledge and means to make national and regional science-based policy and legal decisions. However, a true and sustained process towards an accessible ocean requires acknowledgement of the historical and systemic coloniality of power that limits access and capacities development for the Global South. Scientific contributions provide essential knowledge to ocean policy frameworks, but existing science diplomacy processes suffer from global disparities, establishing a critical need to promote environmental justice, equity, and fair transitions. Through the analysis of the distribution of authorship in major global expert-based documents and the language used in international documents, we identify that the Decade inadequately acknowledges the existing colonial legacy and exclusions perpetuated by it. We suggest that to achieve the Decade’s ultimate goals, as well as achieving the United Nations 2030 Agenda and its interlinked Sustainable Development Goals, an urgent shift is required. Hence, we include recommendations to improve the state of play.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48427,"journal":{"name":"Marine Policy","volume":"176 ","pages":"Article 106639"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143552508","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The social licence of salmon aquaculture in Tasmania: Fulfilling the social bargain 塔斯马尼亚州鲑鱼养殖的社会许可：履行社会契约

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Marine Policy Pub Date : 2025-03-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106653

Andrew Buckwell , Syezlin Hasan , Alana Knight , Christopher Fleming , Jeremy Harte , James C.R. Smart

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