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{"title":"Conceptualizing fishery systems: An analysis of definitions","authors":"Theodora Sam,&nbsp;Melania Borit","doi":"10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106821","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106821","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Thinking of fisheries as a social-ecological system is a relatively new approach in fisheries science and management. As part of a novel contribution to this perspective, this study uses mental models analysis as a new approach to gain insights into how fisheries might be conceptualized. Following an established methodology for analyzing mental models, we established a reference model of fishery systems. This reference model was then compared with the conceptualization extracted from 19 definitions of fisheries formulated by policy makers, international agencies with the highest influence in fisheries management, and reference material widely used by the general public. By means of content analysis, we investigated whether the constitutive elements of these definitions support, promote, or hinder an understanding of fisheries as social-ecological systems. Our results indicate that, while they thoroughly address all the known aspects of the ecological component of the system, all these definitions lack to a lesser or greater extent references to the human and management components, as well as to interactions among components. We hope that this study will encourage further discussion regarding how to define fisheries so that social-ecological thinking is enabled.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48427,"journal":{"name":"Marine Policy","volume":"181 ","pages":"Article 106821"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144572004","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}

{"title":"Impact and optimization of marine ecological protection compensation mechanisms on fishermen's income","authors":"Bin Yuan ,&nbsp;Wen Sun ,&nbsp;Wei Liu ,&nbsp;Jingyi Yang ,&nbsp;Jiawei Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106822","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106822","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Establishing a reasonable and effective ecological conservation compensation system is crucial for promoting marine ecological conservation and sustainable development of fishermen. However, under the predominantly capital-based compensation model, fishermen with substantial capital and greater environmental adaptability often enjoy more policy benefits, while those with limited capital and higher dependence on marine resources face certain entry barriers. To avoid income differentiation induced by marine ecological conservation, this study uses the Changdao National Marine Nature Reserve as an example to explore the impact of different marine ecological conservation compensation schemes on fishermen's incomes and their optimisation pathways. This study found that the current marine ecological conservation compensation policies can significantly promote income growth for fishermen. Furthermore, monetary and non-monetary compensations exhibit complementary effects, with the impact of mixed compensation becoming more pronounced. The level of livelihood capital can further enhance the income-boosting effect of monetary and mixed compensations, demonstrating a more significant income-increasing effect for fishermen with high livelihood capital and groups abundant in human, social, and financial capital. Regarding compensation preferences among different types of fishermen, those with low-to-middle livelihood capital prefer stability-oriented compensation, such as monetary compensation, whereas those with high livelihood capital favour incentive-based compensation, such as financial support. Subsequent optimisation of marine ecological conservation compensation policies could focus on innovating differentiated and diversified compensation approaches and establishing comprehensive pilot zones for ecological conservation compensation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48427,"journal":{"name":"Marine Policy","volume":"181 ","pages":"Article 106822"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144572005","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}

{"title":"Enhancing marine biodiversity conservation through maritime spatial planning","authors":"Wahiba Tiziri Baameur ,&nbsp;Samir Grimes","doi":"10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106825","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106825","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper studies the use of maritime spatial planning as a tool for marine and coastal biodiversity conservation through the case study of the Edough MPA in Algeria. It aims to emphasize the necessity of such concepts in the country’s maritime governance policies, especially with the growing attention the Algerian government gives to blue economy and the establishment of marine protected areas lately, and with the increasing competition over marine space and its resources. A mixed methodological approach was applied, combining space-use mapping on QGIS, and stakeholder analysis through actor mapping on MACTOR, along with a series of interviews with local and national key stakeholders. Results indicate that indeed the use of MSP tools contributes to a better framing of the MPA’s establishment and future management. Mapping the activities in and around the area illustrates their layout and highlights space-use overlaps. Stakeholder analysis helps engaging them in the process and studies their interactions. This allows to identify key actors, as well as possible gaps between conceptual and operational aspects of activities aligned with Good Ecological Status standards. This is done considering their conflict and alliance potentials, convergences and divergences around conservation objectives and capacity of action. MSP thus puts biodiversity conservation processes in perspective within holistic maritime governance policies by highlighting and predicting user-user, and user-environment interactions and potential conflicts or alliances.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48427,"journal":{"name":"Marine Policy","volume":"181 ","pages":"Article 106825"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144570031","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}

{"title":"Corrigendum to “Impacts of a community-based TURF-Reserve policy on CPUE and fishers’ income: Evidence from a spatial fuzzy regression discontinuity design” [Mar. Policy 180 (2025) 106812]","authors":"Joville Andrea P. Foliente ,&nbsp;Asa Jose U. Sajise ,&nbsp;Paul Joseph B. Ramirez ,&nbsp;Maria Angeles O. Catelo","doi":"10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106827","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106827","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48427,"journal":{"name":"Marine Policy","volume":"181 ","pages":"Article 106827"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144841135","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}

{"title":"IUU fishing in the value chains of live grouper and squid exports: A case study of Palawan, Philippines","authors":"Dane Erlo Matorres ,&nbsp;Michael Fabinyi ,&nbsp;Rosalie Arcala-Hall","doi":"10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106824","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106824","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Despite the proliferation of policy and research devoted to illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, there is still limited recognition of the distinct types of IUU and destructive fishing practices, and the differences between them. In this study, we examined IUU fishing practices implicated in the value chain of live leopard coral grouper (<em>Plectropomus leopardus)</em> and squid (<em>Sepioteuthis lessoniana)</em> fisheries for export in Palawan province. Using ethnographic methodologies (interviews, focus group discussions and participant observation), we found that there are generally no destructive fishing practices involved in the catch of both species as physical integrity of the fish is paramount, except for the difficulty in tracing cyanide in <em>P. leopardus</em>. Against views that indiscriminately link small-scale fisheries with IUU and destructive fishing practices, our findings instead point to violations and irregularities committed by traders in relation to registrations and permits, auxiliary invoice, and cyanide detection test, which have the same negative impacts to fisheries but are often not the subject of enforcement and policy discussions. The study highlights that efforts to combat IUU fishing can be strengthened through a focus on governance throughout the value chain and among all stakeholders, not just at the site of production.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48427,"journal":{"name":"Marine Policy","volume":"181 ","pages":"Article 106824"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144563146","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}

{"title":"Competing axes of power in the global plastics treaty: Understanding the politics of progress and setbacks in negotiating a high-ambition agreement","authors":"Peter Dauvergne ,&nbsp;Jen Iris Allan ,&nbsp;Simon Beaudoin ,&nbsp;Bethanie Carney Almroth ,&nbsp;Jennifer Clapp ,&nbsp;Emily Cowan ,&nbsp;Babet de Groot ,&nbsp;Trisia Farrelly ,&nbsp;Natalia de Miranda Grilli ,&nbsp;Alice Mah ,&nbsp;Elizabeth Mendenhall ,&nbsp;Rosetta Paik ,&nbsp;Rob Ralston ,&nbsp;Peter Stoett ,&nbsp;Aleke Stöfen-O’Brien ,&nbsp;Jack Taggart ,&nbsp;Rachel Tiller ,&nbsp;Patricia Villarrubia-Gómez ,&nbsp;Joanna Vince","doi":"10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106820","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106820","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Headlines in December 2024 proclaimed the “collapse” and “failure” of United Nations plastics treaty negotiations in Busan, South Korea. This is, however, an overly simplistic and pessimistic portrayal. Progress on less contentious issues was made, and the meeting was adjourned with a commitment to continue negotiating in 2025 on the basis of the “Chair’s text.” Significantly, at the closing plenary, a majority of states voiced support for a “high-ambition” treaty covering the full life cycle of plastics, drawing clear red lines on the necessity of legally binding measures to phase out hazardous plastics, regulate chemicals in plastics, and finance just transitions. Delegates from developing countries such as Rwanda, Panama, and Mexico were especially steadfast in demanding an “ambitious” treaty to end plastic pollution, including in marine ecosystems. Yet there were also setbacks, as multiple, intersecting axes of pro-plastics power – comprising loose alliances of petrostates and business interests profiting from rising plastics production – sought to thwart high-ambition obligations. Industry actors lobbied against stringent commitments and endeavored to narrow the treaty’s scope to downstream waste management. Petrostates such as Russia and Saudi Arabia, meanwhile, stalled discussions and bracketed high-ambition text. Divisions between developing and developed countries also emerged over the appropriate financing mechanism. Despite this turbulence, achieving a strong treaty remains possible. But this will require strengthening the high-ambition axis of power, enhancing transparency and accountability, and ensuring the meaningful inclusion of rights holders, local communities, and civil society.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48427,"journal":{"name":"Marine Policy","volume":"181 ","pages":"Article 106820"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144563158","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}

{"title":"Netting the global workforce: Unraveling the networks of laborers on distant water fishing fleets","authors":"Chi-Heng Tsai ,&nbsp;MoSiao Fang ,&nbsp;Gohar Petrossian","doi":"10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106823","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106823","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The distant water fishing (DWF) industry plays a critical role in global seafood production and economic development. However, its reliance on foreign labor has raised significant concerns regarding forced labor and worker exploitation. To address these issues, this study aims to explore the global employment networks within the DWF industry, focusing on the complex relationships between hiring and labor-supplying countries. The study identified a highly concentrated distribution of DWF vessel ownership among countries worldwide. Findings also reveal that the top 18 countries, among which are Taiwan, Italy, Spain, France, and China, dominate the hiring of foreign labor, relying on workers from 52 labor-supplying countries, such as Indonesia, the Philippines, Madagascar, and Kiribati. Moreover, social network analysis, specifically modularity analysis, uncovered distinct communities within these relationships, with East Asian nations primarily sourcing labor from Southeast and South Asia, while Western European countries predominantly hired from African nations and some European countries. Based on these results, the study underscores the urgent need for targeted interventions, including stricter labor regulations and ethical recruitment practices in hiring countries; pre-departure training and enhanced protections for workers in labor-supplying nations; and improved international cooperation to bolster transparency and accountability among same communities. By mapping these global employment relationships, this research provides valuable insights to guide policies aimed at safeguarding labor rights in the DWF industry.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48427,"journal":{"name":"Marine Policy","volume":"181 ","pages":"Article 106823"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144563800","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}

{"title":"Corrigendum to “Evaluating socioecological and governance characteristics associated with marine mammal bycatch in the artisanal fisheries of central Chile” [Mar. Policy 180 (2025) 106747]","authors":"Jaime Matera ,&nbsp;Ellen Hines ,&nbsp;Maritza Sepúlveda ,&nbsp;María José Pérez-Alvarez ,&nbsp;Fernanda Barilari ,&nbsp;Stefan Gelcich ,&nbsp;Rodrigo A. Estévez ,&nbsp;Rebecca Lent ,&nbsp;Marcelo A. San Martín","doi":"10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106817","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106817","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48427,"journal":{"name":"Marine Policy","volume":"180 ","pages":"Article 106817"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144588812","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}

{"title":"Trade regulations drive improved global shark and ray management","authors":"Mark E. Bond ,&nbsp;Hollie Booth ,&nbsp;Akshay Tanna ,&nbsp;Sarah L. Fowler ,&nbsp;Carlos J. Polo-Silva ,&nbsp;K.H. Stanley Shea ,&nbsp;Floriane Cardiec ,&nbsp;Elisabeth F. Mansur ,&nbsp;Rima W. Jabado","doi":"10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106733","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106733","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>International wildlife trade contributes to the loss of biodiversity and has driven several terrestrial and aquatic species to extinction. Sharks and rays are some of the most threatened vertebrates, with overfishing considered the primary threat causing substantial global population declines. To prevent further depletions driven by the demand for and trade in shark and ray products. Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) listed 44 species on Appendices I and II between 2003–2019. Of these, the majority (n = 39) have been listed on Appendix II due to their commercial value and prevalence in the international trade. Evaluating the impacts of these listings is critical to ensure they are achieving their intended objectives. However, this can be particularly challenging due to the complexities of international trade in sharks and rays and the intersection of fisheries management and trade regulations. We used a combination of theory and case-based approaches to assess the impact of CITES listings on shark and ray conservation globally. For the 183 CITES Parties evaluated, we found evidence of political will (54 %) and regulatory reforms (48 %), supported by effective compliance monitoring and enforcement with non-compliant trade confiscations made by 27 % of Parties. Results highlight the need to improve the granularity of catch and trade data collected and reported for CITES-listed species, conduct studies designed to detect mortality reduction, and further investigate illegal trade. These will be critical next steps for Parties to achieve the sustainable trade of CITES-listed species. They will ensure trade is supplied by sustainable fisheries and, over time, document stable and/or recovering populations. Case studies highlight countries in the global tropics, where CITES listings have driven improved shark management. These countries are examples for those seeking to improve their CITES management efforts. The severity of the shark and ray conservation crisis dictates that trade reforms driven by CITES listings alone are likely insufficient to address the complex challenge of overfishing, which can also be driven by domestic demand. Nevertheless, results demonstrate that CITES can play a critical role in improving global shark and ray conservation and management measures at national scales.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48427,"journal":{"name":"Marine Policy","volume":"180 ","pages":"Article 106733"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144588811","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}

{"title":"Ecological grief: Young professionals transformed by and transforming conservation work","authors":"Carter McNelly ,&nbsp;Élizabeth Melis ,&nbsp;Hali Moreland ,&nbsp;Noémie Roy ,&nbsp;Nadia Dalili ,&nbsp;Emily Wells ,&nbsp;Caleigh Delle Palme ,&nbsp;Don Carruthers Den Hoed","doi":"10.1016/j.marpol.2024.106362","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.marpol.2024.106362","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>While challenging, discussions on ecological grief are becoming common, with some individuals seeking to engage with these feelings of sadness and sorrow as a means to gain the capacity to process and act. This short communication details a two-year journey undertaken by a group of young professionals to navigate ecological grief and distress within the conservation field. First, they explored coping strategies and examined personal journeys through a transformative learning framework intended to renew hope and improve personal well-being. The authors found that the best approach to navigating ecological grief was creating a community of support through regular meetings with peers to discuss climate emotions openly and sharing what they had learned with colleagues. Then, the group shifted their focus from exploring coping strategies to translating the lessons from their journey into actionable ideas for environmental practitioners navigating ecological grief and distress. As momentum builds, the group aims to create spaces of peer support, filling a growing need for emotionally resilient environmental practitioners in the context of climate change.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48427,"journal":{"name":"Marine Policy","volume":"180 ","pages":"Article 106362"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144523418","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}