| Title | Characterizing fisheries connectivity in marine social-ecological systems |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2017 |
| Authors | Fuller, Emma C., Jameal F. Sambouri, Joshua S. Stoll, Simon A. Levin, and James R. Watson |
| Secondary Title | ICES Journal of Marine Science |
| Volume | 74 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pagination | p.2087-2096 |
| Call Number | OSU Libraries: Electronic Subscription |
| Keywords | Astoria (Or.), Garibaldi (Or.), Netarts Bay, Nehalem Bay, Siletz Bay, Newport (Or.), Depoe Bay, Alsea Bay, Florence (Or.), Winchester Bay, Charleston (Or.), Bandon, (Or.), economics, natural resource management, mathematical modeling, commercial fisheri |
| Notes | How do fishers adapt to changes in ecosystems and/or fisheries management? They can change the area where they fish. They can find other income sources or leave fishing. Or they can change the areas into which they put their energy by diversifying and working multiple fisheries. West Coast fishers tend to be resilient generalists, able to switch from one fishery to another as the need arises, and cope with different management regimes. Interlinked networks of potential fisheries constitute “fisheries connectivity,” and are the subject of this article. The authors analyze networks of multiple fisheries in the California Current Large Marine Ecosystem in 2009-2010. They calculate the relative importance of particular fisheries, and model fisheries networks and vulnerability to change in different communities. On the West Coast, either the Dungeness crab or the spiny lobster fisheries were the most important. The authors point out that species unconnected by food webs may be linked due to fisheries connectivity, and that understanding these relationships will be an important part of future resource management. |
| DOI | 10.1093/icesjms/fsx128 |
