Navigating complexities: agent-based modeling to support research, governance, and management in small-scale fisheries

E Lindkvist, N Wijermans, TM Daw… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The sustainable governance and management of small-scale fisheries (SSF) is challenging,
largely due to their dynamic and complex nature. Agent-based modeling (ABM) is a …

Behavioural diversity in fishing—Towards a next generation of fishery models

N Wijermans, WJ Boonstra, K Orach… - Fish and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Despite improved knowledge and stricter regulations, numerous fish stocks remain
overharvested. Previous research has shown that fisheries management may fail when the …

Multispecies fisheries management and conservation: tactical applications using models of intermediate complexity

ÉE Plagányi, AE Punt, R Hillary, EB Morello… - Fish and …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Stakeholders increasingly expect ecosystem assessments as part of advice on fisheries
management. Quantitative models to support fisheries decision‐making may be either …

Ecosystem models for fisheries management: finding the sweet spot

JS Collie, LW Botsford, A Hastings, IC Kaplan… - Fish and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The advent of an ecosystem‐based approach dramatically expanded the scope of fisheries
management, creating a critical need for new kinds of data and quantitative approaches that …

The potential of models and modeling for social-ecological systems research

M Schlüter, B Müller, K Frank - Ecology and Society, 2019 - JSTOR
Dynamic models have long been a common tool to support management of ecological and
economic systems and played a prominent role in the early days of resilience research …

Projecting species distributions using fishery‐dependent data

MA Karp, S Brodie, JA Smith, K Richerson… - Fish and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Many marine species are shifting their distributions in response to changing ocean
conditions, posing significant challenges and risks for fisheries management. Species …

Dynamic ocean management increases the efficiency and efficacy of fisheries management

DC Dunn, SM Maxwell… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
In response to the inherent dynamic nature of the oceans and continuing difficulty in
managing ecosystem impacts of fisheries, interest in the concept of dynamic ocean …

Building confidence in projections of the responses of living marine resources to climate change

WWL Cheung, TL Frölicher, RG Asch… - ICES Journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
highlights that climate change and ocean acidification are challenging the sustainable …

What are we protecting? Fisher behavior and the unintended consequences of spatial closures as a fishery management tool

JK Abbott, AC Haynie - Ecological Applications, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Spatial closures like marine protected areas (MPAs) are prominent tools for ecosystem‐
based management in fisheries. However, the adaptive behavior of fishermen, the apex …

Characterizing fisheries connectivity in marine social–ecological systems

EC Fuller, JF Samhouri, JS Stoll… - ICES Journal of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Marine social–ecological systems are constantly changing, and fishers who make a living
from working the seas are continually adapting in response to different sources of variability …