Recognising and Protecting the National Benefit of Sustainable Fisheries in the UK DOI Creative Commons
Sarah Coulthard,

Ainsley Hatt,

Phoebe J. Lewis

et al.

Fish and Fisheries, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: April 10, 2025

ABSTRACT Sustainable commercial fishing makes valuable contributions to coastal regions and broader national benefits. This paper offers three arguments in relation what is required for the societal benefits of sustainable fisheries be fully realised considers each context UK but with global relevance. First, there a need raise profile full range that are delivered through communities public. In UK, delivery ‘national benefit’ objective now enshrined law by Fisheries Act, 2020; we operationalise this new framing distils eight benefits’ all should deliver. Second, better acknowledgement society gains from must paralleled recognition simultaneously at risk losing decline fleet. We detail analysis long‐term data, which highlights unequally felt, some small‐scale sectors, experiencing loss more acutely. reality leads us argue third point, if retain truly harness flow fisheries, governing bodies act quickly ensure environmentally sustainable, diverse inclusive, pursuing ‘leave no one behind’.

Language: Английский

Recognising and Protecting the National Benefit of Sustainable Fisheries in the UK DOI Creative Commons
Sarah Coulthard,

Ainsley Hatt,

Phoebe J. Lewis

et al.

Fish and Fisheries, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: April 10, 2025

ABSTRACT Sustainable commercial fishing makes valuable contributions to coastal regions and broader national benefits. This paper offers three arguments in relation what is required for the societal benefits of sustainable fisheries be fully realised considers each context UK but with global relevance. First, there a need raise profile full range that are delivered through communities public. In UK, delivery ‘national benefit’ objective now enshrined law by Fisheries Act, 2020; we operationalise this new framing distils eight benefits’ all should deliver. Second, better acknowledgement society gains from must paralleled recognition simultaneously at risk losing decline fleet. We detail analysis long‐term data, which highlights unequally felt, some small‐scale sectors, experiencing loss more acutely. reality leads us argue third point, if retain truly harness flow fisheries, governing bodies act quickly ensure environmentally sustainable, diverse inclusive, pursuing ‘leave no one behind’.

Language: Английский

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