| TABLE OF CONTENTS & GUIDE TO THE BOOK | |
Part I: Fishery Systems
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The 1st part of the book (Chapters 1-5) focuses on Fishery Systems, their structure and dynamics. This begins in Chapter 1 with an overview of fishery systems, emphasising how these systems are depicted, and how they are characterised. Chapters 2 and 3 provide an overview of the natural system: the fish, the ecosystems, and the biophysical environment. Chapters 4 and 5 explore the human system, including the fishers and fishworkers, the post-harvest sector, households and communities, and the broader socioeconomic environment. Each of chapters 2-5 discusses both the structure of the corresponding component of the fishery system, and its dynamics – how it changes over time. |
Part II: The Fishery Governance and Management System
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The 2nd part (Chapters 6-9) focuses on the Fishery Governance and Management System, providing a basis on the values, objectives, tools and approaches that go into this – with Chapters 6 and 7 covering those two topics of governance and management, followed by Chapter 8 on ideas of fishery development, and Chapter 9 on the knowledge-building (and research) in fisheries. |
Part III: Three Major Challenges in Fishery Systems
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The 3rd part (Chapters 10-12) examines Three Major Challenges in Fishery Systems, namely (Chapter 10) the ubiquitous presence of uncertainty in fisheries, the various forms this uncertainty takes, and the connection between uncertainty and risk, (Chapter 11) the major role conflict plays in fishery systems, along with a typology of fishery conflicts, and (Chapter 12) the problems that can arise when those in the fishery have poor attitudes, and specifically the story of how such attitudes led to the massive collapse of Canada’s Atlantic cod fishery. |
Part IV: Modern Strategies for Fishery Systems
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The 4th part (Chapters 13-17) moves from challenges to solutions, namely ‘Modern Strategies for Fishery Systems’. The discussion begins in Chapter 13 with an examination of the nature of sustainability and resilience, and how to do sustainability assessment. Chapter 14 focuses on approaches to living with uncertainty through the use of adaptive management, robust management and a Precautionary Approach to fishery decision making. Chapter 15 discusses the benefits of an Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries, inherently based on a systems approach. Chapter 16 presents human rights and fishing rights (use rights and management rights, guiding the access to and use of fishery resources) as key ingredients for sustainability and resilience. Then Chapter 17 examines the widespread move to fishery co-management and the longstanding and expanding role of community-based management. |
Part V: Fisheries and the Bigger Picture
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The 5th part (Chapters 18-21) looks at ‘Fisheries and the Bigger Picture’ – the interactions of fisheries (and fishery governance/management) with four of the biggest drivers of change in today’s fisheries, ones from beyond the fishery system per se. These four are (Chapter 18) marine protected areas and ‘other effective area-based conservation measures’ (OECMs), with a focus on their fishery interactions; (Chapter 19) biodiversity conservation, how its governance interacts with that of fisheries, and specific challenges of dealing with endangered species; (Chapter 20) multi-sectoral management of oceans and other aquatic areas, including integrated management and marine spatial planning; and (Chapter 21) the omnipresent threat of climate change, and how responses in the form of mitigation and adaptation interact with fishery systems. |
Part VI: Conclusions
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The 6th part of the book (Chapter 22) provides conclusions and a review of the key messages of the book. |