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Geography limits island small-scale fishery production

Abstract
- Interacting social and ecological processes shape productivity and sustainability of island small-scale fisheries (SSF). Understanding limits to productivity through historical catches help frame future expectations and management strategies, but SSF are dispersed and unaccounted, so long-term standardized data are largely absent for such analyses. We analysed 40 years of trade statistics of a SSF product that enter international markets (sea cucumber) from 14 Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICT) against response variables to test predictors of fishery production: (i) scale, (ii) productivity and (iii) socio-economics. Combined production in PICT peaked over 20 years ago, driven by exploitation trends in Melanesia that accounted for 90% of all production since 1971.
- External link to download this item: https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12255
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Date
- 2017
Author
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Eriksson, H.
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Friedman, K.
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Amos, M.
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Bertram, I.
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Pakoa, K.
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Fisher, R.
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Andrew, N.
Author(s) ORCID(s)
- Hampus Erikssonhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1199-6889
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Type
- Journal Article
Publisher
- Blackwell Publishers