A parable of compliance issues and their link to EBFM outcomes

摘要

Fisheries Stakeholders are understandably most concerned with immediate problems. Often these problems are related to proposed rule changes. This short term focus is in itself a serious problem for introducing Ecosystems Based Fisheries Management (EBFM), which is typically seen as a long-term approach. However, the short-term response of fishers to rule changes may well have long-term consequences by either changing their fishing patterns or by changing the extent to which fishers obey the rules. Either response could have a long-term impact on achieving EBFM.