Integrated ecological–economic fisheries models: evaluation, review and challenges for implementation

J. Rasmus Nielsen; Eric Thunberg; Daniel S. Holland; Jorn O. Schmidt; Elizabeth A. Fulton; Francois Bastardie; Andre E. Punt; Icarus Allen; Heleen Bartelings; Michel Bertignac; Eckhard Bethke; Sieme  Bossier; Rik Buckworth; Griffin Carpenter; Asbjørn Christensen; Willy Christensen; José M Da-Rocha; Roy Deng; Catherine Dichmount; Ralf Doering; Aniol Esteban; Jose A. Fernandes; Hans Staby Frost; Dorleta Garcia; Lioc Gasche; Didier Gascuel; Sophie Gourget; Rolf A Groeneveld; Jordi Guillén; Olivier Guyader; Katell H Hamon; Ayoe Hoff; Jan Horwoby; Trevor Hutton; Sigrud Lehuta; L Richard Little; Jordi Llenort; Claire Marcher; Steven Mackinson; Stephanie Mahevas; Paul Marchal; Rosa Mato-Amboage; Bruce Mapstone; Francesc Maynou; Mathieu Merzéréaud; Artur Palacz; Sean Pascoe; Anton Paulrud; Eva Plaganyi; Raul Prellezo; Elizabeth I van Putten; Martin Quaas; Lars Ravn-Johnsen; Sonia Sanchez; Sarah Simons; Olivier Thébaud; Maciej T Tomczak; Clara Ulrich; Diana van Dijk; Youen Vermard; Rudi Voss; Staffan Waldo

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Integrated ecological–economic fisheries models: evaluation, review and challenges for implementation

J. Rasmus Nielsen, Eric Thunberg, Daniel S. Holland, Jorn O. Schmidt, Elizabeth A. Fulton, Francois Bastardie, Andre E. Punt, Icarus Allen, Heleen Bartelings, Michel Bertignac, Eckhard Bethke, Sieme Bossier, Rik Buckworth, Griffin Carpenter, Asbjørn Christensen, Willy Christensen, José M Da-Rocha, Roy Deng, Catherine Dichmount, Ralf DoeringAniol Esteban, Jose A. Fernandes, Hans Staby Frost, Dorleta Garcia, Lioc Gasche, Didier Gascuel, Sophie Gourget, Rolf A Groeneveld, Jordi Guillén, Olivier Guyader, Katell H Hamon, Ayoe Hoff, Jan Horwoby, Trevor Hutton, Sigrud Lehuta, L Richard Little, Jordi Llenort, Claire Marcher, Steven Mackinson, Stephanie Mahevas, Paul Marchal, Rosa Mato-Amboage, Bruce Mapstone, Francesc Maynou, Mathieu Merzéréaud, Artur Palacz, Sean Pascoe, Anton Paulrud, Eva Plaganyi, Raul Prellezo, Elizabeth I van Putten, Martin Quaas, Lars Ravn-Johnsen, Sonia Sanchez, Sarah Simons, Olivier Thébaud, Maciej T Tomczak, Clara Ulrich, Diana van Dijk, Youen Vermard, Rudi Voss, Staffan Waldo

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Marine ecosystems evolve under many interconnected and area-specific pressures. To fulfil society's intensifying and diversifying needs while ensuring ecologically sustainable development, more effective marine spatial planning and broader-scope management of marine resources is necessary. Integrated ecological–economic fisheries models (IEEFMs) of marine systems are needed to evaluate impacts and sustainability of potential management actions and understand, and anticipate ecological, economic and social dynamics at a range of scales from local to national and regional. To make these models most effective, it is important to determine how model characteristics and methods of communicating results influence the model implementation, the nature of the advice that can be provided and the impact on decisions taken by managers. This article presents a global review and comparative evaluation of 35 IEEFMs applied to marine fisheries and marine ecosystem resources to identify the characteristics that determine their usefulness, effectiveness and implementation. The focus is on fully integrated models that allow for feedbacks between ecological and human processes although not all the models reviewed achieve that. Modellers must invest more time to make models user friendly and to participate in management fora where models and model results can be explained and discussed. Such involvement is beneficial to all parties, leading to improvement of mo-dels and more effective implementation of advice, but demands substantial resources which must be built into the governance process. It takes time to develop effective processes for using IEEFMs requiring a long-term commitment to integrating multidisciplinary modelling advice into management decision-making.

Original language	English
Journal	Fish and Fisheries
Volume	19
Issue number	1
Pages (from-to)	1–29
Number of pages	29
ISSN	1467-2960
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12232
Publication status	Published - Jan 2018

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bio-economic models
comparative model evaluation
fisheries management advice
integrated ecological–economic fisheries models
marine spatial planning and cross-sector management
performance criteria and scales and risks
use and acceptance and implementation and communication and flexibility and complexity
integrated ecological-economic fisheries models

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Nielsen, J. R., Thunberg, E., Holland, D. S., Schmidt, J. O., Fulton, E. A., Bastardie, F., Punt, A. E., Allen, I., Bartelings, H., Bertignac, M., Bethke, E., Bossier, S., Buckworth, R., Carpenter, G., Christensen, A., Christensen, W., Da-Rocha, J. M., Deng, R., Dichmount, C., ... Waldo, S. (2018). Integrated ecological–economic fisheries models: evaluation, review and challenges for implementation. Fish and Fisheries, 19(1), 1–29. https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12232

Nielsen, JR, Thunberg, E, Holland, DS, Schmidt, JO, Fulton, EA, Bastardie, F, Punt, AE, Allen, I, Bartelings, H, Bertignac, M, Bethke, E, Bossier, S, Buckworth, R, Carpenter, G, Christensen, A, Christensen, W, Da-Rocha, JM, Deng, R, Dichmount, C, Doering, R, Esteban, A, Fernandes, JA, Frost, HS, Garcia, D, Gasche, L, Gascuel, D, Gourget, S, Groeneveld, RA, Guillén, J, Guyader, O, Hamon, KH, Hoff, A, Horwoby, J, Hutton, T, Lehuta, S, Little, LR, Llenort, J, Marcher, C, Mackinson, S, Mahevas, S, Marchal, P, Mato-Amboage, R, Mapstone, B, Maynou, F, Merzéréaud, M, Palacz, A, Pascoe, S, Paulrud, A, Plaganyi, E, Prellezo, R, van Putten, EI, Quaas, M, Ravn-Johnsen, L, Sanchez, S, Simons, S, Thébaud, O, Tomczak, MT, Ulrich, C, van Dijk, D, Vermard, Y, Voss, R & Waldo, S 2018, 'Integrated ecological–economic fisheries models: evaluation, review and challenges for implementation', Fish and Fisheries, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 1–29. https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12232

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