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DOI	10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2012.10.017
	Sustainability implications of honouring the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries
	Coll M.; Libralato S.; Pitcher T.J.; Solidoro C.; Tudela S.
发表日期	2013
ISSN	0959-3780
卷号	23 期号:1
英文摘要	The Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries developed in 1995 by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations includes a set of recommendations for reducing the negative impacts of fishing activities on marine ecosystems. The Code is widely believed to be an important tool for fisheries management and, although the Code is voluntary, all stakeholders concerned with the management and development of fisheries, and conservation of fishery resources, are actively encouraged to implement it. Previous analysis at global scale showed widespread low compliance with the Code of Conduct that may be partly due to a lack of empirical support for the overall ecological benefits of adhering to the Code. Here we evaluated these ecological effects by comparing compliance with the Code to changes in five ecological indicators that quantify the ecosystem effects of fishing. We used the loss in production index and the related probability of sustainable fishing index, the mean trophic level of the catch, total catches, and the primary production required to sustain the catch. We also tested if regional differences and development status of countries influenced the results of ecological indicators. Results indicate that countries with higher levels of compliance with the FAO Code of Conduct in 2008 experienced a decrease in the Loss in Production index and an increase in fisheries sustainability from the 1990s to 2000s. We conclude that better implementation of the Code of Conduct may have had overall positive ecological effects with time. A significant decrease in total catch and primary production required with higher compliance was also observed. While a significant increase in ecosystem sustainability was observed after a decade of adoption of the Code at high levels of compliance, further ecosystem degradation had taken place where compliance with the Code was below a given threshold (4, from a ranking of 0-10). Therefore, since compliance with the Code is still low or very low worldwide, these results may encourage individual countries to adopt well-established fishery management measures in order to increase the ecological sustainability of marine resources. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.
英文关键词	Code of Conduct; Ecological indicators; Marine resources; Sustainable fisheries
学科领域	bioindicator; compliance; ecological impact; environmental degradation; fishery management; fishing; Food and Agricultural Organization; marine ecosystem; marine resource; primary production; stakeholder; sustainability; trophic level; United Nations
语种	英语
scopus关键词	bioindicator; compliance; ecological impact; environmental degradation; fishery management; fishing; Food and Agricultural Organization; marine ecosystem; marine resource; primary production; stakeholder; sustainability; trophic level; United Nations
来源期刊	Global Environmental Change
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/118005
作者单位	Institut de Ciènces del Mar, ICM-CSIC, Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta, 37-49, 08003 Barcelona, Spain; Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia, 2202 Main Mall, V6T 1Z4 Vancouver, BC, Canada; Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale - OGS, Borgo Grotta Gigante 42/c, 34010 Sgonico, TS, Italy; WWF Mediterranean Programme Office, C/Canuda, 37, 08002 Barcelona, Spain
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Coll M.,Libralato S.,Pitcher T.J.,et al. Sustainability implications of honouring the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries[J],2013,23(1).
APA	Coll M.,Libralato S.,Pitcher T.J.,Solidoro C.,&Tudela S..(2013).Sustainability implications of honouring the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries.Global Environmental Change,23(1).
MLA	Coll M.,et al."Sustainability implications of honouring the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries".Global Environmental Change 23.1(2013).