A global analysis shows that fishery management worldwide is lagging far behind international standards, and that the conversion of scientific advice into policy, through a participatory and transparent process, holds promise for achieving sustainable fisheries

A Rosenberg

AA Rosenberg

B Worm

Boris Worm

C Costello

Callum Roberts

Camilo Mora

CJ Walters

CL Delgado

D Agnew

D Conover

D Pauly

D Zeller

Dirk Zeller

EK Pikitch

F Coleman

JA Hutchings

JC Castilla

JL Fleiss

JR Beddington

K Kelleher

K Mutsert

K Newton

Kevin J. Gaston

LW Botsford

M Coll

Marta Coll

MD Moran

P Kavanagh

P Pinstrup-Andersen

PJ Sullivan

R Al-Chokhachy

R Hilborn

R Watson

RA Myers

Ransom A. Myers

Rashid U. Sumaila

Reg Watson

RL Naylor

S Libralato

S Mbithi Mwikya

Simone Libralato

TJ Pitcher

Tony J. Pitcher

UR Sumaila

VM Kaczynski

WR Rice

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Ongoing declines in production of the world's fisheries may have serious ecological and socioeconomic consequences. As a result, a number of international efforts have sought to improve management and prevent overexploitation, while helping to maintain biodiversity and a sustainable food supply. Although these initiatives have received broad acceptance, the extent to which corrective measures have been implemented and are effective remains largely unknown. We used a survey approach, validated with empirical data, and enquiries to over 13,000 fisheries experts (of which 1,188 responded) to assess the current effectiveness of fisheries management regimes worldwide; for each of those regimes, we also calculated the probable sustainability of reported catches to determine how management affects fisheries sustainability. Our survey shows that 7% of all coastal states undergo rigorous scientific assessment for the generation of management policies, 1.4% also have a participatory and transparent processes to convert scientific recommendations into policy, and 0.95% also provide for robust mechanisms to ensure the compliance with regulations; none is also free of the effects of excess fishing capacity, subsidies, or access to foreign fishing. A comparison of fisheries management attributes with the sustainability of reported fisheries catches indicated that the conversion of scientific advice into policy, through a participatory and transparent process, is at the core of achieving fisheries sustainability, regardless of other attributes of the fisheries. Our results illustrate the great vulnerability of the world's fisheries and the urgent need to meet well-identified guidelines for sustainable management; they also provide a baseline against which future changes can be quantified

Mora, C.

Myers, R.A.

Coll, M.

Libralato, S.

Pitcher, T.J.

Sumaila, R.U.

Zeller, D.

Watson, R.

Gaston, K.J.

Worm, B.

Roberts, C.

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Coll Marta

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Pitcher Tony J.

Sumaila Rashid U.

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Gaston Kevin J.

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