TY - JOUR

T1 - Integrated ecological–economic fisheries models

T2 - evaluation, review and challenges for implementation

AU - Nielsen, J. Rasmus

AU - Thunberg, Eric

AU - Holland, Daniel S.

AU - Schmidt, Jorn O.

AU - Fulton, Elizabeth A.

AU - Bastardie, Francois

AU - Punt, Andre E.

AU - Allen, Icarus

AU - Bartelings, Heleen

AU - Bertignac, Michel

AU - Bethke, Eckhard

AU - Bossier, Sieme

AU - Buckworth, Rik

AU - Carpenter, Griffin

AU - Christensen, Asbjørn

AU - Christensen, Willy

AU - Da-Rocha, José M

AU - Deng, Roy

AU - Dichmount, Catherine

AU - Doering, Ralf

AU - Esteban, Aniol

AU - Fernandes, Jose A.

AU - Frost, Hans Staby

AU - Garcia, Dorleta

AU - Gasche, Lioc

AU - Gascuel, Didier

AU - Gourget, Sophie

AU - Groeneveld, Rolf A

AU - Guillén, Jordi

AU - Guyader, Olivier

AU - Hamon, Katell H

AU - Hoff, Ayoe

AU - Horwoby, Jan

AU - Hutton, Trevor

AU - Lehuta, Sigrud

AU - Little, L Richard

AU - Llenort, Jordi

AU - Marcher, Claire

AU - Mackinson, Steven

AU - Mahevas, Stephanie

AU - Marchal, Paul

AU - Mato-Amboage, Rosa

AU - Mapstone, Bruce

AU - Maynou, Francesc

AU - Merzéréaud, Mathieu

AU - Palacz, Artur

AU - Pascoe, Sean

AU - Paulrud, Anton

AU - Plaganyi, Eva

AU - Prellezo, Raul

AU - van Putten, Elizabeth I

AU - Quaas, Martin

AU - Ravn-Johnsen, Lars

AU - Sanchez, Sonia

AU - Simons, Sarah

AU - Thébaud, Olivier

AU - Tomczak, Maciej T

AU - Ulrich, Clara

AU - van Dijk, Diana

AU - Vermard, Youen

AU - Voss, Rudi

AU - Waldo, Staffan

PY - 2018

Y1 - 2018

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

KW - bio-economic models

KW - comparative model evaluation

KW - fisheries management advice

KW - integrated ecological–economic fisheries models

KW - marine spatial planning and cross-sector management

KW - performance criteria and scales and risks

KW - use and acceptance and implementation and communication and flexibility and complexity

KW - integrated ecological-economic fisheries models

U2 - 10.1111/faf.12232

DO - 10.1111/faf.12232

M3 - Journal article

VL - 19

SP - 1

EP - 29

JO - Fish and Fisheries

JF - Fish and Fisheries

SN - 1467-2960

IS - 1

ER -