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A Drivers-Pressure-State-Impact-Responses Framework to Support the Sustainability of Fish and Fisheries in Lake Tana, Ethiopia

by
Shewit Gebremedhin
1,*,
Abebe Getahun
2,
Wassie Anteneh
3,
Stijn Bruneel
1 and
Peter Goethals
1
1
Department of Animal Sciences and Aquatic Ecology, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
2
Department of Zoological Sciences, Addis Ababa University, 1000 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
3
College of Science, Department of Biology, Bahir Dar University, 6000 Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
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Sustainability 2018, 10(8), 2957; https://doi.org/10.3390/su10082957
Received: 1 July 2018 / Revised: 9 August 2018 / Accepted: 14 August 2018 / Published: 20 August 2018
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Understanding the Relationship between Biological Diversity, Ecosystem Functioning and Ecosystem Services in Aquatic Ecosystems)
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Lake Tana, Ethiopia’s largest lake, has a remarkable and conservation-worthy assemblage of fish species, requiring fisheries management for sustainable exploitation. However, due to anthropogenic impacts, many of these fish species are threatened. Hence, an improved management of these resources is recommended. To allow a more sustainable exploitation of natural resources, a better understanding of the cause-effect relationships between anthropogenic impacts and environmental components is fundamental. The Drivers-Pressure-State-Impact-Responses (DPSIR) framework is a useful tool to describe these links in a meaningful way to managers and policy makers. Despite its potential, application of DPSIR is virtually lacking in developing countries. This paper assessed the potential of the DPSIR framework and used it to comprehensively describe the available knowledge and management needs in the lake catchment. Rapid population growth and the economic transformation are the main driving forces leading to various pressures such as water quality and wetlands degradation as well as declining fish community, which is detrimental to the socio-economic state and health of the local inhabitants. As feedback to the driving forces, pressures, state changes and impacts, optimal multi-level responses are developed. This study aims at providing policy makers a better understanding of the lake catchment in order to bridge the gap between science and decision-making. View Full-Text
Keywords: endemic fish; fisheries management; human pressures; state changes; responses endemic fish; fisheries management; human pressures; state changes; responses
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Gebremedhin, S.; Getahun, A.; Anteneh, W.; Bruneel, S.; Goethals, P. A Drivers-Pressure-State-Impact-Responses Framework to Support the Sustainability of Fish and Fisheries in Lake Tana, Ethiopia. Sustainability 2018, 10, 2957. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10082957

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Gebremedhin S, Getahun A, Anteneh W, Bruneel S, Goethals P. A Drivers-Pressure-State-Impact-Responses Framework to Support the Sustainability of Fish and Fisheries in Lake Tana, Ethiopia. Sustainability. 2018; 10(8):2957. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10082957

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Gebremedhin, Shewit, Abebe Getahun, Wassie Anteneh, Stijn Bruneel, and Peter Goethals. 2018. "A Drivers-Pressure-State-Impact-Responses Framework to Support the Sustainability of Fish and Fisheries in Lake Tana, Ethiopia" Sustainability 10, no. 8: 2957. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10082957

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