Multiple-Line Identification of Socio-Ecological Stressors Affecting Aquatic Ecosystems in Semi-Arid Countries: Implications for Sustainable Management of Fisheries in Sub-Saharan Africa

Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management, BOKU—University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Gregor-Mendel-Strasse 33, 1180 Vienna, Austria

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Institute for African Studies, University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 2, 1090 Vienna, Austria

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Institute for Sustainable Economic Development, BOKU—University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Feistmantelstraße 4, 1180 Vienna, Austria

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Water 2020, 12(6), 1518; https://doi.org/10.3390/w12061518

Received: 30 March 2020 / Revised: 8 May 2020 / Accepted: 19 May 2020 / Published: 26 May 2020

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Assessing the Effects of Multiple Stressors on Aquatic Systems across Temporal and Spatial Scales: From Measurement to Management)

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Water resources are among the fundamental resources that are the most threatened worldwide by various pressures. This study applied the Driver–Pressure–State–Impact–Response (DPSIR) framework as an innovative tool to better understand the dynamic interlinkages between the different sources of multiple stressors on aquatic ecosystems in Burkina Faso. The triangulation of evidences from interviews, literature reviews, and strategic simulations shows that several human impacts as well as climate change and its effects (such as the decrease of the water level, and the increase of the surface water temperature) are detrimental to fish productivity, abundance, and average size. Furthermore, the ongoing demographic and nutritional transition is driving cumulative pressures on water and fish resources. In this context, the development of aquaculture could offer alternative livelihoods and help fish stocks in natural ecosystems to recover, thereby reducing fishermen’s vulnerability and easing overfishing pressures. Further, the empowerment of the actors and their participation to reinforce fisheries regulation are required to escape the current “regeneration trap” and to achieve a sustainable management of aquatic ecosystems in Burkina Faso. View Full-Text

Keywords: fisheries management; multiple stressors; stressors interaction; anthropogenic pressures; climate change; DPSIR; strategic simulations; interviews; river systems; Burkina Faso

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Sanon, V.-P.; Toé, P.; Caballer Revenga, J.; El Bilali, H.; Hundscheid, L.J.; Kulakowska, M.; Magnuszewski, P.; Meulenbroek, P.; Paillaugue, J.; Sendzimir, J.; Slezak, G.; Vogel, S.; Melcher, A.H. Multiple-Line Identification of Socio-Ecological Stressors Affecting Aquatic Ecosystems in Semi-Arid Countries: Implications for Sustainable Management of Fisheries in Sub-Saharan Africa. Water 2020, 12, 1518. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12061518

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Sanon V-P, Toé P, Caballer Revenga J, El Bilali H, Hundscheid LJ, Kulakowska M, Magnuszewski P, Meulenbroek P, Paillaugue J, Sendzimir J, Slezak G, Vogel S, Melcher AH. Multiple-Line Identification of Socio-Ecological Stressors Affecting Aquatic Ecosystems in Semi-Arid Countries: Implications for Sustainable Management of Fisheries in Sub-Saharan Africa. Water. 2020; 12(6):1518. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12061518

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Sanon, Vincent-Paul, Patrice Toé, Jaime Caballer Revenga, Hamid El Bilali, Laura J. Hundscheid, Michalina Kulakowska, Piotr Magnuszewski, Paul Meulenbroek, Julie Paillaugue, Jan Sendzimir, Gabriele Slezak, Stefan Vogel, and Andreas H. Melcher. 2020. "Multiple-Line Identification of Socio-Ecological Stressors Affecting Aquatic Ecosystems in Semi-Arid Countries: Implications for Sustainable Management of Fisheries in Sub-Saharan Africa" Water 12, no. 6: 1518. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12061518

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