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Sustainable Fisheries Management: Progress and Future Challenges and Opportunities

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Oceans".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 919

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Dr. Ben Drakeford

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Centre for Blue Governance, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth PO1 3DE, UK
Interests: blue governance; blue economy; fisheries economics and management; sustainable development and management of natural resources
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Dear Colleagues,

Global fisheries face a range of threats, ranging from the impacts of climate change and marine litter to issues of ineffective management of fisheries, including overfishing and Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fishing (IUU). Since 2016, aquaculture has surpassed capture fishery production, although capture fisheries continue to play an important role for employment and addressing food insecurity for millions around the world. However, recent declines in commercial marine stocks fished at biologically sustainable levels highlights the role of effective management policies for fisheries in facilitating stock recovery and higher future yields (FAO, 2024).

The purpose of this Special Issue is to address the opportunities and challenges of effective management of fisheries in reversing the declining trend in commercial stocks fished at biologically sustainable levels. Contributions can be reviews, syntheses and original research relevant to the progress, challenges and opportunities for sustainable fisheries management.

Dr. Ben Drakeford
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • fisheries management
  • sustainable fisheries development
  • resource management
  • marine policy
  • environmental economics and policy

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Beyond the Shoreline: Rethinking Coastal Futures of Fisheries-Based Communities Through Blue Εntrepreneurial Ecosystems in Greece
by Dimitrios G. Ierapetritis
Sustainability 2025, 17(16), 7289; https://doi.org/10.3390/su17167289 - 12 Aug 2025
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In the preceding two decades, blue entrepreneurship has emerged as a pivotal proposition for Europe’s coastal fishing communities, as these communities have sought to diversify and reinvigorate their local economies. The present paper seeks to shed light on the driving forces and obstacles [...] Read more.
In the preceding two decades, blue entrepreneurship has emerged as a pivotal proposition for Europe’s coastal fishing communities, as these communities have sought to diversify and reinvigorate their local economies. The present paper seeks to shed light on the driving forces and obstacles to the development of blue entrepreneurship in fishing communities through an innovative entrepreneurial ecosystem approach. The results of a qualitative survey, conducted through a questionnaire addressed to representatives of 80 stakeholders (private companies, local authorities, development companies, Local Action Groups for Fisheries (FLAGs), organizations, NGOs, academic and research institutions) based in and around coastal fishing communities, are explored in order to identify the driving forces and barriers to the development of blue entrepreneurship. The research was conducted by selecting stakeholders from five distinct coastal regions of Greece. These regions are dependent on fishing and have local Community-Led Local Development (CLLD)/LEADER programs that were funded by the Operational Program Fisheries and Maritime Affairs 2014–2020 during the 2014–2020 programming period. Subsequently, adopting existing models through an entrepreneurial ecosystem approach, the driving forces and obstacles highlight the weaknesses of Greek blue entrepreneurial ecosystems in coastal fishing communities, focusing on the existing blue framework conditions and the existing blue systemic conditions. Finally, the primary conclusions of the research are emphasized, and policy proposals are advanced to encourage the establishment of blue entrepreneurial ecosystems in Greek coastal fishing areas. Full article
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Boating Tourism and Fishing Interactions: A Social Network Analysis Using AIS Data
by Jorge Ramos, Benjamin Drakeford, Joana Costa and Francisco Leitão
Sustainability 2025, 17(11), 4837; https://doi.org/10.3390/su17114837 - 24 May 2025
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Boating tourism in coastal–maritime areas often overlaps spatially and temporally with other economic activities, such as fishing, leading to complex interactions. These interactions can create opportunities for positive cooperation or generate conflicts that pressure natural resources and stakeholders. The aim of this study [...] Read more.
Boating tourism in coastal–maritime areas often overlaps spatially and temporally with other economic activities, such as fishing, leading to complex interactions. These interactions can create opportunities for positive cooperation or generate conflicts that pressure natural resources and stakeholders. The aim of this study is to show whether or not there is evidence of interactions between fishing (nf = 43) and tourism/recreation (nt = 65) vessels. This study focuses on the interaction between maritime tourism activities and fishing in southern Portugal, using a social network analysis (SNA) approach based on automatic identification system (AIS) data to evaluate spatial and temporal patterns. The findings reveal that tourism activities dominate zones closer to the coast, with intermediate areas serving as shared spaces where interactions between vessel activities are more likely to occur. There was evidence of occasional interactions between a few recreational and fishing vessels (two passengers and three seiners), but the inferences from the results are insufficient to demonstrate how beneficial they are for both activities. Full article
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