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 697
Special Issue Editor
Interests: blue governance; blue economy; fisheries economics and management; sustainable development and management of natural resources
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Special Issue Information
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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