Fisheries bycatch reduction within the least-cost biodiversity mitigation hierarchy: Conservatory offsets with an application to sea turtles | Bycatch Management Information System (BMIS)

Year

2018

Species Groups

Sea Turtles

Fishing Gear

Longline

Purse Seine

Mitigation Techniques

Spatial & temporal measures

Management Categories

Economic and Social Analysis

International & National Management Schemes

Type

Journal Article

Authors

Squires, Dale

Restrepo, Victor

Garcia, Serge

Dutton, Peter

DOI

10.1016/j.marpol.2018.03.018

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Source URL

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308597X17303020

Citation

Squires D, Restrepo V, Garcia S, Dutton P (2018) Fisheries bycatch reduction within the least-cost biodiversity mitigation hierarchy: Conservatory offsets with an application to sea turtles. Marine Policy 93:55–61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2018.03.018

Abstract

This paper considers fisheries bycatch reduction within the least-cost biodiversity impact mitigation hierarchy. It introduces conservatory offsets that are implemented earlier in the biodiversity impact mitigation hierarchy than conventional compensatory offsets used as instruments of last resort. The paper illustrates implementation in an on-going sea turtle conservation programme by the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation.