Chapter 22
Fisheries Economics and Management
Under the Impact of Human and Varying
Marine Environmental Conditions
in the Alboran Sea
Juan José García-del-Hoyo and David Castilla-Espino
22.1 Introduction
Alboran Sea fisheries play a significant socioeconomic role at regional level in
Alboran Sea fishing communities. Clupeids like sardine or anchovy, together with
other fish species including red seabream, are of significant socioeconomic importance in this area. However, sustainability of Alboran Sea fisheries is highly dependent on marine environment conditions and fishing industry pattern of exploitation
of fish stocks (Fig. 22.1).
There is a general scientific literature and policy-makers consensus around the
adoption of an ecosystem approach to fisheries in seas and oceans for sustainability
(García and Cochrane 2005; FAO 2009). This is the case of the Alboran Sea in the
framework of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive of the European
Union (EU).
The so-called ecosystem-based management (EBM) is an interdisciplinary
approach that balances ecological, social and governance principles at appropriate
temporal and spatial scales in a distinct geographical area to achieve sustainable
resource use. Scientific knowledge and effective monitoring are used to acknowledge
the connections, integrity and biodiversity within an ecosystem along with its
dynamic nature and associated uncertainties. EBM recognizes coupled socialecological systems with stakeholders involved in an integrated and adaptive management process where decisions reflect societal choice (Long et al. 2015: 59).
The adoption of an EBM requires not only the consideration of bioecological and
marine environment factors that influence ecosystem life stocks and their
interactions but also the identification of the main drivers and pressures of the
J. J. García-del-Hoyo · D. Castilla-Espino (*)
Universidad de Huelva, Huelva, Spain
e-mail: hoyo@uhu.es; david.castilla@dehie.uhu.es
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
J. C. Báez et al. (eds.), Alboran Sea - Ecosystems and Marine Resources,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65516-7_22
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Fisheries Economics and Management
Under the Impact of Human and Varying
Marine Environmental Conditions
in the Alboran Sea
Juan José García-del-Hoyo and David Castilla-Espino
22.1 Introduction
Alboran Sea fisheries play a significant socioeconomic role at regional level in
Alboran Sea fishing communities. Clupeids like sardine or anchovy, together with
other fish species including red seabream, are of significant socioeconomic importance in this area. However, sustainability of Alboran Sea fisheries is highly dependent on marine environment conditions and fishing industry pattern of exploitation
of fish stocks (Fig. 22.1).
There is a general scientific literature and policy-makers consensus around the
adoption of an ecosystem approach to fisheries in seas and oceans for sustainability
(García and Cochrane 2005; FAO 2009). This is the case of the Alboran Sea in the
framework of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive of the European
Union (EU).
The so-called ecosystem-based management (EBM) is an interdisciplinary
approach that balances ecological, social and governance principles at appropriate
temporal and spatial scales in a distinct geographical area to achieve sustainable
resource use. Scientific knowledge and effective monitoring are used to acknowledge
the connections, integrity and biodiversity within an ecosystem along with its
dynamic nature and associated uncertainties. EBM recognizes coupled socialecological systems with stakeholders involved in an integrated and adaptive management process where decisions reflect societal choice (Long et al. 2015: 59).
The adoption of an EBM requires not only the consideration of bioecological and
marine environment factors that influence ecosystem life stocks and their
interactions but also the identification of the main drivers and pressures of the
J. J. García-del-Hoyo · D. Castilla-Espino (*)
Universidad de Huelva, Huelva, Spain
e-mail: hoyo@uhu.es; david.castilla@dehie.uhu.es
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
J. C. Báez et al. (eds.), Alboran Sea - Ecosystems and Marine Resources,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65516-7_22
749