Marine Policy

This excel file holds the results of a survey administered to 169 marine sports/recreation users.

Brexit Fisheries Brave New World Fig. 1

R code and excel tables used to re-assess the data of Le Manach et al (2019)

Annex 4 is the data base of the study formed by 48 colummns. The name of each column correpond to a item of the MPA MEAT tool. The items of the MPA MEAT tool are detailed in annex 2. The surveys used in this study were not originally designed to be used for the MPA MEAT tool, an equivalence has been established between the items in our surveys and the items defined in the MPA MEAT survey form and this equivalence is also detailed in annex 2.

This data measures the recent indicators on the United Arab Emirates regarding Sustainable Development Goal 14, Life below water.

Questions prepared in advance of 15 in-depth, semi-structured interviews with stakeholders and a focus group with the fishermen of the Torre Guaceto Marine Protected Area (south-eastern Italy). The objective of the research was to analyse the governance strategies that enabled the generation of ecological and economic benefits. In particular, the objective was to explore the use of economic and non-economic incentives in Torre Guaceto, and how these interacted to create positive change. The interviews broadly followed a set of questions prepared in advance for each category of stakeholders. The questions aimed to explore the history of the MPA; the governance arrangements (e.g., the development and contents of the fishing protocol, the enforcement mechanisms in place, the kinds of incentives used, the financing model); the positive and negative impacts of the designation on the different sectors; the perception of the relevant stakeholders; the change in their opinions over time and the reason for any change; the conflicts and synergies among different categories of stakeholders and how conflicts have been managed and synergies generated. The interviews and the discussion during the focus group were recorded and transcribed.

Raw data from AUV image counts for Koko, Yuryaku and Kammu Seamounts to depths of 700m.

Supplementary data to this article can be found in the Supplemental Material.

Global shark fishing policies by nation.

the Kuwaiti FPA issued 9,755 for illegal fishing during a period of 16 years. This is an average of 609.7 illegal fishing incidents recorded every year, which seems excessive, but given that most fisher interviewees said they rarely see FPA vessels at sea, and all the illegal fisher interviewees said they had never been caught by the authorities, the number of IUU fishing incidents that the FPA did not report is likely to have been substantial. This shortfall of the FPA is partly explained by its prioritization of safety at sea over fishery monitoring. the total number of tickets issued for IUU fishing between 2001 and 2017 was 9,755, meaning that the FPA issued an average of 573.8 tickets per year, which is three tickets every two days. The proportion of IUU offenses committed by immigrant fishers was 53%, and by Kuwaiti fishers was 45%.