Connecting a Trophic Model and Local Ecological Knowledge to Improve Fisheries Management: The Case of Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica

Connecting a Trophic Model and Local Ecological Knowledge to Improve Fisheries Management: The Case of Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica

Trophic models of the Ecopath with Ecosim (EwE) type and local ecological knowledge (LEK) have widely been applied to fisheries assessment and management. However, there are no specific methodologies describing how LEK from local fishers can be incorporated with the scientific data from the models i...

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Main Authors: Astrid Sánchez-Jiménez, Marie Fujitani, Douglas MacMillan, Achim Schlüter, Matthias Wolff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
small-scale fisheries
ecosystem-based approach for fisheries management
Ecopath with Ecosim
trophic model
local ecological knowledge
connecting knowledge systems
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2019.00126/full

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