No one has a major part in maintaining a more healthy fisherman than fishermen in the mine community. The challenges are high, but when we focus on the solutions, there is hope.
For generations, groundfish fisheries maintained the coastal communities of the mine, which had species like COD, headac and floods at the center of our seafood economy. But these species have refused, the markets have changed, and where hundreds of boats were actively participating in this fishing, today, only a handful of. So, how did we get here?
Since the Gulf Mine is heated – the faster the environmental system has changed than almost any other body of water on the ground, and our fish reservoirs are in our coastal waters and when and how. At the same time, traditional methods to evaluate the fish population are struggling to maintain these changes. Official surveys rely on the techniques that work frequently on stock, but when the population is focused in less or less specific areas, they strive to detect the whole picture, as now there is a stock of democracy.
The difference in data is increasing more significantly as the survey is delayed or closed and the beach parts are inaccessible for large survey boats. When information is collected and when it can be implemented, a permanent dissemination means that failures to detect time changes to prevent strict reforms of the administration are detected. Recent 80 % cut Catching catch for headak is an excellent example.
The fishermen had such a big connection between (and catching), and our best available science was showing that the Secretary of Commerce approved an emergency action to minimize the required kit in a permitted catch – it is disconnected that further complicates administrative decisions and confidence in science, data and management.
Increasing this, codified democracy and headquarters often appear with other abundant species such as a floor and pool. Even the accidental catch of these so -called “knee species” can completely stop fishing tasks. This is not just a challenge for scientists or policy makers. This is a existential threat to the coastal communities and the fishing industry, which has long explained our region.
To adopt this new reality, we need to recognize that we have a system that is in the process of breaking and adopting modern methods that attracts both scientists and fishermen to solve the growing problem. By working together, we can better understand where and how the fish population is changing and developing strategies for the harvesting of developing species, while protecting the declining people. In order to ensure cooperation, it is important to have been an important part of the coastal economy and heritage of the fishing mine.
Research on Mutual cooperation in the process
Mutual cooperation research is not a new idea. Programs connecting scientific hardship with local knowledge have already shown their ability. Modern gear designs, such as ultra -opening trolls, have helped fishermen avoid weak species like the COD, while still catching healthy people like the floods. Similarly, electronic monitoring data collection, tagging program, voice survey and other joint efforts have improved important scientific information and environmental, management and economic results.
Fishermen bring unprecedented skills in these efforts. They know water better than anyone and can often indicate changes in fish behavior or distribution before scientists do. Fishermen have opportunities to collect data more often, and far more than that, more than a wider area is currently practiced for discrete research projects or government surveys. Adding this water capacity and practical knowledge with strong scientific methods produces data that are more accurate and more viable.
Surveys with mutual cooperation can help provide timely insights to ensure that we maintain a large population like Polk and Flooder. Fishermen are already collecting temperatures and other environmental information during their fishing tasks that can accelerate the ability of scientists to predict marine changes.
Unfortunately, mutual cooperation has reduced financial support for research, which has little opportunities for industry -driven innovation. If we have to recognize the many benefits of it, there is a need for more investment in this model.
A vision for the future
We imagine a future where the region’s ecosystem, communities, economy and food systems flourish together. How you think about fishing management to achieve this future requires change. Instead of focusing on scarcity – on what we have lost – we can focus on abundance and innovation. Although climate change will certainly have negative effects, there are also opportunities that will be available.
The Gulf Mine heat story should also be balanced with the understanding that residence, species formation and diversity in the rocky coast will also help make this ecosystem more flexible, but we will need more data to understand where and when they offer opportunities themselves. Working together, there is a way to protect what is promoted, protect what is struggling and bring seafood to our local food systems completely.
Re -investment in bilateral research recognizes fishermen as maritime stewards. This is not just about reconstruction of fish stock. This is about reconstruction of hope and trust in our science and administration. All the fishermen, scientists, policy makers and members of the community play a role in our sea and our fishing communities not only surviving but also achieve development.
The way forward
The Gulf Mine is a dynamic and always changing ecosystem. This change may be worried, but it also gives us the opportunity to make something new. Through mutual cooperation research, we can create solutions that are connected to the thoughts, practical and the values of our coastal communities.
The challenges we face demand creativity, cooperation and commitment. If we accept these principles, we can look to the future with hope and confidence, knowing that the Gulf Maine will maintain developing fishing communities for generations to come.
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