A practical approach to assess equity in fisheries management
Benjamin Dudouet, Olivier Thébaud, Arne Kinds, Sebastian Villasante · 2026
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Description
Benjamin Dudouet and colleagues built a hands-on way to grade fairness in fishing management. Published in 2026, the study defines fairness through a three-layer frame rooted in the fisheries social contract, plus a scoring system for judging it. Fair shares of fishing rights shape whether rules win support and work, yet fairness was rarely measured.
The team tried the method on French and Spanish sharing rules for Bay of Biscay hake, a case where access rules decide who fishes and how much. The side-by-side showed why fairness must sit beside green and money goals in fishing rule-making. Readers get a usable yardstick for scoring fairness in other fisheries, plus a worked case for reform talks.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Benjamin Dudouet, Olivier Thébaud, Arne Kinds, Sebastian Villasante |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 47 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |