Identifying sustainability priorities among value chain actors in artisanal common octopus fisheries

Author:

Ainsworth Gillian B.ORCID,Pita PabloORCID,Pita CristinaORCID,Roumbedakis KatinaORCID,Pierce Graham J.ORCID,Longo Catherine,Verutes GregoryORCID,Fonseca TerezaORCID,Castelo Daniela,Montero-Castaño Carlos,Valeiras JulioORCID,Rocha FranciscoORCID,García-de-la-Fuente LauraORCID,Acuña Jose LuisORCID,del Pino Fernández Rueda M.,Fabregat Alberto Garazo,Martín-Aristín Alberto,Villasante SebastiánORCID

Abstract

AbstractThe United Nations (UN) Decade of Ocean Science highlights a need to improve the way in which scientific results effectively inform action and policies regarding the ocean. Our research contributes to achieving this goal by identifying practical actions, barriers, stakeholder contributions and resources required to increase the sustainability of activities carried out in the context of artisanal fisheries to meet UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture (IYAFA) Global Action Plan (GAP) Pillar targets. We conducted a novel ‘social value chain analysis’ via a participatory workshop to elicit perspectives of value chain actors and fisheries stakeholders associated with two Spanish artisanal common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) fisheries (western Asturias—Marine Stewardship Council [MSC] certified, and Galicia—non-MSC certified) about their priorities regarding sustainable octopus production and commercialization. Our adapted Rapfish sustainability framework emphasised the importance of economic, environmental, ethical, institutional, social, and technological indicators to different actors across the value chain. We mapped participants’ shared sustainability priorities (e.g. integrated fisheries management, knowledge-based management, product traceability) to six Rapfish indicators, seven IYAFA Pillars and twelve SDGs to reveal how our results can inform ocean policy and actions. This identified how certification incentives and other cooperative approaches can facilitate environmental, economic and social sustainability (e.g. value-added products, price premiums for producers, gender inclusive organisations); support IYAFA priority outcomes (raised awareness, strengthened science-policy interface, empowered stakeholders, partnerships); and help to achieve UN SDG targets (e.g. SDG 14.b, SDG 17.17). The results can inform actors, stakeholders and policymakers about how different actors contribute to efforts to achieve the SDGs and how to manage priorities for sustainable actions within artisanal fisheries and their value chains. We recommend inclusive and equitable participatory knowledge transfer and governance platforms as part of the UN Decade of Ocean Science and beyond where participants can create theories of change towards sustainability involving the development of multi-sectoral ocean policies framed at the level of the value chain and supported by appropriate governance structures.Graphical Abstract

Funder

European Regional Development Fund

FCT/MCTES

FCT

Xunta de Galicia

Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Subject

Aquatic Science

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