Applying a jurisdictional approach to support sustainable seafood

• DOI: 10.1111/csp2.386
• Publication Date: 2021-03-04T12:43:57Z
• Authors: John N. Kittinger; Miranda Bernard; Elena Finkbeiner; Erin Murphy; Pablo Obregon; Dane H. Klinger; Michael L. Schoon; Kevin J. Dooley; Leah R. Gerber
• Keywords: Stewardship; Environmental stewardship

Abstract Ensuring the security of ocean ecosystems that provide food and livelihood benefits from seafood systems requires significant investment in improving sustainability fisheries aquaculture production at scale. Seafood certification ratings have established strong benchmarks for sustainability, but markets need to incentivize throughout value chain relevant ecological scales order generate meaningful conservation impacts support lasting on‐the‐water stewardship efforts. Here, we propose market‐based approaches ecosystem‐based governance initiatives can be integrated improve using a jurisdictional approach. Jurisdictional are place‐based deployed key commodity producing regions drive through aligned incentives among government, market, producer actors. To explore applicability this approach seafood, first identify mismatches existing schemes stymie effectiveness ecosystem‐scale impacts. Subsequently differentiated producers, supply companies, governments—drawing evidence research practice. Based on analysis, review potential align actors' scale entire geographies, bringing improvements together achieve outcomes.