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Translating The Terrestrial Mitigation Hierarchy To Marine Megafauna By-Catch, Ej Milner-Gulland, Serge Garcia, William Arlidge, Joseph Bull, Anthony Charles, Laurent Dagorn, Sonya Fordham, Joshua Graff Zivin, Martin Hall, Jeffrey Shrader, Niels Vestergaard, Chris Wilcox, Dale Squires
Translating The Terrestrial Mitigation Hierarchy To Marine Megafauna By-Catch, Ej Milner-Gulland, Serge Garcia, William Arlidge, Joseph Bull, Anthony Charles, Laurent Dagorn, Sonya Fordham, Joshua Graff Zivin, Martin Hall, Jeffrey Shrader, Niels Vestergaard, Chris Wilcox, Dale Squires
Joshua Graff Zivin
In terrestrial and coastal systems, the mitigation hierarchy is widely and increasingly used to guide actions to ensure that no net loss of biodiversity ensues from development. We develop a conceptual model which applies this approach to the mitigation of marine megafauna by-catch in fisheries, going from defining an overarching goal with an associated quantitative target, through avoidance, minimization, remediation to offsetting. We demonstrate the framework’s utility as a tool for structuring thinking and exposing uncertainties. We draw comparisons between debates ongoing in terrestrial situations and in by- catch mitigation, to show how insights from each could inform the other; …