생태계 기반 어업관리 교육의 적합성 평가기법 연구

Abstract

Ecosystem-based fisheries management(EBFM) is a new paradigm to ensure food security for protecting marine ecosystems and for pursuing sustainable fisheries, which are targets for the Sustainable Development Goal(SDG) 14. Annual catch of Korean fisheries have shown continuously declining patterns since late 1990s. Most fish stocks are currently known to be over-exploited, and some stocks are depleted due to the increase in fishing intensity and over-capitalization of fishing fleets. In this situation, fisheries education needs to take into account ecosystem-based fisheries management(EBFM). Accordingly, an evaluation for the suitability of fisheries education is required to quantitatively determine whether the level and quality of the current education is suitable for achieving ecosystem-based fisheries assessment and management. BR A pragmatic evaluation approach was developed for the assessment of the suitability of fisheries education to the ecosystem-based fisheries assessment and management, whose four management objectives are sustainability, biodiversity, habitat quality and socio-economic benefits. Nested suitability indices, such as objectives suitability index(OSI), fishery suitability index(FSI), and ecosystem suitability index(ESI), were developed to assess the suitability status at the management unit level. A suitability diagram was developed and found to be useful in quickly displaying results. The method was demonstrated by applying it to the Korean diving apparatus fishery of the Korean sector of the East China Sea. It was found that this approach could be used to compare the suitability of education of fisheries spatially and temporally in various education fields such as curriculum or system of a certain education.