WORK THEME 2: SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC EFFECTS

Welcome to our online course for modelling Social and Economic Effects 

Fisheries are often described as part of a “Social Ecological System” – a complex, interactive system in which people and nature are bound together. SEAwise aims to describe and assess the fisheries Social Ecological System, drawing together an understanding of how society, culture, economics, and governance affect fisheries and vice-versa.

We worked to achieve this by:

• Identifying fisheries-relevant social and economic indicators – statistics that can be used to predict how factors such as wellbeing and unemployment will change over time.
• Working with the industry to identify and model key drivers of fisher behaviour, such as the effect of different management measures on fishing grounds.
• Evaluating the main social and economic impacts of fisheries, including their carbon footprint.
• Identifying methods of fisheries management that promote the welfare of the marine ecosystem whilst protecting social and economic interests.
• Analysing the impacts of fish consumption on human health.
• Summarising and visualising the social and economic effects of fishing as part of the SEAwise management advice tool.

Lead partner – Coispa Tecnologia & Ricerca Scarl (COISPA), Italy

Lead contact: Isabella Bitetto, COISPA Foundation