Deliverables Preference elicitation of fisheries management objectives The overall aim of the study was to develop and analyse the actual objective structure present within EU fisheries management from the perspectives of the different interest groups, including associated priorities perceived. This result describes the development of interest group preferences towards the importance of fisheries management objectives for the case studies selected. This was the first known study where such a survey to explicitly elicit group preferences on the multiple objectives of management has been undertaken for European sea fisheries. The surveys designed for each case used the output from the previous objective development result of the project and targeted the whole population for response rather than a sample. This was for the most part achieved as planned. Furthermore, the surveys were conducted face-to-face, allowing significant time to be given to discussion of the aims of the project and of the survey to ensure the quality of results obtained. In addition, most case studies included social questions to further qualify responses for future validation and analysis. The main part of the survey comprised a pair wise comparison of the importance of objectives using the analytic hierarchy process (AHP). This was consistent over all case studies and for several objectives and allowed direct comparison. In addition to this, importance of the interest groups themselves in the management process was also considered by most case studies. As well as the AHP, conjoint analysis (both choice experiments and ranking-based conjoint) were investigated by different studies for comparison to the AHP and to add more information into the preference validation and analysis procedure. In relation to the numbers of responses required to represent the whole populations preferences in each case, the AHP proved highly effective. In fact, respondents generally responded positively to the survey completed. After analysis of responses, results of each case study were presented to respondents for comment and validation by both standard dissemination and workshops. Through much discussion by the project team within the group and with others, the workshops were designed to present the results in order to disseminate and validate. In all cases where they were held, they invoked interested discussion, not only in response to the results explicitly showing differences and equivalencies in preferences achieved over groups, but also from the simple point that they had been asked what direction management should proceed in respect to the objectives. Obvious overlaps existed in the preferences elicited between groups and were particularly interesting. The preference elicitation report is the main deliverable from this result. Several papers from this result have also been developed by the project team for the dissemination of results at conference and elsewhere. Further, a joint project team paper comparing the results achieved over the case studies by partners has been presented at conference and is in preparation for submission to an academic journal. The majority of the papers presented at conference, although some overlap exists, are being developed for submission to international journals for publication. In addition, two papers emanating from this result are to be presented at conference in 2003 (European Association of Fisheries Economists and Rights and Duties in the Coastal Zone). Multi-objective modelling of fisheries case studies The overall aim of the study was to develop and analyse the actual objective structure present within EU fisheries management from the perspectives of the different interest groups, including associated priorities perceived. This result describes the development of multi-objective models of the case study fisheries to further consider the effects of interest group preferences on the direction of management. In this instance, it was particularly concerned with identifying how a groups preferences may affect the structure of the fisheries in relation to each other. In some cases, the models developed were built wholly as part of the project, however in others data and relationships from previous European funded studies were developed and enhanced, and the multiple objectives identified previously incorporated explicitly. In all cases, data has been collated for analysis which has not been undertaken in this detail previously. As such, this result combines two key components of the project: the development of the actual multi-objective models; and the use of those models to investigate implications for management. The models developed have used different optimising philosophies and different management scenarios with the objectives, from long-term equilibrium to short term and dynamic analysis. It has not been possible to include all aspects in all models, however the use of weighted goal programming in the base case has enabled comparison across the case studies to be made. The complexity is apparent in all models, and accordingly highlighted in the results obtained and implications for management discussed. In summary, the analyses have shown that the models developed are well suited to the analysis and planning of fisheries management strategy. As a consequence, much of the methodology developed would be as applicable to other similar natural resource areas. Two reports, namely the Multi-objective Modelling Report (D6) and the accompanying Implications for Management Report (D7) are the main deliverables from this result. The former detailing the development of the models and latter presenting the results and analyses. Several conference papers have been presented during this result, and are planned in the near future. Furthermore, many of these have (and are) been developed as papers for journal submission. In fact four papers from this result have abstracts accepted for the European Association of Fisheries Economists annual conference, 2003. Two of which deal specifically with the potential consequences of using multi-objective methodology for the analyses of fisheries management planning strategy. The majority of these conference papers are intended to be (and are being) developed for submission to journals for consideration for publication. Some of the journals suggested by the project team are Marine Resource Economics, ICES Journal of Marine Science, Fisheries Research, and Socio-Economic Planning Sciences. Objective hierarchy development for the management of EU fisheries The overall aim of the study was to develop and analyse the actual objective structure present within EU fisheries management from the perspectives of the different interest groups, including associated priorities perceived. This result describes the detailed development of the identification of multiple objectives and interest groups of the case study fisheries management systems. This includes the development of objective hierarchies describing the levels of goals of management and identification of groups who have direct interest in the management. Interaction with key groups was a key feature at this stage. Therefore, this result considered several stages from analysis of policy to analysis of the structures of the distinct case studies. It was at this stage that the case studies were finally chosen for analysis. As such, this result also describes in detail these case studies from a structural, management and policy perspective. The main aim of this selection from a project perspective was to ensure that the majority of the diversity exhibited in European fisheries was included in one or more of the case studies selected. Hence, there are fisheries which are internationally important such as the English Channel fisheries and the North Sea demersal fisheries and which are nationally important such as Spanish coastal fisheries and the Danish Industrial fisheries. Other aspects that are part of these fisheries include high relevance to quota species and non-quota species alike, artisanal fleets, commercial fleets, multi-gear fleets, multi-species fisheries and single species fisheries etc. The Objective Development Report (D2) is the main deliverable from this result. A joint project team paper has been published from this result. A joint conference paper was also presented from this result at the European Association of Fisheries Economists, 2001. Multiple objective methodology for the management of EU fisheries The overall aim of the study was to develop and analyse the actual objective structure present within EU fisheries management from the perspectives of the different interest groups, including associated priorities perceived. This result describes the methodology of principally mathematically-based techniques allowing explicit inclusion of multiple objectives for analysis. The majority of these techniques are from the field of operational research and its sub-field of multiple criteria decision making. The structure of this result comprises three distinct sections. - The first develops a structured framework for the identification of objectives of management and a formal development of objective hierarchies, as well as similarly the identification of individuals and interest groups who have role in management. - The second considers preference elicitation methodology for the development of individual and group preferences and utility towards the defined objectives. - The third concentrates on multi-objective modelling methods that can explicitly include multiple objectives for analysis of management planning scenarios also incorporating preferences that have been expressed by individuals and/or groups. Overall, the methodology for a structured framework of multiple objective analysis is developed. The MOFISH project is a European fisheries-based project and as such the methodology described and discussed in this result specifically relates to application in fisheries management in EU countries. Hence, wherever possible references to previously related studies in this area are commented on. As a result of this methodological comparison, two principal methods were proposed for general use by the project team: - The analytic hierarchy process (AHP) for preference elicitation towards the key objectives identified in management by key fisheries interest groups and; - Goal programming (GP) for the development of models of several European-based case studies capable of including the elicited preferences for analyses. Several factors were behind the choices of principal methodology, all relating to complexity of fisheries systems. The Methodology Report is the main deliverable from this result, and has proved a useful tool for the project team in comparing qualities and facets of the available techniques capable of handling multiple objectives explicitly. It is hoped that this publicly available report will prove useful in future to others implementing multi-objective methodology. It may also be a relevant result to other fields of research, especially in the natural resources such as agriculture, forestry and water resource management. Two papers directly related to this result have been submitted to journals for consideration to date. Several papers have been presented at conference from this result. Searching for OpenAIRE data... There was an error trying to search data from OpenAIRE No results available
