Marine heatwave challenges solutions to human–wildlife conflict

Samhouri, Jameal F.; Feist, Blake E.; Fisher, Mary C.; Liu, Owen; Woodman, Samuel M.; Abrahms, Briana; Forney, Karin A.; Hazen, Elliott L.; Lawson, Dan; Redfern, Jessica; Saez, Lauren E.

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Marine heatwave challenges solutions to human–wildlife conflict

2021
By Samhouri, Jameal F. ; Feist, Blake E. ; Fisher, Mary C. ; ...

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Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
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Samhouri, Jameal F. ; Feist, Blake E. ; Fisher, Mary C. ; Liu, Owen ; Woodman, Samuel M. ; Abrahms, Briana ; Forney, Karin A. ; Hazen, Elliott L. ; Lawson, Dan ; Redfern, Jessica ; Saez, Lauren E.
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NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; NWFSC (Northwest Fisheries Science Center) ; OPR (Office of Protected Resources) ; SWFSC (Southwest Fisheries Science Center) ; WCR (West Coast Region)
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Despite the increasing frequency and magnitude of extreme climate events, little is known about how their impacts flow through social and ecological systems or whether management actions can dampen deleterious effects. We examined how the record 2014–2016 Northeast Pacific marine heatwave influenced trade-offs in managing conflict between conservation goals and human activities using a case study on large whale entanglements in the U.S. west coast's most lucrative fishery (the Dungeness crab fishery). We showed that this extreme climate event diminished the power of multiple management strategies to resolve trade-offs between entanglement risk and fishery revenue, transforming near win–win to clear win–lose outcomes (for whales and fishers, respectively). While some actions were more cost-effective than others, there was no silver-bullet strategy to reduce the severity of these trade-offs. Our study highlights how extreme climate events can exacerbate human–wildlife conflict, and emphasizes the need for innovative management and policy interventions that provide ecologically and socially sustainable solutions in an era of rapid environmental change.
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General Agricultural And Biological Sciences General Biochemistry, Genetics And Molecular Biology General Environmental Science General Immunology And Microbiology General Medicine General Agricultural And Biological Sciences General Biochemistry, Genetics And Molecular Biology General Immunology And Microbiology General Agricultural And Biological Sciences General Biochemistry, Genetics And Molecular Biology General Immunology And Microbiology
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Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 288(1964)
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https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.1607
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0962-8452 ; 1471-2954
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The Royal Society
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