Fisheries sustainability: Perceptions from the ninth World Fisheries Congress
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Abstract
The World Fisheries Congress (WFC) is one of the largest global gatherings of fisheries professionals and scientists. It is held every 4 years with the purpose of sharing ideas and perspectives about new research, emerging issues, scientific breakthroughs, and governance related to fisheries science, industry, conservation, and management. The ninth WFC, held in Seattle (USA) in 2024, focused on fish and fisheries at the food–water–energy nexus and understanding fisheries sustainability from diverse perspectives. Fisheries sustainability is a goal shared globally that faces challenges across spatial scales from the implementation of good governance and accelerating anthropogenic pressures. Leveraging the unique opportunity to gain insights from WFC delegates, this study assesses perceptions of fisheries sustainability from diverse representation across career stage, geographic region, and professional and cultural backgrounds. Survey results show that respondents (i.e., WFC delegates who chose to take the survey) perceived limited progress towards fisheries sustainability, often with a variable and unclear definition of what sustainability entails. Fish were primarily valued from a provisioning resource perspective, with environmental aspects of fisheries management and conservation seen as the area with the most progress and the greatest needs, rather than economic or social dimensions of fisheries.
Suggested Citation
Stokes, G.L., Camp, E.V., Claussen, J.E., Crandall, C.A., Duda, J.J., Palomo, M.G., and Lynch, A.J., 2026, Fisheries sustainability: Perceptions from the ninth World Fisheries Congress: Fisheries, vuag019, https://doi.org/10.1093/fshmag/vuag019.
ISSN: 1548-8446 (online)
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Fisheries sustainability: Perceptions from the ninth World Fisheries Congress |
| Series title | Fisheries |
| DOI | 10.1093/fshmag/vuag019 |
| Edition | Online First |
| Publication Date | May 02, 2026 |
| Year Published | 2026 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Contributing office(s) | Western Fisheries Research Center |
| Description | vuag019 |