Table 2.
Priority actions, their drivers and the multiple pathways they can support, with one example of a specific action to implement the key action, including timeframe, who will undertake the action and who will benefit
| Key Actions | Driver | Pathways | Specific actions | Time frame to start action | Who will do activity? | Who will benefit? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diversification of production and consumption |
Ecosystem change Influence of corporations Output and efficiency Consumer demand Nutrition focus |
1. Improve seafood access, availability & utilisation 3. Reduce impacts from production & consumption |
Collaborative investment to increase diversity of mariculture species | Short-term | Seafood industry, government | Consumers, industry, society |
| Policies to support domestic seafood sector | Regulation of oceans |
1. Improve seafood access, availability& utilisation 2. Sustainable management 4. Collaboration & cooperation 5. Reduced inequality |
Policies/governance frameworks identifying sustainable pathways for supporting domestic fisheries and value chains supplying local markets | Immediate | Government, private sector | Domestic seafood industry, consumers |
| Implementation of ecosystem-based management (EBM) |
Ecosystem change Regulation of oceans |
2. Sustainable management 3. Reduce impacts from production & consumption 4. Collaboration & cooperation |
Operationalise EBM and trade-off tools at national and regional scales | Immediate | Industry, government, research community | Industry, consumers, environment |
| Supply chain transparency |
Influence of corporations Consumer demand |
2. Sustainable management 3 Reduce impacts from production & consumption 4. Collaboration & cooperation |
Wide implementation of regulations and technology to ensure supply chain transparency | Short—medium | Private sector, NGOs, Joint seafood industry/government initiatives | Consumers, governments (through reduced enforcement requirements), environment |
| Cross-sectoral spatial planning |
Ecosystem change Regulation of oceans |
2. Sustainable management 4. Collaboration & cooperation 5. Reduced inequality |
Implementation of MSP frameworks with strategic planning across sectors | Immediate | Managers, supported by research community and Indigenous leaders | Environment, seafood industry, community (including Indigenous groups) |
| Co-management of marine resources | Regulation of oceans |
2. Sustainable management Collaboration & cooperation 5. Reduced inequality |
Build relationships between resource-user groups and government agency or NGOs to share management responsibilities and authority | Immediate | Government, NGOs, fishers | Environment, fishers, community |
| Inclusion of small scale and non-market values | Influence of corporations |
4. Collaboration & cooperation 5. Reduced inequality |
Establish agreements between small and large enterprise to share information, provide enterprise opportunities and ensure access rights | Medium | Private sector | Small-enterprise, community |
| Knowledge co-production |
Ecosystem change Output and efficiency |
4. Collaboration & cooperation 5. Reduced inequality |
Targeted engagement with managers, fishers and coastal communities around strategies for responding to change | Immediate | Government and seafood industry, academia, Indigenous communities | local communities (including Indigenous) and seafood industry |
More detailed information on all actions identified is available in Table S3 and Figure S1