Theme Session K – Integration of fisher experiential knowledge (FEXK) into marine science and management

ICES Annual Science Conference Book of abstracts of theme session K: Integration of fisher experiential knowledge (FEXK) into marine science and management Conveners: Nathalie Steins (the Netherlands), Talya ten Brink (USA), Julia Calderwood (Ireland) CM 59: A comparative analysis of fishers' experiential knowledge and available scientific data on fish population trends in the Azores CM 62: Providing stimulus and being flexible when collected FEXK: Lessons learned from co-designing an information sharing app in Irish fisheries CM 93: How fishers experience contribute to scientific experimentation success? The case study of sole tagging to assess discards survival CM 97: Fishers’ perspectives: the drivers behind the decline in fish catch in Laguna Lake, Philippines CM 148: Combining electronic tag data and fish harvesters’ knowledge to identify ocean management concerns CM 204: Using local ecological knowledge to inform semi-quantitative fishery surveillance indicators: an example in marine recreational angling CM 263: Multiple pathways with common roots for integration of fisher experiential knowledge into marine science and management CM 292: Capturing fishers’ experiential knowledge to better characterize shark depredation in the US Gulf of Mexico CM 305: Empowering Atlantic sea scallop harvesters to collect biological data from scallops to inform fisheries management CM 328: Incorporating Fisher Experiential Knowledge in Evaluations of Marine User Conflicts with Agent-Based Fishery Models CM 376: Don’t leave the modeller alone: integrating fishers’ local ecological knowledge with the analysis of long-term timeseries to reconstruct causes of ecosystem change in the Venice Lagoon and the northern Adriatic Sea CM 424: The capture of deep-sea sharks and black scabbardfish and the problems between old tradition versus E.U. legislations CM 460: Using fisher experiential knowledge to improve the understanding of the variation in whelk stocks across the United Kingdom in order to provide insight into management strategies for non-TAC species CM 503: Integrating small scale fishers’ knowledge, visions and perceptions in building towards implementing the Blue Economy sustainability framework CM 513: Fishers’ knowledge contributes to implement a fish tracking network in the English Channel CM 522: Expert knowledge to identify the spatio-temporal distribution of target and by-catch species CM 527: What’s your story? Capturing fishers’ experiential knowledge through biographical interviews CM 529: Creation of a “Data Trust” for effective inclusion of fishermen’s knowledge in offshore wind energy decision making CM 540: Life outside the protocol – Lessons in implementing fisher knowledge in research surveys. CM 571: Understanding fisher’s adaptation to climate and regulatory changes: the value of historical perspective