Looking beyond fishing: Conservation of keystone freshwaterspecies to support a diversity of socio‐economic values

dc.contributor.authorNoble, Mae
dc.contributor.authorFulton, Christopher J
dc.contributor.authorPittock, Jamie
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-15T04:56:56Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.date.updated2019-03-31T07:19:43Z
dc.description.abstract1. Keystone species can provide a focal point for designing conservation and management strategies that protect a diversity of social–ecological values in aquatic ecosystems; however, to avoid bias towards a subset of values associated with a single activity, such as fishing, stakeholder consultations must cover a spectrum of social perspectives. 2. Using the Murray crayfish (Euastacus armatus) as a model, this study explored how Aboriginal Traditional Owners, landowners, tourism businesses, scientific researchers, non‐governmental organizations, and government agencies valued this threatened freshwater species across south‐east Australia. 3. Qualitative methods revealed that E. armatus is a culturally significant species, targeted for fishing, but is also valued for a range of non‐extractive reasons that support social–ecological linkages between people and freshwater ecosystems. 4. Perceived as an iconic species by most stakeholders, there was general support for E. armatus to be used as a flagship for conserving a spectrum of social–ecological values (e.g. Aboriginal Traditional Owner totem species), attached to their local freshwater ecosystems. Although stakeholders were conflicted over whether fishing should continue, four themes emerged on how to develop more equitable and effective conservation and management strategies: increased public education, co‐management with non‐government stakeholders, federal government coordination, and spatial protection of critical areas. 5. The protection of aquatic species in ways that support their full range of cultural, economic, and ecological values will require more bottom‐up (i.e. stakeholder‐led) approaches to conservation and management design. Broader stakeholder engagement and co‐management should reduce perceptions that local stakeholders are isolated from management processes, while increasing the capacity and confidence of managers to implement strategies that bolster both the social and ecological resilience of aquatic ecosystems.en_AU
dc.description.sponsorshipAustralian Society for Fish Biology, Barry Jonassen Award; Linnean Society of NSW, Joyce W. Vickery Fund; the Fenner School of Environment and Society at the Australian National University; the Research School of Biologyen_AU
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_AU
dc.identifier.issn1052-7613en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/164571
dc.language.isoen_AUen_AU
dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sons Inc.en_AU
dc.rights© 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.en_AU
dc.sourceAquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystemsen_AU
dc.subjectcrayfishen_AU
dc.subjectcultural keystoneen_AU
dc.subjectflagship speciesen_AU
dc.subjectfreshwater protected areasen_AU
dc.titleLooking beyond fishing: Conservation of keystone freshwaterspecies to support a diversity of socio‐economic valuesen_AU
dc.typeJournal articleen_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.issue6en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage1433en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage1424en_AU
local.contributor.affiliationNoble, Mae, College of Science, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationFulton, Christopher, College of Science, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationPittock, James, College of Science, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.authoremailu5088505@anu.edu.auen_AU
local.contributor.authoruidNoble, Mae, u5088505en_AU
local.contributor.authoruidFulton, Christopher, u4361200en_AU
local.contributor.authoruidPittock, James, u4460756en_AU
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIESen_AU
local.identifier.absfor070403 - Fisheries Managementen_AU
local.identifier.absfor050202 - Conservation and Biodiversityen_AU
local.identifier.absfor050201 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Environmental Knowledgeen_AU
local.identifier.absseo960606 - Rights to Environmental and Natural Resources (excl. Water Allocation)en_AU
local.identifier.absseo960807 - Fresh, Ground and Surface Water Flora, Fauna and Biodiversityen_AU
local.identifier.absseo970116 - Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Societyen_AU
local.identifier.ariespublicationu1055894xPUB110en_AU
local.identifier.citationvolume28en_AU
local.identifier.doi10.1002/aqc.2974en_AU
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-85054765484
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByu1055894en_AU
local.publisher.urlhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.comen_AU
local.type.statusPublished Versionen_AU

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