caa a22 4500 445893087 CHVBK 20180317145622.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10750-011-0665-9 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10750-011-0665-9 An overview of commercial fishers' attitudes towards marine protected areas [Elektronische Daten] [Cristina Pita, Graham Pierce, Ioannis Theodossiou, Karen Macpherson] Marine protected areas (MPAs) are attracting widespread attention worldwide as a tool for fishery management and marine ecosystem conservation. The establishment of MPAs has increased greatly in recent years mostly due to international commitments to the establishment of a global network of MPAs by 2012. MPAs have the potential to strongly affect the fishing industry, and their success depends, at least partly, on fishers' attitudes towards this management measure. However, research on MPAs tends to focus on the ecological and conservation aspects of this management approach and not on its human dimensions. Studies in attitudes, perceptions, beliefs and preferences related to MPA issues have been identified as priority social science topics in need of research. We present a ‘rapid review', conducted systematically, of the literature published up to September 2009 and aimed at identifying the most investigated topics related to commercial fishers' attitudes towards MPAs, describing the main findings from these studies, and analysing the implications for management. Most published work focuses on fishers' attitudes towards issues of governance, conservation of biodiversity and the environment, and the impact of MPAs on fishing activity. Despite the recent increase in the literature on the human dimensions of MPAs, the present review reveals that little of this literature originates from empirical studies. Hence, given the forthcoming increase in the implementation of MPAs in the near future, research on fishers' attitudes towards these management measures is critically needed. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2011 Fishers nationallicence Rapid review nationallicence Systematic nationallicence Marine protected areas nationallicence Attitudes nationallicence Perceptions nationallicence Beliefs nationallicence Pita Cristina Business School, Department of Economics, University of Aberdeen, Edward Wright Building, Dunbar Street, AB24 3QY, Aberdeen, UK aut Pierce Graham Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Zoology Building, Tillydrone Avenue, AB24 2TZ, Aberdeen, UK aut Theodossiou Ioannis Business School, Department of Economics, University of Aberdeen, Edward Wright Building, Dunbar Street, AB24 3QY, Aberdeen, UK aut Macpherson Karen NHS Quality Improvement Scotland, Delta House, 50 West Nile Street, G1 2NP, Glasgow, UK aut Hydrobiologia Springer Netherlands 670/1(2011-07-01), 289-306 0018-8158 670:1<289 2011 670 10750 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-011-0665-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-011-0665-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Pita Cristina Business School, Department of Economics, University of Aberdeen, Edward Wright Building, Dunbar Street, AB24 3QY, Aberdeen, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Pierce Graham Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Zoology Building, Tillydrone Avenue, AB24 2TZ, Aberdeen, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Theodossiou Ioannis Business School, Department of Economics, University of Aberdeen, Edward Wright Building, Dunbar Street, AB24 3QY, Aberdeen, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Macpherson Karen NHS Quality Improvement Scotland, Delta House, 50 West Nile Street, G1 2NP, Glasgow, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Hydrobiologia Springer Netherlands 670/1(2011-07-01), 289-306 0018-8158 670:1<289 2011 670 10750 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer