Local people (e.g., individuals, communities, co-operatives)
National external (individual, groups. e.g., hunters, anglers, photographers, tourists)
Is the use part of a strategy to generate conservation incentives, to finance conservation, or to improve tolerance/stewardship?
No
Is there evidence that the use is affecting the conservation status of the species? HIDE
Yes – use is improving the status (e.g., population is increasing or stabilising, extraction effort OR catch per unit effort is decreasing or stable)
Is there evidence that the use is affecting natural selection?
Unknown/not recorded
Is there evidence that the use is affecting poaching of illegal wildlife trade?
Unknown/not reported
it is clear that there are sufficient unharvested areas to satisfy any such requirements for conservation. At present much less than a quarter of the annualised potential yield in County Galway is being harvested.
Is there any evidence that this use of the species is having a knock-on effect on the status of non-target species
Unknown/not recorded
Unknown/not recorded
Details of assessment carried out
The harvesters know from years of experience how much to leave and how often a particular population can be harvested. harvesting of Ascophyllum for nearly 50 years shows clearly that this seaweed can be sustainably harvested without any diminution of the productivity of the beds. it is clear that there are sufficient unharvested areas to satisfy any such requirements for conservation. At present much less than a quarter of the annualized potential yield in County Galway is being harvested.
Has a valuation of financial flows from this use at the site/national/international level been recorded
Guiry, M.D., Morrison, L. The sustainable harvesting of Ascophyllum nodosum (Fucaceae, Phaeophyceae) in Ireland, with notes on the collection and use of some other brown algae. J Appl Phycol 25, 1823–1830 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-013-0027-2