Affiliation
IIED
Date Of Record Entry
Type of wild species covered by the record
Wild species used in its natural habitat
Stage of the value chain covered by the record
Primary Producer/harvester (e.g., NTFP collectors, egg collectors)
Record Source
Scientific publication (e.g., journal articles and book chapters independently peer-reviewed)
Anglers' views on stock conservation: Sea bass angling in Ireland
Unknown/not recorded
Is the species endemic HIDE
No
Population Status
Common and wildly distributed
Formal international protection in place
National Level
Formal national protection in place
New legislation aims to limit harvest rates to restore a viable bass population following years of declining stocks.
Threats/Pressures impacting the conservation of the species
Population Trend
Decreasing
Sub-national Level
Unknown/not recorded
Additional Details (if available)
No major threats known.
Name
Emma Hemmerlé
Scientific Name
Dicentrarchus labrax
Common Name(s)
European Sea Bass
Type of Use
Extractive (i.e., the entire organism or parts of the organism are removed from its environment)
If extractive, for the target species, is this use
Lethal
Does this use involve take/extraction of
The whole entire organism
Details of parts/products taken
in some cases, the anglers carry out catch-and-release, i.e. non lethal, but this is only in some instances.
How is the primary use carried out?
Are specific characteristics/traits being targeted?
Unknown/not recorded
Purpose of Use
Recreational
Additional Details (if available)
recreational angling;
What is the main end use for any living organisms, parts or products taken/extracted?
What is the trend in the level of offtake within the period covered by this record?
Is there a regulatory or customary regime in place to govern this use?
Additional Details (if available)
New legislation aims to limit harvest rates to restore a viable bass population following years of declining stocks. most respondents are willing to trade harvested fish for a healthier and long-term sustainable bass population, suggesting strong compliance with this new law. a large portion of anglers are aware of the conservation status (in part due to declining catches, conservation legislation, angler education, etc.) and are willing to reduce angling pressure on bass populations.
Provide Details of resource rights regime where relevant
some anglers report that poaching activities occur at night;
Geographic Location
Country
Ireland
Is the site legally/formally protected?
Unknown/not recorded
Ownership
Management
Local people (e.g., individuals, communities, co-operatives)
Is the use part of a strategy to generate conservation incentives, to finance conservation, or to improve tolerance/stewardship?
Unknown/not recorded
Is there evidence that the use is affecting the conservation status of the species? HIDE
Unknown/not recorded
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
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
Has a valuation of financial flows from this use at the site/national/international level been recorded
No
Contribution to GDP
Unknown/not recorded
Food
Energy
Medicine/healthcare
Education
Training/Skills
Land/Resource Rights
Decision Making
Conflict- people
Conflict- wildlife
Climate Change
Has the use of the species been recorded as resulting in changes to human health in this record?
Unknown/not recorded
Has the species in use been noted as being of particular disease risk to humans?
Unknown/not recorded
Has the use of the species resulted in changes to animal welfare in this record?
Unknown/not recorded
Are there particular practices which have increased the risk to human or animal health or welfare in the use of this species?
Unknown/not recorded
Does the use of this species increase susceptibility to pathogen spread?
Unknown/not recorded
Unknown/not recorded
Strong community governance/institutions/rights for wildlife management
Present
Supportive policy and legislative framework
Present
Good alignment of legal protections with local cultural values and traditional
Present
Support from Government
Present
Biological characteristics of target species
Absent
Is this use legal or illegal?
Source Reference(s)
Grilli, G., Curtis, J., Hynes, S., & O'Reilly, P. (2019). Anglers' views on stock conservation: Sea bass angling in Ireland. Marine Policy, 99, 34-41. doi: 10.1016/j.marpol.2018.10.016
Threats/pressures impacting the species at the scale of this record
Who is involved in the use?
Is there any gender/age specificity in the various roles
Unknown/not recorded
How many of these local jobs accure to the following categories?
How many people outside the local area are employed
Is there any evidence of other economic benefits associated with this use beyond direct income and jobs
Unknown/Not recorded
Scale of Assessment
IUCN National Red List Category
IUCN Global Red List Category
Green Status Global Category
Yearly Financial Flows
Other
There are both national and EU controls on commercial and recreational fisheries for sea bass,
Other
High site fidelity
No assessment recorded
No assessment has been recorded
Country reference