Ecological and social strategies for managing fisheries using the Resist-Accept- Direct (RAD) framework

Authors

Abigail J. Lynch, U.S. Geological Survey
Frank J. Rahel, University of Wyoming
Doug Limpinsel, NOAA Fisheries
Suresh A. Sethi, Cornell University
Augustin C. Engman, University of Tennessee
David J. Lawrence, National Park Service
Katherine E. Mills, Gulf of Maine Research Institute
Wendy Morrison, NOAA Fisheries
Jay Jay Peterson, NOAA Fisheries
Mark T. Porath, Mountain Prairie Region Ecological Services Nebraska Field Office

Date of this Version

3-21-2022

Citation

Fish Manag Ecol. 2022;29:329–345. DOI: 10.1111/fme.12545

Comments

This article has been contributed to by U.S. Government employees and their work is in the public domain in the USA.

Abstract

Fisheries management is a complex task made even more challenging by rapid and unprecedented socioecological transformations associated with climate change. The Resist-Accept- Direct (RAD) framework can be a useful tool to support fisheries management in facing the high uncertainty and variability associated with aquatic ecosystem transformations. Here, RAD strategies are presented to address ecological goals for aquatic ecosystems and social goals for fisheries. These strategies are mapped on a controllability matrix which explores the ability to guide a system's behaviour towards a desired state based on ecological responsiveness and societal receptivity to change. Understanding and improving the controllability of aquatic systems and fisheries can help managers to maintain the broadest suite of available RAD management strategies.