Effective management of fisheries relies on high levels of trust between the fishing industry, managers and scientists. This study examines the current levels of trust that fishers have of governing and scientific bodies in United Kingdom (UK) fisheries,as the UK develops new management measures outside of the Common Fisheries Policy, after Brexit. A survey was conducted to examine trust, alongside fishers' opinions of current management goals and tools, and to investigate participation in cooperative schemes. We received a total of 43 responses from fishers across the UK representing a variety of vessel sizes and types of fisheries. These participants had low levels of trust in nearly all the institutions included in the survey, however, there was high variation between individual responses. The management goals of fishers aligned with several goals from Defra’s 25-year Environment Plan. However, increasing the coverage of marine protected areas (MPAs) was the least popular goal. Increased use of selectivity devices was most favoured as a management tool, while MPAs were again the least popular. More encouragingly, those fishers who had previously collaborated with scientists and managers showed higher levels of trust across the board. Based on our results, we recommend increased use of fishing industry-science partnerships and co-management as key to increasing trust as the UK seeks to reform and improve its management of fisheries after Brexit. Although our sample size was relatively small, we hope our study paves the way for more expansive analyses into trust in fisheries sectors globally, and how it can be improved.

渔业的有效管理依赖于渔业、管理人员和科学家之间的高度信任。本研究考察了英国退欧后英国在共同渔业政策之外制定新的管理措施时渔民对英国渔业管理和科学机构的当前信任水平。进行了一项调查以检查信任以及渔民对当前管理目标和工具的看法，并调查参与合作计划。我们总共收到了来自英国各地渔民的 43 份回复，代表了各种船舶大小和渔业类型。这些参与者对调查中几乎所有机构的信任度都很低，但是，个人反应之间存在很大差异。渔民的管理目标与 Defra 的 25 年环境计划中的几个目标一致。然而，增加海洋保护区 (MPA) 的覆盖范围是最不受欢迎的目标。增加使用选择性设备是最受青睐的管理工具，而海洋保护区再次成为最不受欢迎的工具。更令人鼓舞的是，那些以前与科学家和管理人员合作过的渔民表现出更高的信任度。根据我们的结果，我们建议在英国脱欧后寻求改革和改善渔业管理时，更多地使用渔业与科学的伙伴关系和共同管理作为增加信任的关键。虽然我们的样本量相对较小，但我们希望我们的研究为更广泛地分析全球渔业部门的信任铺平道路，以及如何提高信任度。