The knowledge of small-scale fisheries (SSFs) is important to develop management policies and mitigate the competition for marine resources. However, spatially explicit information is often unavailable at the regional and subregional scale. We designed and tested a novel participatory approach to map the SSF fishing effort using the Mediterranean sea as a case study. We applied the approach in eight countries (Albania, Croatia, Italy, Libya, Malta, Montenegro, Slovenia and Tunisia) characterized by different cultural, social, political and ecological features. The results provided quantitative and spatially explicit information on fishing operations on a fine-scale resolution, contributing to overcome the pragmatic and budgetary constraints that to date have prevented an accurate assessment of SSFs worldwide. This novel participatory approach is inspired by the principles of governance, adaptive management, cross-national cooperation and spatial planning, thus supporting the ecosystem approach to fisheries and has the potential to provide a useful complement to traditional assessments.

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通过协调的参与战略绘制小规模渔业地图

小规模渔业 (SSF) 的知识对于制定管理政策和减轻对海洋资源的竞争非常重要。然而，在区域和次区域尺度上通常无法获得空间明确的信息。我们设计并测试了一种新颖的参与式方法，以地中海为案例研究绘制 SSF 捕捞努力图。我们在具有不同文化、社会、政治和生态特征的八个国家（阿尔巴尼亚、克罗地亚、意大利、利比亚、马耳他、黑山、斯洛文尼亚和突尼斯）应用了这种方法。结果以精细的分辨率提供了关于捕捞作业的定量和空间明确信息，有助于克服迄今为止阻碍对全球小规模渔业进行准确评估的务实和预算限制。