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The environmental problems that dominate the present day are the result of increasing pressure on natural resources. It is therefore essential to understand what the reasons are why individuals and society make choices that lead to the depletion of natural resources and what are the guidelines that could/should be used to promote their sustainable management. For many communities around the world, the disturbance of these marine ecosystems impacts the local residents, both socially and economically. Fisheries management experts recognize that the underlying causes of fisheries resource overexploitation and coastal environmental degradation are often of social, economic, institutional and/or political origins. Around the world in recent decades, awareness has emerged that the management and governance of the ocean, coastal zones and human activities associated with it should be addressed as an ecosystem approach, not sectoral but integrated. Policy interventions, if they are to bring about lasting solutions, must address these concerns. With the growing emphasis on ecosystem-based management, there is an expanding need for measures of social well-being and sustainability, including resilience and vulnerability, for coastal fisheries and fishing communities. The Priority Axis 4 of the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) focuses on the sustainable development of fisheries areas, and it was introduced into the EFF for the first time in the period 2007–2013. It provides accompanying measures aimed at the conversion of areas affected by the restructuring of the fisheries sector. In many cases, these cannot be dealt with by traditional policies and tools on their own. In this respect, Axis 4 is similar to the Leader ‘area-based approach’ to development in rural areas. Axis 4 of the European Fisheries Fund is a tool for fisheries communities to drive development locally. It is implemented by private–public partnerships called Fisheries Local Action Groups (FLAGs). These groups are made up of representatives from fisheries and aquaculture and from all parts of the community. Together they prepare and implement a local development strategy for their area. Throughout Europe, more than 300 of these FLAGs have already generated several thousand projects adapted to local needs. In the Algarve region (Portugal) there are currently two FLAGs active, one in the ‘barlavento’ and the other one in the ‘sotavento’ area. With the current paper, we want to take stock of some of their emerging results and achievements. Given the increased prominence of community-led local development strategies in the new European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMMF) and other EU funding programmes for the operational programming period 2014–2020, we want to assess what Axis 4 has offered so far to those fisheries communities and the roles which FLAGs can and should be playing to address the challenges and opportunities facing their territories.
João Monteiro; Teresa De Noronha. Sustainable Development of Fisheries Communities: The Role of Community-Led Local Development Policies. Regional Intelligence 2020, 49 -72.
AMA StyleJoão Monteiro, Teresa De Noronha. Sustainable Development of Fisheries Communities: The Role of Community-Led Local Development Policies. Regional Intelligence. 2020; ():49-72.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJoão Monteiro; Teresa De Noronha. 2020. "Sustainable Development of Fisheries Communities: The Role of Community-Led Local Development Policies." Regional Intelligence , no. : 49-72.
The paper characterises and evaluates the strategic role played by nautical tourism, in general, and by marinas, in particular, in terms of increasing Algarve’s competitiveness, reducing tourism seasonality and generating multiplier effects in connected industries. Central to the analysis is the notion that a marina is an economic unit that provides concentrated services (as opposed to producing a physical product), working as an “anchor” for the surrounding firms and, as such, naturally giving rise to a local cluster. The adequacy to transfer the cluster concept from manufacture to tourism is also discussed. The methodology chosen is an application of the Porter cluster model to the nautical tourism sector in the Algarve, where each component of the diamond model (factor conditions; demand conditions; related and supporting industries; firms’ strategy, structure and rivalry) - besides its two external factors (historical factors/chance and public policies) - is analysed. The adopted Porter model is tested on each and every of the above “Diamond” dimensions based on statistical data, a literature review (which includes an international benchmarking analysis) and in primary data collected through a survey launched, in 2014, to the totality of the Algarve companies in the sectors of nautical tourism and recreational boating and interviews involving the Algarve marinas’ Chief Executive Officers (CEOs). Recommendations to strengthen the aspects identified as more problematic are also included as well as future research guidelines. In particular, the issue of co-opetition, identified as a major weakness, is discussed both theoretically and empirically.
João Monteiro; Maria Regina Faia Martins Salvador; C. Guedes Soares. A Microcluster Approach Applied to the Case of the Nautical Tourism Sector of the Algarve Region (Portugal). Tourism in Marine Environments 2017, 12, 105 -124.
AMA StyleJoão Monteiro, Maria Regina Faia Martins Salvador, C. Guedes Soares. A Microcluster Approach Applied to the Case of the Nautical Tourism Sector of the Algarve Region (Portugal). Tourism in Marine Environments. 2017; 12 (2):105-124.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJoão Monteiro; Maria Regina Faia Martins Salvador; C. Guedes Soares. 2017. "A Microcluster Approach Applied to the Case of the Nautical Tourism Sector of the Algarve Region (Portugal)." Tourism in Marine Environments 12, no. 2: 105-124.
Many capture fisheries worldwide have declined sharply in recent decades or have already collapsed from overfishing, and major fishing grounds are concentrated in zones threatened by pollution, habitat, and coastal zone modification. In Portugal, the European pilchard or sardine (Sardina pilchardus), which is mainly captured by purse seiners (∼98%), is among the species most consumed (along with dried and salted cod), and commercially, it is the most important fish landed in national ports. Besides its consumption as fresh, canned sardine stands out among Portuguese seafood major exports. Although sardine has neither total allowable catch (TAC) nor quota, the Portuguese catch limits for sardine are regulated by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) at the request of the European Union (EU). Therefore, in practice, the ICES advice works as a theoretical TAC. The aim of this article is to diagnose the current state of sardine stocks in the areas where the Portuguese seine fishing is exerted and simultaneously assess if the structural changes induced on the purse seining fleet capacity, in response to the management system currently in force for this fishery, are aligned with its sustainable development. Our major findings conclude that sardine stocks are still exploited at levels that jeopardize the Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY). Once the unavoidable restructuring of the Portuguese purse seine fleet will inevitably increase unemployment among fishers, we also stress the need to reshape the current Community-Led Local Development (CLLD) program, funded under the EU fisheries structural aid, to make it more effective in minimizing the severe social impacts potentially coming out.
João Monteiro. The Purse Seine Fishing of Sardine in Portuguese Waters: A Difficult Compromise Between Fish Stock Sustainability and Fishing Effort. Reviews in Fisheries Science & Aquaculture 2017, 25, 218 -229.
AMA StyleJoão Monteiro. The Purse Seine Fishing of Sardine in Portuguese Waters: A Difficult Compromise Between Fish Stock Sustainability and Fishing Effort. Reviews in Fisheries Science & Aquaculture. 2017; 25 (3):218-229.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJoão Monteiro. 2017. "The Purse Seine Fishing of Sardine in Portuguese Waters: A Difficult Compromise Between Fish Stock Sustainability and Fishing Effort." Reviews in Fisheries Science & Aquaculture 25, no. 3: 218-229.
The aim of this paper is to assess the main impacts of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) in the development of Portuguese fisheries. CFP has introduced a wide range of regulatory instruments, such as the annual total allowable catches (TACs), restrictions on the permissible number of fishing days, fleet reductions and limits on the size and engine power of fishing vessels, alongside with some technical measures to regulate gear usage and where and when fishermen can fish. We analyse the trend evidenced by some of the most relevant structural dimensions of the Portuguese fishing fleet using data surveyed from the Statistics Portugal database for a 21 year period (1994–2014). The results suggest that CFP, namely its conservation measures, has failed so far to achieve its fundamental objective of matching fishing effort and living resources through the coupling of biologic objectives with the ones related to the social and economic aspects of fisheries.
João Monteiro. Managing Scarce Resources and Sensitive Ecosystems: Assessing the Role of CFP in the Development of Portuguese Fisheries. Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management 2016, 18, 1650022 .
AMA StyleJoão Monteiro. Managing Scarce Resources and Sensitive Ecosystems: Assessing the Role of CFP in the Development of Portuguese Fisheries. Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management. 2016; 18 (4):1650022.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJoão Monteiro. 2016. "Managing Scarce Resources and Sensitive Ecosystems: Assessing the Role of CFP in the Development of Portuguese Fisheries." Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management 18, no. 4: 1650022.
Climate changes constitute the greatest challenge of this century due to the modifications they cause in weather and environmental conditions, and thus affecting the social and economic dynamics at multiple levels. Because all invertebrates and fish used for human consumption are poikilotherms, they are very sensitive to modifications in the environment, namely temperature and levels of oxygen. Phenomena like temperature rising, acidification, ocean stratification and changes in salinity are already perceptible and susceptible of causing severe consequences in aquatic ecosystems. Falling productivity, species migration and localized extinctions, as well as conflict over the use of scarce resources and increased risks associated with more extreme climatic events are among the possible consequences. Increased climate variability justifies a focus on the design and promotion of strategies to control the inherent risk and increase the resilience of marine and freshwater systems that strongly affect the livelihoods of millions of human beings worldwide. A multidimensional and holistic concept for the sustainable management of maritime and marine resources is indissociable from the unequivocal evidence of climate changes. Raising awareness of public in general and ocean stakeholders for the relevance of the topic at hand are assumed as key dimensions with the present article.
Pedro Valadas Monteiro. Fisheries and Climate Change: Inevitability or Prophylaxis? Contributing to a Necessary Debate. Croatian Journal of Fisheries 2016, 74, 130 -140.
AMA StylePedro Valadas Monteiro. Fisheries and Climate Change: Inevitability or Prophylaxis? Contributing to a Necessary Debate. Croatian Journal of Fisheries. 2016; 74 (3):130-140.
Chicago/Turabian StylePedro Valadas Monteiro. 2016. "Fisheries and Climate Change: Inevitability or Prophylaxis? Contributing to a Necessary Debate." Croatian Journal of Fisheries 74, no. 3: 130-140.
The formalisation of co-opetition strategies by clusters encourages the maintenance of a collaborative mindset, but only if companies and other cluster members are able to deal with the apparent contradiction involving competitive cooperation. One way of increasing the efficiency of the open innovation processes increasingly adopted refers to the use of knowledge-intensive service activities (KISAs). Through enquiries carried out over a sample of 127 firms of the maritime cluster of the Algarve, we evaluate: the importance and current degree of consolidation of co-opetition dynamics inside the maritime cluster of the Algarve and the firms' perception towards their relevance. The role played by the activities based on knowledge-intensive business services on inducing and facilitating those co-opetition dynamics capable of triggering innovation within the cluster. A better understanding of the ways in which KISA contribute to innovative activities in the context of co-opetition dynamics inside clusters may lead to more effective public policy measures. As major outcomes of this study, we highlight that co-opetitive relationships must be constructed and managed through the enhancement of certain critical dimensions of firms' competitive strategies, inter alia, those based upon the development of more intensive competitive collaboration aimed at technological innovations and increased technological diversity.
João Monteiro. The role of knowledge-intensive service activities on inducing innovation in co-opetition strategies: lessons from the maritime cluster of the Algarve region. International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development 2016, 15, 78 .
AMA StyleJoão Monteiro. The role of knowledge-intensive service activities on inducing innovation in co-opetition strategies: lessons from the maritime cluster of the Algarve region. International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development. 2016; 15 (1):78.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJoão Monteiro. 2016. "The role of knowledge-intensive service activities on inducing innovation in co-opetition strategies: lessons from the maritime cluster of the Algarve region." International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development 15, no. 1: 78.
The purpose of this paper is to point out some of the main characteristics and critical factors for success that can substantiate the proposal of a differentiation framework for maritime clusters. We conduct a benchmarking analysis intended to distinguish the most relevant aspects which can or should be observed in these types of clusters, applied to the following countries: Spain (Basque Country), Germany (Lander of Schleswig-Holstein), the Netherlands and Norway. The differentiation factors involve agglomeration economies and endogenous conditions derived from geographic proximity, essential for lowering transaction costs, strengthening the leverage of public/private cooperation through centres of maritime excellence, at the same time providing an adequate local environment that favours positive interactions between the different maritime industries and actors. The main results arising from this article are presented through a reconceptualisation of Porter’s Diamond framework for diagnosing the competitiveness of maritime clusters.
Pedro Monteiro; Teresa De Noronha; Paulo Neto. A Differentiation Framework for Maritime Clusters: Comparisons across Europe. Sustainability 2013, 5, 4076 -4105.
AMA StylePedro Monteiro, Teresa De Noronha, Paulo Neto. A Differentiation Framework for Maritime Clusters: Comparisons across Europe. Sustainability. 2013; 5 (9):4076-4105.
Chicago/Turabian StylePedro Monteiro; Teresa De Noronha; Paulo Neto. 2013. "A Differentiation Framework for Maritime Clusters: Comparisons across Europe." Sustainability 5, no. 9: 4076-4105.