“Top down” decision making is made by organisations and management bodies and then imposed on the fishing industry
Then more “bottom up” or co-management approaches are where individual fisheries & fishermen are actively engaged in the decision making:
Science is used by Regional Fisheries Management Organisations (RFMOs) or various scales of management organisations to inform management decisions.
Take a look at our Who’s Who of the UK Fishing Industry to see who else is involved and how we all connect
