Despite the need to understand how to best manage fisheries to capture these benefits, research
on global fisheries performance emphasizes the effects of management primarily on
stock and ecological conditions. While fisheries cannot be sustainable with degraded target
stocks, high stock levels will not necessarily lead to an economically healthy industry that can
support the community in which it resides. Even when social conditions are considered, emphasis
is on those that are correlated with effective stock management [10] rather than on
those that lead to desirable social and economic outcomes such as food security [11].