Payments for ecosystem services (PES) are positive incentives offered to producers or resource owners in exchange for the provision of a given ecosystem service, such as biodiversity, water regulation, food, recreation and tourism. Interest in applying this economic instrument within the aquatic ecosystems has increased alongside a growing interest in...
Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) is a relatively new tool for fisheries and aquaculture. Being part of the broader incentive- or market-based incentives, PES is a positive and voluntary incentive mechanism that compensates actors for increasing or maintaining the provision of ecosystem services. Our investigation considers potential and actual PES...