The imperative to include stakeholders and rightsholders in fisheries management over the past 30 years has led to many changes in management regimes around the world, a key one being a move toward collaboration and co-management. This is reflected, for example, in Canada, where the newly revised Fisheries Act (2019, c.14, s.3) incorporates this imperative in part by citing “community knowledge” as a component in decision making for fisheries management. However, the lack of a formal definition makes it unclear what exactly is meant by “community” and when and how community knowledge can play a role in management. To investigate what community contributions to fisheries management can entail, and who these communities might include, we conducted a scoping literature review using the Scopus database to synthesize common outcomes from research on community involvement in fisheries management toward the goals of ecological, social, economic, and institutional sustainability. Enablers and barriers for successful collaborative initiatives were identified, covering conceptual, logistical, and communication-related factors. Key recommendations were compiled from a range of case studies to map a path toward full-spectrum sustainability for fisheries. From these principles and practices, we ultimately identified major considerations for the Canadian context, including the need to (1) clarify the distinction between fishing communities and the fishing industry; (2) strengthen social networks and communication channels to facilitate collective action; (3) track and transparently share successes and failures in collaborative efforts and outcomes; and (4) more explicitly consider community well-being as a fisheries management objective. From our synthesis, there are lessons to be learned for fisheries (social) scientists and managers working to enhance evidence-based fisheries management, whether within Canada or in other collaborative management settings globally.

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过去 30 年来，将利益相关者和权利持有人纳入渔业管理的必要性导致了世界各地管理制度的许多变化，其中一个关键是向协作和共同管理迈进。例如，这在加拿大得到了体现，新修订的《渔业法》（2019 年，c.14，s.3）通过引用“社区知识”作为渔业管理决策的组成部分，部分纳入了这一要求。然而，由于缺乏正式的定义，人们不清楚“社区”的确切含义以及社区知识何时以及如何在管理中发挥作用。为了调查社区对渔业管理的贡献以及这些社区可能包括哪些人，我们使用 Scopus 数据库进行了范围界定文献综述，以综合社区参与渔业管理的研究的共同结果，以实现生态、社会、经济、和机构的可持续性。确定了成功协作计划的推动因素和障碍，涵盖概念、后勤和沟通相关因素。主要建议是根据一系列案例研究汇编而成，以规划渔业全方位可持续发展的道路。从这些原则和实践中，我们最终确定了加拿大国情的主要考虑因素，包括需要（1）澄清渔业社区和渔业之间的区别；(2) 加强社交网络和沟通渠道，以促进集体行动；(3) 跟踪并透明地分享协作努力和成果的成功和失败；(4) 更明确地将社区福祉视为渔业管理目标。从我们的综合来看，无论是在加拿大还是在全球其他协作管理环境中，致力于加强循证渔业管理的渔业（社会）科学家和管理人员都可以吸取经验教训。

社区知识作为渔业管理基石的帖子首次出现在《生态与社会》上。