Comparison of Private Incentive Mechanisms for Improving Sustainability of Filipino Tuna Fisheries

Fisher-Level Decision Making to Participate in Fisheries Improvement Projects (FIPs) for Yellowfin Tuna in the Philippines

“…Full participation requires the preparation of catch documents and providing export quality tuna based on their attendance at training sessions. In general, institutional support such as training, subsidies, and in-kind help are recognised as important indirect incentives for the improvement of fisher practices (see [ 6 ]). Contrary to the trainings in the Artesmar FIP, the trainings in the PPTST FIP are organized and funded completely by external actors such as the WWF and the municipalities.…”

“…The design and objectives of these private incentive mechanisms differ, but most commonly involve incentivising changes in fishing practices through value chain based arrangements such as industrial coalitions, improvement projects, and eco-certification (e.g. [ 6 ]).…”

Primary Sector Value Chains, Poverty Reduction, And Rural Development Challenges In The Philippines

“…The concentration of activity in General Santos has facilitated upgrading initiatives in the tuna value chain. A detailed study of private incentive mechanisms found that upgrading initiatives had produced an improvement in tuna quality, partly as a result of horizontal coordination through the tuna fishers association and compliance with the regulations of the Marine Stewardship Council (Tolentino‐Zondervan ). Most surprisingly, vertical coordination has also been initiated with the support of the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF)'s Pro‐Active Vessel Register (PVR) Tool.…”

“…Most surprisingly, vertical coordination has also been initiated with the support of the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF)'s Pro‐Active Vessel Register (PVR) Tool. Fishers complying with the ISSF PVR demonstrated a clear potential to benefit from greater degrees of vertical coordination by strengthening their relations with ISSF processors and related traders further down the chain (Tolentino‐Zondervan ). This shows that vertical coordination is possible, but only if all stakeholders recognise that there is room for improvement.…”

Towards environmental globalisation

“…New technologies have facilitated information exchange along tuna value chains to enable consumers to see where tuna is caught, how and by who. Research with small scale fishermen in Indonesia and the Philippines has shown how US and EU buyers and NGOs work directly with communities to develop transparent and sustainable fishing practices (e.g Duggan and Kochen, 2016;Tolentino-Zondervan et al, 2016;Bush et al, 2017). These same buyers and NGOs create linkages with consumers right here in the Netherlands, in turn creating pressure on the Marine Stewardship Council, the Dutch government and European Union alike to institute regulations that directly affect the sustainability and Stretching of the environment livelihoods of those fishermen (Miller et al, 2014).…”