Implications of the tuna management regime for domestic industry development in the Pacific Island States

Ram-Bidesi, Vina; Tsamenyi, Martin

doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2003.10.014

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“…Similarly, the review of progress in the implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (UN, 2004) refers to efforts being made by SIDS at national and regional levels to develop appropriate policies to ensure compliance with UNCLOS and related agreements, such as the Convention on Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (Ram-Bidesi and Tsamenyi, 2004), and the efforts to raise public awareness on such regimes. Implementation of the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries (FAO, 1995) -that seeks to ensure that fisheries both on the high seas and within exclusive economic zones are managed in a rational and responsible manner -is widely recognized.…”

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Integrating fisheries into the national development plans of Small Island Developing States (SIDS): Ten years on from Barbados

Thorpe

Reid

Anrooy³

et al. 2005

Natural Resources Forum

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The development and effective introduction of strategies designed to ensure the ecologically and economically sustainable utilization of coastal and marine resources is perhaps the major challenge for Small Island Developing States (SIDS). In response, the 1994 Barbados Programme of Action (BPoA) called upon the SIDS to implement appropriate coastal and marine strategies and, crucially, ensure that such strategies were integrated into sustainable national development plans (NDPs). This article examines the extent to which contemporary NDPs and donor support programmes have incorporated the fisheries sector — arguably the most important coastal/marine resource for many SIDS — into such documents. Applying an assessment methodology, originally developed to identify levels of environmental mainstreaming within World Bank country assistance strategies to NDPs and donor support programmes, we are able to identify those SIDS who have most effectively integrated the fisheries sector into such documents. Comparison with data indicating the importance of the sector to the national economy (in terms of generating foreign exchange, employment generation and/or supporting domestic protein consumption levels) enables us to pinpoint those countries with substantial fisheries sectors, but a correspondingly lower than expected degree of sectoral mainstreaming. We suggest that the January 2005 review of the BPoA offers an opportune moment for such countries to redress these omissions.

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Section: Concluding Discussion and Recommendationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Integrating fisheries into the national development plans of Small Island Developing States (SIDS): Ten years on from Barbados

Thorpe

Reid

Anrooy³

et al. 2005

Natural Resources Forum

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“…Rather the economic objective of the PNA is to create competition between Distant Water Fishing Nations (DWFNs) to purchase units of fishing effort in days at the highest possible price, particularly given the comparative advantages of ITE 1 Ram-Bidesi and Tsamenyi (2004) discuss rights-based management in the form of output controls in the WCPO [19]. schemes in situations such as the WCPO as discussed.…”

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Introducing a transferable fishing day management regime for Pacific Island countries

Shanks

2010

Marine Policy

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“…Predictably, there is already a fierce debate between stakeholders about competing models of fisheries allocation (Aqorau, 2001;Barclay & Cartwright, 2005;Ram-Bidesi & Tsamenyi, 2004). For example, a key question in this debate is whether future tuna allocation criteria will be weighted toward historical catch records or toward EEZ-based criteria (Barclay & Cartwright, 2005).…”

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Can Tuna Promote Sustainable Development in the Pacific?

Parris

Grafton

2006

The Journal of Environment & Development

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This article reviews the importance of tuna fisheries in the western and central Pacific Ocean to Pacific Island Countries (PICs) and examines whether current and proposed institutional mechanisms for tuna management are sufficient to promote long-term tuna-led development. Potential gains exist from cooperation on tuna management; however, it seems unlikely such benefits will be realized in the short or medium term despite the Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean. Without improvements in the institutional capability of many PICs the tuna fisheries will likely fail to sustain the region's long-term development. Greater effort should be directed to support multinational institutions that reduce harvests, allow for transferability of harvesting rights across countries and vessels, manage financial risk, and for initiatives that improve the capacity and government effectiveness of PICs.

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Implications of the tuna management regime for domestic industry development in the Pacific Island States

Cited by 18 publications

References 4 publications

Integrating fisheries into the national development plans of Small Island Developing States (SIDS): Ten years on from Barbados

Integrating fisheries into the national development plans of Small Island Developing States (SIDS): Ten years on from Barbados

Introducing a transferable fishing day management regime for Pacific Island countries

Can Tuna Promote Sustainable Development in the Pacific?

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