The 2018 Agreement to Prevent Unregulated High Seas Fisheries in the Central Arctic Ocean: A Critical Analysis

Schatz, Valentin; Proelß, Alexander; Liu, Nengye

doi:10.1163/15718085-23342015

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“…In cases where establishing international cooperation proves difficult, marine protected areas (MPAs) placed along country borders could buy time for negotiations by protecting stocks as they shift across borders. A more precautionary approach would be to put new fishing areas on hold until adaptive management can be put in place, as illustrated by the Central Arctic Ocean Fisheries Agreement (e.g., the CAOF Agreement, [75]).…”

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Realistic fisheries management reforms could mitigate the impacts of climate change in most countries

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Although climate change is altering the productivity and distribution of marine fisheries, climate-adaptive fisheries management could mitigate many of the negative impacts on human society. We forecast global fisheries biomass, catch, and profits to 2100 under three climate scenarios (RCPs 4.5, 6.0, 8.5) and five levels of management reform to (1) determine the impact of climate change on national fisheries and (2) quantify the national-scale benefits of implementing climate-adaptive fisheries reforms. Management reforms accounting for shifting productivity and shifting distributions would yield higher catch and profits in the future relative to today for 60-65% of countries under the two least severe climate scenarios but for only 35% of countries under the most severe scenario. Furthermore, these management reforms would yield higher cumulative catch and profits than business-asusual management for nearly all countries under the two least severe climate scenarios but would yield lower cumulative catch for 40% of countries under the most severe scenario. Fortunately, perfect fisheries management is not necessary to achieve these benefits: transboundary cooperation with 5-year intervals between adaptive interventions would result in comparable outcomes. However, the ability for realistic management reforms to offset the negative impacts of climate change is bounded by changes in underlying biological productivity. Although realistic reforms could generate higher catch and profits for 23-50% of countries experiencing reductions in productivity, the remaining countries would need to develop, expand, and reform aquaculture and other food production sectors to offset losses in capture fisheries. Still, climate-adaptive management is more profitable than business-as-usual management in all countries and we provide guidance on implementing-and achieving the benefits of-climate-adaptive fisheries reform along a gradient of scientific, management, and enforcement capacities.

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“…Adaptation initiatives have been encouraged on a regional level. They include the recent Agreement to Prevent Unregulated High Seas Fisheries in the Central Arctic Ocean, opened for signature in October 2018 (Schatz et al, 2018), the Arctic Council's Framework for a Pan-Arctic Network of Marine Protected Areas (PAME, 2015), and the promotion of other area-based conservation measures (PAME, 2017).…”

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Impacts of the Changing Ocean-Sea Ice System on the Key Forage Fish Arctic Cod (Boreogadus Saida) and Subsistence Fisheries in the Western Canadian Arctic—Evaluating Linked Climate, Ecosystem and Economic (CEE) Models

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20Although climate change is altering the productivity and distribution of marine fisheries, 21climate-adaptive fisheries management could mitigate many of the negative impacts on human 22society. We forecast global fisheries biomass, catch, and profits to 2100 under three climate 23 scenarios (RCPs 4.5, 6.0, 8.5) and five levels of management reform to (1) determine the impact 24 of climate change on national fisheries and (2) quantify the national-scale benefits of 25implementing climate-adaptive fisheries reforms. Management reforms accounting for shifting 26 productivity and shifting distributions would yield higher catch and profits in the future relative 27to today for 60-65% of countries under the two least severe climate scenarios but for only 35% 28of countries under the most severe scenario. Furthermore, these management reforms would 29 yield higher cumulative catch and profits than business-as-usual management for nearly all 30 countries under the two least severe climate scenarios but would yield lower cumulative catch 31for 40% of countries under the most severe scenario. Fortunately, perfect fisheries 32 management is not necessary to achieve these benefits: transboundary cooperation with 5-33year intervals between adaptive interventions would result in comparable outcomes. However, 34the ability for realistic management reforms to offset the negative impacts of climate change is 35bounded by changes in underlying biological productivity. Although realistic reforms could 36 generate higher catch and profits for 23-50% of countries experiencing reductions in 37 productivity, the remaining countries would need to develop, expand, and reform aquaculture 38and other food production sectors to offset losses in capture fisheries. Still, climate-adaptive 39 management is more profitable than business-as-usual management in all countries and we 40provide guidance on implementing -and achieving the benefits of -climate-adaptive fisheries 41reform along a gradient of scientific, management, and enforcement capacities. 42 43 44Marine fisheries provide a vital source of food for over half the world's population and 45 support the livelihoods of over 56 million people globally [1].

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The 2018 Agreement to Prevent Unregulated High Seas Fisheries in the Central Arctic Ocean: A Critical Analysis

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Realistic fisheries management reforms could mitigate the impacts of climate change in most countries

Realistic fisheries management reforms could mitigate the impacts of climate change in most countries

Impacts of the Changing Ocean-Sea Ice System on the Key Forage Fish Arctic Cod (Boreogadus Saida) and Subsistence Fisheries in the Western Canadian Arctic—Evaluating Linked Climate, Ecosystem and Economic (CEE) Models

Realistic fisheries management reforms could mitigate the impacts of climate change in most countries

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