The Political Economy of Fishing Regulation: The Case of Chile

Peña-Torres, Julio

doi:10.1086/mre.12.4.42629203

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“…Different social processes were needed to achieve the current management arrangements, and it is encouraging to see that the Chilean FAL has helped to ameliorate overexploitation (23,24,36,42). However, the increased dialogue between resource users, academics, and policy makers decreased after policy implementation.…”

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“…18 892 (FAL), drastically reformed the right to fish within and between the industrial and artisanal fishing sectors. The FAL regulated mobility of the fleets through zoning, allocated exclusive territorial users rights for fisheries (TURFs), and introduced a differential individual transferable quota for fully exploited species (23,24). This legislation enabled a national-scale transformation in governance toward a more sustainable pathway, particularly for the socially and economically important artisanal sector (15,23).…”

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Navigating transformations in governance of Chilean marine coastal resources

Gelcich

Hughes²,

Olsson³

et al. 2010

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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Marine ecosystems are in decline. New transformational changes in governance are urgently required to cope with overfishing, pollution, global changes, and other drivers of degradation. Here we explore social, political, and ecological aspects of a transformation in governance of Chile's coastal marine resources, from 1980 to today. Critical elements in the initial preparatory phase of the transformation were (i) recognition of the depletion of resource stocks, (ii) scientific knowledge on the ecology and resilience of targeted species and their role in ecosystem dynamics, and (iii) demonstration-scale experimental trials, building on smaller-scale scientific experiments, which identified new management pathways. The trials improved cooperation among scientists and fishers, integrating knowledge and establishing trust. Political turbulence and resource stock collapse provided a window of opportunity that triggered the transformation, supported by new enabling legislation. Essential elements to navigate this transformation were the ability to network knowledge from the local level to influence the decision-making processes at the national level, and a preexisting social network of fishers that provided political leverage through a national confederation of artisanal fishing collectives. The resultant governance scheme includes a revolutionary national system of marine tenure that allocates user rights and responsibilities to fisher collectives. Although fine tuning is necessary to build resilience of this new regime, this transformation has improved the sustainability of the interconnected social-ecological system. Our analysis of how this transformation unfolded provides insights into how the Chilean system could be further developed and identifies generalized pathways for improved governance of marine resources around the world.artisanal fishing | ecosystem services | human dimensions | social-ecological systems | window of opportunity

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Navigating transformations in governance of Chilean marine coastal resources

Gelcich

Hughes²,

Olsson³

et al. 2010

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

502

388

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“…10 However, when dynamics and a positive discount rate is introduced, one can show that for stocks with very low growth rates it may be economically optimal to drive the stocks to very low levels or extinction (Clark, 1973). 11 For a discussion of fisheries management in Chile, see Peña-Torres (1997). 12 It might be of interest to note that the open access equilibrium is also the equilibrium with the highest level of effort.…”

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On the Relationship Between Aquaculture and Reduction Fisheries

Asche

Tveterås

2004

J Agricultural Economics

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Recently, there has been a growing concern that increased aquaculture production poses an environmental threat to the species targeted in so‐called reduction fisheries, the main source for fishmeal. The argument is that increased aquaculture production leads to higher feed demand, and then presumably to higher fishing effort in these fisheries. In this paper we address whether aquaculture production threatens sustainability of such fisheries. First, we ask under which management regimes can increased demand pose a threat to the species in question? Second, we investigate what is the market for fishmeal; is fishmeal a unique product or is it part of the larger market for protein meals which includes Soyameal? This is an important issue since the market structure for fishmeal is a key factor in determining whether increased aquaculture production can affect fishmeal prices, and thereby increase fishing pressure in reduction fisheries.

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“…Gardner et al [17] study groundwater depletion. Pena Torres [39] studies fishing in Chile. Gardner et al [16] study proportional cutbacks of chlorofluorocarbon emissions and of the fishing fleets in the EU.…”

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An intergenerational common pool resource experiment

Fischer

Irlenbusch

Sadrieh

2004

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

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Many renewable resources are in intergenerational common pools, exploited by one generation after another. In our experiment, the stock available to each generation depends on the extent of exploitation by previous generations and on resource's growth rate, which is either ''slow'' or ''fast.'' Subjects show altruistic restraint in exploitation, but not enough to achieve the social optimum. The presence of an intergenerational link induces subjects-both in ''slow'' and in ''fast''-to expect less resource exploitation from each other than subjects expect in a single generation control. On average, expectations are too optimistic, especially in ''slow,'' where intended free-riding behavior is predominant. r

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The Political Economy of Fishing Regulation: The Case of Chile

Cited by 41 publications

References 18 publications

Navigating transformations in governance of Chilean marine coastal resources

Navigating transformations in governance of Chilean marine coastal resources

On the Relationship Between Aquaculture and Reduction Fisheries

An intergenerational common pool resource experiment

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