Tuna trade‐offs: Balancing profit and social benefits in one of the world’s largest fisheries

Willis, Ciara; Bailey, Megan

doi:10.1111/faf.12458

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“…In the IOTC, data equity could mean that socio‐economic data are collected at a national scale and are available to non‐technical users. This allows users to elicit different interests and improve transparency and facilitate equitable decision making (Willis & Bailey, 2020).…”

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Common but differentiated rights and responsibilities in tuna fisheries management

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The UN Law of the Sea Convention (LOSC) and one of the implementing agreements of the Convention—the UN Fish Stocks Agreement (UNFSA)—mandates all states to cooperate in the management of highly migratory and straddling fish stocks. In doing so, the UNFSA specifies that the special requirements of developing states need to be taken into account. To date, except in the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC), there is no formal mechanism to identify these differential responsibilities in tuna regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs). Although some conservation and management measures exempt small‐scale and artisanal fishing vessels, power imbalances within RFMOs tend to favour the interests of more developed and larger distant water fishing nations over those of small developing coastal states. To facilitate the implementation of differentiated responsibilities as mandated in UNFSA, in this study we develop a three‐step framework that could be applied in the case of new conservation and management measure proposals. The framework has also been tested based on two developing countries and compared with a developed state in the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission and the adopted resolutions in 2019. To facilitate better transparency and equitable decision‐making processes across RFMOs, this framework could be adapted based on member states' fisheries management objectives and target and non‐target species.

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“…This allows users to elicit different interests and improve transparency and facilitate equitable decision making (Willis & Bailey, 2020).…”

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“…Transboundary fisheries management beyond national jurisdiction areas have been abundantly discussed (Fromentin & Powers, 2005; Munro, 1990; Seto et al., 2021; Willis & Bailey, 2020), and some examples have had reasonable success (Seto et al., 2021). However, the management of most shared fisheries stocks between EEZs have had limited success (Palacios‐Abrantes et al., 2020; Spijkers et al., 2018; Russell & VanderZwaag, 2010).…”

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Asymmetry across international borders: Research, fishery and management trends and economic value of the giant sea bass (Stereolepis gigas)

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Co-operation in the management of shared fish stocks is often necessary to achieve sustainability and reduce uncertainty. The United States of America (USA) and Mexico share a number of fish stocks and marine ecosystems, while there is some binational co-operation in scientific research, unilateral management decisions are generally the rule. We present a case study using the giant sea bass (Stereolepis gigas, Polyprionidae) to highlight how these management and research asymmetries can skew national perceptions of population status for a fully transboundary species.Scientific publications and annual funding related to giant sea bass are 7x and 25x higher in the USA, respectively, despite the fact that 73% of the species' range occurs in Mexico. Conversely, annual fishery production and consumptive value of giant sea bass in Mexico are 19x and 3.5x higher than in the USA, respectively, while the nonconsumptive value related to dive ecotourism is 76x higher in the USA. These asymmetries have generated a distorted view of the population status of the giant sea bass across its entire range. This and other factors related to historical fishery dynamics and policy must be accounted for when assessing population status, and subsequent appropriate management responses, across geopolitical boundaries. | 1393 RAMÍREZ-VALDEZ Et AL. 2.1. Asymmetry in scientific research 1394 2.2. Fishery and management trends 1395 2.3. Spatial patterns of the contemporary fishery 1397 2.4. Asymmetry in economic value 1397 3. RESULTS 1397 3.1. Asymmetry in scientific research 1394 3.2. Fishery and management trends 1399 3.3. Spatial patterns of the contemporary fishery 1401 3.4. Asymmetry in the economic value 1401 4. DISCUSSION 1402 4.1. Asymmetry in scientific research 1403 4.2. Fishery and management trends 1404 4.3. Spatial patterns of the contemporary fishery 1405 4.4. Asymmetry in economic value 1405 5. CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS 1406 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 1407 CONFLICT OF INTEREST 1407 AUTHOR CONTRIBUTION 1407 DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT 1408Peer-reviewed papers -Information exclusively from the USA 39Peer-reviewed papers -Information exclusively from Mexico 13Peer-reviewed papers -Information from both the USA and Mexico 4Total unique GSB-centric papers 21 GSB-centric papers -Data exclusively from the USA 21 GSB-centric papers -Data exclusively from Mexico 0 GSB-centric papers -Data from both the USA and Mexico 3 Notes: WS, ISI Web of Science; GS, Google Scholar; GSB-listed, Papers that mention GSB; GSB-centric Paper, Papers that are focussed on GSB. Giant sea bass and black sea bass are common names in English used in the literature. Mero gigante and pescara are common names in Spanish (sensu Page et al., 2013).a Pescara is also a noun in Italian.

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“…Most large-scale fishing effort within the waters of developing coastal states is by distant-water fleets [16], which may not share an interest in conserving local ecosystems and can negatively impact local communities that lack capacity to access these fish or enforce their boundaries. Over half of high seas fishing grounds would not be profitable without subsidies [17] and reducing capacity-enhancing subsidies could bolster food security and employment in coastal fisheries and level the playing field within seafood markets and trade [3,18].…”

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Changing the narrative on fisheries subsidies reform: Enabling transitions to achieve SDG 14.6 and beyond

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Tuna trade‐offs: Balancing profit and social benefits in one of the world’s largest fisheries

Cited by 11 publications

References 66 publications

Common but differentiated rights and responsibilities in tuna fisheries management

Common but differentiated rights and responsibilities in tuna fisheries management

Asymmetry across international borders: Research, fishery and management trends and economic value of the giant sea bass (Stereolepis gigas)

Changing the narrative on fisheries subsidies reform: Enabling transitions to achieve SDG 14.6 and beyond

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