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Record Nr.

UNINA9910830865703321

Titolo

Conservation and management of transnational tuna fisheries [[electronic resource] /] / [edited by] Robin Allen, James Joseph, Dale Squires

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ames, Iowa, : Blackwell, 2010

ISBN

1-282-38503-8

9786612385032

0-8138-2026-X

0-8138-2028-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (361 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AllenRobin Leslie <1943->

JosephJames <1930-2009.>

SquiresDale

Disciplina

338.3727783

Soggetti

Tuna fisheries - Management

Fishery management, International

Tuna - Conservation - International cooperation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Conservation and Management of Transnational Tuna Fisheries; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Part I Introduction to Transnational Fisheries Management; 1 Introduction; 2 Addressing the Problem of Excess Fishing Capacity in Tuna Fisheries; 3 Property and Use Rights in Fisheries; 4 Rights-Based Management in Transnational Tuna Fisheries; 5 The Benefits and Costs of Transformation of Open Access on the High Seas; Part II Rights-Based Management; 6 International Fisheries Law and the Transferability of Quota: Principles and Precedents

7 Can Rights Put It Right? Industry Initiatives to Resolve Overcapacity Issues: Observations from a Boat Deck and a Manager's Desk8 Rights-Based Management of Tuna Fisheries: Lessons from the Assignment of Property Rights on the Western US Frontier; 9 The Economics of Allocation in Tuna Regional Fisheries Management Organizations; 10 Allocating Fish Across Jurisdictions; 11 Buybacks in Transnational Fisheries; 12 Limited Access in Transnational Tuna Fisheries; Part III



Bycatch; 13 Individual Transferable Quotas for Bycatches: Lessons for the Tuna-Dolphin Issue

14 Incentives to Address Bycatch IssuesPart IV Politics, Enforcement, and Compliance; 15 Prospects for Use Rights in Tuna Regional Fisheries Management Organizations; 16 Flags of Convenience and Property Rights on the High Seas; 17 Japanese Policies, Ocean Law, and the Tuna Fisheries: Sustainability Goals, the IUU Issue, and Overcapacity; 18 Quasi-Property Rights and the Effectiveness of Atlantic Tuna Management; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Conservation and Management of Transnational Tuna Fisheries reviews and synthesizes the existing literature, focusing on rights-based management and the creation of economic incentives to manage transnational tuna fisheries. Transnational tuna fisheries are among the most important fisheries in the world, and tuna commissions are increasingly shifting toward this approach. Comprehensively covering the subject, Conservation and Management of Transnational Tuna Fisheries summarizes global experience and offers practical applications for applying rights-based management and the crea