Authors: Alice Miller, Simon Bush Short Abstract: This paper investigates conflict between the Dolphin Safe and the Marine Stewardship Council certification schemes in the West and...
Research Reports
High Value and Long Life—Double Jeopardy for Tunas and Billfishes
Authors: Collette et al. Short Abstract: The first standardized, global assessment of these fi shes, using Red List criteria, reveals threatened species needing protection....
Seasonal Movements, Aggregations and Diving Behavior of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) Revealed with Archival Tags
Authors: Andreas Walli et al. Short Abstract: For Atlantic Bluefin tuna, residence time in the more northern latitude high-use areas was significantly correlated with levels of primary...
Can Cooperative Management of Tuna Fisheries in the Western Pacific Solve the Growth Overfishing Problem?
Authors: Megan Bailey, U Rashid Sumaila, Steve Martell Short Abstract: This paper compares non-cooperative and cooperative management, relating to a FADs management plan, in the WCPO. The...
Pacific Island countries, the global tuna industry and the international trade regime: A guidebook
Authors: Liam Campling, Vina Ram-Bidesi, Roman Grynberg Short Abstract: Over a series of 21 chapters, this Guidebook outlines the major trade-related elements of the tuna fi shing...
Articulating upgrading: Island developing states and canned tuna production
Authors: Elizabeth Havice, Liam Campling Short Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to situate the dis/articulations project in debates and policy proposals that identify ‘upgrading’...
Impacts of tuna industries on coastal communities in Pacific Island countries
Authors: Kate Barclay Short Abstract: Tuna fishing and processing industries have brought both a range of economic development and cultural contact opportunities to coastal communities in...
The bottom line: An investigation of the economic, cultural and social costs of high seas industrial longline fishing in the Pacific and the benefits of conservation
Authors: Robert Ovetz Short Abstract: Little is known about the impact of longline fishing on local food security, employment, cultural belief systems and traditions, revenue generation...
Power Europe: EU and the illegal, unreported and unregulated tuna fisheries regulation in the West and Central Pacific Ocean
Authors: Alice Miller, Simon Bush, Arthur Mol Short Abstract: The EU has influenced IUU tuna fishing in the Pacific through both its market and normative power, essentially extending its...
Distributing the bigeye conservation burden in the western and central pacific fisheries
Authors: Quentin Hanich Short Abstract: The negotiation over the scope and application of a conservation measure is a negotiation over how the burden of conservation is distributed....
Shifting Tides in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean Tuna Fishery: The Political Economy of Regulation and Industry Responses
Authors: Elizabeth Havice, Liam Campling Short Abstract: Pacific Island Countries have been unable to prevent resource decline or to capture economic development potential from their...
Governance of tuna industries: The key to economic viability and sustainability in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean
Authors: Kate Barclay Short Abstract: The economies of many Pacific Islands Countries (PICs) rely heavily on tuna industries. This paper studies the governance of these industries,...
Research into fisheries equity and fairness—addressing conservation burden concerns in transboundary fisheries
Authors: Quentin Hanich, Brooke Campbell, Megan Bailey and Eric Molenaar Short abstract: Conservation and management of transboundary fisheries must account for diverse national interests...
Towards better management of Coral Triangle tuna
Authors: M Bailey, J Flores, S Pokajam, UR Sumaila Short abstract: Indonesia and the Philippines have sizeable tuna fisheries, yet their management policies have not been the key focus of...
Recent developments in the tuna industry: Stocks, fisheries, management, processing, trade and markets
Authors: MP Miyake, P Guillotreau, C-W Sun, G Ishimura Short abstract: A global overview of tuna stocks, markets and management systems is provided in this FAO document. The paper concludes...