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Strategies for Sustainable Management of Oceanic Top Predators: Balancing Interests for Equity

This presentation by Frank Alcock, Assistant Professor of Political Science at New College of Florida, addresses the critical challenges in managing oceanic top predators. It explores the failures of fisheries policies to incorporate scientific advice and the significance of communication among fisheries managers, NGOs, and scientists. The discussion emphasizes boundary management, evidence-based decision-making, and the need for proper distribution and equity in resource allocation. The presentation aims to foster collaborative approaches to enhance compliance, combat illegal fishing, and improve sustainability practices in ocean fisheries.

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Strategies for Sustainable Management of Oceanic Top Predators: Balancing Interests for Equity

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  1. Boundary Management, Exclusive Access and Certification Schemes Frank Alcock Assistant Professor of Political Science New College of Florida The Challenge of Change: Managing for Sustainability of Oceanic Top Predators April 12, 2007 Santa Barbara, California

  2. Actors Fisheries Managers Fishing Industry Environmental NGOs Fisheries Scientists

  3. Evaluative Criteria for Policies • Ecological Sustainability • Economic Efficiency • Distribution & Equity

  4. Why do fisheries policies fail to adopt scientific advice? • Primacy of Distributive Concerns • Time horizons and discount rates • Subjective perceptions of scientific assessments

  5. Attributes of Influential Assessments • Salience • Relevance of information for decision-making needs • Credibility • Technical accuracy of information/model projections • Model specification • Indicator choice • Measurement error • Legitimacy • Fairness of the assessment process • Who participates and how? • What questions get asked? What concerns are addressed? • What options are considered?

  6. Boundary Management Fisheries Managers Fishing Industry • Communication • Translation • Mediation • Self-Assessment Environmental NGOs Fisheries Scientists

  7. Distribution • EEZ extension was a partial distributive solution for allocating global fisheries resources • Did not solve internal distribution problems • Did not solve distributive problems for highly migratory species, straddling stocks and high seas fisheries

  8. Distribution • Existing international fisheries institutions do not provide consistent focal points (allocation principles) • Freedom of the seas principle not sustainable • Exclusive access/quota rights

  9. IUU Fishing - Enforcement • Consider the entire commodity chain • Traceability & Transparency • Chain of custody certification schemes • Incentives throughout commodity chain (especially on the retail end)

  10. How do we questions… • How do we structure institutions so that scientific information will be better incorporated into the policy process? • Boundary Management • Assess whether this function is being performed in RFMOs, who performs it and how • Develop internal assessment tools for RFMOs • Insights for institutional structure and process

  11. How do we questions… • How do we deal with conflicts over values and allocation and deal with fairness and equity? • Move away from freedom of the seas principle • Move toward exclusive access/quota rights, comprehensive ocean zoning, etc.

  12. How do we questions… • How do we increase compliance, end IUU fishing and enhance enforcements? • Explore chain of custody certification schemes and consumer behavior

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