Changes in the Geographical Distribution of Shared Fish Stocks and the Mackerel War: Confronting the Cooperation Maze

AbstractClimate change is shifting the distribution of shared fish stocks between neighboring countries’ Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) and the high seas. The timescale of these transboundary shifts determines how climate change will affect international fisheries governance. Coupling a large ensemble simulation of an Earth system model to a species distribution model, we show that by 2030, 23% of transboundary stocks would have shifted and 78% of the world EEZs will experience at least one shifting stock under a high emission climate change scenario. By the end of this century, 81% of EEZ waters will see at least one shifting stock with a total of 45% of stocks shifting globally, under a high emissions scenario. Importantly, many countries that are highly dependent on fisheries for income, food and nutrition security, as well as livelihoods emerge as hotspots for transboundary shifts showing early, and sometimes past shifts. Existing fisheries agreements need to be assessed for their capacity in addressing transboundary shifts, and strengthened where necessary to limit conflict over these fish stocks while new agreements are urged to considere this problematic in order to be resilient to global change.

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Management of Shared Fish Stocks

10.1002/9780470999936 ◽

2004 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Keyword(s):

Fish Stocks ◽

Shared Fish Stocks

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Moving beyond catch in allocation approaches for internationally shared fish stocks

Marine Policy ◽

10.1016/j.marpol.2012.12.014 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 40 ◽

pp. 124-136 ◽

Cited By ~ 20

Author(s):

Megan Bailey ◽

Gakushi Ishimura ◽

Richard Paisley ◽

U. Rashid Sumaila

Keyword(s):

Fish Stocks ◽

Shared Fish Stocks

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'A sea of troubles': Brexit and the fisheries question

10.31230/osf.io/fxnqj ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Jeremy Phillipson ◽

David Symes

Keyword(s):

Fisheries Management ◽

Shared Vision ◽

Modus Operandi ◽

Fishing Activity ◽

Fish Stocks ◽

Eu Member States ◽

Full Responsibility ◽

Shared Fish Stocks ◽

The Stability ◽

The Uk

Brexit poses a major challenge to the stability of European fisheries management. Until now, neighbouring EU Member States have shared the bounty of the living resources of the seas around Britain. Taking full responsibility for the regulation of fisheries within the UK's Exclusive Economic Zone will cut across longstanding relationships, potentially putting at risk recent recovery and future sustainability of shared fish stocks. The paper considers the meaning of Brexit in relation to fisheries and the issues that will need to be resolved in any rebalancing of fishing opportunities within the UK EEZ. It examines the longer term implications for the governance of fisheries and the likely restructuring of institutional and regulatory arrangements, emphasising the prior need for a shared vision and robust modus operandi for collaboration between the UK and EU to ensure the sustainability of resources, viability of fishing activity and the health of marine ecosystems.

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Fishing Quota and International Obligation: Why Has Indonesia been Indicated as a Non-Compliant State

Hasanuddin Law Review ◽

10.20956/halrev.v7i2.2841 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 89

Author(s):

Rachma Indriyani ◽

Asmar Abdul Rahim ◽

Ruzita Azmi

Keyword(s):

Policy Instruments ◽

Legal Analysis ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Quota System ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Fish Stocks ◽

International Obligation ◽

Southern Bluefin Tuna ◽

Natural Characteristic ◽

Shared Fish Stocks

Indonesia committed to conserving the tuna resources by participating in some RFMOs. From all regional organizations where Indonesia has been joined, the CCSBT is the unique one, due to it governs a single tuna species, which is called Southern Bluefin Tuna. This kind of tuna is essential for Indonesia because it is the world’s most expensive tuna and SBT migrates through Indonesian fisheries management zones and goes even further within the territorial waters, where the SBT spawning area is located. This natural characteristic distinguishes Indonesia from other Parties to CCSBT. Nevertheless, the Country has been dealing with its obligation to comply with national quota allocation. For some fishing season periods, the CCSBT indicated Indonesia as a non-compliant. By applying the qualitative approach, this study considers how Indonesia’s non-compliance has been addressed in fishing for shared fish stocks. The data collection was conducted through semi-structured interviews and legal analysis of law and policy instruments. This method leads the elaboration to reveal domestic factors affecting non-compliance by Indonesia. This study argues, the fisheries legislation should consider the provision concerning fishing for resources under quota system, hence, it will provide sufficient legal base to take enforcement measures towards non-compliance with fishing quota.

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