scholarly journals Assessment of Regional Fisheries Management Organizations Efforts toward the Precautionary Approach and Science-Based Stock Management and Compliance Measures

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 8128
Author(s):  
Mervin Ogawa ◽  
Joseph Anthony L. Reyes
Keyword(s):  
Fisheries Management ◽  
Human Consumption ◽  
Stock Management ◽  
Precautionary Approach ◽  
Fish Stocks ◽  
Performance Reviews ◽  
Government Mandates ◽  
The Right ◽  
Regional Fisheries Management Organizations ◽  
Regional Fisheries Management

The sustainable management of the ocean as a global food source has been prominent in recent debates due to the disproportionate rate of human consumption, depletion of fish stocks and shortcomings in conservation efforts. Criticisms from various sectors on the effectiveness of Regional Fisheries Management Organizations (RFMO) in relation to their mandates have prompted performance reviews (PRs) to evaluate their efforts in fisheries management. Among concerns are slow implementation of comprehensive harvest strategies which use science-based indicators and management principles. Moreover, RFMOs are expected to apply the precautionary approach, in the hopes of anticipating, monitoring, preventing and mitigating potential threats. The emergent themes are revealed through content analysis pertaining to cooperation and compliance being essential to fisheries management activities in conjunction with choosing the right operational approaches and the proper implementation of various fisheries regulations. Government mandates and stakeholder’s recommendations support fisheries management organizations to function more effectively. This article discusses the role of coercive, normative and mimetic pressures in RFMOs activities, as described in recent performance reviews. It then analyses how RFMOs have implemented the precautionary approach together with science-based stock management and compliance measures, utilizing recent PRs to assess progress on relevant recommendations.

scholarly journals Non-Participation in the Fish Stocks Agreement: Status and Reasons

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
E.J. Molenaar
Keyword(s):  
Fisheries Management ◽  
Law Of The Sea ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Fish Stocks ◽  
The Law ◽  
Regional Fisheries Management Organizations ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Final Text ◽  
Regional Fisheries Management

AbstractAlthough the Fish Stocks Agreement was adopted by consensus after around only 2.5 years of negotiation, the final text did not fully resolve all significant differences of view. As it was feared that participation in the Fish Stocks Agreement would remain as troublesome as in the 1958 Geneva Fisheries Convention, considerable efforts have been made to promote wider participation since the Agreement’s entry into force in 2001. On 22 November 2010 there were 78 parties to the Fish Stocks Agreement and 161 to the Law of the Sea Convention. This article examines the current status and reasons for non-participation in the Fish Stocks Agreement by, inter alia, categorizing non-participation, appraising participation in light of the current participation in the Law of the Sea Convention and examining the relationship between the Agreement and regional fisheries management organizations.

The influence of performance reviews on regional fisheries management organizations

2019 ◽  
Vol 76 (7) ◽  
pp. 2082-2089 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bianca Haas ◽  
Marcus Haward ◽  
Jeffrey McGee ◽  
Aysha Fleming
Keyword(s):  
Fisheries Management ◽  
Fishing Effort ◽  
Limited Information ◽  
Performance Reviews ◽  
United Nations General ◽  
National Jurisdiction ◽  
United Nations General Assembly ◽  
Regional Fisheries Management Organizations ◽  
Made In ◽  
Regional Fisheries Management

Abstract Regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs) are key bodies responsible for managing fisheries on the high seas and also in areas of the ocean under national jurisdiction. The performance of RFMOs has, however, become the focus of broad-based criticism in the context of increasing fishing effort, the scale, and sophistication of illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing, and concerns over the wider environmental impacts of fishing activities. In response to these criticisms, the United Nations General Assembly has called on RFMOs to carry out performance reviews (PRs) to assess their record in fisheries management. PRs can provide the opportunity to assess the strengths and weaknesses of past actions by specific RFMOs. There is, however, limited information and analysis available on the progress made by RFMOs after PRs have been carried out. To fill this gap, this paper assesses the performance of five RFMOs that have undergone PRs on two occasions. The paper assesses the performance of these five RFMOs against a scoring system that analyses improvements made after the first PR based on the recommendations made in the second PR. This analysis is encouraging, as all five RFMOs demonstrated significant improvement in their performance in the period after their initial PR, especially in “conservation and management” and “international cooperation” activities.

scholarly journals Transboundary Fisheries Management

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-177
Author(s):  
David M. Ong
Keyword(s):  
Fisheries Management ◽  
Institutional Capacity ◽  
Fish Stocks ◽  
Geographical Position ◽  
Legal Frameworks ◽  
Regional Fisheries Management Organizations ◽  
Transboundary Fisheries ◽  
Management Issues ◽  
Regional Fisheries Management ◽  
The Way

Abstract Malaysia’s unique geographical position, straddling across several seas within the Indian and Pacific Oceans, allows her to play an important role within the set of regional, sub-regional and bilateral arrangements for transboundary fisheries management in the Indo-Pacific theatre. This article first charts and then examines Malaysia’s participation within these fisheries management initiatives, beginning from the overarching international legal frameworks of unclos and the Fish Stocks Agreement, through the formal and informal regional and sub-regional fisheries management organizations, and finally, to bilateral arrangements for fisheries co-operation. Along the way, Malaysia’s policy, legal and institutional capacity, as well as her readiness to perform the role(s) required of her, in relation to regional, sub-regional, and bilateral fisheries management issues, are critically assessed.

scholarly journals Stability and Success of Regional Fisheries Management Organizations

2010 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 377-402 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pedro Pintassilgo ◽  
Michael Finus ◽  
Marko Lindroos ◽  
Gordon Munro
Keyword(s):  
Fisheries Management ◽  
Regional Fisheries Management Organizations ◽  
Regional Fisheries Management
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