This paper surveys the current state and major trends in global fisheries; the environmental
and social dimensions of fisheries; and explains how the international community has tried …

Resource allocation is a fundamental and challenging component of common pool resource
governance, particularly transboundary fisheries. We highlight the growing importance of …

Taking a social science approach, this book explores the governance of sustainable
seafood, which is fundamental to food and nutrition security as well as being an important …

Some of the most important development goals for the countries and territories of the
Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) involve the sustainable management of their …

Abstract Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) is a powerful economic tool that gives
positive conditional incentives for the provision of additional ecosystem services over the …

Rights-based fisheries management–a management system that apportions harvesting
rights of fisheries resources to individuals or groups of individuals based on pre-determined …

Abstract The tropical Pacific Ocean is characterized by its dominant zonal flow, strong
climate dependence on the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and abundant tuna stocks …

Tuna management in the Western and Central Pacific is complicated by the conflicting
interests of countries and agents exploiting tuna resources in the region. Historically …

Indonesia, the Philippines, and Papua New Guinea, all part of a regional sub-group known
as the Coral Triangle, have sizeable skipjack, yellowfin and bigeye tuna fisheries. Recent …

Conservation and management of transboundary fisheries must account for diverse national
interests while adopting compromises necessary to develop and implement robust …