Strengthening regional fisheries management organisations.
Contributors: Cox, Anthony.; Renwrantz, Leonie.; Kelling, Ingrid.; Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Secretary-General.; SourceOECD (Online service)
Publisher: OECD
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Number of pages: 123
ISBN-13: 9789264073319; 9789264073326
Subjects: Fishery resources -- International cooperation; Fishery management, International; Fishery policy -- International cooperation
Description: With the development and entry into force of the United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement in 1995, the international community made a commitment to strengthen Regional Fisheries Management Organizations (RFMOs), established to deal with the management of shared high seas resources. This study takes stock of the changes made in RFMOs, highlighting a gradual process of improvement that has translated into significant success stories.  While there is no single recipe for this process, ensuring that the fundamental building blocks are in place to help create and maintain the economic and political momentum for change is important. Altering the underlying economic incentives may help to better align the interests of member countries, allowing coalitions for change to develop within the membership. The study and its analysis is built on evidence from a range of case studies of RFMOs, most notably the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna (CSBT), the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (NAFO) and the North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC)--Publisher's description.
Notes: "This work is published on the responsibility of the Secretary-General of the OECD"--T.p. verso.

"This report was written by Anthony Cox, Leonie Renwrantz and Ingrid Kelling"--Acknowledgements.

Also available in French under the title: Renforcements des organisations régionales de la pêche.

OECD-code: 53 2009 03 1 P.

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Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Expanding membership in the commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna (CCSBT); title: Strengthening the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT); title: Modernising the North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC); title: Updating the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (NAFO); title: Strengthening RFMOS : key insights from the case studies.