Economic policy, institutions and fisheries development in the Pacific

Elizabeth H. Petersen

Marine Policy, 2002, vol. 26, issue 5, 315-324

Abstract: The South Pacific is home to the world's largest and most valuable tuna fishery. Despite this, the Pacific island countries have found it tremendously difficult to capture significant economic rents from the resource. It is argued in this paper that poor economic policy partly explains this. However, poor policies are preventing the implementation of strong, cost-effective institutions for the governance of the fishery which, coupled with strong institutions for broad social and economic governance, are required for development of the industry. Opportunities for policy reform that are likely to lead to significant gains from the fishery are highlighted.

Keywords: Fisheries; policy; Institutions; Tuna (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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