Managing fishing capacity in tuna regional fisheries management organisations (RFMOs): Development and state of the art

Martin Aranda, Hilario Murua and Paul de Bruyn

Marine Policy, 2012, vol. 36, issue 5, 985-992

Abstract: Overcapacity is a major threat to the sustainability of tuna resources. Diverse actions are being carried out by tuna RFMOs to counteract this problem. This paper reviews and analyses both the historical development of fishing capacity management in tuna RFMOs and their state of the art practices. Despite the fact, that thus far, management measures have not yielded the expected results for capacity reduction, they provide a good basis for improved management of capacity at regional and global levels.

Keywords: Overcapacity; Shared stocks; Tuna fisheries; Regional fisheries management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2012.01.006

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