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Boundary Management, Exclusive Access and Certification Schemes. Frank Alcock Assistant Professor of Political Science New College of Florida. The Challenge of Change: Managing for Sustainability of Oceanic Top Predators April 12, 2007 Santa Barbara, California. Actors. Fisheries
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Boundary Management, Exclusive Access and Certification Schemes Frank Alcock Assistant Professor of Political Science New College of Florida The Challenge of Change: Managing for Sustainability of Oceanic Top Predators April 12, 2007 Santa Barbara, California
Actors Fisheries Managers Fishing Industry Environmental NGOs Fisheries Scientists
Evaluative Criteria for Policies • Ecological Sustainability • Economic Efficiency • Distribution & Equity
Why do fisheries policies fail to adopt scientific advice? • Primacy of Distributive Concerns • Time horizons and discount rates • Subjective perceptions of scientific assessments
Attributes of Influential Assessments • Salience • Relevance of information for decision-making needs • Credibility • Technical accuracy of information/model projections • Model specification • Indicator choice • Measurement error • Legitimacy • Fairness of the assessment process • Who participates and how? • What questions get asked? What concerns are addressed? • What options are considered?
Boundary Management Fisheries Managers Fishing Industry • Communication • Translation • Mediation • Self-Assessment Environmental NGOs Fisheries Scientists
Distribution • EEZ extension was a partial distributive solution for allocating global fisheries resources • Did not solve internal distribution problems • Did not solve distributive problems for highly migratory species, straddling stocks and high seas fisheries
Distribution • Existing international fisheries institutions do not provide consistent focal points (allocation principles) • Freedom of the seas principle not sustainable • Exclusive access/quota rights
IUU Fishing - Enforcement • Consider the entire commodity chain • Traceability & Transparency • Chain of custody certification schemes • Incentives throughout commodity chain (especially on the retail end)
How do we questions… • How do we structure institutions so that scientific information will be better incorporated into the policy process? • Boundary Management • Assess whether this function is being performed in RFMOs, who performs it and how • Develop internal assessment tools for RFMOs • Insights for institutional structure and process
How do we questions… • How do we deal with conflicts over values and allocation and deal with fairness and equity? • Move away from freedom of the seas principle • Move toward exclusive access/quota rights, comprehensive ocean zoning, etc.
How do we questions… • How do we increase compliance, end IUU fishing and enhance enforcements? • Explore chain of custody certification schemes and consumer behavior