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Fisheries access agreements
Small island developing States
Organizations
Miscellaneous
WWF:
Endangered Seas campaign
The WWF has two recent
publications on overfishing under access agreements
between DWFNs and developing countries:
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Negotiating Fishing Access Agreements |
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The Footprint of Distant Water Fleets on World Fisheries |
Effects
Of Subsidised distant Water Fleets on the Marine Environment and Local People in
Western Africa
Paper by Souleymane Zeba, Director, WWF West Africa
Programme Office
SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES
FAO Programme of Fisheries Assistance for Small
Island Developing States: Homepage
Background and links:
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Report of the Implementation of the
FAO Programme of Fisheries Assistance for Small Island Developing States Report from the 22nd session of COFI. |
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Fisheries and Aquaculture Issues in
Small Island Developing States Paper from the 23rd session of COFI |
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The Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries:
Implications for Caribbean States Paper by E. Ruckes of the Fish Utilization and Marketing Service of FAO |
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FAO's Programme of Fisheries Assistance to
Small Island Developing States Paper by FAO's David Doulman |
UN Conference on the
Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States
Information from the International Institute of Sustainable
Development on this Conference, held in Barbados in 1994, including links to the
relevant Earth Negotiations
Bulletin articles. Most of the links to information on the UNDP site do not appear to
work, but some documentation is available from the UNDP gopher server.
Economic
Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) SIDS Programme of Action
Includes an overview of the various issue areas, including coastal and marine resources
and a section on the follow
up to the POA, including material from various international meetings and conferences.
There is also a useful section of links to information on Caribbean SIDS related projects and
programmes.
Alliance of Small Island States
Small Island
Developing States Network
Includes pages on marine and coastal issues and biodiversity.
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U.S. Agency
for International Development (USAID)
Canadian International Development
Agency (CIDA)
Home pages of national donor agencies involved in international fisheries development.
Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Fisheries Development Issues
A discussion of some important issues affecting fisheries development, provided by MegaPesca, a consulting company
active in such work.
Virtual Library on
International Development
Provided by the Canadian International
Development Agency (CIDA), this is a long list of Web links on matters relating to
international development. Its fisheries section is unfortunately weak.
International Development
Research Centre (IDRC)
The IDRC is a public corporation created by the Canadian government to help communities in
the developing world find solutions to social, economic, and environmental problems
through research.
International
Development Network
IDN's goal is to promote sustainable and responsible development by providing access to
information and resources. Their Web site has a mass of information, with some fisheries
material buried amidst it.
Literature on-line
IUU Fishing and Considerations for Developing Countries [pdf; also in Word]
Paper by Transform AqorauCode of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries: Development and Implementation Considerations
Paper by D. J. Doulman (July 2000)Responsible Fisheries with Special Reference to Small-Scale Fisheries and West Africa
Paper by J. Prado (October 1997)
Individual Transferable Quotas in Fishery
Management
A US Congressional Research Service
Report.
New Zealand's Quota Management System
An outline of the the ITQ management system, from the New Zealand Fishing Industry Board.
Literature on-line
Fish or Cut Bait!: The Case for Individual Transferable Quotas in the Salmon Fishery of British Columbia
Text reproduced on-line, edited by Laura Jones and Michael Walker. Includes the following texts:Individual Quota Management in Fisheries
FAO Fisheries Technical Paper No. 371 (1997)Use of Property rights in fisheries management: Volume 1
Use of Property rights in fisheries management: Volume 2
Proceedings of the FishRights '99 Conference: FAO Fisheries Technical Paper 404 (2000). Contains a large number of papers, dealing with many issues, including:Fencing the Oceans: A Rights-Based Approach to Privatising Fisheries (1998)
Iceland's ITQ System: Evolution and Performance with Ragnar Arnason (1996)
Two articles by Birgir Runolfsson, University of Iceland.Commercial Fishing License Limitation: A Controversial System of Grandfather Rights
Paper by Bruce Twomley from the IIFET 2000 Conference.An Elemental Basis of Property Rights to Marine Fishery Resources
Paper by Steve Edwards from the IIFET 2000 Conference.Use Rights: Overview and Multi-Objective Analysis
Paper by Anthony Charles from the IIFET 2000 Conference.Property Rights in ITQ Fisheries: Fact or Fiction?
Paper by Sevaly Sen from the IIFET 2000 Conference.Challenging ITQs: Legal And Political Action In Iceland, Canada, And Chile
Paper by Parzival Copes from the IIFET 2000 Conference.
Effects
of Liberalizing Trade in Fish, Fishing Services and Investment in Fishing
Vessels
Report by Professor Rögnvaldur
Hannesson for OECD.
Gadus Associates links on Seafood Processing & Trade
Literature on-line
Selected papers from the Sydney Expert Consultation on IUU fishing (May 2000):
WTO-Consistent Trade-Related Measures to Address IUU Fishing [pdf; also in Word]
Linda ChavesWTO-Consistent Trade-Related Measures to Address IUU Fishing - Developing Country Issues [pdf; also in Word]
Ruangrai TokrisnaCITES and Commercial Fisheries: Relationship between CITES and FAO and RFMOs
Paper by J. Berney, IWMC World Conservation Trust.Evolution Of The International Regulatory Framework Governing International Trade in Fishery Products
Paper by Erhard Ruckes from the IIFET 2000 Conference.Current Debate Over Potential Use of Trade Measures
Paper by Greg Schneider from the IIFET 2000 Conference.Japan's Decling Fish Catch Raises Trade Prospects
Paper by Fawzi Taha from the IIFET 2000 Conference.
Fisheries related case studies from the Trade Environment Database (TED) not listed elsewhere:
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North Pacific Overfishing |
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Canada-UK Dispute over Cod |
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UK-Spain Cod Dispute |
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US-Canada Salmon and Herring Dispute |
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US-Canada Lobster Dispute |
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Squid Trade |