Regional fisheries management organizations: The interplay between governance and science
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Leandra R. Gonçalves. Springer Cham, 2021, 147p. Hardcover ISBN 978-3-030-70361-5 Softcover ISBN 978-3-030-70364-6 eBook ISBN 978-3-030-70362-2
Introduction
This
book analyzes empirical data from three specific Regional Fisheries
Management Organizations (RFMOs) designed to establish rules for the
conservation and management of fish stocks in the ocean, in order to
assess their effectiveness in converting science into policy for the
recovery and maintenance of fishery populations. The three RFMOs
discussed are the CCAMLR (Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic
Marine Living Resources), the ICCAT (International Commission for the
Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) and the CCSBT (Commission for the
Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna). The book seeks to understand
when governments choose to listen to science, and establishes a
framework to examine the institutional designs currently in place to
accommodate RFMO policy suggestions and the conditions under which they
are implemented successfully. The study will be of interest to academics
and professionals broadly interested in global environmental
governance and international relations, and will specifically appeal to
policymakers, conservationists, and environmental researchers interested
in fishery management and policy at the global and regional scale.
