Rights-based management in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean tuna fishery: Economic and environmental change under the Vessel Day Scheme |
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| Institution: | 1. Azti-Tecnalia, Herrera kaia, Portualdea z/g, 20110, Pasaia, Spain;2. Azti-Tecnalia, Txatxarramendi Ugartea z/g, 48395, Sukarrieta, Spain;1. Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London, Silwood Park, Buckhurst Road, Ascot, Berkshire SL5 7PY, United Kingdom;2. ICCAT (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) Secretariat, C/Corazón de María, 8, 28002 Madrid, Spain;1. Corvallis Research Laboratory, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, 28655 Highway 34, Corvallis, OR, 97333, USA;2. Oregon Hatchery Research Center, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, 2457 E Fall Creek Road, Alsea, OR, 97324, USA;3. Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University, 104 Nash Hall, 2820 SW Campus Way, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA;4. Environmental and Fisheries Sciences Division, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries, 2725 Montlake Boulevard East, Seattle, WA, 98112, USA;5. Fish Health Services, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, 104 Nash Hall, 2820 SW Campus Way, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA;6. School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, 1122 NE Boat Street, Seattle, WA, 98105, USA;1. Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4R2, Canada;2. Marine Affairs Program, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4R2, Canada;3. Ocean Wise, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6G 3E2, Canada;1. National Research Institute of Far Seas Fisheries, Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency, 5-7-1 Orido, Shimizu, Shizuoka 424-8633, Japan;2. Hokkaido National Fisheries Research Institute, Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency, 116 Katsurakoi, Kushiro, Hokkaido 085-0802, Japan;3. Tokyo Metropolitan Islands Area Research and Development Center for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, 2-7-104 Kaigan, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0022, Japan;4. Ajinomoto Co., Inc., 15-1, Kyobashi 1-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-8315, Japan;5. The University of Tokyo, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8564, Japan |
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| Abstract: | Defining, strengthening and enforcing rights over fisheries resources is frequently identified as central to overcoming ‘the tragedy of the commons’ and associated environmental and economic challenges in fisheries systems. Though economic theory generally suggests that output control (e.g. quotas) creates the strongest incentives for efficiency and conservation, input controls (e.g. on effort) remain common. This paper explores the rationale for, and implications of, employing a transferable effort scheme in one of the largest and most valuable fisheries. In 2007, eight Pacific Island countries implemented the Vessel Day Scheme with the aims of strengthening their rights over tuna resources and control over economic and environmental trends. Four years since implementation, the scheme has significantly increased economic returns for the island states and generated improvements in data reporting. However, it has not generated a firm limit on fishing effort and its structure has made it difficult to directly target the biological concerns of individual species within the multi-species fishery. In the future, outcomes of the Vessel Day Scheme will continue to be tempered by the structural limitations of effort-based regulatory scheme, market conditions in the sector and the willingness of firms and island states to clarify, abide by and enforce the technical components of the scheme. |
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| Keywords: | Vessel Day Scheme Transferrable effort Tuna Pacific island countries Western and Central Pacific Ocean Rights based management |
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