Are input controls required in individual transferable quota fisheries to address ecosystem based fisheries management objectives?

Emery, Timothy J.; Green, Bridget S.; Gardner, Caleb; Tisdell, John

doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2011.04.005

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“…It had no fish processing facility and was not able to find reliable partners abroad. 10 Such withdrawals are unusual within the MSC process, although some took place in other fisheries as well. 11 Yet, participating in certification was a valuable experience for fisheries that remained involved.…”

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“…In this area, about 90% of the codfish is MSC certified [3]. Because codfish stocks in the Barents and Norwegian seas are trans-boundary, they are managed by the Joint Norwegian Russian Fisheries Commission, which has set high standards for fishery-related research and management [8][9][10]. Bottom trawls, the main fishing method in these fisheries, involves active fishing gear designed and rigged to contact the bottom during fishing.…”

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The implementation of Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification in Russia: Achievements and considerations

2018

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A B S T R A C TThe Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification program in Russia is now well established and, in addition to fishery clients and stakeholders, involves environmental NGOs and experts familiar with the local management system. The present study aims to analyze the current status of the program and constitutes the first study covering all Russian MSC certifications. Based on certification reports and twenty semi-structured interviews with stakeholders, it was shown that problems with certification vary among fisheries. The most advanced in terms of management are the Barents Sea codfish fisheries, which are co-managed by Russia and Norway. The main concern of these fisheries is the use of bottom trawls, which may seriously affect bottom communities. The Alaska pollock fishery in the Sea of Okhotsk experienced serious pressure from rival fisheries during the certification process. In the Far East, interviewees dealing with the salmon fisheries note a high level of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and insufficient scientific data for comprehensive stock assessment. For small-scale inland perch fisheries from the central part of the country, recreational and illegal fishing are important problems that are difficult to quantify. Many interviewees repeatedly mentioned communication issues, difficulties with access to scientific and management information, and the overall complexity of the MSC certification process. The study shows that important preconditions to expanding certification are making the process manageable for export-oriented companies and developing a national market for sustainable seafood.

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The implementation of Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification in Russia: Achievements and considerations

2018

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“…When there is an incentive as the introduction of ITQs by the enforcement authority that tends to reduce the social welfare of fishermen, fishermen respond rationally by increasing their catch levels (or not respecting the quotas). Third, given that marine stewardship involves changes in the human behavior, the fisher's perceptions, and attitudes toward a given ITQ system are key to help achieving progresses (Emery et al 2010). In an analysis of the effects of non-compliance with quota demands and the equilibrium quota price in a given ITQ fishery, Hatcher (2005) found that expected penalties as a function of relative violations of quota mean that non-compliant fishing companies are never indifferent between cheating and buying quotas.…”

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Credible Enforcement Policies Under Illegal Fishing: Does Individual Transferable Quotas Induce to Reduce the Gap Between Approved and Proposed Allowable Catches?

Rocha

Villasante

González³

2013

AMBIO

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In general, approved Total Allowable Catches (TACs) are higher than proposed TACs by the scientific assessment and reported landings approved are higher than approved TAC. We build a simple enforcement agency's behavior model that generates-as a rational behaviorthose two facts. The model has two ingredients. First, there exists illegal fishing generated by an imperfect enforcement technology; second, the enforcement agency cannot commit on announced penalties. We show that lack of commitment increases the potential benefits for national enforcement agency of deviating from proposal (scientific optimal) quotas. Although the enforcement agency wants to announce a low quota target to induce a low level of illegal harvest, it will find optimal to revise the quota announced in order to reduce penalties and improve fishermen welfare. Therefore, agencies find it optimal to approve higher quotas than that proposed by the scientific advice. Our main result is to show that when full compliance is not possible, and national agencies cannot commit, the introduction of Individual Transferable Quotas increases the potential benefits for agencies of deviating from the optimal proposed TAC by the scientific advised.

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“…ITQs are currently mostly applied in large-scale fisheries in industrialized countries with much less use in small-scale artisanal or subsistence fisheries. A growing amount of empirical evaluation of this type of management approach from an economic, social, cultural, and environmental perspective has been undertaken (Essington 2010, Sumaila 2010, Olson 2011, Emery et al 2012.…”

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“…Moreover, ITQs tend to be implemented with other pre-existing or new management arrangements, such as input controls (Emery et al 2012) and comanagement. Moreover, ITQs are not the only way by which better environmental outcomes can be achieved.…”

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Individual transferable quota contribution to environmental stewardship: a theory in need of validation

Putten¹,

Boschetti²,

Fulton³

et al. 2014

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Are input controls required in individual transferable quota fisheries to address ecosystem based fisheries management objectives?

Cited by 35 publications

References 61 publications

The implementation of Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification in Russia: Achievements and considerations

The implementation of Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification in Russia: Achievements and considerations

Credible Enforcement Policies Under Illegal Fishing: Does Individual Transferable Quotas Induce to Reduce the Gap Between Approved and Proposed Allowable Catches?

Individual transferable quota contribution to environmental stewardship: a theory in need of validation

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