Fragmentation in high seas fisheries: Preliminary reflections on a global oceans governance approach

Blanchard, Catherine

doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2017.06.017

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“…Additionally, the governance of the high seas is complex and fragmented, with multiple invested bodies, including Regional Fisheries Management Organizations (RFMOs; Table 1), whose mandates cover managing fisheries and their impacts on nontarget species within their competence area, and the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), whose mandate extends beyond that of RFMOs and includes explicit conservation objectives. However, there is no single overarching legal framework for the conservation and management of all activities within the high seas, complicating conservation efforts (Blanchard, 2017). To address these challenges, the overarching Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction, also known as the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Treaty (BBNJ), was recently adopted (United Nations General Assembly, 2023).…”

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Decisive conservation action in areas beyond national jurisdiction is urgently required for seabird recovery in the face of global change

Gee,

Kenup,

Debski

et al. 2023

Conservation Letters.

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Areas beyond national jurisdiction, or the high seas, are vital to life on Earth. However, the conservation of these areas, for example, through area‐based management tools (ABMTs), is challenging, particularly when accounting for global change. Using decision science, integrated population models, and a Critically Endangered seabird (Kuaka; Pelecanoides whenuahouensis) as a case study, we evaluated potential ABMTs in the high seas under global change and different governance structures, while accounting for uncertainty and imperfect compliance. Our study highlighted that global change in these areas will likely cause population declines of ∼60% by 2050. However, decisive conservation action could cost‐effectively address predicted declines, particularly when implemented as soon as possible and under the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Treaty. We illustrate how decision science can transparently navigate a complex seascape of management decisions and we advocate for its wider integration in the management of the largest sections of our planet, the high seas.

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Decisive conservation action in areas beyond national jurisdiction is urgently required for seabird recovery in the face of global change

Gee,

Kenup,

Debski

et al. 2023

Conservation Letters.

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“…The complexity of marine socio-ecological systems has often led to ocean governance arrangements in which policies can lack effectiveness (Underdal 2002;Willock and Lack 2006;Gjerde et al 2008;Haward and Vince 2008;Blanchard 2017) and coherence (Nilsson et al 2012). International treaties, regional agreements and national policies often comprise complex design, development and implementation, that reflect the desire to move towards specific objectives.…”

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The future of ocean governance

Haas

Mackay

Novaglio

et al. 2021

Rev Fish Biol Fisheries

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“…The complexity of marine socio-ecological systems has often led to ocean governance arrangements in which policies can lack effectiveness (Underdal, 2002;Willock and Lack 2006;Gjerde et al 2008;Haward and Vince 2008;Blanchard 2017) and coherence (Nilsson et al 2012). International treaties, regional agreements and national policies often comprise complex design, development and implementation, that reflect the desire to move towards specific objectives.…”

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The future of ocean governance

Haas¹,

Mackay

Novaglio

et al. 2020

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Ocean governance is complex and influenced by multiple drivers and actors with different worldviews and goals. While governance encompasses many elements, in this paper we focus on the processes that operate within and between states, civil society and local communities, and the market, including industry. Specifically, in this paper, we address the question of how to move towards more sustainable ocean governance aligning with the sustainable development goals and the UN Ocean Decade. We address three major risks to oceans that arise from governance-related issues: 1) the impacts of the overexploitation of marine resources; 2) inequitable distribution of access to and benefits from marine ecosystem services, and 3) inadequate or inappropriate adaptation to changing ocean conditions. The SDGs have been used as an underlying framework to develop these risks. We identify five drivers that may determine how ocean governance evolves, namely formal rules and institutions, evidence and knowledge-based decision-making, legitimacy of decision-making institutions, stakeholder engagement and participation, and empowering communities. These drivers were used to define two alternative futures by 2030: (a) 'Business as Usual' -a continuation of current trajectories and (b) 'More Sustainable Future' -optimistic, transformational, but technically achievable. We then identify what actions, as structured processes, can reduce the three major governance-related risks and lead to the More Sustainable Future. These actions relate to the process of co-creation and implementation of improved, comprehensive, and integrated management plans, enhancement of decision-making processes, and better anticipation and consideration of ambiguity and uncertainty.

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Fragmentation in high seas fisheries: Preliminary reflections on a global oceans governance approach

Cited by 23 publications

References 18 publications

Decisive conservation action in areas beyond national jurisdiction is urgently required for seabird recovery in the face of global change

Decisive conservation action in areas beyond national jurisdiction is urgently required for seabird recovery in the face of global change

The future of ocean governance

The future of ocean governance

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