Private provision of public information in tuna fisheries

Bush, Simon R.; Bailey, Megan; Zwieten, P.A.M. van; Kochen, Momo; Wiryawan, Budy; Doddema, Amanda; Mangunsong, Stephani C.

doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2016.12.019

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“…The majority of information about FIP use has come from specific case studies (e.g. Bush et al, 2017;Deighan & Jenkins, 2015;Doddema, 2012;Duggan & Kochen, 2016;Tolentino-Zondervan, Berensten, Bush, Digal, & Oude Lansink, 2016). There have also been multiple broad reviews of FIP performance globally (e.g.…”

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Key attributes related to fishery improvement project (FIP) effectiveness in promoting improvements towards sustainability

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Fishery improvement projects (FIPs) are emerging as a popular market‐based means to improve fisheries sustainability and have been employed in scores of fisheries around the world; however, project ability to realize improvements has been highly variable, and little is known about how fishery and project conditions affect improvement efforts. In order to evaluate the effectiveness of the FIP model as a tool for improving diverse fisheries around the world, we compile a unique dataset of social, ecological and economic characteristics for over 60 FIPs globally, which we use to identify key attributes correlated with improvements in fishing practices, management and/or on‐the‐water outcomes. Using a random forest classifier, we identify three important attributes related to FIP effectiveness in demonstrating improvements. Specifically, FIPs are more likely to have achieved improvements with increased cumulative project time, when regional‐level management arrangements are present and when the target species has a moderate inherent vulnerability to fishing. Interestingly, improvements were not correlated with a number of expected features, including a fishery's socio‐economic setting or baseline performance against the desired sustainability standard (e.g. the Marine Stewardship Council fisheries standard). This study improves our understanding of factors related to FIP effectiveness in improving fisheries practices and management and provides key insights for practitioners into important attributes to consider when implementing the FIP model to promote fisheries sustainability.

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“…For example, data storage costs were once important considerations that are rapidly being alleviated by widely available and increasingly affordable cloud storage options. Public/private partnerships may be needed to provide capital and expertise to develop, implement and analyse the output from high‐tech data systems in fisheries with limited economic resources (e.g., many SSFs and subsistence fisheries) (Bush et al., ). Legal barriers preventing adoption and use of fishery‐dependent data technologies will likely need to be addressed with legislation, which can be a slow and tedious process.…”

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Opportunities to improve fisheries management through innovative technology and advanced data systems

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Fishery‐dependent data are integral to sustainable fisheries management. A paucity of fishery data leads to uncertainty about stock status, which may compromise and threaten the economic and food security of the users dependent upon that stock and increase the chances of overfishing. Recent developments in the technology available to collect, manage and analyse fishery‐relevant data provide a suite of possible solutions to update and modernize fisheries data systems and greatly expand data collection and analysis. Yet, despite the proliferation of relevant consumer technology, integration of technologically advanced data systems into fisheries management remains the exception rather than the rule. In this study, we describe the current status, challenges and future directions of high‐tech data systems in fisheries management in order to understand what has limited their adoption. By reviewing the application of fishery‐dependent data technology in multiple fisheries sectors globally, we show that innovation is stagnating as a result of lack of trust and cooperation between fishers and managers. We propose a solution based on a transdisciplinary approach to fishery management that emphasizes the need for collaborative problem‐solving among stakeholders. In our proposed system, data feedbacks are a key component to effective fishery data systems, ensuring that fishers and managers collect, have access to and benefit from fisheries data as they work towards a mutually agreed‐upon goal. A new approach to fisheries data systems will promote innovation to increase data coverage, accuracy and resolution, while reducing costs and allowing adaptive, responsive, near real‐time management decision‐making to improve fisheries outcomes.

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“…FIPs can lead to collaboration between a variety of private and public actors including fishermen, processors, buyers, retailers, government and NGOs. In the case of companies, there are several ways to support a FIP, for example, companies can lobby governments for better fisheries management, and may also take part in fulfilling public responsibilities such as port‐side data collection; both of which are key issues in developing country fisheries (S Bush et al., ; Pauly & Zeller, ; Smith et al., ).…”

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“…Growing awareness of the negative impacts of seafood production around the world has led to an increase in regulatory and non‐regulatory pressure on the industry to be more transparent about production practices and sustainability attributes of seafood products (Bush et al., ). This increased demand for transparency is a way for civil society and governments to hold companies accountable with regard to the sustainability and legality of their operations, which is key for accountability and legitimacy of private governance such as CSR (Cashore, ).…”

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“…Private sustainability initiatives probably have more room to make impact where state oversight is weak or partial, yet it is fisheries in these countries that remain largely unable to harness the potential impacts of CSR (Bailey, Miller, Bush, van Zwieten, & Wiryawan, 2016c;Bush et al, 2017). Additionally, much of the seafood production in the developing world comes from small-scale operations, which in some cases may be more ecologically sustainable than their industrial counterparts (Cao, Diana, Keoleian, & Lai, 2011;Jacquet & Pauly, 2008).…”

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The role of corporate social responsibility in creating a Seussian world of seafood sustainability

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Approaches to counter the overfishing and aquaculture production crisis include those imposed by public governing bodies, as well as those implemented by businesses and non‐governmental organizations (NGOs). In the case of the latter, private actors govern fisheries consumption and production through corporate social responsibility (CSR). In this contribution, we focus on three key tools that businesses are increasingly turning towards in an effort to meet the one particular CSR goal of sustainable seafood sourcing. In this context, the key tools of certifications, fisheries improvement projects (FIPs) and traceability are reviewed, and their potential as well as limits in contributing to continual improvement in pursuit of global seafood sustainability are analyzed. We argue that seafood CSR has created its own whimsical and fantastical world, a Seussian world, in which company image has become more important than sustainability performance. We posit four important barriers that must be overcome to bring seafood CSR back to reality. Specifically, we suggest moving away from the business case for CSR, reducing accessibility barriers for small‐scale and developing world fisheries, reconciling different labels and sustainability concepts, and better recognizing the imperative role of the state in governing fisheries and seafood.

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Private provision of public information in tuna fisheries

Cited by 31 publications

References 30 publications

Key attributes related to fishery improvement project (FIP) effectiveness in promoting improvements towards sustainability

Key attributes related to fishery improvement project (FIP) effectiveness in promoting improvements towards sustainability

Opportunities to improve fisheries management through innovative technology and advanced data systems

The role of corporate social responsibility in creating a Seussian world of seafood sustainability

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