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The Dominance of Big Fishing Interests in the U.S.
An interesting review of the Magnuson-Stevens Act points out the structural flaws in the U.S. Regional Fishery Management Councils. Specifically, there is an odd – in fact intended – dominance of big...
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Global Compliance with the UN Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries
The UN Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries sets the minimum standard for fisheries management around the world. It’s a voluntary code, but takes the form of soft international law given that it...
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Governance Indicators and Fisheries Management
I want to follow up on yesterday’s post that noted how compliance with the UN Code of Conduct appears to highly correlate with the World Bank’s Governance Index. I looked back through Agnew et al.’s...
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The Theory of Catch Shares (cont.)
Catch shares are increasingly promoted as an effective way to manage fisheries and better align private incentives with conservation. I’ve blogged a bit on this myself. But we too rarely talk about the...
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