Management of the Commons for Biodiversity: Lessons from the North Pacific

• Main Author: McBeath, Jerry
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2003
• Subjects: IASC; fisheries; marine resources; litigation; NGOs; environmental law; biodiversity; environmental policy; conflict; Wildlife; Bering Sea; Gulf of Alaska; Pacific; Tac; Alaska; Aleutian Islands
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10535/1574

"The North Pacific has the worlds largest groundfish fisheries, valued at more than $1 billion annually. It also is home to the largest population of Steller sea lions (SSL), a species originating 3-4 million years ago and now endangered. The precipitous decline of the western stock of SSL in t...