Into the deep blue sea: Commons theory and international governance of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna
The need to understand how to sustainably govern oceanic fisheries has become increasingly urgent as their contribution to global food security and livelihoods are threatened by declining stocks. Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (ABFT) is a prominent example of the complexities associated with widely distribut...
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ftjijotc:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/410 2023-10-09T21:54:03+02:00 Into the deep blue sea: Commons theory and international governance of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Epstein, Graham Nenadovic, Mateja Boustany, André 2014-08-31 application/xml application/pdf https://account.thecommonsjournal.org/index.php/up-j-ijc/article/view/URN%3ANBN%3ANL%3AUI%3A10-1-116415 https://doi.org/10.18352/ijc.410 eng eng Ubiquity Press https://account.thecommonsjournal.org/index.php/up-j-ijc/article/view/URN%3ANBN%3ANL%3AUI%3A10-1-116415/409 https://account.thecommonsjournal.org/index.php/up-j-ijc/article/view/URN%3ANBN%3ANL%3AUI%3A10-1-116415/423 https://account.thecommonsjournal.org/index.php/up-j-ijc/article/view/URN%3ANBN%3ANL%3AUI%3A10-1-116415 doi:10.18352/ijc.410 Copyright (c) 2014 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 International Journal of the Commons; Vol. 8 No. 2 (2014); 277-303 1875-0281 Atlantic Bluefin Tuna common-pool resource theory fisheries resource storage SESMAD info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article Case study, meta-analysis 2014 ftjijotc https://doi.org/10.18352/ijc.410 2023-09-18T07:39:01Z The need to understand how to sustainably govern oceanic fisheries has become increasingly urgent as their contribution to global food security and livelihoods are threatened by declining stocks. Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (ABFT) is a prominent example of the complexities associated with widely distributed oceanic resources, extending in this case to include much of the North-Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. This distribution has led to limited attention from commons theorists that tend to focus on small-scale social ecological systems. Therefore in order to explore the fit between theories of the commons developed in small-scale systems, we apply the Social-Ecological Systems Meta-Analysis Database (SESMAD) to systematically analyze ABFT governance over a 22 year period. The results, which focus on the effects of resource characteristics, broadly correspond to the expectations of commons theory. Interestingly, however, the addition of resource storage in the form of ABFT ranches appears to be contributing to unsustainable harvests. This stands in contrast to previous findings in the commons literature that storage tends to enhance prospects for sustainable governance. Therefore several alternative hypotheses are developed by comparing and contrasting attributes of ABFT and canal irrigation storage. These hypotheses may be used in future research to evaluate the conditions in which storage enhances prospects for sustainable governance. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic International Journal of the Commons International Journal of the Commons 8 2 277 |
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The need to understand how to sustainably govern oceanic fisheries has become increasingly urgent as their contribution to global food security and livelihoods are threatened by declining stocks. Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (ABFT) is a prominent example of the complexities associated with widely distributed oceanic resources, extending in this case to include much of the North-Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. This distribution has led to limited attention from commons theorists that tend to focus on small-scale social ecological systems. Therefore in order to explore the fit between theories of the commons developed in small-scale systems, we apply the Social-Ecological Systems Meta-Analysis Database (SESMAD) to systematically analyze ABFT governance over a 22 year period. The results, which focus on the effects of resource characteristics, broadly correspond to the expectations of commons theory. Interestingly, however, the addition of resource storage in the form of ABFT ranches appears to be contributing to unsustainable harvests. This stands in contrast to previous findings in the commons literature that storage tends to enhance prospects for sustainable governance. Therefore several alternative hypotheses are developed by comparing and contrasting attributes of ABFT and canal irrigation storage. These hypotheses may be used in future research to evaluate the conditions in which storage enhances prospects for sustainable governance. |
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Into the deep blue sea: Commons theory and international governance of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna |
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Into the deep blue sea: Commons theory and international governance of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna |
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Into the deep blue sea: Commons theory and international governance of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna |
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