Enhancing cooperative responses by regional fisheries management organisations to climate-driven redistribution of tropical Pacific tuna stocks
Climate change is predicted to alter the distributions of tropical tuna stocks in the Pacific Ocean. Recent modelling projects significant future shifts in tuna biomass from west to east, and from national jurisdictions to high seas areas. As the distributions of these stocks change, the relevant re...
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| author | Camille Goodman Ruth Davis Kamal Azmi Johann Bell Johann Bell Grantly R. Galland Eric Gilman Bianca Haas Quentin Hanich Patrick Lehodey Lara Manarangi-Trott Simon Nicol Simon Nicol Pablo Obregon Graham Pilling Inna Senina Katherine Seto Martin Tsamenyi Martin Tsamenyi |
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| description | Climate change is predicted to alter the distributions of tropical tuna stocks in the Pacific Ocean. Recent modelling projects significant future shifts in tuna biomass from west to east, and from national jurisdictions to high seas areas. As the distributions of these stocks change, the relevant regional fisheries management organisations (RFMOs)—the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) and the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC)—will need to develop an expanded framework for cooperation and collaboration to fulfil their conservation and management responsibilities under international law. The key elements of a possible expanded framework for cooperation can be developed, and fundamental areas for collaboration identified, by applying and adapting principles established in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, the United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement, and the constituent instruments of the RFMOs themselves. Our analysis reveals a wide range of important issues requiring cooperation, and three clear priorities. First, a formal mechanism for cooperation is needed to enable effective and efficient decision-making and action by the two RFMOs on key issues. Second, further cooperation is required in scientific research and modelling to better understand the biology and distributions of Pacific tuna stocks and how they will respond to climate change, and to inform stock assessments and harvest strategies. Third, the RFMOs must cooperate to define appropriate limits on fishing for each stock in a way that ensures they are compatible across the two organisations, taking into account their different members and management regimes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0dd3b52de6914facb866c96b2176e9342022-12-22T03:52:41ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Marine Science2296-77452022-12-01910.3389/fmars.2022.10460181046018Enhancing cooperative responses by regional fisheries management organisations to climate-driven redistribution of tropical Pacific tuna stocksCamille Goodman0Ruth Davis1Kamal Azmi2Johann Bell3Johann Bell4Grantly R. Galland5Eric Gilman6Bianca Haas7Quentin Hanich8Patrick Lehodey9Lara Manarangi-Trott10Simon Nicol11Simon Nicol12Pablo Obregon13Graham Pilling14Inna Senina15Katherine Seto16Martin Tsamenyi17Martin Tsamenyi18Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS), University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, AustraliaAustralian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS), University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, AustraliaAustralian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS), University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, AustraliaAustralian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS), University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, AustraliaCenter for Oceans, Conservation International, Arlington, VA, United StatesThe Pew Charitable Trusts, Washington, DC, United StatesPelagic Ecosystems Research Group, The Safina Center, Honolulu, HI, United StatesAustralian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS), University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, AustraliaAustralian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS), University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, AustraliaOceanic Fisheries Programme, Pacific Community (SPC), Noumea, New CaledoniaWestern and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC), Pohnpei, MicronesiaOceanic Fisheries Programme, Pacific Community (SPC), Noumea, New CaledoniaCentre for Conservation Ecology and Genomics, Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT, AustraliaCenter for Oceans, Conservation International, Arlington, VA, United StatesOceanic Fisheries Programme, Pacific Community (SPC), Noumea, New CaledoniaOceanic Fisheries Programme, Pacific Community (SPC), Noumea, New CaledoniaEnvironmental Studies Department, University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesAustralian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS), University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, AustraliaAfrican Centre of Excellence in Coastal Resilience (ACEcor), University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, GhanaClimate change is predicted to alter the distributions of tropical tuna stocks in the Pacific Ocean. Recent modelling projects significant future shifts in tuna biomass from west to east, and from national jurisdictions to high seas areas. As the distributions of these stocks change, the relevant regional fisheries management organisations (RFMOs)—the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) and the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC)—will need to develop an expanded framework for cooperation and collaboration to fulfil their conservation and management responsibilities under international law. The key elements of a possible expanded framework for cooperation can be developed, and fundamental areas for collaboration identified, by applying and adapting principles established in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, the United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement, and the constituent instruments of the RFMOs themselves. Our analysis reveals a wide range of important issues requiring cooperation, and three clear priorities. First, a formal mechanism for cooperation is needed to enable effective and efficient decision-making and action by the two RFMOs on key issues. Second, further cooperation is required in scientific research and modelling to better understand the biology and distributions of Pacific tuna stocks and how they will respond to climate change, and to inform stock assessments and harvest strategies. Third, the RFMOs must cooperate to define appropriate limits on fishing for each stock in a way that ensures they are compatible across the two organisations, taking into account their different members and management regimes.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2022.1046018/fullfisheriesclimate changestock distributionRFMOscooperationWCPFC |
| spellingShingle | Camille Goodman Ruth Davis Kamal Azmi Johann Bell Johann Bell Grantly R. Galland Eric Gilman Bianca Haas Quentin Hanich Patrick Lehodey Lara Manarangi-Trott Simon Nicol Simon Nicol Pablo Obregon Graham Pilling Inna Senina Katherine Seto Martin Tsamenyi Martin Tsamenyi Enhancing cooperative responses by regional fisheries management organisations to climate-driven redistribution of tropical Pacific tuna stocks Frontiers in Marine Science fisheries climate change stock distribution RFMOs cooperation WCPFC |
| title | Enhancing cooperative responses by regional fisheries management organisations to climate-driven redistribution of tropical Pacific tuna stocks |
| title_full | Enhancing cooperative responses by regional fisheries management organisations to climate-driven redistribution of tropical Pacific tuna stocks |
| title_fullStr | Enhancing cooperative responses by regional fisheries management organisations to climate-driven redistribution of tropical Pacific tuna stocks |
| title_full_unstemmed | Enhancing cooperative responses by regional fisheries management organisations to climate-driven redistribution of tropical Pacific tuna stocks |
| title_short | Enhancing cooperative responses by regional fisheries management organisations to climate-driven redistribution of tropical Pacific tuna stocks |
| title_sort | enhancing cooperative responses by regional fisheries management organisations to climate driven redistribution of tropical pacific tuna stocks |
| topic | fisheries climate change stock distribution RFMOs cooperation WCPFC |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2022.1046018/full |
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