Who Gets the Catch? How Conventional Catch Attribution Frameworks Undermine Equity in Transboundary Fisheries
The focus on flag States for the purpose of attributing fisheries catch is inconsistent with the assignment of sovereign rights to coastal States under international law and undermines equity in contemporary quota allocation negotiations. We propose modernizing reporting frameworks to include zone-b...
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| author | Ruth A. Davis Quentin Hanich Bianca Haas Andrés M. Cisneros-Montemayor Kamal Azmi Katherine L. Seto Wilf Swartz Pedro C. González-Espinosa Mathieu Colléter Timothy J. H. Adams |
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| description | The focus on flag States for the purpose of attributing fisheries catch is inconsistent with the assignment of sovereign rights to coastal States under international law and undermines equity in contemporary quota allocation negotiations. We propose modernizing reporting frameworks to include zone-based reporting of fish catches to more equitably present data, ensure consistency with the Law of the Sea, and better support the realization by developing coastal States of their development aspirations consistent with SDG 14, Life Below Water. States are already required to collect the data necessary to support this change, and many regional fisheries management authorities already do so. Reforms to data collection and reporting mechanisms should support zone-based catch attribution as a central feature of negotiations around access to future fishing opportunities on shared resources. Doing so will ensure that the sovereign rights of developing coastal States are properly accounted for and implemented. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3504aa83a66c4a54a9e8c333bd57414d2022-12-21T18:35:21ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Marine Science2296-77452022-03-01910.3389/fmars.2022.831868831868Who Gets the Catch? How Conventional Catch Attribution Frameworks Undermine Equity in Transboundary FisheriesRuth A. Davis0Quentin Hanich1Bianca Haas2Andrés M. Cisneros-Montemayor3Kamal Azmi4Katherine L. Seto5Wilf Swartz6Pedro C. González-Espinosa7Mathieu Colléter8Timothy J. H. Adams9Australian 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, AustraliaNippon Foundation Ocean Nexus Program, School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, CanadaAustralian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS), University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, AustraliaEnvironmental Studies Department, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesMarine Affairs Program, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, CanadaDepartment of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, CanadaUMR AGIR, Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse/École Nationale Supérieure Agronomique de Toulouse, Toulouse, FranceGonedau Foundation, Port Ouenghi, New CaledoniaThe focus on flag States for the purpose of attributing fisheries catch is inconsistent with the assignment of sovereign rights to coastal States under international law and undermines equity in contemporary quota allocation negotiations. We propose modernizing reporting frameworks to include zone-based reporting of fish catches to more equitably present data, ensure consistency with the Law of the Sea, and better support the realization by developing coastal States of their development aspirations consistent with SDG 14, Life Below Water. States are already required to collect the data necessary to support this change, and many regional fisheries management authorities already do so. Reforms to data collection and reporting mechanisms should support zone-based catch attribution as a central feature of negotiations around access to future fishing opportunities on shared resources. Doing so will ensure that the sovereign rights of developing coastal States are properly accounted for and implemented.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2022.831868/fullfisheries datafisheries negotiationsquota allocationshared resourceshared resource allocationzone-based reporting |
| spellingShingle | Ruth A. Davis Quentin Hanich Bianca Haas Andrés M. Cisneros-Montemayor Kamal Azmi Katherine L. Seto Wilf Swartz Pedro C. González-Espinosa Mathieu Colléter Timothy J. H. Adams Who Gets the Catch? How Conventional Catch Attribution Frameworks Undermine Equity in Transboundary Fisheries Frontiers in Marine Science fisheries data fisheries negotiations quota allocation shared resource shared resource allocation zone-based reporting |
| title | Who Gets the Catch? How Conventional Catch Attribution Frameworks Undermine Equity in Transboundary Fisheries |
| title_full | Who Gets the Catch? How Conventional Catch Attribution Frameworks Undermine Equity in Transboundary Fisheries |
| title_fullStr | Who Gets the Catch? How Conventional Catch Attribution Frameworks Undermine Equity in Transboundary Fisheries |
| title_full_unstemmed | Who Gets the Catch? How Conventional Catch Attribution Frameworks Undermine Equity in Transboundary Fisheries |
| title_short | Who Gets the Catch? How Conventional Catch Attribution Frameworks Undermine Equity in Transboundary Fisheries |
| title_sort | who gets the catch how conventional catch attribution frameworks undermine equity in transboundary fisheries |
| topic | fisheries data fisheries negotiations quota allocation shared resource shared resource allocation zone-based reporting |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2022.831868/full |
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