The role of research in fisheries management: The conservation of dolphinsin the eastern tropical Pacific and the exploitation of Southern Bluefin Tuna in the southern ocean
H. Campbell et al., The role of research in fisheries management: The conservation of dolphinsin the eastern tropical Pacific and the exploitation of Southern Bluefin Tuna in the southern ocean, OCEAN DEV I, 31(4), 2000, pp. 347-375
This article uses two case studies to assess the role of research in policy
formation and fishery management. One study focuses on measures to limit t
he mortality of dolphins taken when tuna are harvested in the eastern tropi
cal Pacific. The other studies measures taken to limit harvests of Southern
Bluefin Tuna. Both of these fisheries involve fugitive resources and trans
boundary, resources spreading across both national exclusive economic zones
and the high seas. Both fisheries were initially based on open access, but
public policy has led to greater exclusive use through individual transfer
able quotas for Southern Bluefin Tuna and dolphin mortality limits. A numbe
r of policy conclusions are drawn.