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POSTPONED to NEXT THURSDAY- Fish Don't Read Maps: How Nations Internationally Conserve and Manage Sh

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• Date & time 12p – 1p, 04/18/2013
• Description In all of the world's oceans, groups of nations have agreed to collectively cooperate to conserve and manage shared fisheries resources, such as fish stocks that straddle national jurisdictions and the high seas, highly migratory fisheries that move between and among those areas, and fish stocks that are found only on the high seas. Established by treaties, nations cooperate through regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs) that are designed to manage specific types of fisheries within particular geographic areas. Each treaty establishes, among other things, the competencies for the RFMO and its objective, functions and structure, prescribes how it will receive and use scientific advice, what tools for compliance and enforcement it may employ, and outlines the duties and obligations of Parties. States join these organizations by ratifying or acceding to the parent treaties. Using examples from the five RFMOs responsible for ensuring, through effective and cooperative management, the long-term conservation and sustainable use of highly migratory fish stocks (“tuna RFMOs”)[1], this seminar will discuss how these RFMOs manage tuna fisheries resources, such as through adopting measures to limit catch or effort; how they mitigate bycatch of non-target species (such as seabirds, sharks and sea turtles); how they receive and use scientific advice; and what tools and programs are available for monitoring and compliance and enforcement. Presenter Holly Koehler will also explore the short-comings, challenges and effectiveness of these institutions.
• Contact Information
  • Kate Wilkins
  • kwilkins.jur@gmail.com
• Location(s)

  Natural and Environmental Sciences Building (NESB)

  • B215 Francis Clark Conf. Room