International Fisheries Policy and Economic Analysis
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2021) | Viewed by 15762
Special Issue Editors
Interests: fisheries economics and policy; bioeconomic analysis
Interests: marine conservation policy; integrated coastal zone management; sustainability; marine social–ecological systems; fisheries resource management; ecosystem approach
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Interests: international fisheries and ocean policy
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
All international instruments, and those governing fishing perhaps most of all, evolved and transformed out of the ancient principle of freedom of the seas put forth by Hugo Grotius and maintained by nations for centuries. The transition from the perspective of ocean resources as limitless—a free-for-all commons—to the current set of governance structures for a hungrier and more crowded planet represents a remarkable change. With a world harvest of 179 million tons in 2018 according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), conservation of fishing resources and aquatic ecosystems is of utmost importance. An FAO report (2020) found that 34.2 percent of commercial fish stocks worldwide are presently fished at a level that is not sustainable, three times the 1974 level. Offset by aquaculture, worldwide fish consumption rose above 20 kilograms per year for the first time. We seek papers for this Special Issue regarding effective international fisheries policy that address the complex issues of food and income security, fisheries management, fisheries economics, marine environment, and the ecologically sustainable development of international fisheries. Papers can be reviews, syntheses, viewpoints, meta-analyses, and original research relevant to the environmental, ecological, biological, policy, human, development, economic, or technological aspects of sustainability on international fisheries policy.
Prof. Dr. Do-Hoon Kim
Prof. Dr. Mitsutaku Makino
Prof. Dr. Chung-Ling Chen
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- international fisheries management
- fisheries policy
- policy analysis
- fisheries cooperation
- fishery trade
- seafood market
- fishery subsidy
- sustainability of fisheries
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