Introducing a transferable fishing day management regime for Pacific Island countries |
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| Authors: | Steven Shanks |
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| Institution: | Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency, PO Box 629, Honiara, Solomon Islands |
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| Abstract: | On 1 December 2007, eight ‘Small Island Developing States’ in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean implemented a management regime restricting the total number of days fished by tuna purse seine vessels within their waters, commonly referred to as the Vessel Day Scheme (VDS). The VDS is seen as one component of management arrangements to reduce fishing mortality on bigeye and yellowfin tuna, constrain fishing effort, and increase the rate of return from access fees by Distant Water Fishing Nations. |
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| Keywords: | Vessel day scheme Use rights Maximum sustainable yield Western and central Pacific Ocean Parties to the Nauru agreement Allocation |
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