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Marine Resources

 

Whales, Sustainability and International Environmental Governance, 2007
By Duncan Currie, Review of European Community and International Environmental Law.

Fisheries, International Trade and Sustainable Development: Policy Discussion Paper, 2006
ICTSD.

Fisheries Subsidies

Smart Investments in the Fisheries Sector, June 2007.

By WWF.

Catching more bait: A bottom-up re-estimation of global fisheries subsidies, 2006

Ussif Rashid Sumaila and Daniel Pauly (eds.), Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia

2006 World Trade Report: Exploring the links between subsidies, trade and the WTO, 2006.
By the WTO.

The Best of Texts, the Worst of Texts, June 2006.
By David K. Schorr, WWF.

Untangling Subsidies, Supporting Fisheries:The WTO Fisheries Subsidies Debate and Developing-country Priorities, May 2006.
By John Kurien.

Institutional Interplay and Responsible Fisheries: Combating Subsidies, Developing Precaution, 2006.
By Olav Schram Stokke and Clare Coffey in Institutional Interaction in Global Environmental Governance.

Deadly Subsidies - How Government funds are killing Oceans and Forests and why the CBD rather than the WTO should stop this peverse use of public money, March 2006.
By Juergen Knirsch, Daniel Mittler, Martin Kaiser, Karen Sack, Christoph Thies and Larry Edwards, Greenpeace.

Statement of Sustainable Fisheries and Trade, February 2006.
By the National Federation of Fisheries Cooperation Associations (JF Zengyoren)--Japan

Artisanal Fishing: Promoting Poverty Reduction and Community Development Through New WTO Rules on Fisheries Subsidies, November June 2005.
By David K. Schorr, commissioned by By the United Nations Environment Programme - Economics and Trade Branch.

Reflecting Sustainable Development and Special and Differential Treatment for Developing Countries in the Context of New WTO Fisheries Subsidies Rules - Some Issues and options, 2005.
By Vincent Paolo B. Yu III and Darlan Fonseca-Marti, commissioned by By the United Nations Environment Programme - Economics and Trade Branch.

Fishing Subsidies: Issues for ACP Countries, 2005.
By WWF, Based on presentation made by David K. Schorr

Subsidies in Philippines Fisheries Industry, March 2004.
By Ephraim Patrick T. Batungbacal, Jay Martin Ablola and Amoreena Velasco, Tambuyog Development Center.

Analyzing the Resource Impact of Fisheries Subsidies: A Matrix Approach, 2004.
By the United Nations Environment Programme - Economics and Trade Branch.

The Impact of Subsidies on Trade in Fisheries, 2004.
By Anne Tallontire, NRI.

Incorporating Resource Impact into Fisheries Subsidies Disciplines: Issues and Options -A Discussion Paper, 2004.
By the United Nations Environment Programme - Economics and Trade Branch.

Fisheries Subsidies and Marine Resource Management: Lessons from Bangladesh, 2004.
By F. A. Khatun, M. Rahman and D. Bhattacharya, prepared for the UNEP Economics and Trade Branch.

Policy Implementation and Fisheries Resource Management: Lessons from Senegal, 2004.
Prepared for the UNEP Economics and Trade Branch.

Resource Impacts of Fisheries Subsidies: Is Effective Management Likely in the Presence of Subsidies?, 2004.
By Maria Onestini, prepared for the UNEP Workshop on Fisheries Subsidies and Sustainable Fisheries Management, 26-27 April.

Experiences with Subsidies and Fisheries Management: The Case of EU-ACP Fisheries Access Agreements, 2004.
By Béatrice Gorez, prepared for the UNEP Workshop on Fisheries Subsidies and Sustainable Fisheries Management, 26-27 April.

Sustainable Development and Subsidies in the Fisheries Sector - A Case in Japan, 2004.
By Nobuyuki Yagi, prepared for the UNEP Workshop on Fisheries Subsidies and Sustainable Fisheries Management, 26-27 April.

Fisheries Subsidies in a Least Developed Country: the Experience of Bangladesh, 2004.
By Fahmida Khatun, Mustafizur Rahman, and Debapriya Bhattacharya, prepared for the UNEP Workshop on Fisheries Subsidies and Sustainable Fisheries Management, 26-27 April.

Fisheries Subsidies and the Role of Regional Fisheries Management Organizations: The CARICOM Experience, 2004.
By Milton Haughton, prepared for the UNEP Workshop on Fisheries Subsidies and Sustainable Fisheries Management, 26-27 April.

Healthy Fisheries, Sustainable Trade: Crafting New Rules On Fishing Subsidies in the World Trade Organization, June 2004. By David K. Schorr, commissioned by WWF.

Subsidies and Caribbean Fisheries, 2004.
By Milton Haughton, Biannual Newsletter of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism, Issue No. 1, January.

Subsidies and deep-sea fisheries management: Policy issues and challenges, 2004.
By Anthony Cox, OECD.

Ongoing WTO Negotiations on Fisheries Subsidies, June 2004.
By Marc Benitah, ASIL Insights.

Working Document - A Global Technical Initiative on Fisheries Subsidies, 2004.
Presented at the FAO Technical Consultation on the Use of Subsidies in the Fisheries Sector, Rome, Italy, 30 June - 2 July, 2004.

A summary of recent work on subsidies in the fishing sector, 2004.
Presented at the FAO Technical Consultation on the Use of Subsidies in the Fisheries Sector, Rome, Italy, 30 June - 2 July, 2004.

Guide for Identifying, Assessing and Reporting on Subsidies in the Fisheries Sector, 2004.
FAO Fisheries Technical Paper 438.

Fisheries Subsidies and Overfishing: Towards a Structured Discussion, 2003.
By UNEP-ETB.

Introducing Fisheries Subsidies, 2003.
By William Schrank, FAO Fisheries Technical Paper 437.

Fisheries Subsidies and Marine Resource Management: Lessons learned from Studies in Argentina and Senegal, 2003.
By UNEP-ETB.

Subsidies And Their Potential Impact On The Management Of the Ecosystems Of the North Atlantic, 2002.
By Gordon R. Munro and Ussif Rashid Sumaila, Fisheries Centre University of British Columbia, Canada.

Subsidies in the OECD Fisheries Sector: A Review of recent Analysis and Future Directions, 2002.
By A. Cox and C.-C. Schmidt, commissioned by the OECD.

Hard Facts, Hidden Problems: A Review Of Current Data On Fishing Subsidies, October 2001.
By WWF.

Subsidies to Marine Capture Fisheries: The International Information Gap, 2001.
By Ronald P. Steenblik and Paul F. Wallis, presented at Fishing in the Dark: A Symposium on Access to Environmental Information and Government Accountability in Fishing Subsidy Programmes, 28-29 November 2000.

Subsidies and their Effects on Fish Trade, 2000.
FAO Committee on Fisheries - COFI FT/VII/2000/8

Economic Support to the Fishing Industry: Effects on Efficiency and Trade, 2001.
By R. Hannesson, commissioned by the OECD.

Study into the nature and extent of subsidies in the fisheries sector of APEC members economies, 2000.
By the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC).

Transition to responsible fisheries: Economic and policy implications, 2000.
By the OECD.

International work on fishing subsidies — an update, 1999.
By Ronald Steenblik and Gordon Munro, OECD.

Natural Resource Subsidies, Trade and Environment: The Cases of Forests and Fisheries, 18 October 1996.
By Gareth Porter, Presented at the Workshop: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and the Environment: Innovative Approaches to Trade and Environment in Asia-Pacific.

The role and effect of subsidies on fisheries development in West Africa (Nigeria, Côte d'Ivoire, The Gambia and Senegal), 1990.
FAO Non serial publications - CECAF/ECAF SERIES/90/53.

 

Trade Liberalisation

Pacific Island Countries, the Global Tuna Industry and the International Trade Regime -- A Guidebook, 2007.
Forum Fisheries Agency (April 2007).

Evaluation de l'impact de la libéralisation du commerce: Une étude de cas sur le secteur des pêches de la République Islamique de Mauritanie, n.d.
By UNEP-ETB

Market Access and Trade Liberalisation in Fisheries, June 2006.
By Mahfuz Ahmed, ICTSD.

Sustainability Impact Assessment of Proposed WTO Negotiations - Fisheries Sector Study, May 2006.
By U. Kleih, P. Greenhalgh and A. Marter, Natural Resources Institute, with Nigel Peacock, NAP Fisheries for the EU.

Tariffs in World Seafood Trade, November 2005.
By Arne Melchior for the FAO.

Multilateral Solutions to the Erosion of Non-Reciprocal Preferences in NAMA, October 2005.
By Patrick Low, Roberta Piermartini and Jurgen Richtering, WTO.

Policy Research - Implications of Liberalization of Fish Trade for Developing Countries, 2004.
By T. Bostock, P. Greenhalgh and U. Kleih. NRI.

Capital Investments for Export and Domestic Markets, are They Sustainable? August 2004.
By Ephraim Patrick T. Batungbacal, Jay Martin Ablola and Amoreena Velasco. Tambuyog Development Center.

Trade Issues Background Paper:Sanitary and Phyto-Sanitary (SPS) Measures and Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT), July 2004.
By Peter Greenhalgh, NRI Policy Research – Implications of Liberalization of Fish Trade for Developing Countries

The Impact of Subsidies on Trade in Fisheries Products, July 2004.
By Anne Tallontire, NRI Policy Research – Implications of Liberalization of Fish Trade for Developing Countries

The Effects of Trade Liberalization and Trade-Related Measures in the Fisheries Sector in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, 2004.
By Pierre Failler, Me Bareck O / Soueilim and Mika Diop, prepared for the UNEP Workshop on Fisheries Subsidies and Sustainable Fisheries Management, 26-27 April.

Ethical/Social/Eco Certification, Labelling and Guidelines, July 2004
By Graeme Macfadyen, NRI Policy Research – Implications of Liberalization of Fish Trade for Developing Countries

The Impact of Dumping on Trade in Fisheries Products, July 2004.
By Nigel Peacock, NRI Policy Research – Implications of Liberalization of Fish Trade for Developing Countries

Fiscal Reforms and Trade in Fisheries Products, July 2004.
By Tim Bostock, NRI Policy Research – Implications of Liberalization of Fish Trade for Developing Countries

Draft Report of the Study on the Impact of International Trade in Fishery Products on Food Security. April 2004.
Prepared by John Kurien, Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum, India. A Study Conducted Jointly by the FAO and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Norway.

Responsible Fish Trade and Food Security, April 2004.
By John Kurien.

Liberalising Fisheries Markets: Scope and Effects, 2003.
By the OECD.

Scope for Market Liberalisation in the OECD Fisheries Sector, 2003.
By the OECD, also available in French.

International fish trade: Experiences with provisions of the Technical Barriers to Trade Agreement (TBT) and informal trade barriers, 2002.
Committee on Fisheries - COFI FT/VIII/2002/6.

Integrated Assessment of Trade Liberalisation and Trade-Related Policies: A Country Study on the Fisheries Sector in Argentina, August 2002.
By the Centro de Estudios Ambientales (CEDEA), Buenos Aires, Argentina. UNEP.

The impact of World Trade Organization Agreements on fish trade, 2002.
By Trine Trollvik, FAO Fisheries Circulars - C977.

Turning The Tide On Fishing: Can the World Trade Organization play a positive role? 2002.
By the Global Conservation Organization (WWF).

Effects of Liberalizing Trade in Fish - Fishing Services and Investment in Fishing Vessels, 2001.
By R. Hannesson, commissioned by the OECD.

Trade in Fishing Services, 2001
By S. Cunningham and D. Whitmarsh, commissioned by the OECD.

Access Agreements

Fisheries Access Agreements: Trade and Development Issues, April 2006.
By Stephen Mbithi Mwikya, ICTSD.

SEATINI Bulletin: EPAs and Fisheries Negotiations, March 2006.
By the Southern and Eastern African Trade, Information and Negotiations Institute.

ACP-EU Economic Partnership Agreements - Fisheries. Discussion Paper No. 69 European Centre for Development Policy Management, December 2005
By CFFA - Coalition for Fair Fisheries Arrangements

The EU-Chile Association Agreement: The Fisheries and Aquaculture Sector in Chile: Issues Arising, September 2005.
By Juan Carlos Cárdenas N., Patricio Igor Melillanca and Patricia Cabrera D. Centro Ecocéanos.

The Promotion of Sustainable and Equitable Fisheries Access Agreements in the Western Indian Ocean, June 2005
By WWF, Report of Western Indian Ocean Workshop, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Fair Fishing Deals, June 2005
By WWF.

"Namibianisation", Exports and Domestic Value Addition in the Namibian Fishing Industry. Chances and Risks of Including Fisheries into a Free Trade Agreement with the EU, 2005.
By Mareike Meyn, NEPRU Research Report n. 33.

Fisheries Agreements with Third Countries - is the EU moving towards Sustainable Development?, 2002.
By Niki Sporrong, Clare Coffey, and Kate Bevins, commissioned by WWF European Fisheries Campaign.

A Handbook for Negotiating Fishing Access Agreements, 2001.
By Will Martin, Michael Lodge and John Caddy; WWF.

 

Aquaculture

Aquaculture: Issues and Opportunities for Sustainable Production and Trade, July 2006.
By Frank Asche and Fahmida Khatun, ICTSD.

Glossary of Aquaculture, April 2006.
By FAO.

Responsible Use of Antibiotics in Aquaculture, 2005.
By Pilar Hernandez Serrano, FAO.

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Discourse, Policy Controversies and the Role of Science in the Politics of Shrimp Farming Development, August 2005
By Christophe Béné, Development Policy Review, 23 (5): 585-614

Report of the Regional Workshop on Rehabilitation of Fisheries and Aquaculture in Coastal Communities of tsunami affected countries in Asia, 2005.
Organised by a consortium of regional fisheries/aquculture bodies (CONSRN) and hosted by the FAO at its Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific.

Review of the state of world aquaculture, 2003.
By FAO.

Aquaculture and the Future: Why Fisheries Economists Should Care, 2002.
By James L. Anderson.

Eco-labelling

Trade and Marketplace Measures to Promote Sustainable Fishing Practices, 2006.
By Cathy Roheim and Jon G. Sutinen, ICTSD.

Guidelines for the Ecolabelling of Fish and Fishery Products from Marine Capture Fisheries, 2005.
By FAO.

Ecolabelling and Sustainable Management of Forestry and Fisheries: Does it Work? 2005.
By Olav Schram Stokke, Lars H. Gulbrandsen, Alf Håkon Hoel and Jonette Braathen in Political Consumerism.

Fish: a Consumer's Guide, 2005.
By WWF.

Ecolabelling and Fisheries Management, 2004.
By P.R. Gardiner and K. Kuperan Viswanathan, WorldFish Center.

Ecolabelling of Sustainable Management of Forestry and Fisheries: Does it Work? 2004.
By O.S. Stokke, L. Gulbrandsen, A.H. Hoel and J.Braathen for the Fridtjof Nansen Institute.

Traceability and Fisheries - Consumer wants and government needs - Lessons learned from past experience, 2000.
By Carl-Christian Schmidt, OECD Fisheries Division.

EU Policy

Common Fisheries Policy Compliance Scoreboard, June 2003.
By the European Commission.

Changing European Public and Private Food Safety and Quality Requirements, 2005.
By Sabine Willems, Eva Roth and Jan van Roekel, World Bank and Agriculture and Rural Development.

Regional Fisheries Management Organizations

Follow the Leader: Learning from Experience and Best Practice in Regional Fisheries Management Organizations, May 2006.
By A. Willock and M. Lack, WWF.

Small-Scale and Artisanal Fisheries, Poverty Alleviation and Food Security

Increasing the contribution of small-scale fisheries to poverty alleviation and food security, March 2006.
By FAO.

Livelihood functions of inland fisheries: policy implications in developing countries, 2005
By Laurence Smith, S. Nguyen Khoa and K. Lorenzen, Water Policy 7, 2005

Issues of access of small-scale fisheries catch to international trade, 2004.
Presented at the FAO Sub-Committee on Fish Trade, Bremen, Germany, 10-14 February 2004.

Report of the Expert Consultation on International Fish Trade and Food Security, 2003.
FAO Fisheries Report No. 708.

Regional and Species Analysis

Exploring The Linkages Between Poverty, Marine Protected Area Management, And The Use Of Destructive Fishing Gear In Tanzania, January 2006
By Patricia Silva (World Bank).

Tsunami and Earthquake Damage to Coral Reefs of Aceh, Indonesia, January 2006
By Reef Check, IUCN and the Living Oceans Foundation

The State of Coral Reef Ecosystems of the United States and Pacific Freely Associated States: 2005, August 2005.
By the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Science, Profit And Politics: Scientific Whaling In The 21st Century, June 2005.
By Karen Steuer, WWF.

Risk on local fish populations and ecosystems posed by the use of imported feed fish by the tuna farming industry in the Mediterranean, April 2005.
By the WWF Mediterranean Programme.

Bans, Tests And Alchemy: Food Safety Standards And The Ugandan Fish Export Industry, 2005.
By Stefano Ponte (Danish Institute for International Studies), DIIS Working Paper.

Impact of Sanitary Measures on Exports of Fishery Products from India: The Case of Kerala, 2004.
By Spencer Henson, Mohammed Saqib and D. Rajasenan, World Bank and Agriculture and Rural Development.

Understanding Impacts Of Fisheries Bycatch On Marine Megafauna, November 2004.
By Rebecca L. Lewison, Larry B. Crowder, Andrew J. Read and Sloan A. Freeman, Duke University.

The Rehabilitation of the Delta of the Senegal River in Mauritania: Fielding the Ecosystem Approach, 2004.
By Olivier Hamerlynck & Stéphanie Duvail. Published by World Conservation Union (IUCN).

From Ocean to Aquarium: The Global Trade in Marine Ornamentals, 2003.
By the United Nations Environment Programme's World Conservation Monitoring Center (UNEP-WCMC).

When anti-dumping measures lead to increased market power: a case study of the European Salmon Market, 2003.
By Frank Asche and Frode Steen.

Squandering The Seas - How Shrimp Trawling Is Threatening Ecological Integrity And Food Security Around The World, 2003.
By the Environmental Justice Foundation.

The Ecological Effects Of Fishing In Marine Ecosystems Of The United States, October 2002.
By the Pew Oceans Commission.

The fishery effects of marine reserves and fishery closures, 2002.
By Gell, F.; Roberts, C. Published by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Global Network.

Uncharted Waters: Implementation Issues And Potential Benefits Of Listing Toothfish In Appendix II of CITES, 2002.
By Anna Willock. Published by TRAFFIC International and TRAFFIC Oceania.

Toward Rebuilding America's Marine Fisheries: Annual Report To Congress On The Status Of US Fisheries, 2001.
By the US Dept. of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Marine Fisheries Service Office of Sustainable Fisheries.

Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing

Closing the Net--Stopping Illegal Fishing on the High Seas, March 2006
By the High Seas Tast Force on Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing

The Changing Nature of High Seas Fishing: How Flags of Convenience Provide Cover for Illegal, Unreported And Unregulated (IUU) Fishing, October 2005.
By Matthew Gianni and Walt Simpson. Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, International Transport Workers' Federation and WWF International.

Pirates And Profiteers, June 2005.
By the Environmental Justice Foundation.

Black Market for White Gold: the Illegal Trade in Chilean Sea Bass, September 2004.
By the National Environmental Trust.

Economic Aspects and Drivers of IUU Fishing: Building a Framework, 2004.
By David Agnew and Colin Barnes, prepared for the OECD Workshop on IUU Fishing Activities, 19-20 April 2004.

Stopping the High Seas Robbers: Coming to Grips with Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fisheries on the High Seas, 2003.
By Simon Upton and Vangelis Vitalis, prepared for the Round Table on Sustainable Development.

Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing: WTO-consistent Trade-Related Measures to Address IUU Fishing, 2001.
By Linda A. Chaves, FAO Fisheries Report.

WTO-consistent Trade-Related Measures to Address IUU Fishing -Developing Country Issues, 2001.
By Ruangrai Tokrisna, FAO Fisheries Report.

Biotechnology and Fisheries

Future Fish: Issues In Science And Regulation Of Transgenic Fish, January 2003.
By the Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology.

Use of genetically improved and alien species for aquaculture and conservation of aquatic biodiversity in Africa, 2002.
By the WorldFish Center in collaboration with FAO, the Convention on Biological Diversity, Technical Center for Agriculture and Rural Cooperation, World
Conservation Union and United Nations Environment Programme.

Sustainable Fisheries Management

Policy briefs on sustainable fisheries management written by the Support unit for
International Fisheries and Aquatic Research (SIFAR ) with funding from the World Bank.

Saving Fish and Fishers. Toward Sustainable and Equitable Governance of the Global Fishing Sector, May 2004.
By The World Bank, Agriculture and Rural Development Department

How Is Your MPA Doing? A Guidebook Of Natural And Social Indicators For Evaluating Marine Protected Area Management Effectiveness, 2004.
Produced jointly bythe World Conservation Union (IUCN), the Global Conservation Organization (WWF), and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).