Description: The Political Economy of Natural Resource Use : Lessons for Fisheries Reform

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The Political Economy of Natural Resource Use : Lessons for Fisheries Reform

The release of 'Sunken billions: The economic justification for fisheries reform' has drawn renewed attention to the enormous loss of wealth suffered in fisheries each year due to weak fisheries governance and the need for fundamental fis...

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Main Author:	Leal, Donald R.
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS AIR QUALITY AMBIENT AIR ANGLING AQUACULTURE BAYS BEACH CAPITAL GOODS CATCHES CLAMS COAL COAST COAST GUARD COAST GUARDS COASTAL AREA COASTAL AREAS COASTAL NATIONS COASTAL STATES COASTAL SWAMPS COASTAL WATERS COASTAL ZONE COASTAL ZONES COASTS COD COD FISHERY COD STOCKS COMMON PROPERTY CONSERVATION FINANCE CONSERVATION OF NATURE CONTINENTAL SHELF COOPERATIVE FISHERIES CRABS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DIVIDENDS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMISTS ENCROACHMENT ENTITLEMENTS ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONES EXPLOITATION EXTERNALITIES FACTORY SHIP FISH FISH FARMS FISH INDUSTRY FISH POPULATIONS FISH RESOURCES FISH SPECIES FISH STOCK FISH STOCKS FISHED FISHER FISHERIES FISHERIES DEVELOPMENT FISHERIES GOVERNANCE FISHERIES MANAGEMENT FISHERIES MANAGEMENT REGIMES FISHERIES POLICY FISHERIES SECTOR FISHERMEN FISHERS FISHERY FISHERY AGREEMENTS FISHERY ECONOMICS FISHERY MANAGEMENT FISHERY MANAGERS FISHERY REGULATION FISHERY RESOURCES FISHERY SCIENTISTS FISHES FISHING CAPACITY FISHING COMMUNITY FISHING GEAR FISHING GROUND FISHING GROUNDS FISHING INDUSTRY FISHING LICENSE FISHING NATIONS FISHING QUOTAS FISHING REGULATIONS FISHING RIGHT FISHING RIGHTS FISHING SEASON FLEET FLEETS FOREIGN FISHERS FOREIGN VESSELS FREE RIDERS FROZEN FISH GAME MANAGEMENT GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS GROUNDFISH HERRING HIGH SEAS HIGH-SEAS ILLEGAL FISHING INLAND FISHING INSHORE FISHERIES INSHORE FISHING INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES INTERNATIONAL FISHERY INTERNATIONAL FISHERY AGREEMENTS INTERNATIONAL LAW LANDING LANDINGS LOBSTER LOBSTERS MACKEREL MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS MARINE ACTIVITIES MARINE FISHERIES MARINE MAMMALS MARINE RESOURCES MARINE RESOURCES MANAGEMENT MARITIME BOUNDARIES MARITIME BOUNDARY MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE MINISTRY OF FISHERIES NATIONAL INCOME NATIONAL JURISDICTION NATIONAL WATERS NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCES NEW VESSELS OCEAN CURRENTS OCEAN FISHERIES OCEANS OIL OVER FISHING OVERCAPITALIZATION OVERFISHING OYSTERS PARTNERSHIP PERMITS POLITICAL ECONOMY POLLOCK POLLUTION PROPERTY RIGHTS QUALITY STANDARDS QUOTA HOLDER RCRA RECREATION REGIONAL FISHERY RESOURCE CONSERVATION RESOURCE MANAGEMENT RESOURCE USE RURAL DEVELOPMENT SCALLOPS SEA SEA FISHERIES SEA FISHERY SEAL SEASHORE SHALLOW WATERS SHORES SILVER SOLE SPAWNING STATE OF WORLD FISHERIES STOCK ASSESSMENTS STREAMS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TAX REVENUE TERRITORIAL SEA TIDAL WATERS TIMBER TOTAL ALLOWABLE CATCH TOTAL CATCH TOURISM TRAGEDY OF THE COMMONS TRAWLERS UNEMPLOYMENT VALUABLE FISH VESSEL VESSELS WATER FLEETS WATER TEMPERATURE WHITING WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/04/18613097/political-economy-natural-resource-use-lessons-fisheries-reform http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16757

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Summary:	The release of 'Sunken billions: The economic justification for fisheries reform' has drawn renewed attention to the enormous loss of wealth suffered in fisheries each year due to weak fisheries governance and the need for fundamental fisheries reform. Such reform calls for addressing the issues plaguing the world's fisheries, such as persistent overfishing and fleet overcapitalization, and addressing the political economy challenges of developing country-specific pathways of reform. Despite growing evidence of success in selected fisheries, less than two percent of the world's fisheries have actually undergone effective reform because of these challenges. At the same time, it is estimated that the world's fisheries could generate at least fifty billion US dollars per annum and the economic benefits generated could be much higher if management systems were established to enable investment in growing this important economic sector in a sustainable manner. The potential pay-off from economic fisheries reform is not only globally significant for the sector, it is crucial for enhancing economic growth and alleviating poverty in developing countries with significant fisheries assets. This report seeks to move this debate forward by discussing key lessons drawn from reform experience in the wider natural resource sector that might inform successful reform in fisheries.