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Title From hook to plate : the state of marine fisheries a Commonwealth perspective / editors Richard Bourne and Mark Collins
Published London : Commonwealth Foundation, 2009

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Description xii, 244 pages ; 25 cm
Contents 1. Introduction / Richard Bourne and Mark Collins -- 2. Establishing the context for enhanced Commonwealth support of small fisheries / Nicholas Watts and Richard Bourne -- 3. WTO Negotiations on fisheries subsidies: a critical issue for Commonwealth countries / Anja Von Moltke -- 4. The law of the Sea: a Commonwealth perspective / Richard Barnes -- 5. Will you be eating illegal fish for dinner tonight? / Sandy Davies and Per Erik Bergh -- 6. Regional fisheries organisations and sustainable fisheries in the Caribbean / Milton O Haughton -- 7. Development in co-operative approaches to fisheries management in the Pacific Islands region / Quentin Hanich and Martin Tsamenyi -- 8. Kawanatanga: fisheries governance in New Zealand / Tom McClurg and Michael Arbuckle -- 9. Enough to eat? fisheries and food security / Tim Bostock and Suzanne Walmsley -- 10. Fisheries supply chain issues for developing countries / Charlotte Tindall -- 11. Customary law and inshore fisheries in Pacific Island states / Yoli Tom'tavala -- 12. Impact of climate change on marine fisheries in the Commonwealth Caribbean / Arthur C Potts and Judy Rocke -- 13. Marine protected areas as a strategy for sustainability / Marta Lang and Rowan Trebilco -- 14. Vulnerability and sustainability of fish stocks worldwide: with emphasis on fish stocks within the Commonwealth / Rashid Sumaila and William W L Cheung -- 15. Reversing perverse incentives: the case for a rights-based strategy / G T (Stan) Crothers and James Wilen -- 16. Marine capture fisheries in crisis: a commonwealth call to action / Richard Bourne and Mark Collins
Notes Includes index
"This book draws together the views of 24 contributors from across the Commonwealth on the state of marine capture fisheries. The authors conclude that world fisheries are in very poor biological and economic health and recommend a fresh approach to policy and legal frameworks as well as a strong political will to effect real change." -- Publisher
Subject Fishery law and legislation.
Author Bourne, Richard, 1940-
Collins, Mark.
ISBN 9780903850377
0903850370