Adaptive Governance

by Webster, D. G.; Young, Oran R.

• ISBN13: 9780262731928
• ISBN10: 0262731924
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-11-30
• Publisher: Mit Pr

Summary

The rapid expansion of the fishing industry in the last century has raised major concerns over the long-term viability of many fish species. International fisheries organizations have failed to prevent the overfishing of many stocks but succeeded in curtailing harvests for some key fisheries. In Adaptive Governance,D. G. Webster proposes a new perspective to improve our understanding of both success and failure in international resource regimes. She develops a theoretical approach, the vulnerability response framework, which can increase understanding of countries' positions on the management of international fisheries based on linkages between domestic vulnerabilities and national policy positions. Vulnerability, mainly economic in this context, acts as an indicator for domestic susceptibility to the increasing competition associated with open access and related stock declines. Because of this relationship, vulnerability can also be used to trace the trajectory of nations' positions on fisheries management as they seek political alternatives to economic problems. Webster tests this framework by using it to predict national positions for eight cases drawn from the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT). These studies reveal that there is considerable variance in the management measures ICCAT has adopted-both between different species and in dealing with the same species over time-and that much of this variance can be traced to vulnerability response behavior. Little attention has been paid to the ways in which international regimes change over time. Webster's innovative approach illuminates the pressures for change that are generated by economic competition and overexploitation in Atlantic fisheries. Her work also identifies patterns of adaptive governance, as national responses to such pressures culminate in patterns of change in international management.

Table of Contents

Series Foreword	p. ix
Foreword	p. xi
Preface	p. xv
Acknowledgments	p. xvii
Adaptive Governance	p. 1
The Vulnerability Response Framework	p. 17
Tropical Tunas	p. 47
Bigeye Tuna	p. 51
Yellowfin Tuna	p. 71
Skipjack Tuna	p. 85
Billfishes	p. 107
Northern Swordfish	p. 113
Southern Swordfish	p. 133
Blue Marlin and White Marlin	p. 151
Bluefin Tuna	p. 169
Western Bluefin Tuna	p. 173
Eastern Bluefin Tuna	p. 195
Conclusion	p. 227
	p. 255
Group of 18
	p. 257
Comprehensive Vulnerability Classifications
	p. 275
Summary of Evidence from the Cases
	p. 291
Proxy Indicators for Competitiveness
	p. 297
Proxy Indicators for Flexibility
	p. 343
Delineating High-Flex and Low-Flex Phases for Gradually Vulnerable Countries
Notes	p. 349
References	p. 373
Index	p. 381
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