Conservation and Management of Transnational Tuna Fisheries

Conservation and Management of Transnational Tuna Fisheries focuses on rights-based management and the creation of economic incentives to manage transnational tuna fisheries. Transnational tuna fisheries are among the most important fisheries in the world, and tuna commissions are increasingly shifting toward this approach. Comprehensively covering the subject, Conservation and Management of Transnational Tuna Fisheries summarizes global experience and offers practical applications for applying rights-based management and the creation of economic incentives, addressing potential problems as well as the total level of capacity.

Robin Allen is a consultant based in Renwick, New Zealand and the former Director of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission. James Joseph served as Director of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission from 1969-1999. He currently works as a private consultant in Lo Jolla, California on a variety of fisheries and related issues and is on the Board of Directors and Chair of the Scientific Committee of the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation. Dale Squires is a Senior Scientific with NOAA Fisheries in La Jolla, California; Adjunct Professor of Economics at the University of California, San Diego; and Member of the Scientific Committee of the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation.