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5 - The Pursuit of Good Regulatory Design Principles in International Fisheries Law

What Possibility of Smarter International Regulation?

from Part II - Fisheries and Forestry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2019

By
Richard Barnes
Edited by
Judith van Erp ,
Michael Faure ,
André Nollkaemper  and
Niels Philipsen
Judith van Erp
Affiliation:
Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands
Michael Faure
Affiliation:
Universiteit Maastricht, Netherlands
André Nollkaemper
Affiliation:
Universiteit van Amsterdam
Niels Philipsen
Affiliation:
Universiteit Maastricht, Netherlands
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Summary

Regional Fisheries Management Organisations (RFMOs) facilitate international cooperation for the management of shared transboundary fish resources like tuna. However, RFMOs are challenged with dynamic interests which have slowed progress towards collective decisions on establishing key management measures such as harvest control rules and target and limit reference points. Private institutions like the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), a third-party certification standard, have been introduced to incentivise the adoption of these and more measures. The role of MSC as a private institution is thought to work in a linear way – providing economic incentives for meeting its standards. However, based on a comparison of three RFMOs in the Indian, Pacific and Atlantic Ocean, this chapter shows how the MSC influences decision making in very different ways. In doing so we demonstrate different ‘pathways’ through which MSC has been used to create change at the RMFO level. The findings hold relevance for a wider understanding of how third-party certification contributes to change beyond market incentives alone.
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Smart Mixes for Transboundary Environmental Harm , pp. 97 - 125
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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