Capturing the wealth from tuna : : case stude's from the Pacific / / Kate Barclay, Ian Cartwright.

• VerfasserIn: Barclay, Kate,; Cartwright, Ian,
• TeilnehmendeR: Cartwright, Ian,
• Place / Publishing House: Canberra : : ANU Press,, [2008]; ©2008
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (268 pages)

The Western and Central Pacific Ocean is home to the largest tuna fishery in the world - around half of the world€™s tuna supply - and is a vital economic resource for Pacific island countries. The potential of the Pacific tuna fishery to contribute to economic development in the Pacific island coun...

Table of Contents

• Tables vi
• Figures vii
• Maps vii
• Acronyms and abbreviations viii
• Acknowledgments xii
• 1. The Pacific tuna fishery 1
• 2. Capturing more wealth from tuna 22
• Case studies
• 3. Cook Islands 65
• 4. Fiji 90
• 5. Kiribati 117
• 6. Marshall Islands 148
• 7. Papua New Guinea 170
• 8. Solomon Islands 201
• References 237
• Appendix 254
• Index
• 1.1 Main industrial gear types used in Western and Central
• Pacific Ocean tuna fisheries 7
• 1.2 Domestic longline development by country, 1995-2005 9
• 1.3 A history of constraints identified for development from tuna resources 13
• 1.4 A history of recommendations made for development from tuna resources 15
• 3.1 Cook Islands: market destinations by percentage and product for January-June 2005 68
• 3.2 Cook Islands: indicators of domestic development, 2001 70
• 3.3 Cook Islands: value of fresh chilled tuna exports, 1994-2005 70
• 3.4 Cook Islands: indicators of domestic development, 2004 71
• 4.1 Fiji: indicators of domestic development, 2001 108
• 4.2 Fiji: indicators of tuna development, 2004-2005 109
• 5.1 Kiribati: indicators of domestic development, 2001 119
• 5.2 Kiribati: distant water fleets (2005) and catches (2004) 120
• 5.3 Kiribati: indicators of tuna development, 2004-2005 134
• 6.1 Fishing vessels with access to Marshall Islands' EEZ, 2003 151
• 6.2 Longline vessels operating in Marshall Islands' EEZ
• by flag country, 1978-2003 152
• 6.3 Japanese pole-and-line vessels operating in the Marshall Islands' EEZ, 1979-2002 153
• 6.4 Purse-seine vessels operating in the Marshall Islands' EEZ by flag country, 1980-2003 154
• 6.5 Marshall Islands: purse-seine catches by year and species, 1980-2003 157
• 6.6 Marshall Islands: indicators of domestic development, 2001 165
• 6.7 Marshall Islands: indicators of tuna development, 2004-2005 166
• 7.1 Papua New Guinea: indicators of domestic development, 2001-2002 174
• 7.2 Papua New Guinea: export values of marine products, 1996-2002 174
• 7.3 Papua New Guinea: tuna exports by volume, value and product, 2000-2004 177
• 7.4 Papua New Guinea: indicators of tuna development, 2004-2005 179
• 7.5 Purse-seine catches in Papua New Guinea's EEZ, 2000-2004 180
• 8.1 Solomon Islands: bait-fishery catch, 1973-98 207
• 8.2 Solomon Islands: indicators of domestic development, 2001 210
• 8.3 Solomon Islands: indicators of tuna development, 2004-2005 212
• 8.4 Solomon Islands: bait-fishery catch, 2000-2004 213
• 8.5 Solomon Islands: distant water access fleet and fees, 1994-2005 214
• 8.6 Distant water fleet licensed in Solomon Islands, 2005
• 8.7 Solomon Islands: domestic tuna production, 1997-2004 224
• 8.8 Solomon Islands: tuna catches from domestic and foreign fleets by gear, 2000-2004 225
• Appendix tables
• 1.1 Key fisheries indicators by country 254
• 1.2 Key development indicators by country 255
• Figures
• 1.1 Distribution of US purse-seine catches in a typical El Niño year (1994) 5
• 1.2 Distribution of US purse-seine catches in a typical La Niña year (1995) 5
• 2.1 Western and Central Pacific Ocean fisheries management 25
• 2.2 Two-way adversarial model of distant water access 25
• 2.3 Mutual incentives model of distant water access 27
• Maps
• 1.1 Western and Central Pacific Ocean 3
• 3.1 Cook Islands 66
• 4.1 Fiji 91
• 5.1 Kiribati 118
• 6.1 Marshall Islands 149
• 7.1 Papua New Guinea 171
• 8.1 Solomon Islands 202.