Biliana Cicin-Sain

The problem of governance of U.S. ocean resources and the new exclusive economic zone

Abstract This paper discusses major problems existing in the current Ocean Governance regime of the United States, many of which are rooted in the regimes single‐purpose and fragmented nature. In the concept of the new 200‐mile U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), proclaimed in March 1983 by President Reagan, with its notion of sovereign rights over essentially all resources within a common zone, may lie the seeds of a more effective, second‐generation approach to Ocean Governance—one better suited to the increased ocean exploitation likely to occur in the coming decades.

Private and public approaches to solving oil/fishing conflicts offshore California

Abstract Offshore oil activity is projected to increase significantly in the south-central coast of California: from 80 000 barrels a day in the mid-1980s up to 400 000 barrels a day by 1994. Serious clashes between fishermen and oil company operators occurred during the initial stages of the oil build-up, with fishermen claiming they were experiencing ‘death by a thousand cuts’—from loss of fishing gear, to loss of fishing opportunity, to resource dispersal and deterioration. This paper reviews the impacts of oil operations on the commercial fishing industry in California utilizing the results of a recent survey of commercial fishermen. Reported impacts include not only the typical area displacement effects reported in other oil/fishing conflict cases, but the unleashing of a chain of events which also affects, among others, fishermen working in other locations as well as fish processors whose supply sources and markets may be disrupted. Efforts to mitigate negative effects on the fishing industry have been made in both the private and public realms with mixed results. The conclusion suggests that in conflict cases involving publicly owned resources and pitting contestants of unequal power, private mediation should not become a replacement for, but only a supplement to, public decision-making.

Coastal and marine resources management for the Galapagos Islands

This report was prepared by the Marine Policy and Ocean Management Center nof the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution with the cooperation and nassistance of the Government of Ecuador and with funds from the William H. nDonner Foundation, the Tinker Foundation and the Pew Memorial Trust.

The management of Ocean and coastal resources in Colombia : an assessment

Funding was principally provided by the William H. Donner nFoundation, as well as the Direccion General Maritima y Portuaria nof the Armada Nacional in Colombia, the Pew Memorial nTrust, and also by NOAA, National Sea Grant College Program, nDepartment of Commerce, under Grant Nos. NABO-AA-D-00077 (E/L-1) nand NA83-AA-D-00049 (E/L-1).

Politics and management of the California abalone fishery

product of a political process which is often characterized by a clash between contending attitudes towards the fishery as well as the usually different interests of the affected parties. The authors argue for the importance of examining the way in which the politics of management plan development affect the plan itself. Adoption of a limited entry law for the California abalone fishery is used as a case study to illustrate the interactions between politics and management. Skills traditionally used in politics have an important role to play in fisheries management.

Manejo de recursos costeros y marinos para las Islas Galapagos

Spanish edition of WHOI-84-43, Coastal and marine resources management for the Galapagos Islands