Co-Convenors:
Minling Pan (USA)
Shang Chen (China)
Keith Criddle (USA)
Mitsutaku Makino (Japan)
Invited Speaker:
Robert Blasiak (University of Tokyo, Japan)
Kanae Tokunaga (Ocean Alliance, University of Tokyo, Japan)
The fisheries management for a shared/transboundary stock - a stock that straddles jurisdictional boundaries - is a complex balancing act that will become even more challenging as the distribution of stocks shift in response to climate change. Some of these stocks may only involve users with different interests within a single jurisdiction. Other stocks may involve users from different jurisdictions within a nation, or users from many nations. Achieving conservation objectives for shared/transboundary stocks will require adoption of management regimes that consider biological, economic, and social criteria and elicit effective cooperation among groups. The objective of this session is to gather empirical studies involved with shared/transboundary stock management and to discuss the experiences, challenges, lessons learned, and decision-making processes that lead to successful management.
