Report and Documentation of the International Workshop on Factors of Unsustainability and Overexploitation in Fisheries (Bangkok, Thailand, 4-8 February 2002)














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PREPARATION OF THIS DOCUMENT

INTRODUCTION

PART I: REPORT OF THE WORKSHOP ON FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO UNSUSTAINABILITY AND OVEREXPLOITATION IN FISHERIES

1. INTRODUCTION
2. BACKGROUND DISCUSSION ON FACTORS OF UNSUSTAINABILITY AND FISHERIES MANAGEMENT
3. SUMMARY REPORT OF WORKING GROUP 1
4. SUMMARY REPORT OF WORKING GROUP 2
5. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON FACTORS OF UNSUSTAINABILITY AND FISHERIES MANAGEMENT
6. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FACTORS OF UNSUSTAINABILITY AND INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES INSTRUMENTS
7. RECOMMENDATIONS ON FACTORS OF UNSUSTAINABILITY AND INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES INSTRUMENTS
APPENDIX A: AGENDA OF THE WORKSHOP
APPENDIX B: LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
APPENDIX C: OPENING STATEMENT

PART II: DISCUSSION PAPERS

FACTORS OF UNSUSTAINABILITY IN FISHERIES by Stephen Cunningham and Jean -Jacques Maguire
REVIEW OF FACTORS OF UNSUSTAINABILITY IN FISHERIES: RELATIONSHIP TO INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES INSTRUMENTS by Michael W. Lodge

PART III: NOTES AND COMMENTS SUBMITTED BY PARTICIPANTS

A NOTE ON UNSUSTAINABLE FISHERIES AND TRENDS IN WORLD FISH CATCHES by Rögnvaldur Hannesson
NOTES ON FACTORS OF UNSUSTAINABILITY by Serge M. Garcia
UNSUSTAINABLE FISHERIES: WHO IS TO BLAME - FISHERS, MANAGERS, SCIENTISTS OR THE ENVIRONMENT? (two case studies from Namibia) by David Boyer and Hashali Hamukuaya
A SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES (SIDS) AND SOCIAL SCIENCE PERSPECTIVE by Patrick McConney
A PRESCRIPTION FOR FISHERY PROBLEMS: RACE FOR THE FISH, RISK PRONE DECISIONS AND UNCERTAINTY by Michael P. Sissenwine
FACTORS LEADING TO UNSUSTAINABILITY IN FISHERIES - FOCUSING ON FISHERIES SYSTEMS AND DRIVING FORCES by Poul Degnbol
SOME THOUGHTS ON MOVING FROM UNSUSTAINABILITY TO SUSTAINABILITY OF TROPICAL MULTI-SPECIE ECO-SYSTEM AND LIVELIHOOD-ORIENTED, SMALL-SCALE, MARINE FISHERIES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES by John Kurien
OBSERVATIONS ON FACTORS OF UNSUSTAINABILITY AND OVEREXPLOITATION IN FISHERIES (in relation to Discussion Paper 1, infra) by Jake Rice
COMMENTS ON FACTORS OF UNSUSTAINABILITY AND OVEREXPLOITATION IN FISHERIES (in relation to Discussion Paper 1, infra) by Keith Sainsbury
NOTES ON FACTORS OF UNSUSTAINABILITY by Kee Chai Chong