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Rethinking fisheries policy in the Pacific: WORKING PAPER

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This record describes, and links to a working paper produced through the Resource Management in Asia-Pacific (RMAP) Program based at The Australian National University in Canberra.

One of the most hotly debated issues of fisheries policy in the Pacific is whether or not public funds should be used to finance commercial tuna fishing ventures. Many commentators from within the region argue for public investment in the industry to stimulate domestication. In this paper we propose an alternative policy in which tuna fishing revenues are invested offshore through a trust fund, rather than re-invested in domestic commercial fishing activity. Trust fund earnings could then be used to stimulate and support private sector initiatives and alternative economic activities. We use the example of Kiribati, one of the poorer Pacific island countries, to illustrate how offshore investment through a trust fund has succeeded in generating substantial revenues, when most Kiribati government corporations, including a state-owned fishing enterprise, have performed poorly.

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Title Rethinking fisheries policy in the Pacific: WORKING PAPER
Language eng
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Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/c6bbdd09-2d50-4d32-8f4f-77c1b854e83e
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rsvp.crawford@anu.edu.au
Reference Period 27/08/2024
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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Rethinking fisheries policy in the Pacific: WORKING PAPER". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/rethinking-fisheries-policy-in-the-pacific-working-paper