His proposal, published in the January 2012 issue of Nature, could solve the problem faced by World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiators, whose efforts to broker an all-inclusive deal that encompasses domestic and international, small- and large-scale fisheries, have stalled. Efforts, he says, that have been hindered by national interests.

Read the article in Nature.

“It was a great opportunity for different stakeholders to talk to each other,” Dr. Sumaila said of the event.

The third Oceans Day was organized as part of the United Nations’ Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 17th Conference of the Parties (COP 17).

Listen to the interview: Rashid Sumaila on the economic impacts of climate change on global oceans and fisheries.

Scientists have predicted: every second breath of humans depends on the oceans. So the oceans are central to our livelihoods and our survival on the planet.

For more information about this video with transcription, see the full post at sumprememastertv.com.

Eny describes the video, which she believes to be the only one documenting this particular fishery saying:

“[t]his video clip shows crew members of “Sumber Jaya”, a pair-boat purse seine (called “Slerek”), hauling sardine in the Bali Strait, Indonesia. The fishing activity occurred during the night of September 22, 2004, from about 7PM to 4:30AM. The fleet had 48 crew members, including the skipper/captain (who sat on the ‘high bench’). My two assistants and I were invited by the fleet owner to participate in the fishing activity as observers. We were on the ‘fish boat’ throughout the night. In this clip, my camera was pointing towards the ‘net boat’. Listen to the crew members sang – in a cappella – interlocking notes as they hauled the net.”

You can learn more about Eny Buchary and her PhD research work, of which this video is a part, by visiting her homepage. More about the fishery pictured in the clip above will appear in Eny’s PhD dissertation titled In search of viable policy options for responsible use of sardine resources in the Bali Strait, which she will defend in February of this year. The citation for her dissertation is:

Buchary, E. in press. In search of viable policy options for responsible use of sardine resources in the Bali Strait, Indonesia. PhD dissertation. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. 350p. Unpublished (to be defended in February 2010).

Key concepts excerpted from the video are:

“almost every subsidy is potentially harmful”

“Subsidies even contribute to widespread illegal fishing”

“there are still complex issues on the negotiating table and it is crucial these are resolved….and soon.”

See the Fisheries Subsidies blog for more discussion of the video.

Also see UNEP’s Economics and Trade Branch (ETB) for further information

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