managing the global ocean as a system: role of the high seas
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Managing the global ocean as a system: role of the high seas. U. Rashid Sumaila Fisheries Economics Research Unit Sea Around Us project Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia Vancouver, Canada [email protected]. Conference in Honour of Ivar Ekeland, June 18-20, 2014. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Managing the global ocean as a system: role of
the high seas
U. Rashid Sumaila Fisheries Economics Research Unit
Sea Around Us projectFisheries Centre, University of British Columbia
Vancouver, [email protected]
Conference in Honour of Ivar Ekeland, June 18-20, 2014
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Ivar and Me
• We can communicate in Norwegian:– The story of how we met Ivar.
• We both love the ocean and fish:– Norse, Ekeland, Sumaila & others (2012). Sustainability of
deep sea fisheries. Marine Policy, 36, 307–320.
• We believe we need to find better ways to discount the future:– Ekeland, Karp, and Sumaila (forthcoming). Equilibrium
resource management with altruistic overlapping generations. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management.
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Outline of talk
• Our oceans:
– How important are they to us?– Are our interactions with them sustainable?– What is the economic cost of unsustainability?– Managing the global ocean requires a system
approach.
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Our oceans are our lives
• 60% of the world’s population lives within 60 km of the coast;
• 50% of the oxygen we breathe generated by the ocean;
• Regulation of earth’s climate;
• Crucial for the Earth’s environmental balance & survival.
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Our oceans are our lives
• Cultural and spiritual values;
• Transport/shipping;
• Playing grounds for many of us;
• Support jobs; livelihoods & incomes;
• Source of animal protein for many.
L.TehD. Varkey
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Fish as base for many activities
Fish stocks
AquacultureCapture fisheries
Seafood processing
Management
Recreational fisheries &
tourism
Marine manufacturing
& services, boat building
Marine research
Fishing ports and jetties
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Importance of fish to food security
• Annual ocean fish catch is ~80 million t;• Fish is a good source of protein, micro-
nutrients, minerals and essential fatty acids;• Provides 3 billion people up to 15% of
dietary animal protein;• For low-income food-deficit countries, the
contribution of fish to total animal intake is nearly 20%.
FAO, State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture (2009)
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Gross revenues from marine capture fisheries worldwide are estimated at between US$ 80 and 85 billion annually (FAO, 2009);
Total impact throughout the global economy is between US$ 220 and 235 billion in 2003 (Dyck & Sumaila, 2010).
Economic contributions of fisheries
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Marine fisheries employment
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260 million people worldwide involved in marine fisheries, including direct and indirect sector
Top 10 countries providing marine employment
Teh and Sumaila (2011): Fish and Fisheries
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Human-ocean interactions unsustainable
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Climate change impacts
↑ Sea temperature; ↑ acidification; Δ ocean current pattern; Δ salinity;retreat of sea ice;↑ coastal hypoxic & oxygen min. zone;↑ sea level.
Physical/Chemical changes in the
ocean
Biological / ecological changes in the ocean
Cheung, Watson & Pauly (2012): Nature
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Examples of unsustainability
• About 20% of the original area of coral reefs lost (Wilkinson, 2008);
• Sea grasses are disappearing at a rate of 110km2 yr-1 since 1980 (Waycott, 2009);
• Seaweeds in Zanzibar dying as I speak – climate change blamed; huge economic and social consequences for many on the island especially women;
• Habitat destruction from bottom trawling.
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Global fish catch and effortC
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Global fish catch and effort
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Watson et al. (2012): Fish and Fisheries
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Company financial data• Dataset contains information on:
– 1000 top global fishing companies operating in 43 countries, including many leading maritime countries;
– Total annual sales value for all companies is about $21 billion or 25% of estimated landed value worldwide.
• We analyzed pre-tax profit.
Plimsoll (2011)
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Summary of pre-tax profit data
Sumaila et al. (2012): PLoS One
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B: Pre-tax profit share of sales for 43 fishing countries
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Subsidies
• Beneficial subsidies (‘investment’ programs in fish stocks);
• Capacity-enhancing (harmful) subsidies (‘disinvestment’ programs in fish stocks);
• Ambiguous subsidies (programs may benefit or harm fish stocks).
Khan et al. (2006); Sumaila & Pauly (2006)
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Global subsidy estimate
Sumaila et al. (2010): J. Bioeconomics
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Gains from global fisheries
The current picture:•Overcapacity in world’s fishing fleets•Negative economic benefits when full cost of fishing is accounted for(Sumaila et al., 2012: PLoS One).
www.thehindu.com
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Global Potential Catch Loss (in million metric t)
Srinivasan et al. (2010): J. Bioeconomics
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Food security implications
• Loss of million t of fish per year due to overfishing and other impacts has huge food security implications;
• It is estimated that more effective management of global fish stocks could create food to avert undernourishment for about 19 million people worldwide.
Srinivasan et al. (2010): J. Bioeconomics
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Managing the global ocean requires a system approach
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L.Teh
Strong human-ocean connection
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Nudge stakeholders to cooperate
Annual shared fisheries catch and landed value across all countries 1950-2006 (Teh & Sumaila, in submission.)
Munro (1979): Canadian J. Economics; Sumaila (2013): Book
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Climate change fisheries & aquaculture
Cheung et al. (2009) Fish & Fisheries 10: 235-251
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Buy insurance by protecting a sizable portion of the ocean
(e.g., Lauck et al., 1996)
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High seas vs. Exclusive Economic Zones
Exclusive economic zones (light blue) and high seas (dark blue)
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Highly connected nature of marine ecosystems & their fisheries
April 22, 2023 Why the ocean is important. Page 28
Block et al (2011) NatureDoi:10.1038/nature10082
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Coastal vs. high seas fisheries
Sumaila et al. (In submission.)
A) Number of species B) Catch C) Landed Value
Breakdown of high seas and EEZ fisheries (annual average over the period 2000-2010)
Implication – close high seas to fishing?
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Carbon sequestration versus fish value
• High seas sequesters about 0.448 billion tonnes of carbon annually;
• Equivalent to 1.644 million tonnes of CO2;
• Using the social costs of carbon we can estimate a rough value of this ecosystem service;
• $148 billion per annum (range of $74 - $222 billion);
• High seas fish catch value $16 billion (10 million tonnes).
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The high seas & intra-generational equity: 70% of LV by top 10
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Valuation & equity between generations
Present Future
Future benefits from today’s perspective
Value
“Egoism is the law of perspectives as it applies to feelingsaccording to which what is closest to us appears to be large andweighty, while size and weight decrease with our distancefrom things” (attributed to Nietzche, 1844-1900).
Discounting in economics
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Concluding remarks
• President Obama announced:– the creation of ~ 2 mil. km2 of marine protected
areas;
– that his administration is to ensure that all fish sold in the US is legal and traceable
• The President of Kiribati: his country will ban commercial fishing in its waters;
• The President of Palau: his country will create a National Marine Sanctuary that encompasses 80% of its waters.
Came from D.C. where I attended Sec. John Kerry’s Ocean Conference: Our Ocean 2014. You can find the Secretary’s opening remarks here:http://www.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2014/06/227692.htm
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Merci!Gratulere Med Dagen, Ivar!