Scientific knowledge and policymaking--a comparative study of international tuna resource management regimes

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25380216
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: International relations
• Research Institution: Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
• Principal Investigator: SATO Yoichiro 立命館アジア太平洋大学, アジア太平洋学部, 教授 (90569782)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 国際レジーム / 政治と科学 / 国際漁業資源管理

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Management of highly migratory tuna species over international EEZ boundaries requires international cooperation. The stock estimate process, on which such cooperation is based, must be founded on science. However, separating "politics" out of the scientific process is difficult, and the appropriate "distance" within the industry-academic-government cooperation varies from a country to another, as well as from one international regime to another. This study looked at the Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna and its Science Committee for comparing the member states' stock estimate "science" and identifying their problems.

Free Research Field

政治学・国際政治