Global Drivers on Fisheries – Industry Perspective Alastair Macfarlane International Coalition of Fisheries Associations
Commercial Drivers Fishing businesses must be profitable to be sustainable Terms and conditions of resource access Unfair competition Exogenous cost impacts Re-investment
Resource Access Fisheries access terms and conditions Spatial and temporal conditions Gear and impact conditions
Unfair competition Subsidies and geo-politics IUU International agreements – potential for new disciplines and options for recourse
Exogenous cost impacts Climate – resilience in the face of uncertainty Energy – boom and bust Other regulatory factors
Re-investment Re-investment essential and limited by profitability New technologies Climate/carbon – challenge to find new energy sources