1. SLS/BIICL Symposium on the Law of the Sea 22-23 March 2005 Dr Richard Barnes ‘The Future of Fishing’

2. Fishery Management, Excludability and Biodiversity

3. Tragedy of the Commons and Fisheries Regulation
The Problem of Open Access
The Solution?
Privatisation or Communal Ownership
Excludability
Limits on Excludability
Physical
Legal constraints in the ‘public interest’

4. International Fisheries Law
1982 Convention
Part V: Stewardship of Living Resources?
Compliance Agreement
Fish Stocks Agreement
Convention on Biological Diversity
Non Binding Instruments
Public Responsibilities:
Sustainable Fishing – Biodiversity - Precaution

5. Private Property-Based Rights
Property - Sticks in a Bundle
The ITQ - What Rights?
Excludability and transferability
Not management. Limited Duration.
Can it satisfy the Public Requirements of Fishing?