Case Study Mie Spiny Lobster Fishery (Japan) Authors: Kanae Tokunaga Abstract This case study examines the climate resilience of the Japanese spiny lobster fishery in Wagu, Mie, Japan. This fishery is a representative case of Japanese coastal fisheries that exhibit a...
Case Study Tasmania Rock Lobster Fishery (Australia) Authors: Gretta Pecl and Emily Ogier Abstract The commercial southern rock lobster (Jasus edwardsii) fishery is the second largest wild catch fishery in Tasmania, Australia, primarily exported to high-value Asian...
Case Study United States West Coast Pacific Sardine Fishery Authors: Merrick Burden and Rod Fujita Abstract The Pacific sardine fishery has historically been a productive and lucrative industry along the West Coast of North America. However, climate change and...
Case Study Madang Reef Fish Fishery (Papua New Guinea) Author: Jacqueline Lau Abstract This case study demonstrates how adaptive customary management confers resilience to key habitats, stock and social benefits in the face of fishing pressure and (hypothetically)...
Case Study Iceland Groundfish Fisheries Author: Julia Mason Abstract Iceland’s Individual Transferrable Quota (ITQ) commercial fisheries demonstrate how flexible and responsive management, centralized organization that promotes learning, ample assets, and resilience...
Case Study California Dungeness Crab Fishery (United States) Author: Christopher M. Free Abstract Dungeness crab (Metacarcinus magister) support California’s most lucrative commercial fishery and play a central role in the portfolio of species targeted by fishers....
