This collection houses the proceedings of the 20th biennial conference of the International Institute of Fisheries Economics & Trade (IIFET), entitled Managing a Changing Environment. The conference took place at Auditorio Mar de Vigo in Vigo, Galicia, Spain, from 18-22 July 2022. Conference organizers were M. Dolores Garza-Gil (University of Vigo), Sebastián Villasante (University of Santiago de Compostela), José Fernández Polanco (University of Cantabria), and Fernando González Laxe (University of A Coruña).

The following agencies sponsored the conference:

• GRÓ Fisheries Training Program, Iceland
• Walton Family Foundation
• DG MARE (Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries) – Industry & Policy Day sponsor
• FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) – Industry & Policy Day sponsor
• Concello de Vigo (Municipality of Vigo)
• ECOBAS (Economics and Business Administration for Society)
• Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (Ministry of Science and Innovation)
• Ministerio de Hacienda y Función Publica (Ministry of Finance and Civil Service)
• Consorcio de la Zona Franca de Vigo (Vigo Free Trade Zone Consortium)
• Deputación Pontevedra
• Xunta de Galicia – Consellería do Mar (Council of Galicia – Ministry of the Sea)
• Unión Europea – Fondo Europeo Marítimo e de Pesca (FEMP) (European Union – European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund)
• Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (European Regional Development Fund)
• Agencia Estatal de Investigación (State Research Agency)

The International Institute of Fisheries Economics & Trade (IIFET) is a global organization consisting 600+ members from over 65 countries around the world. IIFET provides an international forum for the exchange of research, information, and ideas on the economics of fisheries management, seafood trade, and aquaculture. Our goal is to advance the productive use of economic theory and analysis to answer critical questions surrounding the sustainable use of marine resources, and to ensure future livelihoods of those who produce food from the sea. Every other (even-numbered) year, individuals from academia, trade, government, and NGOs interested in the economics of fisheries, aquaculture, and seafood trade to gather at a different location, rotating among global fishing regions and nations for maximum diversity, to share research and contribute to solutions of problems facing managers of critical marine resources.

IIFET 2022 Galicia was our 20th biennial gathering held since the founding of IIFET in 1982. Thirty-five (35) countries from six continents were represented by the 206 conference registrants from academia, business, government, international organizations, and non-profits.

General conference topics were:

• Certification of Fisheries and Aquaculture and Consumer Behavior
• Contribution of fisheries and aquaculture to nutrition, food security and poverty in developing countries
• Economic, Bioeconomic and Ecological-Economic Modeling
• Economics of Aquaculture
• Economics of Recreational Fisheries and Tourism
• Ecosystem-based Management and Integrated Assessments
• Fishery Governance, Policy and Management
• Governance and Management of High Seas and Straddling Stock Fisheries
• Managing Small-scale and Developing Country Fisheries
• Marine Spatial Planning and Multiple Use Management
• Seafood Markets and Trade
• Value chains in fisheries and aquaculture

In addition, nineteen (19) ‘Special’ pre-organized sessions were presented on:

• EU Fisheries in Distant Waters: Lessons Learned from the FarFish Project
• Illuminating Hidden Harvests. The Contributions of SSF to Sustainable Development
• Mediterranean Aquaculture Integrated Development (MedAid): Social and Economic Implications
• Special Session in Honor of the Contributions of Jon Sutinen to Marine Resource Economics
• Adapting Fisheries to Climate Change
• Assessing the Sustainability of Aquaculture Along the Value Chain: Interdisciplinary Approaches
• Case Studies in Fisheries Economics and Management
• Concentration, Fishing Rights and Equity in the Fisheries Sector
• Evaluating the Inputs to Governance for the Purpose of Improving Performance Outcomes
• Game Theory and Fisheries
• Gendered Value Chains in Fisheries and Aquaculture
• Improving Institutions to Mitigate Externalities Across Multiple Sectors and Jurisdictions
• Investment Behavior and New Technologies in Fisheries
• Management in EU Fisheries
• Markets and Market Opportunities for Small-Scale Fishery Products
• Refocusing Fisheries Governance: From the Aggregated to the Local Level
• Supporting the Transitions of Fisheries Communities
• The Economics of Marine Protected Species
• Using Economics to Allocate Fishing Rights between Recreational and Commercial Fisheries in Complex Socioecological Systems

The program also included six (6) keynote addresses:

• IIFET Fellow Ragnar Arnason
• IIFET Fellow Jon Sutinen
• IIFET Fellow Marty Smith
• IIFET Distinguished Award winner Juan Carlos Seijo
• Gunnar Knapp
• Rashid Sumaila

Presentations, submitted papers, summaries, the conference program, and other related documents are accessible through these Proceedings. Use the search bar on the right to search by topic or author.