This presentation provides an overview of a Special Session presentation held at the IIFET 2016 Scotland conference in July 2016, as well as details of the proceedings of the session.
New Zealand has recently implemented major changes to its Fisheries management regimes including strengthening the quota based property right, devolving the delivery of quota registry services to the industry and developing new computer systems to support industry and government requirements. The success of these changes is due to a number...
This paper discusses the development of aquaculture in the countries of the Gulf Cooperating Council (GCC) with particular emphasis on Oman and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Aquaculture in the GCC countries, with some notable exceptions, has been slow to develop, with investors reluctant to invest in aquaculture projects that...
This paper discusses the development of a Marine Sector Strategy for Qeshm Island for the Qeshm Free
Area Authority (QFA). Qeshm Island is an Iranian island, a Free Trade Zone near the entrance of the
Persian Gulf in the Straits of Hormuz. The long-term strategy of QFA is to develop...
This paper discusses the use of resource assessment surveys as the basis for effective fisheries management drawing on the resource assessment survey of the Arabian Sea coast of Oman. This survey, completed in 2009, has been undertaken in the context of the primary aim of the Oman Ministry of Fisheries...