Conservation, Development and Collective Power in the Tuna-Political Indo-Pacific explores industrial fisheries, which now cover 55 per cent of the World’s oceans, an area four times larger than the terrestrial area devoted to agriculture. In addition to fisheries, our oceans provide crucial highways and oceanscapes for shipping, oil and gas, seabed mining, blue carbon, coastal development, tourism and defense – all of which must balance conservation and development imperatives as they navigate and exploit our fragile marine environment.

This book analyses and discusses the development of regional fisheries management and development in the Indo-Pacific, with the purpose of fostering the expansion and further development of collective strategies, science-based approaches and true ocean stewardship. It is the first book to analyze the development of these regional initiatives and discuss their global implications for sustainable development.

• Provides a complete overview of the history and application of collective power in fisheries negotiation by the Pacific small island developing States and their alliances and antagonists, including human stories of key champions and strategists
• Focuses on the Indo-Pacific tuna fisheries, but synthesizes and extrapolates lessons learnt, providing stories and tools to support the successful negotiation of future equitable and sustainable solutions, and other oceans and environmental conflicts
• Fills a gap in literature on negotiation strategies for transboundary fisheries, and includes opportunities for collective bargaining to address equity concerns and resolve conservation and management stalemates