2. So who am I then?
• New Zealander with a background in Poli,cal Science and Interna,onal Business
• EGG Alumni, class of 2011 (EGG is cooler than SERSD right?)
• Master’s Thesis with Per Olsson and Victor Galaz on the emergence and spread of Marine
Spa,al Planning as a tool for ecosystem management
• Now doing a Phd with Henrik Österblom, Per Olsson and Victor Galaz on Global Governance
of Marine Resources as part of the Nereus Program (Predic,ng the Future Ocean)
• PhD focusing on understanding the adap,veness of exis,ng governance ins,tu,ons, the
emergence of new forms of governance and contribu,ng to the genera,on of plausible
scenarios of future governance of marine resources.
4. Spatial Expansion of Fisheries– Genuinely Global
Spa2al Expansion of EU and non EU Fishing Fleets into the Global Ocean 1950 to today:
UBC Fisheries and WWF Netherlands
13. From regional ini,a,ve to global network– In
the Beginning there was talk
• CCAMLR and beyond…
• Hey, I know you from that Toothfish thing!
• A core informal group: USA, Australia, Chile,
Peru, Canada, Norway…
• Could we envision an ‘interpol’ for fisheries?
• Discussions in FAO commi_ee on Fisheries
• Birth of the IMCS Network
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Individual Actors with Shared
Interests chat informally
Emergence of an informal
communica,ons & knowledge
sharing network
Incremental moves towards
the establishment of a a
formal network structure
A formalised organisa,onal
structure is put in place –
IMCS is ins,tu,onalised