Global Fisheries Science and Economics

The lecture will be conducted by using presentation slides. The lecture materials will be uploaded on UTOL. Lecture Plan: 12/4　Dr. Sakai 12/11　Dr. Ishihara 12/18　Dr. Iwata 12/25　Dr. Sakai 1/8　Dr. Ishihara 1/15　Dr. Wakatatsu 1/22　Dr. Sakai ******** IMPORTANT NOTICE *************************************************************************************************** (A) Please watch the following video before the assigned day. https://mitsloan.mit.edu/***** (B) By the midnight of the day **before** each class day INCLUDING the FIRST DAY, students are required to submit a 3-page memo via UTOL. The memo should be written in **English**, and it should include two things for each of the three assigned papers every week (3x6=18 papers in total): 1) summary (topic, data, method, finding etc) , and 2) your comments on and questions about them. You will be asked to present your thoughts about these papers in class. Late submissions will be accepted but their grade will be discounted 30% each day. These six memos together amount to 60% of the grade. Please see assigned papers in the Grade Evaluation section. **************************************************************************************************************************************

Lecture and group discussion.

Six short memos (60%) Attendance (12%) In-class quiz (28%) Assigned papers are as follows: 12/4 Dr. Sakai 1. Worm, B., Hilborn, R., Baum, J. K., Branch, T. A., Collie, J. S., Costello, C., ... & Zeller, D. (2009). Rebuilding global fisheries. science, 325(5940), 578-585. 2. Worm, B., Barbier, E. B., Beaumont, N., Duffy, J. E., Folke, C., Halpern, B. S., ... & Watson, R. (2006). Impacts of biodiversity loss on ocean ecosystem services. science, 314(5800), 787-790. 3. Hilborn, R., Amoroso, R. O., Anderson, C. M., Baum, J. K., Branch, T. A., Costello, C., ... & Ye, Y. (2020). Effective fisheries management instrumental in improving fish stock status. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(4), 2218-2224. 12/11　Dr. Ishihara 1. Cleaver, F. D., & De Koning, J. (2015). Furthering critical institutionalism. International Journal of the Commons, 9(1). 2. Agrawal, A. (2001). Common property institutions and sustainable governance of resources. World development, 29(10), 1649-1672. 3. Ostrom, E. (1999). Coping with tragedies of the commons. Annual review of political science, 2(1), 493-535. 12/18　Dr. Iwata 1. Edgar, G. J., Bates, A. E., Krueck, N. C., Baker, S. C., Stuart-Smith, R. D., & Brown, C. J. (2024). Stock assessment models overstate sustainability of the world’s fisheries. Science, 385(6711), 860-865. 2. Kroodsma, D. A., Mayorga, J., Hochberg, T., Miller, N. A., Boerder, K., Ferretti, F., ... & Worm, B. (2018). Tracking the global footprint of fisheries. Science, 359(6378), 904-908. 3. Slotte, A., Salthaug, A., Vatnehol, S., Johnsen, E., Mousing, E. A., Høines, Å., ... & Stenevik, E. K. (2025). Herring spawned poleward following fishery-induced collective memory loss. Nature, 1-8. 12/25　Dr. Sakai 1. Costello, C., Lynham, J., Lester, S. E., & Gaines, S. D. (2010). Economic incentives and global fisheries sustainability. Annu. Rev. Resour. Econ., 2(1), 299-318. 2. Abbott, J. K., Leonard, B., & Garber-Yonts, B. (2022). The distributional outcomes of rights-based management in fisheries. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(2), e2109154119. 3. Birkenbach, A. M., Kaczan, D. J., & Smith, M. D. (2017). Catch shares slow the race to fish. Nature, 544(7649), 223-226. 1/8　Dr. Ishihara No assigned paper this week. Please watch the following video before the class. https://mitsloan.mit.edu/***** 1/15　Dr. Wakatatsu 1. Uchida, H., Roheim, C. A., Wakamatsu, H., & Anderson, C. M. (2014). Do Japanese consumers care about sustainable fisheries? Evidence from an auction of ecolabelled seafood. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 58(2), 263-280. 2. Hayes, D. J., Fox, J. A., & Shogren, J. F. (2002). Experts and activists: how information affects the demand for food irradiation. Food policy, 27(2), 185-193. 3. Fox, J. A., Hayes, D. J., & Shogren, J. F. (2002). Consumer preferences for food irradiation: how favorable and unfavorable descriptions affect preferences for irradiated pork in experimental auctions. Journal of risk and Uncertainty, 24(1), 75-95. 1/22　Dr. Sakai 1. Abbott, J. K., & Haynie, A. C. (2012). What are we protecting? Fisher behavior and the unintended consequences of spatial closures as a fishery management tool. Ecological Applications, 22(3), 762-777. 2. Lynham, J. (2017). Identifying peer effects using gold rushers. Land Economics, 93(3), 527-548. 3. Chambers, C., & Carothers, C. (2017). Thirty years after privatization: A survey of Icelandic small-boat fishermen. Marine Policy, 80, 69-80.

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English is the primary language used in the lectures and discussions. More specifically, the lecture is given in English, with some supplemental remarks in Japanese if necessary.

The lecture will be organized by Yutaro Sakai. Expected invited lecturers are: Dr. Wakamatsu (National Research Institute of Fisheries Science), Dr. Iwata (Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology), and Dr. Ishihara (The University of Tokyo). The lecture room is Rooms 231–232, Building 7B.