Fisheries in the Pacific

The Authors
pelagic fisheries research programmes and the key provider of scientific services and
advice regarding tuna fisheries to the island states and territories of the Pacific, the
Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) and the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries
Commission (WCPFC). His key references include articles in Nature (Volumes 389,
1997 and 434, 2005), the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (Volumes
55(9), 1998 and 57(5), 2000), and Science (Volume 314(5806), 2006).
Shelton HARLEY is currently the Principal Fisheries Scientist and team leader of the
Stock Assessment and Modelling section within the Oceanic Fisheries Programme
(OFP) at SPC. His team is responsible for undertaking stock assessments for the
major tuna stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean. Shelton has 14 years
of experience in Pacific tuna fisheries science. In addition to his time at SPC, he was
New Zealand’s scientific representative for the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries
Commission (WCPFC) and the Commission for the Conservation of the Southern
Bluefin Tuna (CCSBT) from 2004 to 2008. He also worked as a scientist at the
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission.
Nathalie HILMI is a specialist in macroeconomics and international finance. In 2010,
she joined the Centre Scientifique de Monaco as the head of the environmental
economics section and collaborated with the International Atomic Energy Agency’s
(IAEA) Environment Laboratories to initiate correlation studies between environmental
sciences and economics and, thereby, better evaluate the socioeconomic extent
of impacts and costs of action versus inaction with regard to carbon emissions. In 2011,
she obtained her accreditation to supervise research (HDR) on “Multidisciplinarity
and Sustainable Development”. Her research area encompasses economic impacts of
climate change and ocean acidification, evaluation of ecosystem services, such as those
offered by coral reefs, sustainable development and environmental policies.
Isabelle LEBLIC is an ethnologist and CNRS Senior Researcher at LACITO
(LAngues et CIvilisations à Tradition Orale), Paris, France. She initiated her research
in maritime anthropology in 1979 with her PhD study focused on a small French
island (Molène, Bretagne) whose whole history is based on the exploitation of the
sea (see Molène, une île tournée vers la mer, 2007, Peeters). Since 1982, she has been
conducting research in maritime anthropology in New Caledonia, specifically with
the Kanak fishing clans of southern New Caledonia. The findings of her research
have been disseminated in numerous publications over the years, including the summary
book, Vivre de la mer, vivre avec la terre… en pays kanak. Savoirs et techniques des
pêcheurs kanak du sud de la Nouvelle-Calédonie (2008, Société des Océanistes). Since
1989, she has also oriented her field studies on social change and development projects
in New Caledonia, particularly in Ponérihouen (see Les Kanak face au développement.
La voie étroite, 1993, Presses Universitaires de Grenoble). In parallel, she has worked
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