The governance of high seas fisheries management & clashing ocean conservation futures

Wednesday, October 21, 2026 at 3:00pm to 4:00pm

SMAST East 101-103 : 836 S. Rodney French Boulevard, New Bedford MA 02744
Callie Rumbut
c.rumbut@umassd.edu
https://umassd.zoom.us/j/93758230260

Seminar Announcement
Department of Fisheries Oceanography

"The governance of high seas fisheries management & clashing ocean conservation futures"
Dr. Gabby Carmine
Postdoctoral Fellow, Georgetown University

Wednesday, October 21, 2026
3:00 - 4:00 pm
SMAST E 101-103 and via Zoom

Abstract:

In this talk, I will disentangle the modern understanding of the 'right to fish' on the high seas, or the ~2/3 of the ocean surface, as set out by the United Nations. I will do this by discussing previous work identifying which corporations have been fishing the high seas, recent research on the regional fisheries management organizations regulating industry, and the future paths the new UN High Seas Biodiversity Treaty (UN BBNJ) has the opportunity to create. The BBNJ treaty is officially an international legally binding text, with the first Conference of the Parties in January 2027. I will argue how the contrasting future possibilities for the conservation of high seas biodiversity under this treaty may be stunted or realized.

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For additional information, please contact Callie Rumbut at c.rumbut@umassd.edu