Dataset on non-state actor participation in regional fisheries management organizations
Lisa M. Dellmuth,
Matilda T. Petersson,
Daniel C. Dunn,
André Boustany,
Patrick N. Halpin
Affiliations
Lisa M. Dellmuth
Department of Economic History and International Relations, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, USA; Corresponding author.
Matilda T. Petersson
Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, USA
Daniel C. Dunn
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
André Boustany
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA; Monterey Bay Aquarium, 886 Cannery Row, Monterey, California 93940, USA
Patrick N. Halpin
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
In this article, we present and describe a new dataset of non-state actor participation in seven regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs). The dataset contains institutional, economic and ecological variables relevant for non-state actor participation in RFMOs and for RFMO effectiveness. To code non-state actor participation and institutional factors, we quantify information from publicly available RFMO reports as well as data from the Policy IV dataset. We pair these data with existing datasets on ecological and economic factors from the RAM Legacy and the Sea Around Us databases. This article describes the data collection process and the coded variables in detail.
