Karcher D.B. auteur aut IRD Fache Elodie auteur aut IRD Breckwoldt A. auteur aut IRD Govan H. auteur aut IRD Elías Ilosvay X.E. auteur aut IRD Kon Kam King Juliette auteur aut IRD Riera Léa auteur aut IRD Sabinot Catherine auteur aut IRD text journalArticle eng text/pdf born digital access While categorized as Small Island Developing States, South Pacific Island nations are the custodians of major ocean areas containing marine resources of high commercial and environmental significance. Yet, these resources are threatened by climate change, overfishing, Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing, as well as habitat destruction. The study, carried out in the early stage of the interdisciplinary research project SOC-Pacific (https://socpacific.net), aims to: a) identify the main policies on which fisheries management is currently based in the South Pacific, particularly in Fiji, New Caledonia and Vanuatu; b) investigate the evolution over time of key issues covered in these policies and related to coastal and/or offshore fisheries sectors; c) trace disconnections on the matter between legally binding instruments and non-binding strategies. A list of more than 200 documents relevant to regional fisheries management was gathered and separated into legally binding instruments and non-binding strategies. Legal instruments focused more on offshore issues (tuna fisheries and IUU fishing) and increasingly covered IUU fishing issues, confirming that tuna fisheries have an established hard policy arena. In strategies pertaining to coastal fisheries, community involvement appears as a key topic and a clear overall trend towards increasingly addressing climate change was spotlighted. Sustainability, community involvement, climate change, and food security issues are more covered in strategies than in legal instruments. Topics mostly addressed in relation to coastal areas are not substantially covered in legal instruments, suggesting that establishing binding measures might not be deemed as beneficial as strategies in coastal fields. specialized FIDJI NOUVELLE CALEDONIE VANUATU PACIFIQUE 040 114 036 118 104021 [13 ] 2020 0308-597X https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010078813 10.1016/j.marpol.2020.104021 0308-597X [F B010078813] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010078813 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/intranet/publi/depot/2020-07-10/010078813.pdf Accès réservé (Intranet de l'IRD) IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 2020-07-03 2025-02-24 fdi:010078813 fre