Round two for Arctic fishing?
Dubay, D. (2021). Round two for Arctic fishing?, in: Nordquist, M.H. et al. Marine biodiversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction. Center for Oceans Law and Policy, 24: pp. 331-341. https://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004422438_018
In: Nordquist, M.H.; Long, R. (Ed.) (2021). Marine biodiversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction. Center for Oceans Law and Policy, 24. Brill|Nijhoff: Leiden, Boston. e-ISBN 978-90-04-42243-8. XX, 379 pp., more
In: Center for Oceans Law and Policy. Martinus Nijhoff: The Hague; London; New York. ISSN 1872-7158, more
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Fisheries
Illegal fishing
Overexploitation > Commercial fishing > Overfishing
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Arctic – Arctic Ocean – Central Arctic Ocean Fishing Agreement – United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement – regional fisheries management organizations |
| Abstract |
In 2017, the Arctic Five— the United States, Canada, Russia, Norway, and Denmark— along with China, Japan, Iceland, and the European Union agreed to a moratorium on commercial fishing in the central Artic Ocean (cao). The resulting Central Arctic Ocean Fishing Agreement (caofa) is intended to restrict unregulated fishing on thehigh seas of the Arctic Ocean and provide scientists time to study whether any fish populations present would support a commercial fishery. Over thirty years ago, overfishing in another area of the Arctic, a spot in the Bering Sea known as the “Donut Hole,” led to the collapse of its valuable pollack fishery. By 1994, six nations (the United States, Russia, Japan, China, South Korea, and Poland) had signed the Central Bering Sea Pollack Agreement, which banned further fishing until the science of the region’s fisheries was better understood. Unfortunately, that agreement came too late and the Donut Hole’s pollack fishery never recovered. Taking action to protect any fisheries resources present in the cao before fishing begins is an admirable first step. This paper examines some of the issues that will help determine whether the caofa is ultimatelysuccessful in its goal of protecting fisheries resources. |
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