1st Edition

International Fisheries Law Persistent and Emerging Challenges

406 Pages
by Routledge

406 Pages
by Routledge

406 Pages
by Routledge

Offering a practical exploration of persistent and new challenges relating to contemporary international fisheries law, this book examines emerging and unresolved issues in international fisheries law. Covering a wide range of international legal aspects related to fisheries governance, it offers practical perspectives that go beyond the existing debates in this field. An expert team of... Read more

PART I: Introduction

1. International Fisheries Law: Persistent and Emerging Challenges

Bjørn Kunoy, Tomas Heidar, and Constantinos Yiallourides

 

 

PART II: Governance and Institutional Challenges in Regional Fisheries Management Organisations

2. Decolonizing RFMOs: The Case of the United Kingdom’s IOTC Membership on Behalf of the Chagos Archipelago

Valentin J. Schatz

 

3. Overlapping Geographical Mandates of RFMOs

Erik J. Molenaar

 

4. Challenges in RFMO Compliance Review Mechanisms

Adriana Fabra

 

 

PART III: Dispute Settlement Mechanisms in Regional Fisheries Management Organisations

5. Dispute Settlement Mechanisms in RFMOS and Under UNCLOS

Samuel Wordsworth KC

 

6. Emerging Dispute Settlement Principles and Practices in RFMOs

James Harrison

 

7. The Objection Procedure in the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation

Osvaldo Urrutia

 

 

PART IV: Combating Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing

8. IUU Fishing Vessel Listing Cooperation and Current RFMO Practices

Eva R. van der Marel and Mercedes Rosello

 

9. Indonesian Enforcement Measures Against IUU Fishing Vessels

Dita Liliansa

 

10. Addressing Transshipment as Part of an Integrated Scheme of Monitoring Measures

Meggan Engelke-Ros 

  

 

PART V: Substantive and Procedural Aspects in Fisheries Disputes

11. Limitations on Compulsory Settlement of Disputes with Regard to Fisheries in the EEZ Arising from Article 297(3)(a) of UNCLOS

Ben Juratowitch KC

 

12. Compulsory Conciliation Proceedings Regarding Disputes on Conservation and Management of Fish Stocks

Alina Miron

 

13. Jurisdictional Issues in the Settlement of Disputes Concerning Straddling Fish Stocks Under UNCLOS

Yoshifumi Tanaka

 

14. The Scope of Obligations in Article 63(1) of UNCLOS on the Management of Shared Fish Stocks

Constantinos Yiallourides

 

15. Straddling and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks: Compatibility Requirement and Scope of Rights of High Seas Fishing Nations

Sean D. Murphy

 

 

PART VI: Trade-Related Measures and Fisheries  

16. WTO Trade Disputes Concerning Marine Living Resources

Valerie Hughes

 

17. The WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies and IUU Fishing

Clarisse Morgan

 

18. Regulatory Space for Measures Affecting Trade in Marine Resources

Iain Sandford and Ariane Vincent

 

19. Unilateral Harmonization and the Implementation of the Import Provisions of the U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act

Kathleen Claussen

  

 

PART VII: The Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Process (BBNJ Process) and Implications for Fisheries Management

20. The Interface Between the BBNJ Agreement and RFMOs

Daniela Diz

 

21. The Impact of the BBNJ Agreement on Regional Fisheries Management Organisations or Arrangements

Kentaro Nishimoto  

  

 

PART VIII: Climate Change and Fisheries

22. International Fisheries Law and the Anthropocene: A Challenge to Foundational Narratives

Ethan Beringen

 

23. Climate Change and Management of Shared and Straddling Fish Stocks: Nothing (New) To See Here, Folks?

Andrew Serdy

 

Biography

Bjørn Kunoy is Professor of International Law at the University of the Faroe Islands. He is also Special Legal Adviser, Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade, Faroe Islands.

Tomas Heidar is President of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea and Director of the Law of the Sea Institute of Iceland.

Constantinos Yiallourides is Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) in International Law at Macquarie University, Sydney. He is also Research Leader in Law of the Sea at the British Institute of International & Comparative Law (BIICL), London.