Full Description
This collection addresses the central question of how the current international framework for the regulation of fisheries may be strengthened in order to meet the challenges posed by changing fisheries and ocean conditions, in particular climate change. International fisheries law has developed significantly since the 1990s, through the adoption and establishment of international instruments and bodies at the global and regional levels. Global fish stocks nevertheless remain in a troubling state, and fisheries management authorities face a wide array of internal and external challenges, including operational constraints, providing effective management advice in the face of scientific uncertainty and non-compliance by States with their international obligations. This book examines these challenges and identifies options and pathways to strengthen international fisheries law. While it has a primarily legal focus, it also features significant contributions from specialists drawn from other disciplines, notably fisheries science, economics, policy and international relations, in order to provide a fuller context to the legal, policy and management issues raised. Rigorous and comprehensive in scope, this will be essential reading for lawyers and non-lawyers interested in international fisheries regulation in the context of profoundly changing ocean conditions.
Contents
PART I
INTRODUCTION
1. International Fisheries Law: Achievements, Limitations and Challenges
Erik J Molenaar and Richard Caddell
PART II
IDENTIFYING FUTURE REGULATORY CHALLENGES: SCIENCE, LAW AND MANAGEMENT
2. Modelling Future Oceans: The Present and Emerging Future of Fish Stocks and Fisheries
William WL Cheung, Vicky WY Lam, Yoshitaka Ota and Wilf Swartz
3. Alternative Histories and Futures of International Fisheries Law
Richard A Barnes
4. Management Options for High Seas Fisheries: Making Regime Complexes More Effective
Olav Schram Stokke
5. Key Challenges Relating to the Governance of Regional Fisheries
James Harrison
6. Participation in Regional Fisheries Management Organizations
Erik J Molenaar
PART III
THE ECOSYSTEM APPROACH TO FISHERIES MANAGEMENT
7. International Fisheries Law and Interactions with Global Regimes and Processes
Richard Caddell
8. Bycatch Mitigation and the Protection of Associated Species
Karen N Scott
9. Area-based Fisheries Management
Daniel C Dunn, Guillermo Ortuño Crespo and Richard Caddell
10. Environmental Assessment and International Fisheries Law
Simon Marsden
11. Addressing Climate Change Impacts in Regional Fisheries Management Organizations
Rosemary Rayfuse
PART IV
COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT
12. An International Relations Perspective on Compliance and Enforcement
Áslaug Ásgeirsdóttir
13. Problems and Progress in Combating IUU Fishing
Eva R van der Marel
14. International Trade Law Aspects of Measures to Combat IUU and Unsustainable Fishing
Robin Churchill
15. Strengthening Flag State Performance in Compliance and Enforcement
Natalie Klein
16. Ensuring Compliance with Fisheries Regulations by Private Actors
Carmino Massarella
17. Emerging Regulatory Responses to IUU Fishing
Richard Caddell, George Leloudas and Baris Soyer
PART V
OPTIONS AND PATHWAYS TO STRENGTHEN INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES LAW IN AN ERA OF CHANGING OCEANS
18. Options and Pathways to Strengthen International Fisheries Law in an Era of Changing Oceans
Erik J Molenaar and Richard Caddell
