The Convention on the Conservation and Management of Fishery Resources in the South East Atlantic Ocean, 2001: an Introduction

2002 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Jackson
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Fisheries Management ◽  
East Atlantic ◽  
Fish Stocks ◽  
Fishery Resources ◽  
History Of ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
Management Organisation ◽  
Conservation And Management

AbstractThe SEAFO Convention, signed in April 2001, is one of the first new conventions to create a regional fisheries management organisation since the adoption of the UN Fish Stocks Agreement. The negotiating history of the convention, and the way the SEAFO participants dealt with key issues in the international fisheries management, illustrates effective use of the Agreement, even before the entry into force of the Agreement, and while it remains uncertain whether all SEAFO participants will also be bound by the Agreement when it is in force. The SEAFO Convention also deals with discrete high seas stocks, not covered by the Agreement.

scholarly journals The rising tide of fisheries instruments and the struggle to keep afloat

2005 ◽  
Vol 360 (1453) ◽  
pp. 77-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevern L. Cochrane ◽  
David J. Doulman
Keyword(s):  
Fisheries Management ◽  
Biological Diversity ◽  
Marine Ecosystem ◽  
Law Of The Sea ◽  
Positive Contribution ◽  
Fish Stocks ◽  
Use Of Resources ◽  
Fishing Vessels ◽  
The Law ◽  
Conservation And Management

Since agreement was reached in 1982 on the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, and particularly since the conclusion of the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development, the rate of development of global instruments impacting on fisheries has escalated considerably and is apparently continuing to do so. A flood of global and regional instruments relevant to fisheries has been generated, including, for example, the 1973 Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora which pre–dates the UN Convention, the 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity, 1992 Agenda 21: Programme of Action for Sustainable Development, the 1993 FAO Agreement to Promote Compliance with International Conservation and Management Measures by Fishing Vessels on the High Seas, the 1995 UN Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, the 1995 FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries and its four international plans of action and strategy, and the 2001 FAO Reykjavík Declaration on Responsible Fisheries in the Marine Ecosystem reflecting the growing international interest in ecosystem approaches to fisheries. Most recent has been the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development's Plan of Implementation. These instruments have been motivated by real problems associated with environmental degradation and living resource depletion, in several cases specifically in connection with fisheries. They have attempted to address these problems, and each instrument is recognized as being a positive contribution towards the sustainable use of resources and ecosystems. However, taken collectively they form a large, often confusing and potentially overwhelming set of recommendations and requirements that is putting many fishery management agencies under severe pressure as they seek to implement them. This paper provides a brief overview of the range of recent instruments and their implications for sustainable fisheries management, considers the progress being made in implementing them, identifies general problems being encountered and how they might be ameliorated in the future. A key problem is a lack of political will, or political ability, to address effectively the problems facing fisheries and marine ecosystems. One consequence of this is that the agencies charged with fisheries management are not provided with adequate technical and financial capacity to implement the instruments in most, if not all, countries. The problem is especially acute in developing countries where they are strained by the full effects of ‘instrument implementation fatigue’.

scholarly journals The Concept of "Real Interest" and Other Aspects of Co-operation through Regional Fisheries Management Mechanisms

2000 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 475-531 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erik Jaap Molenaar
Keyword(s):  
Fisheries Management ◽  
Decisive Role ◽  
Management Mechanism ◽  
Fish Stocks ◽  
Negotiation Processes ◽  
Potential Use ◽  
Conservation And Management ◽  
Regional Fisheries Management

AbstractThe concept of "real interest" is incorporated in Article 8(3) of the 1995 Fish Stocks Agreement as a condition that states (parties) must fulfil before they can participate in a regional fisheries management mechanism (RFMM). As the 1995 Agreement does not define the concept, this article examines its possible meaning. A general discussion on the need for, and duties of, co-operation in the conservation and management of transboundary stocks provides the context in which the concept of "real interest" is placed. Arguments justifying the use of the concept of "real interest" as a bar to participation in RFMMs are examined in addition to the concept's potential use in dealing with flag states with bad performance records. Ample attention is given to the practice of states co-operating in existing RFMMs and in negotiation processes aimed at establishing RFMMs, as this will play a decisive role in giving effective meaning to the concept.

The European Union’s Reform of Deep-Sea Fisheries in the North-East Atlantic

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 589-600
Author(s):  
Gabriela A. Oanta
Keyword(s):  
Deep Sea ◽  
Legal Regime ◽  
East Atlantic ◽  
Fish Stocks ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Work Done ◽  
Conservation And Management

Abstract This article addresses the first reform of the European Union’s legal regime for fishing of deep-sea stocks in the north-east Atlantic and provisions for fishing in international waters of the north-east Atlantic, as adopted through Regulation (eu) 2016/2336. The concept of deep-sea fisheries, a brief description of the work done by the Union so far in relation to the conservation and management of these fish stocks, as well as the specific provisions of this reform are presented.

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