ANALYSIS OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE RUSSIAN FISHING FLEET OUTSIDE THE RUSSIAN EEZ TO MINIMIZE POTENTIAL IUU FISHING AND IMPACT ON VULNERABLE MARINE ECOSYSTEMS

Russia is now on the 4th place in terms of total actual catch in the world. Despite the fact that the main part of the Russian catch is in the Russian exclusive economic zone (EEZ), many companies have started to look for new fishing areas and targets beyond the waters of national jurisdiction (ABNJ). Our analysis shows that the largest share of fish harvested by Russia outside its EEZ is in NEAFC areas, the North West Pacific area is quite promising as well. Preliminary analysis showed some signs of insufficiently controlled activity of the Russian fleet in the areas of ABNJ. This requires additional efforts to improve the monitoring system, especially in "restricted areas”, marine protected areas (MPAs) and areas of reproduction.

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La zone canadienne des 200 milles dans l’Atlantique, un exemple de la nouvelle géographie politique des océans

Études internationales ◽

10.7202/701044ar ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 239-251 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

André-Louis Sanguin

Keyword(s):

Surface Area ◽

Political Geography ◽

Law Of The Sea ◽

The Political ◽

North West ◽

The Third ◽

The North ◽

The World ◽

National Jurisdiction ◽

Economic Zone

Following upon the Third Conference on the Law of the Sea begun in 1973, the principal maritime States of the world assumed exclusive national jurisdiction over a 12- mile zone extending from their coastlines and a 188-mile economic zone beyond territorial waters. Together they constitute the more familiarly referred to « 200-mile zone ». This new practice radically changed the political geography of the oceans, lessened the area within which the freedom of the seas exists, diminished by more than a third the surface area of the high seas and dealt a heavy blow to the fishing xpeditions of foreign trawlers. Canada is one of the principal users and one of the most vigourous defenders of the 200-mile principle for geographical reasons as much as for economic or political ones. The excessive exploitation of the seabed has been felt to be a threat for a portion of the population of the Eastern part of Canada. A firm policy criticized for being somewhat unilateral has enabled Canada to eliminate foreign fleets from its 200-mile zone. Over a period of 30 years the International Commission for North-West Atlantic Fisheries (ICNAF) attempted to introduce a positive international cooperation in order to eliminate the anarchic excessive exploitation. It was replaced in 1979 by the North-West Atlantic Fisheries Organization. A major dispute exists between France and Canada with respect to the delimitation of the economic zone of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, French land since 1604. More generally, the question is posed as to how long the 200-mile principle will prevail in this new political geography of the oceans.

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Implementation of Existing International Legal Instruments for Conservation and Sustainable Uses of Marine Biodiversity in Areas beyond National Jurisdiction: A Case Study of the OSPAR Convention

Revista Catalana de Dret Ambiental ◽

10.17345/1290 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Lindsay Ryan Valerio

Keyword(s):

Protected Areas ◽

Surface Area ◽

Marine Protected Areas ◽

Marine Biodiversity ◽

The World ◽

National Jurisdiction ◽

Regional Agreements ◽

Set Up

The states of the world face the new challenge of attempting to prevent the global loss of marine biodiversity by protecting the 64% of the surface area of the oceans that lies beyond national jurisdiction. With this aim, various regional agreements have been negotiated to commit states to set up representative networks of marine protected areas (MPAs). The aim of this note is to explain how it was possible to designate six MPAs in the high sea under the OSPAR Convention and some of the challenges this process raised.

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Marine protected areas of the North-West Pacific (current status, management plans and development strategies)

Вестник ДВО РАН ◽

10.37102/08697698.2020.212.4.024 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

А.Н. КАЧУР

Keyword(s):

Protected Areas ◽

Marine Protected Areas ◽

Russian Far East ◽

Far East ◽

Current Status ◽

West Pacific ◽

North West ◽

The North ◽

Management Plans ◽

The Russian Far East

Дана оценка состояния морских охраняемых районов (МОР) в водах дальневосточных морей России, предложены меры по их количественной и качественной оптимизации, приведены ссылки на российские нормативные материалы, регулирующие создание и функционирование МОР, а также международные, определяющие направления развития региональной системы МОР в Северо-Западной Пацифике. Evaluation of the marine protected areas (MPA) in the seas of the Russian Far-East is given, measures on their quantitative and qualitative optimization are offered and Russian standard materials regulating the creation and functioning of MPA, as well as the international standard materials which determine directions for the development of MPA regional system in the North-West Pacific are referenced.

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Implementation of Existing International Legal Instruments for Conservation and Sustainable Uses of Marine Biodiversity in Areas beyond National Jurisdiction: A Case Study of the OSPAR Convention

Revista Catalana de Dret Ambiental ◽

10.17345/rcda1290 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Lindsay Ryan Valerio

Keyword(s):

Protected Areas ◽

Surface Area ◽

Marine Protected Areas ◽

Marine Biodiversity ◽

The World ◽

National Jurisdiction ◽

Regional Agreements ◽

Set Up

The states of the world face the new challenge of attempting to prevent the global loss of marine biodiversity by protecting the 64% of the surface area of the oceans that lies beyond national jurisdiction. With this aim, various regional agreements have been negotiated to commit states to set up representative networks of marine protected areas (MPAs). The aim of this note is to explain how it was possible to designate six MPAs in the high sea under the OSPAR Convention and some of the challenges this process raised.

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Regionally extinct species rediscovered: the bush dog Speothos venaticus in Minas Gerais, south-eastern Brazil

Oryx ◽

10.1017/s0030605314000118 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 49 (1) ◽

pp. 60-63 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Guilherme Braga Ferreira ◽

Marcelo Juliano Rabelo Oliveira ◽

Rogério Cunha de Paula ◽

Flávio Henrique Guimarães Rodrigues ◽

Érica Daniele Cunha Carmo

Keyword(s):

Protected Areas ◽

Minas Gerais ◽

The State ◽

South American ◽

North West ◽

South Eastern ◽

The North ◽

Eastern Brazil ◽

Bush Dog ◽

Speothos Venaticus

AbstractThe bush dog Speothos venaticus, a rare Near Threatened South American canid that lives in packs, was thought to be extinct in Minas Gerais state, south-eastern Brazil, until recently. Here, we report four recent records of the species in Minas Gerais, the first in the state since the description of the species in 1842. All records are from the Cerrado ecosystem in the north and north-west of the state; two are from animals found dead, one from footprints and another from a camera trap. Three of the records were inside or close (< 10 km) to strict protected areas, in a region recognized as the Protected Areas Mosaic Sertão Veredas–Peruaçu, where we expect any new records of the bush dog to be found. We discuss the low probability of detecting the bush dog and the main regional threats to the species, and emphasize the need to protect large and interconnected natural areas and keep them free of domestic dogs to avoid the extinction of the bush dog in Minas Gerais.

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