SIA North Star Ltd v. Public Prosecuting Authority (Norwegian Snow Crab Case)
Sea — Fishing — Snow crab fishing — Treaties — Interpretation — Article 77 of United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, 1982 — Coastal State — Continental shelf — Sedentary species — Treaty interpretation — Article 34 of Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, 1969 — Whether snow crab a sed...
| Published in: | International Law Reports |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
2020
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781108596718.005 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0309067100000514 |
| Summary: | Sea — Fishing — Snow crab fishing — Treaties — Interpretation — Article 77 of United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, 1982 — Coastal State — Continental shelf — Sedentary species — Treaty interpretation — Article 34 of Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, 1969 — Whether snow crab a sedentary species — Spitsbergen Treaty, 1920 — Spitsbergen Fisheries Protection Zone — Articles 2 and 3 of Spitsbergen Treaty — Norwegian Snow Crab Regulations — Prohibition of snow crab fishing — Permit for snow crab fishing only for Norwegian nationals — Discriminatory treatment — Equal treatment requirement under Spitsbergen Treaty — Whether Norwegian Snow Crab Regulations violating Spitsbergen Treaty Relationship of international law and municipal law — Treaties — Interpretation — United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, 1982 — Article 77 — Whether snow crab sedentary species — Whether natural resource over which Norway exercising sovereign rights — Spitsbergen Treaty, 1920 — Norwegian Snow Crab Regulations permitting only Norwegian nationals to fish for snow crabs — Whether discriminatory — Whether national regulations violating Spitsbergen Treaty — The law of Norway |
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