Achieving Effective International Fishery Management: A Critical Analysis of the UN Conference on Straddling Fish Stocks
This article is a critical analysis of Canadian and international management strategies for the Northwest Atlantic straddling fish stock. The article examines whether the proposed UN amendments to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (1982 Convention) provisions concerning straddling...
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Schulich Law Scholars
1995
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| Online Access: | https://digitalcommons.schulichlaw.dal.ca/djls/vol4/iss1/19 https://digitalcommons.schulichlaw.dal.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1095&context=djls |
| Summary: | This article is a critical analysis of Canadian and international management strategies for the Northwest Atlantic straddling fish stock. The article examines whether the proposed UN amendments to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (1982 Convention) provisions concerning straddling fish stocks effectively respond to the fundamental problems faced thus far, and whether these proposed changes are likely to be acceptable to the international community. The author submits that Canada and other nations should endorse and ratify the proposed amendments to the 1982 Convention in light of the fact that the amendments introduce substantive ecosystem approaches to fishery management and clarify the role and powers of presently existing and future international fishery organizations. *** Cet article analyse critiquement des stratégies de gestion des stocks de poisson qui chevauchent les zones des 200 milles des pays de l'Atlantique du Nord. L'article se demande si les modifications proposées à la Troisième Convention de l'ONU sur le droit de la mer concernant ces stocks de poisson répondent effectivement aux problèmes fondamentaux rencontrés jusqu'ici. L'article se demande par ailleurs si ces modifications seront acceptables à la communauté internationale. L'auteur suggère que le Canada et des autres pays devraient approuver et ratifier les modifications proposées parce qu'elles introduisent des stratégies de gestion qui répondent aux besoins de l'écosystème et qui clarifient le rôle et les pouvoirs des organisations internationaux de pêche, y compris celles qui existent et celles qui seront établies à l'avenir. |
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