The Geopolitics of Fish in the Arctic

Source at https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2673499. Climate change and declining sea-ice in the Central Arctic Ocean (CAO) has brought concerns that fish stocks may expand into the high Arctic. While the sub-Arctic seas of the North Pacific and the North Atlantic have abundant fish resources subject to...

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Main Author: Hoel, Alf Håkon
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: NUPI 2020
Subjects:
VDP::Social science: 200
VDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200
Arctic
Arctic Ocean
Pacific
Climate change
North Atlantic
Sea ice
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10037/19128
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Summary:Source at https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2673499. Climate change and declining sea-ice in the Central Arctic Ocean (CAO) has brought concerns that fish stocks may expand into the high Arctic. While the sub-Arctic seas of the North Pacific and the North Atlantic have abundant fish resources subject to major commercial fisheries for generations, the CAO has little or none. Concerns that fish stocks could expand into the CAO provided the impetus for negotiating the 2018 Agreement to Prevent Unregulated Fishing in the Central Arctic Ocean. This policy brief discusses efforts to address challenges associated with climate change and fish in the Arctic, and makes recommendations for policy action.

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