Frozen fish block: how commited are North Atlantic States to accountability, conservation and management of fisheries?

Jacqueline Alder and Gail Lugten

Marine Policy, 2002, vol. 26, issue 5, 345-357

Abstract: The North Atlantic Ocean has numerous global, regional, and sub-regional instruments for fisheries management. Research for this paper has examined North Atlantic State levels of compliance with these instruments. The study reveals there to be moderate levels of overall compliance, and a latitudinal gradient of compliance with Northern States scoring higher than those in the south. Of particular significance for other global regions, and the future development of international fisheries law, are the findings that: few regional fishery bodies have a systematic program in place to monitor and assess compliance; and despite overall moderate levels of compliance with the conservation and management regimes, most fishery stocks are either overexploited or at risk or collapse.

Keywords: International; fisheries; instruments; Compliance; Agreements; Legal; regimes; North; Atlantic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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