Strengthening International Fisheries Law in an Era of Changing Oceans

Preface
Table of Contents
List of Contributors
List of Abbreviations
Table of Treaties
Part I: Introduction
	1. International Fisheries Law: Achievements, Limitations and Challenges
		1. Introduction
		2. The Fragmented and Non-Hierarchical Nature of International Fisheries Law
		3. Achievements, Limitations and Challenges
Part II: Identifying Future Regulatory Challenges: Science, Law and Management
	2. Modelling Future Oceans: The Present and Emerging Future of Fish Stocks and Fisheries
		1. Introduction
		2. Impacts of Climate Change on Marine Ecosystems and Fisheries
		3. Challenges to Fisheries Management
		4. Pathways to Sustainable Fisheries Under Climate Change
		5. Conclusion
	3. Alternative Histories and Futures of International Fisheries Law
		1. Introduction
		2. Context: Fisheries and Environmental Law
		3. Counterfactual Methodologies
		4. "What if International Environmental Law Predated International Fisheries Law ?"
		5. Counterfactual Lessons
	4. Management Options for High Seas Fisheries: Making Regime Complexes More Effective
		1. Introduction
		2. The Problem of High Seas Fisheries Management
		3. Institutional Complexes, Value Chains and High Seas Fisheries
		4. Broadening of Fisheries Management Complexes
		5. Interplay Management, Coherence and Effective Governance
		6. Conclusions
	5. Key Challenges Relating to the Governance of Regional Fisheries
		1. Introduction
		2. Key Drivers of Regional Fisheries Reform
		3. Institutional Status of Regional Fishery Bodies
		4. Rfmo/A Decision-Making Procedures
		5. Dispute Settlement
		6. Inter-Institutional Cooperation and Coordination
		7. Conclusions
	6. Participation in Regional Fisheries Management Organizations
		1. Introduction
		2. Selected RFMOS
		3. Participation in Intergovernmental Instruments and Bodies
		4. Relevant Provisions in Global Framework Instruments
		5. Rules and Practices of Selected RFMOS
		6. Conclusions
Part III: The Ecosystem Approachto Fisheries Management
	7. International Fisheries Law and Interactions with Global Regimes and Processes
		1. Introduction
		2. Strengthening International Fisheries Law Through Global Regulatory Objectives: The Un General Assembly
		3. Strengthening International Fisheries Law by Developing the Los Convention: The Role of Implementation Agreements
		4. Strengthening International Fisheries Law Through Institutional Collaborations: The Role of Multilateral Environmental Agreements
		5. Strengthening International Fishes Law Through Specialised Regulation: The Contribution of the ILO and IMO
		6. Conclusions
	8. Bycatch Mitigation and the Protection of Associated Species
		1. Introduction
		2. Bycatch, Discards and Mitigation Strategy
		3. The Global Framework for Managing Bycatch and Discards
		4. Mitigating Bycatch and Discards Through Regional Fisheries Management Organizations and The Eu
		5. Mitigating Bycatch of Seabirds, Sharks, Marine Turtles and Marine Mammals
		6. Concluding Remarks
	9. Area-based Fisheries Management
		1. Introduction
		2. Fisheries Governance and the Role of Area-Based Management Tools
		3. Area-Based Fisheries Management in the Deep-Sea
		4. Pelagic Area-Based Fisheries Management on the High Seas
		5. Cross-Sectoral Cooperation and the Development of ABMTs in ABNJ
		6. Future Challenges and Considerations for Area-Based Fisheries Management
		7. Conclusions
	10. Environmental Assessment and International Fisheries Law
		1. Introduction
		2. EA Obligations in the Los Convention and Global Fisheries Instruments
		3. Types of Assessment
		4. Precautionary and Ecosystem Approaches to Fisheries Management
		5. Fisheries Research and Data-Gathering
		6. Other Relevant International Instruments and Obligations
		7. Conclusions
	11. Addressing Climate Change Impacts in Regional Fisheries Management Organizations
		1. Introduction
		2. Climate Change and RFMOS: The Jurisdictional Challenge
		3. Climate Change and RFMOS: The Management Challenge
		4. Conclusion
Part IV:
Compliance and Enforcement
	12. An International Relations Perspective on Compliance and Enforcement
		1. Introduction
		2. The Challenge of Compliance
		3. The problem of Enforcement
		4. RFMOs, Compliance and Enforcement
		5. New and Emerging Compliance and Enforcement Mechanisms
		6. Learning From Successful and Failed Attempts to Regulate High Seas Fishing
		7. Conclusion
	13. Problems and Progress in Combating IUU Fishing
		1. Introduction
		2. The Concept of Iuu Fishing
		3. Multilateral Action to Combat IUU Fishing
		4. Unilateral Trade-related Measures to Combat IUU Fishing
		5. Do Unilateral Measures Undermine or Support Global Efforts?
		6. Conclusion
	14. International Trade Law Aspects of Measures to Combat IUU and Unsustainable Fishing
		1. Introduction
		2. Some Definitional Issues
		3. A Survey of Trade Measures Used to Combat Illegal, Unregulated and Unsustainable Fishing
		4. An Overview of Relevant International Trade Law
		5. An Assessment of the Compatibility of Trade Measures To Combat Illegal, Unregulated and Unsustainable Fishing With International Trade Law
		6. Conclusions
	15. Strengthening Flag State Performance in Compliance and Enforcement
		1. Introduction
		2. Existing Legal Framework
		3. Recent Developments
		4. Further Steps Needed?
		5. Concluding Remarks
	16. Ensuring Compliance with Fisheries Regulations by Private Actors
		1. Introduction
		2. Questions of Authority and Legitimacy
		3. Private Actors and the Law of Sea
		4. Monitoring and Evidence-Gathering
		5. Protest and Direct Action
		6. Enforcement Through Public-Private Partnerships
		7. Litigation by Private Actors
		8. Conclusions
	17. Emerging Regulatory Responses to IUU Fishing
		1. Introduction
		2. The Emerging Role of Marine Insurance in Combating IUU Fishing
		3. IUU Fishing and the Toolkit of Criminal Law
		4. Conclusions
Part V: 
Options and Pathways to Strengthen International Fisheries Law
in an Era of Changing Oceans
	18. Options and Pathways to Strengthen International Fisheries Law in an Era of Changing Oceans
		1. Introduction
		2. Interconnectedness and International Fisheries Law
		3. The Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management
		4. Compliance and Enforcement
Bibliography
Index