New Entrants Problem in International Fisheries Law

International agreements on allocation of fish stocks do not apply to other States - can they be prevented from upsetting hard-fought bargains?

List of contents

1. The bioeconomics of high seas fishing: new entrants and the tragedy of the commons; 2. New entrants, old problem: allocation principles in the UN Fish Stocks Agreement and other treaties; 3. A wrong turning in international fisheries law: the flawed concept(s) of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing; 4. Case study: new entrants and the CCSBT; 5. Quota trading in international fisheries commissions: an idea whose time has come?; 6. Conclusions: a role for State responsibility?

About the author

Andrew Serdy is a Reader in Public International Law at the University of Southampton. Before his appointment in 2005, he served the Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in several diplomatic positions before specialising in the law of the sea in the department's legal branch.

Summary

Is international fisheries law inevitably moving towards a property-rights regime? Despite regional fisheries management organisations (RFMOs)already perceptibly adopting this approach, they are ambivalent about it and its consequences remain underanalysed. In this book, Andrew Serdy explores the implications revealed by the practice of fishing States and RFMOs and suggests ways forward.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Serdy, Andrew (University of Southampton) Serdy, Serdy Andrew
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2019
• EAN: 9781108735254
• ISBN: 978-1-108-73525-4
• No. of pages: 514
• Series: Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law; Cambridge Studies in Internati; Cambridge Studies in Internati; Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Law, LAW / International, International Relations, International Economics, Public International Law, Energy and natural resources law, Public international law: law of the sea