Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

4-2019

Abstract

Following almost ten years of negotiations, the Agreement to Prevent Unregulated High Seas Fisheries in the Central Arctic Ocean (CAO F Agreement) was concluded on 3 October 2018 in Ilulissat, Greenland. The CAO F Agreement is the first regional fisheries agreement adopted prior to the initiation of fishing in a specific area, and it has already been lauded as a science-based measure and a manifestation of the precautionary approach by representatives of States and Non- Governmental Organizations. This article provides a critical analysis of the content of the CAO F Agreement. It gives an overview of the negotiations which led to the conclusion of the CAO F Agreement and discusses its spatial and substantive scope. Particular attention is paid to the extent that the CAO F Agreement adopts a precautionary approach to conservation and management of high seas fisheries, and to the issue of participation in this regional fisheries treaty.

Keywords

Agreement to Prevent Unregulated High Seas Fisheries in the Central Arctic Ocean (CAOF Agreement, CAOFA), Ilulissat Agreement, high seas fisheries, central Arctic ocean (CAO), precautionary approach, moratorium, regional fisheries managementarrangement

Discipline

Biodiversity | Environmental Law

Publication

International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law

Volume

34

Issue

2

First Page

195

Last Page

244

ISSN

0927-3522

Identifier

10.1163/15718085-23342015

Publisher

Brill Academic Publishers

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1163/15718085-23342015

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