Australia and Canada in Regional Fisheries Organizations: Implementing the United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement

Authors

Rosemary Rayfuse, University of New South Wales
Marcus Haward, University of TasmaniaFollow
Gregory Rose, University of Wollongong
Sali Bache, University of Wollongong

Keywords

Australia, Canada, fisheries, management, marine, ocean, resources, policy, comparative law, United Nations, Fish Stocks Agreement

Abstract

In the late 1980s and early 1990s a number of factors and events coalesced to encourage the international community to re-examine high seas fisheries issues. The need to enhance the effectiveness of regional fisheries organizations led to the development of the 1995 United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement, dealing with straddling and highly migratory stocks. Both Canada and Australia played a significant role in the development of this agreement While having much in common, each state had different interests and concerns Canada's attention was focused on the problem of straddling stocks, while Australia 's interests have been primarily, though not exclusively, directed at highly migratory species. This paper analyses Australian and Canadian practices in relation to regional fishenes organizations, with a particular emphasis on the United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement.

Recommended Citation

Rosemary Rayfuse, Marcus Haward, Gregory Rose, and Sali Bache, "Australia and Canada in Regional Fisheries Organizations: Implementing the United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement" (2003) 26:1 Dal LJ 47.