International Fisheries Law

Bjørn Kunoy is Professor of International Law at the University of the Faroe Islands. He is also Special Legal Adviser, Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade, Faroe Islands.Tomas Heidar is President of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea and Director of the Law of the Sea Institute of Iceland.Constantinos Yiallourides is Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) in International Law at Macquarie University, Sydney. He is also Research Leader in Law of the Sea at the British Institute of International & Comparative Law (BIICL), London.

• PART I: Introduction1. International Fisheries Law: Persistent and Emerging ChallengesPART II: Governance and Institutional Challenges in Regional Fisheries Management Organizations2. Decolonizing RFMOs: The Case of the United Kingdom’s IOTC Membership on Behalf of the Chagos Archipelago3. Overlapping Geographical Mandates of RFMOs4. Challenges in RFMO Compliance Review MechanismsPART III: Dispute Settlement Mechanisms in Regional Fisheries Management Organizations5. Dispute Settlement Mechanisms in RFMOS and Under UNCLOS6. Emerging Dispute Settlement Principles and Practices in RFMOs7. The Objection Procedure in the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management OrganisationPART IV: Combating Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing8. IUU Fishing Vessel Listing Cooperation and Current RFMO Practices9. Indonesian Enforcement Measures Against IUU Fishing Vessels10. Addressing Transshipment as Part of an Integrated Scheme of Monitoring MeasuresPART IV: Substantive and Procedural Aspects in Fisheries Disputes11. Limitations on Compulsory Settlement of Disputes with Regard to Fisheries in the EEZ Arising from Article 297(3)(a) of UNCLOS12. Compulsory Conciliation Proceedings Regarding Disputes on Conservation and Management of Fish Stocks13. Jurisdictional Issues in the Settlement of Disputes Concerning Straddling Fish Stocks Under UNCLOS14. The Scope of Obligations in Article 63(1) of UNCLOS on the Management of Shared Fish Stocks15. Straddling and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks: Compatibility Requirement and Scope of Rights of High Seas Fishing NationsPART V: Trade related Measures and Fisheries 16. WTO Trade Disputes Concerning Marine Living Resources17. The WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies and IUU Fishing18. Regulatory Space for Measures Affecting Trade in Marine Resources19. Unilateral Harmonization and the Implementation of the Import Provisions of the U.S. Marine Mammal Protection ActPART VI: The Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Process (BBNJ Process) and Implications for Fisheries Management20. The Interface Between the BBNJ Agreement and RFMOs21. The Impact of the BBNJ Agreement on Regional Fisheries Management Organisations or ArrangementsPART VII: Climate Change and Fisheries22. International Fisheries Law and the Anthropocene: A Challenge to Foundational Narratives23. Climate Change and Management of Shared and Straddling Fish Stocks: Nothing (New) To See Here, Folks?