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Current Legal Developments Asia-Pacific: Conservation and Management of Marine Resources in the Asia-Pacific: Who is Responsible?

Current Legal Developments Asia-Pacific: Conservation and Management of Marine Resources in the... Current Legal Developments Asia- Pacific Conservation and Management of Marine Resources in the Asia- Pacific: Who is Responsible? Overview on the Development of New International Legal Regime on the Conservation and Management of Marine Living Resources Marine living resources, including Ž sheries, constitute a fundamental and pri- mary use of the oceans and seas. A number of factors impact on the efforts aiming at conserva tion and m anagem ent of m arine living resources . They include misunderstandings about ocean resources, expanding population and migration to coastal areas, growing technological revolution in catches and processing, increasing pollution from human and industrial sources, unsustain- able Ž shing practices, and competing activities in coastal zones and on the high seas. Furthermore, weak enforcement and a lack of political will increase the pressure on marine living resources. Inadequate management and over- Ž shing are recognised as major worldwide problems. According to the FAO assessment, 44 per cent of the world’s scientiŽ cally assessed Ž sh stocks are intensively to fully exploited, 16 per cent are over-Ž shed, six per cent are depleted, and three per cent are slowly recovering. 1 To avoid con icts between coastal and distant-water Ž shers, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law Brill

Current Legal Developments Asia-Pacific: Conservation and Management of Marine Resources in the Asia-Pacific: Who is Responsible?

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Brill
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© 2004 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0927-3522
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1571-8085
DOI
10.1163/157180804773788673
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Current Legal Developments Asia- Pacific Conservation and Management of Marine Resources in the Asia- Pacific: Who is Responsible? Overview on the Development of New International Legal Regime on the Conservation and Management of Marine Living Resources Marine living resources, including Ž sheries, constitute a fundamental and pri- mary use of the oceans and seas. A number of factors impact on the efforts aiming at conserva tion and m anagem ent of m arine living resources . They include misunderstandings about ocean resources, expanding population and migration to coastal areas, growing technological revolution in catches and processing, increasing pollution from human and industrial sources, unsustain- able Ž shing practices, and competing activities in coastal zones and on the high seas. Furthermore, weak enforcement and a lack of political will increase the pressure on marine living resources. Inadequate management and over- Ž shing are recognised as major worldwide problems. According to the FAO assessment, 44 per cent of the world’s scientiŽ cally assessed Ž sh stocks are intensively to fully exploited, 16 per cent are over-Ž shed, six per cent are depleted, and three per cent are slowly recovering. 1 To avoid con icts between coastal and distant-water Ž shers,

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The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law – Brill

Published: Jan 1, 2004

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