Filling Regulatory Gaps in High Seas Fisheries
Subtitle: Discrete High Seas Fish Stocks, Deep-Sea Fisheries and Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9789004248601
Subjects: Fishery law and legislation; Fishery management; Marine ecology
Description: "Investigates the regime of high seas fisheries from the perspective of international law and considers whether there are regulatory gaps in high seas fisheries and, if so, how they should be filled. The book focuses on topical issues such as the management of deep sea fisheries on the high seas and the protection of vulnerable marine ecosystems. In view of the current state of marine fisheries resources, together with ecosystem concerns, swift and effective action is required to improve fisheries management, in particular for high seas fisheries. Takei thoroughly analyzes the current state of affairs and convincingly suggest steps to be taken in the future"--Unedited summary from book cover.