Fisheries and sustainability : a legal analysis of EU and West African agreements / by Emma Witbooi.
2012
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Author
Title
Fisheries and sustainability : a legal analysis of EU and West African agreements / by Emma Witbooi.
Published
Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2012.
Call Number
K3895 .W58 2012
ISBN
9789004206755 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9004206752 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9004206752 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Description
xvi, 271 pages ; 25 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)748287009
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [247]-262) and index.
Record Appears in
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
xi
Preface
xiii
Acronyms and Abbreviations
xv
pt. I
CONCEPTUAL LENSES
1.
Introduction
3
1.
The broader context
3
2.
Objectives of the book
4
3.
Conceptual lenses
6
4.
Scope and structure of the book
9
5.
Methodology
11
2.
The Challenge of Sustainability in Fisheries
15
1.
Introduction
15
2.
The challenge of common resource management
16
2.1.
Hardin's `Tragedy of the Commons' theory and suggested property-rights solutions
18
3.
The particular challenges of sustainable fisheries management
24
4.
The legal response
26
4.1.
UNCLOS' zonal approach: A partial solution?
28
5.
Conclusion
29
3.
Regulating Fisheries Towards Sustainability
31
1.
Introduction
31
2.
International law and the concept of `sustainable use'
31
3.
The relationship between `sustainable use' and `sustainable development'
39
4.
Sustainable fisheries management
47
4.1.
The components of a `sustainable fishery'
49
4.2.
The role of fisheries management methods
50
4.3.
The impact of fisheries subsidies
57
5.
Conclusion
65
4.
Identifying the Ties that Bind West African States and the EU
67
1.
Introduction
67
2.
The impact of European colonisation on African states
67
3.
The EU's development cooperation policy towards Africa
72
3.1.
The impact of trade concessions on EU-African relations
75
3.2.
EU development aid
84
3.3.
Conclusion
88
4.
Conclusion
89
pt. II
FISHERIES REGULATION IN THE EU
5.
Sustainability and Integration in the EU's Common Fisheries Policy
93
1.
Introduction
93
2.
The economic origins of the Common Fisheries Policy
93
3.
The introduction of environmental measures and the influence of the `integration principle'
95
4.
`Sustainability' as an imperative of the Common Fisheries Policy
102
4.1.
The 2002 conservation policy
103
4.2.
The impact on the structural policy
106
5.
Progress towards sustainable EU fishing and the upcoming 2012 review
110
6.
Conclusion
115
6.
The Promotion of Sustainability in EU Fishing in Developing Third Country Waters
117
1.
Introduction
117
2.
The influence of sustainability on the EU's bilateral fishing activities
118
2.1.
The rising status of sustainability concerns
118
2.2.
The ambiguity of the international regime and the EU's response
119
3.
The changing nature of the EU's regulation of bilateral fisheries agreements
125
3.1.
Introduction
125
3.2.
The response of the EU's Common Fisheries Policy
127
3.3.
Promoting sustainable fishing through a new fisheries partnership approach
131
3.4.
A preliminary assessment of the fisheries partnership approach to date
139
4.
Conclusion
143
pt. III
CASE STUDY: AGREEMENTS IN PRACTICE
7.
Senegal's Marine Fisheries
147
1.
Introduction
147
2.
Senegal's marine fisheries
147
2.1.
The socio-economic and geophysical background
147
2.2.
The impact of subsidies
152
2.3.
The key role of fisheries trade
156
3.
The importance of sustainability in Senegalese fisheries regulation
158
3.1.
Regulating domestic fishing
158
3.2.
Regulating fisheries access relations with the EU
162
4.
Senegalese artisanal fisheries and sustainability
165
5.
The exploitation and state of Senegalese fisheries
168
5.1.
Fishing activity in the EEZ
168
5.2.
Illegal Unreported and Unregulated fishing
170
5.3.
Types of fisheries stocks
173
Pelagic species
173
Demersal species
175
Cephalopods and crustaceans
175
6.
Conclusion
177
8.
EU-Senegalese Fisheries Relations: The 2002--2006 Agreement
179
1.
Introduction
179
2.
The background to EU-Senegalese fisheries relations
179
3.
The 2002--2006 EU-Senegalese bilateral fisheries agreement
187
3.1.
The negotiation and content of the agreement
187
Biological rest-periods
193
By-catch limitations
193
Compulsory landing requirements
194
Stock evaluation provisions
195
Catch limitations
196
Fishing Zones
196
3.2.
Assessment of the agreement
197
Biological rest periods
197
Fishing possibilities and by-catch
197
Catch limits
198
Stock evaluation
200
Sustainble fisheries development
203
Monitoring and control
205
4.
Conclusion
210
pt. IV
CONCLUSIONS
9.
Conclusions
213
1.
Analysis of bilateral fisheries agreements as regulatory instruments
213
2.
Weaknesses of international fisheries law in promoting sustainability
215
3.
The way forward
220
3.1.
Bilateral fisheries arrangements: Advantages and disadvantages
220
3.2.
Alternatives to FPAs
224
3.3.
Improving FPAs to better promote sustainable fishing
226
Coherence wtih development objectives
226
Regional cooperation
231
Towards biological sustainability
233
3.4.
A supplementary ethical approach
237
4.
Conclusion
244
Bibliography
247
APPENDIX
Map of the book
265
Index
269