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- Title: Non-Legally Binding International Fisheries Instruments and Measures to Combat Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing.
- Author : Australian International Law Journal
- Release Date : January 01, 2008
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 386 KB
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Abstract Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing is considered as a major threat to the world fish stocks. The battle against IUU fishing activities has recently become a high priority in the international fisheries management agenda. The international community, through the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has developed non-binding instruments to support the implementation of the multilateral fisheries-related agreements. This article is concerned with two instruments, namely the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries and the FAO International Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter, and Eliminate IUU Fishing (IPOA-IUU). The article will discuss the role of these non-binding international fisheries instruments in building on the frameworks under the 1982 Law of the Seas Convention (LOSC), the FAO Compliance Agreement, and the United Nations (UN) Fish Stocks Agreement to combat IUU fishing at the global and national level. The article focuses on the role of these two non-binding instruments and examines the significance of the instruments for the legally binding instruments. Finally, some conclusions are offered.