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| Acknowledgements | |
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| List of Abbreviations | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Evolution of the General Principles of High Seas Fisheries | |
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| Freedom of Fishing on the High Seas Challenged: The Late 19th Century to World War II | |
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| General Principles Established: Codification Efforts and State Practice during the Period 1945-1960 | |
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| Freedom of Fishing on the High Seas | |
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| Cooperation between States | |
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| Conservation | |
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| Towards a New Regime for High Seas Fisheries under the LOSC | |
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| The Seabed Committee and Contemporary Developments: 1968-1973 | |
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| UNCLOS III: 1973-1982 | |
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| Concluding Remarks | |
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| The Legal Framework for High Seas Fisheries under the LOSC | |
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| Freedom of Fishing on the High Seas | |
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| Restraints of a General Nature | |
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| Scope of Fishing | |
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| Paragraphs (a)-(c) of Article 116 | |
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| Scope of Fishery Resources | |
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| Scope of'Nationals' | |
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| Cooperation | |
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| Provisions of the LOSC | |
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| Post-UNCLOS III Developments | |
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| Conservation | |
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| LOSC Provisions | |
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| Conservation and Management of Marine Living Resources | |
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| Protection and Preservation of the Marine Environment | |
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| Post-UNCLOS III Developments | |
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| Sustainable Fisheries | |
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| Ecosystem Approaches | |
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| Marine Biodiversity | |
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| Precautionary Approach | |
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| Concluding Remarks | |
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| Practice at the Global Level | |
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| Initiatives to Address Fisheries for Discrete High Seas Fish Stocks by Applying Principles of the FSA | |
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| Deep-Sea Fisheries on the High Seas | |
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| UNGA Resolutions | |
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| FAO International Guidelines on Deep-sea Fisheries on the High Seas | |
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| Common Understandings of Key Concepts | |
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| Conservation and Management Principles | |
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| Management in the Absence of Any Competent RFMO/A | |
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| Prior Impact Assessments | |
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| Authorization of Fishing | |
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| High Seas MPAs and Other Area-Based Management Tools | |
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| Concluding Remarks | |
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| Existing Regional Fisheries Management Organizations | |
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| Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) | |
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| The Convention | |
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| Implementation of the Precautionary Approach | |
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| Protection of Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems from Bottom Fisheries | |
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| Area-Based Management Tools | |
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| General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) | |
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| The Agreement | |
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| Practice | |
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| South East Atlantic Fisheries Organization (SEAFO) | |
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| The Convention | |
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| Practice | |
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| North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) | |
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| The Convention | |
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| Precautionary Approach | |
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| Ecosystem Approach | |
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| Practice | |
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| Deep-sea Fisheries | |
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| Closed Areas | |
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| Cooperation with the OSPAR Commission | |
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| Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) | |
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| Precautionary Approach | |
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| Ecosystem Approach | |
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| Discrete High Seas Stocks | |
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| Cooperation with Other Organizations | |
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| Concluding Remarks | |
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| Other Practice at the Regional Level | |
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| Southern Indian Ocean | |
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| The Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement (SIOFA) | |
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| Practice | |
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| South Pacific Ocean | |
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| Orange Roughy Fisheries in the South-West Pacific | |
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| International Consultations on the Establishment of the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organization | |
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| Interim Measures | |
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| The Convention on the Conservation and Management of High Seas Fishery Resources in the South Pacific Ocean (SPRFMO Convention) | |
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| Precautionary Approach | |
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| Ecosystem Considerations | |
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| Participatory Rights | |
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| Cooperation with Other Organizations | |
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| North Pacific Ocean | |
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| The Interim Mechanism | |
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| The Convention on the Conservation and Management of High Seas Fisheries Resources in the North Pacific Ocean | |
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| Other Areas | |
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| Arctic Ocean | |
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| Central Atlantic Ocean | |
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| South-West Atlantic Ocean | |
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| Certain Areas in the Pacific Ocean | |
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| Concluding Remarks | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| General Principles Applicable to High Seas Fisheries and Their Implications | |
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| Practice Addressing New Challenges in High Seas Fisheries | |
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| Discrete High Seas Fish Stocks | |
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| Deep-Sea Fisheries | |
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| High Seas MP As and Other Area-Based Management Tools | |
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| Final Remarks | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Table of International Instruments | |
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| Table of Cases | |
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| Permanent Court of International Justice | |
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| International Court of Justice | |
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| International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea | |
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| Arbitration | |
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| Index | |