Introduction 1
Chapter 1 Recasting Transboundary Fisheries Management Arrangements in Light of Sustainability Principles&Dawn A. Russell and David L. VanderZwaag 3
Part One: Understanding the International and Regional Transboundary Fisheries Management Context 7
Chapter 2 The International Law and Policy Seascape Governing Transboundary Fisheries …………………Dawn A. Russell and David L. VanderZwaag 9
Chapter 3 Ecosystem and Precautionary Approaches to International Fisheries Governance: Beacons of Hope, Seas of Confusion and Illusion……………Dawn A. Russell and David L. VanderZwaag 25
Chapter 4 Observations on Compliance and Enforcement and Regional Fisheries Institutions: Overcoming the Limitations of the Law of the Sea……Moira L. McConnell 71
Part Two: Pacific Bilateral and Regional Case Studies 99
Chapter 5 The Pacific Salmon Commission …………………Donald McRae 101
Chapter 6 Canada’s Pacific Fisheries Agreements: Halibut, Hake, Tuna, and Salmon Outside 200……………………Jennifer Bond and Ted L. McDorman 115
Chapter 7 The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission: Management Challenges and Development Imperatives……………Phillip M. Saunders 149
Part Three: Atlantic Transboundary Arrangements 175
Chapter 8 Canada-United States Bilateral Fisheries Management in the Gulf of Maine: Struggling Towards Sustainability Under the Radar Screen …………………Emily J. Pudden and David L. VanderZwaag 177
Chapter 9 Canada and St. Pierre and Miquelon Transboundary Relations: Battles and Bridges …………………Phillip M. Saunders and David L. VanderZwaag 209
Chapter 10 NAFO and ICCAT: The Implementation of Sustainability Principles and Practices in the Management of Straddling and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks…………Dawn A. Russell 239
Chapter 11 The North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization (NASCO): Surpassing a 25 Year Voyage in Transboundary Cooperation but Still Confronting a Sea of Challenges…………………David L. VanderZwaag and Emily J. Pudden 307
Part Four: International Scholarly Perspectives 347
Chapter 12 Achieving Ecosystem Management across Political Boundaries: Key Challenges during the Bargaining Process……Aslaug Asgeirsdottir 349
Chapter 13 Port State Jurisdiction to Combat IUU Fishing: The Port State Measures Agreement …………………Erik J. Molenaar 369
Chapter 14 The North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission and the Implementation of Sustainability Principles: Lessons to be Learned?…………………Ingrid Kvalvik 387
Chapter 15 The Role of the European Union in Regional Fisheries Organizations ……Erik Franckx and Koen Van den Bossche 419
Chapter 16 Performance Reviews of Regional Fisheries Management Organizations ……………Alf Hakon Hoel 449
Chapter 17 Allocation of Fishing Opportunities in Regional Fisheries Management Organizations:From Power to Law?……………………Maria Cecilia Engler-Palma 473
Conclusion 519
Chapter 18 Challenges and Future Directions in Transboundary Fisheries Management: Concluding Reflections ……………………Dawn A. Russell and David L. VanderZwaag 521
Index 527