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Intro 2 IFL Compressed
Intro 2 IFL Compressed
Dr Abdullah Al Arif
JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow
Yokohama City University, Japan
Ocean conservation and
fisheries management
Territorial Sea
High Seas
almost No EEZs
anywhere
Other countries’ fishing boats could come and
fish outside the TS
meeting in 1973 Aim was to save the ocean fisheries, among other things
Now Taiwan, South Korea, Indonesia and South Africa are also members
CCSBT All waters where SBT are found, including national waters, e.g., EEZs, are covered by the organization
Some useful The precautionary principle
principles
(UN Fish Stocks • Be careful, because there is high risk
Agreement 1995) • Do not go to the last point, you might ruin it
• Be careful, even if you do not know the risk
Piracy
• Fish redistribution
• Sea level rise and
disappearance of land
• Disappearance of maritime
boundaries
• Ocean acidification
Thank You Questions?