Summary Description
- Establishes conservation protection for fisheries in the Artic Ocean. Applies to Canada, China, Denmark, the EU, Iceland, Japan, Norway, South Korea, Russia, and the USA.
- TopicThe topic of the legislation or policy covered by the text
- Wild-caught fishing
- SpeciesThe animal, or type of food production, covered by the text
- Fish
- JurisdictionCountry or geographical area where the text applies
- International
- Sub-jurisdictionCountry or state where the text applies
- N/A
- Type of ActWhether the act is a law, regulation, or policy, or another type of text
- Treaty
- StatusIndicates whether the act is in force or not
- In force
- Legal ValueWhether the text is binding or not
- Binding
- Date enactedDate the text was adopted
- 2018
- Date updatedDate when the entry was last updated by the CALF team
- June, 2023
- Official citation
- The Agreement to Prevent Unregulated High Seas Fisheries in the Central Arctic Ocean (2018)
Strengths & Weaknesses
- Strengths
- Includes Indigenous communities.
- Establishes full protection for areas covered.
- Parties have agreed not to authorise commercial fishing operations in the large portion of the Central Arctic Ocean for a period of time.
- Establishes a Joint Program of Scientific Research and Monitoring for the Central Arctic Ocean.
- Provides preventative measure.
- Weaknesses
- Deals with a non-emergency situation in a part of the world that most people rarely consider.