With growing concern about the oceans and the resources of this
realm has come a proliferation of international and national
efforts aimed at protecting this environment. This volume
constitutes the initial effort to reflect on the outcomes
associated with the third Law of the Sea Conference and to assess
how the reforms and changes brought on by this conference have
performed.
The establishment of 200-mile Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZa
(TM)s) constitutes one of the most far-reaching distributional and
institutional changes in the history of the world. They brought
over 20 % of the worlda (TM)s oceans, a substantial proportion of
its productivity, and 90 to 95 % of world fisheries under the
national jurisdiction of coastal states. At this time, 145 states
have ratified the Law of the Sea Convention and most have
established EEZs. Some have established only a legal framework,
while other countries have elaborated EEZ regimes. This volume
focuses on the specific nature of the EEZ and the construction and
evolution of institutions stemming from its introduction,
specifically examining developments at local, national and
international levels.
The analytical core of the volume focuses on the development of
institutional arrangements for the management of living marine
resources, occurring at different levels of social organization,
that have developed from the introduction of the EEZs. The chapters
cover case studies from both the north and south, in the Pacific
and the Atlantic Oceans. The case studies critically examine the
impact of the EEZ regime on institutions at local, national,
regional and international levels of social organization. The broad
range of contributions by theauthors highlights the diversity of
institutions and outcomes that have emerged from the implementation
of the EEZs, providing a rich opportunity for comparative analysis.
By doing so, we seek to address three broad questions:
-What is the nature of the institutions that coastal states have
created within the framework provided by the EEZs?
-How has the creation of the EEZs affected the vertical interplay
among institutions at different levels of social organisation
(i.e., international, national, traditional and co-management
regimes) and the horizontal interplay among institutions focused on
different functional arenas (i.e., trade, environment and
fisheries)?
-How has the development of EEZ-based regimes affected the fit of
marine resource management institutions with biophysical
systems?
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