Market denial and international fisheries regulation : the targeted and elective use of trade measures against the flag of convenience fishing industry / / by Darren S. Calley.

• Superior document: Publications on ocean development, v. 70
• Author: Calley, Darren S.
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Publications on ocean development ; v. 70.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (300 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Flag of convenience fishing seriously undermines efforts to protect the marine environment. To counter this threat, Market Denial and International Fisheries Regulation rests on the logic of the most basic tenet of economics: if no market exists for a product then producers will cease to produce. Denying market access to the flag of convenience fishing fleet should significantly reduce instances of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. In areas beyond national jurisdiction not only is market denial the most effective means of undermining the IUU fleet, it is, for most practical purposes, the only way to do so. To what extent, however, do the laws of the sea and international trade allow groups of States to close their markets to non-compliant fishing vessels?

Table of Contents

The flag of convenience industry : its historical and economic pedigree, contemporary context and relationship to high seas fishing -- The consequences of flags of convenience on the marine environment and fisheries sector -- The laws of the sea : the legal vacuum that has created the flag of convenience industry -- The growing use of market denial strategies by regional fisheries management organisations -- Multilateral trade measures : how cites could be used in the fight against IUU fishing -- International trade law : the WTO, GATT and regional free trade.