An important contribution to research on fisheries law and law of the sea

• Author: Øyvind Ravna, Svein Kr. Arntzen
• Pages: 1-2

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Arctic Revie w on Law and Politics, vol. 5, 1/2014 pp. 1–2. ISSN 1891-6252

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An important contribution to research

on fisheries law and law of the sea

Øyvind Ravna and Svein Kr. Arntzen

In 2013, e K. G. Jebsen Centre for the Law of the Sea was established at the

University of Tromsø, the Arctic University of Norway, with the objective of as-

sessing how international instruments that are part of the law of the sea, as well

as their national implementation, are able to ensure sustainable development and

peaceful utilization of seas and oceans in the 21st Century.

e establishment of e K. G. Jebsen Centre for the Law of the Sea is an im-

portant contribution to the research on sheries law and law of the sea, both for

the University of Tromsø specically, and, perhaps more importantly, the entire

area of Arctic research.  is issue of Arctic Review on Law and Politics is therefore

dedicated to the e K. G. Jebsen Centre. It is  lled with articles that contribute to

the research goals of the Centre, pa rticularly on sheries law, including protection

of indigenous coastal sheries, national and multinational management of sh

stocks, and asses sment of compensation for environmental damages – contrasti ng

the results for the shery industry with t hose of the local natives.

In this issue:

Carsten Smith analyzes the protection of Sea Sámi sheries based on inter-

national law, where he discusses the protection of the culture laid down in UN

Covenant on Civil and Political R ights article 27, with the intention of delimiting

the area of opposing arguments in order to dene any future legal battleground.

Claire W. Armstrong, Arne Eide, Ola Flaaten, Knut Heen and Inga Wigdahl

Kaspersen review management approaches applied in the 20 years following one

of the most severe crises in the Northeast Arctic cod shery, emphasizing man-

agement strategies and measures carried out to ensure a successful rebuilding of

the shery, both biological ly and economically, and focusing on possible improve-

ments related to management, legitimacy, and economic issues.