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Fisheries under the BBNJ Agreement

국가관할권 이원 생물다양성 협정상 어업 문제에 관한 검토

Deukhoon Han1
,
Jee-hyun Choi2*
한 덕훈1
,
최 지현2*
1International Cooperation Bureau, Korea Maritime Institute, 49111, Korea
2Law School, Jeju National University, 63243, Korea
1한국해양수산개발원 대외협력사업부 (49111) 부산광역시 영도구 해양로301번길, 26
2제주대학교 법학전문대학원 (63243) 제주특별자치도 제주시 제주대학로 102
*Corresponding Author
30 September 2024. pp. 143-154
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Abstract

The BBNJ Agreement, adopted on June 19, 2023, is considered to be the third implementation agreement of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea after the 1994 Part XI Implementation Agreement and the 1995 High Seas Fisheries Agreement. Of the four themes of the BBNJ Agreement, namely marine genetic resources, area-based management measures, environmental impact assessment, and capacity building and technology transfer, only the part relating to marine genetic resources is explicitly excluded from the scope of the BBNJ Agreement. There are no explicit exclusions in relation to area-based management measures and environmental impact assessments. Therefore, the sections on area-based management instruments and environmental impact assessments may conflict with fisheries issues in other international fisheries instruments during the implementation of the BBNJ Agreement. Although the BBNJ Agreement has a so-called “not-undermine” provision to ensure that it does not conflict with international fisheries instrument represented by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, the 1995 High Seas Fisheries Agreement, and regional fisheries management organizations, it cannot be ruled out that the BBNJ Agreement may conflict with regional fisheries organizations' area-based management measures and environmental impact assessments. However, the potential for conflicts also implies the potential for developmental outcomes if they are harmoniously interpreted and implemented. First of all, the emergence of the BBNJ Agreement as a comprehensive treaty covering the high seas and the Area provides an opportunity to build an integrated mechanism for international fisheries insturments that were previously fragmented by regions and species. In addition, the BBNJ Agreement can establish a cooperation system with existing regional fisheries management organizations in the process of establishing area-based management measures and environmental impact assessment of cumulative fishing activities. In line with this, regional fisheries organizations may evolve in the future to proactively adopt legal framework changes and environmental protection measures that emerge from the implementation of the BBNJ Agreement.

Keywords
BBNJ agreement
regional fishery management organization
fishery
law of the sea
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  • Publisher :Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology
  • Publisher(Ko) :한국해양과학기술원
  • Journal Title :Ocean and Polar Research
  • Journal Title(Ko) :Ocean and Polar Research
  • Volume : 46
  • No :3
  • Pages :143-154
  • Received Date : 2024-06-17
  • Revised Date : 2024-07-27
  • Accepted Date : 2024-09-04
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.4217/OPR.2024013
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