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The burden of proof in natural resources legislation: Some critical issues for fisheries law

… OF CONTENTS Page No. 1. Introduction 1 2. Development of Precautionary Principle in Environmental Law 3 3. The use of Evidentiary … into national resources legislation. 2. Development of Precautionary Principle in Environmental Law The development …
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Towards sustainable fisheries law: a comparative analysis

… law 10 1.4. General principles of law 13 2. The precautionary principle 15 2.1. The 1982 UNCLOS 15 2.2. The UN Fish Stocks … D. (1999). ‘Implementing Precaution Cautiously: The Precautionary Approach in the Straddling and Highly Migratory …
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The Fish Stock Agreement - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… 2. Objective and scope 3. Broader obligations 4. Precautionary approach 5. Compatibility of measures and … of states broader, stronger and more detailed. 4. Precautionary approach The widening of the obligations is, … (4)). While this is a treaty provision that applies in principle only between states that are parties to the 1995 …
21 May 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

Background document - 1995 United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement

… and management of such stocks must be based on the precautionary approach and the best scientific evidence … The Agreement also elaborates on the fundamental principle established in the Convention that States should … functions; - Establishing general principles, such as the precautionary and ecosystem approaches for the conservation …
21 May 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

Regional Fisheries Instruments and Bodies

… approach to fisheries management and the use of the precautionary approach in implementing ICCAT conservation and … they embrace ecosystem-based (fisheries) management and a precautionary approach avant la lettre. This addresses the …
21 May 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

Legislating for property rights in fisheries

… and the freedom of the seas were developed as a legal principle in the 16th and 17th centuries starting with the … of fishing effort, gear restrictions, the parameters of precautionary measures, the setting of TACs, etc. If this is … "information principles", effectively a restatement of the precautionary principle, (sec. 10), are also to be taken into …
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