Abstract
Inter disciplinary, legally-oriented review and assessment of European Community Common Fisheries Policies vis-à-vis developing countries from the perspective of sustainable use of marine resources and promoting development, building on biological and economic data and analyses as well. Assessment of the coherence of European fisheries and development policies. Analysis and critical evaluation of main legal instruments, including multilateral conventions such as UNCLOS, the Biological Diversity convention, the Stradding Stocks Convention and the EC-ACP Lomé and Cotonou Agreement as well as bilateral fisheries agreements of the EC with developing countries. Recommendations, also based on biological information on relevant fish stocks, for sustainable and responsible exploitation of fisheries resources by European fleets in waters of third States from sustainable development perspectives.
Netherlands