The Gulf of Maine Agreement and Action Plan: A novel but nascent approach to transboundary marine environmental protection

Chircop, Aldo; VanderZwwag, David; Mushkat, Peter

doi:10.1016/0308-597x(95)00013-v

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“…99 Like the Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment, the informal fisheries arrangements might be described as nascent. 100 Reaching an integrated ocean governance system for the Gulf of Maine may require all arrangements to be viewable on a 'unified radar screen'. Formalizing the existing array of fragmented cooperative arrangements under a comprehensive regional agreement umbrella is one navigational option with various routes possible.…”

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Canada–USA Bilateral Fisheries Management in the Gulf of Maine: Under the Radar Screen

Pudden

VanderZwaag

2007

Review of European Community & International Environmental

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Canada and the USA have developed a series of cooperative initiatives that address transboundary fisheries issues in the Gulf of Maine. The Canada–USA Steering Committee serves as an umbrella forum for discussing and coordinating transboundary management measures. Through the work of the Transboundary Resource Assessment Committee and the Transboundary Management Guidance Committee, the Steering Committee has overseen the development of joint scientific stock assessments and a sharing agreement for groundfish resources in the vicinity of the eastern Georges Bank. The bilateral Fisheries Enforcement Agreement helps ensure the success of such cooperative management initiatives by combating illegal fishing in the vicinity of the international boundary. However, the largely informal ‘under the radar screen’ arrangements, while positive on many fronts, to date fall short of fully implementing key principles of sustainable development, such as public participation, the ecosystem approach, integration and precaution.

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confidence: 99%