Vers une emprise desEtats riverains sur la haute mer au titre des grands migrateurs ? Le régime international de la pêche au thon dans le Pacifique oriental

Toward an effective management of high seas fisheries and the settlement of the pending issues of the law of the sea

“…Indeed, neither the 1983 Agreement and Protocol on tuna fishing between Costa Rica, Panama, and the United States 17 nor the Agreement of 1989 establishing the Eastern Pacific Tuna Fishing Organization 18 seem to coincide with the balanced approach sought by the 1982 Convention, since, as concluded by one author, "they do not appear to meet the conditions required to ensure an ample participation of interested States." 19 In the first case the approach is somewhat distorted to the detriment of the coastal state since its role is minimized in the Exclusive Economic Zone, a situation that basically responded to the views of the United States at the time. In the second case the approach is somewhat distorted to the detriment of the interest of other states in high seas fisheries, which is not appropriately taken into account in a scheme controlled entirely by a group of coastal states.…”

Globalisation and the Sustainability of World Fisheries: A View from Latin America

“…Second, the rapid buildup of the regional fleet, most notably in Mexico, led to Latin American demands for greater quota shares. A failure to resolve these issues satisfactorily caused Mexico (1978), Costa Rica (1979), and Ecuador (1980 to withdraw from the IATTC, leaving the East Pacific tuna fishery bereft of any internationally agreed conservation measure (Pulvenis 1989;Nadal Egea 1996;Constance and Bonanno 1999). Yet the IATTC may well reemerge as an effective regulatory authority as a consequence of the mediatory role it has played during the 'dolphin-safe' controversy (discussed in more detail below), causing Mexico and Venezuela to rejoin the IATTC in 1994 and pledge significant funds for 'dolphin-safe fishing research' (SEMARNAP 1998;Constance and Bonanno 1999).…”