{"id":227063,"date":"2023-02-17T20:34:52","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T15:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=227063"},"modified":"2023-02-20T12:42:14","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T07:12:14","slug":"deep-sea-fish-conservation-must-not-go-adrift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/deep-sea-fish-conservation-must-not-go-adrift\/","title":{"rendered":"Deep sea fish conservation must not go adrift"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source<\/strong>– The post is based on the article \u201cDeep sea fish conservation must not go adrift\u201d <\/strong>published in The Hindu <\/strong>on 17th February 2023<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Syllabus: <\/strong>GS3 – Environment<\/p>\n

Relevance:<\/strong> Conservation related issues<\/p>\n

News- <\/strong>The article explains the need of deep sea fish conservation.<\/p>\n

What is the judgement of SC on fishing in the high seas?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The<\/strong>\u00a0Supreme Court<\/strong><\/a> of India has given permission to fishermen<\/a>\u00a0for using purse seine fishing gear<\/strong> to fish beyond territorial waters and within the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)\u00a0 of Tamil Nadu. But, they have to observe certain restrictions.<\/p>\n

It seems to be more concerned about regulating fishing<\/strong> with administrative and transparency measures than about the conservation measures and obligations which a coastal state owes in its EEZ under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).<\/strong><\/p>\n

What are the existing conventions related to conservation?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Under\u00a0Articles 56.1(a) and 56.1(b)(ii<\/strong><\/a>i) of UNCLOS<\/strong>, coastal states have sovereign rights <\/strong>to ensure that the living and non-living resources of the EEZ are used, conserved and managed. But, they should not be subject to overexploitation.<\/p>\n

Access to the zone by foreign fleets is also solely within the coastal state\u2019s discretion and subject to its laws and regulations.<\/p>\n

In order to prevent overexploitation, coastal States must determine the Total Allowable Catch (TAC)<\/strong> in the EEZ in light of the best scientific evidence available.<\/p>\n

Convention for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna 1993<\/strong> is another instrument. It focuses onTAC and distribution of allocations among the parties to the SBT. TAC and the catch quotas are aimed at putting sustainable use into practice among fishermen.<\/p>\n

What are the international legal efforts in this regard?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

There are several regional organisations that either prohibit the use of large drift nets or at least call for their prohibition. The examples are the 1989 Tarawa Declaration of the South Pacific Forum<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The United Nations General Assembly<\/strong> passed Resolutions 44\/225 (1989) and 46\/215 (1991) <\/strong>supported and strengthened this development, calling for a moratorium on all large-scale pelagic drift net fishing vessels in high seas.<\/p>\n

What needs to be looked by higher courts on fishing in the high seas?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The top court should seek guidance from the obligations arising from the multilateral and regional conventions which are meant to bring in sustainable fishing practices.<\/p>\n

The Court\u2019s final judgement needs to look into non-selective fishing methods <\/strong>by purse seiners. It results in the by-catch of other marine living species which could include endangered species.<\/p>\n

The guidance from the\u00a0Convention for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna 1993<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(SBT) <\/strong>could have also been sourced by the top court to enable recovery of depleted fishing stocks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source– The post is based on the article \u201cDeep sea fish conservation must not go adrift\u201d published in The Hindu on 17th February 2023. Syllabus: GS3 – Environment Relevance: Conservation related issues News- The article explains the need of deep sea fish conservation. What is the judgement of SC on fishing in the high seas?… Continue reading Deep sea fish conservation must not go adrift<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[216,10498],"class_list":["post-227063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-3","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227063"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227063\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}