Russian Fisheries Management: The Precautionary Approach in Theory and Practice (Publications on Ocean Development, V. 43) - Hardcover

Hønneland, Geir

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9004136185 ISBN 13: 9789004136182

Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff, 2004

Synopsis

This book is the first comprehensive introduction to Russian fisheries management in the Western literature. It sets out the basic principles and organisational structure underlying Russian fisheries management and describes associated processes and practices, such as quota allocation, technical regulation and enforcement of fishery legislation. The book focuses attention on fisheries management at the federal level and in Russia's northern fishery basin, which is the largest fishery region in European Russia. Problems such as institutional conflict, alleged corruption and incomplete legislation on fisheries are discussed, as are the assets of scientific and technical expertise found in the country's Soviet legacy.
Throughout the book, the performance of the Russian system for fisheries management is evaluated in relation to the requirements of a precautionary approach to fisheries, as set out in contemporary international law.

About this title

About the Author:

Geir Hønneland is a political scientist and senior research fellow at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway. He has published widely on the management of natural resources and the environment in the European Arctic.

Review:

'Geir Hønneland has written the most authoriataive account of contemporary Russian fisheries management available in Western literature. Anyone who has wanted to understand developments in fisheries following the break-up of the former Soviet Union will fund this book fascinating...Hønneland 's systematic examinations of principle and practice in Russian fisheries are exceptional in terms of a very well-informed analysis and explanation. In a way, they set a standard for studies of other regional fisheries...'
David Fluharty, Polar Record, 2005.
'This excellent volume fills an important void in the international literature on fisheries management...a clear and informative analysis of Russian fisheries...a unique account of the policits of Russian fisheries management and its current legal and institutional context.'
Alf Håkon Hoel, Acta Borealia, 2004.

About this edition

• Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 9004136185
• ISBN 13: 9789004136182
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 212