The Central Arctic Ocean Fisheries Agreement as an element in the evolving Arctic Ocean governance complex

Vylegzhanin, Alexander N.; Young, Oran R.; Berkman, Paul Arthur

doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2020.104001

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“…7 Officially the Agreement to Prevent Unregulated High Seas Fisheries in the Central Arctic Ocean, the CAOFA is a binding 16-year fishing moratorium in international Arctic waters that was signed in 2018 by six Arctic states, the European Union, China, Japan, and South Korea. On the CAOFA's role as part of the broader set of Arctic governance mechanisms, see Vylegzhanin, Young, and Berkman, 2020. 8 Some dialogue has continued to take place, absent Russia. 9 Charron argues that Permanent Participant status provides indigenous groups in the Arctic with "a role more significant than usually afforded them at the UN and other multilateral meetings" (Charron, 2012, p. 767)…”

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Exploring Gaps in Arctic Governance: Identifying Potential Sources of Conflict and Mitigating Measures

Sacks¹,

Stephenson²,

Pézard³

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Exploring Gaps in Arctic Governance: Identifying Potential Sources of Conflict and Mitigating Measures

Sacks¹,

Stephenson²,

Pézard³

et al. 2021

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“…The difficulty of distinguishing between the interests of Chinese companies and those of the central government will make it all the harder to tell which is the overriding factor (Klinger and Muldavin 2019 ), at least for those outside of China. The European Union and three Asian states joined six Arctic states to complete the CAO Fisheries Agreement, a recognition of major non-Arctic interests in Arctic marine resources (Vylegzhanin et al 2020 ). Should fish species shift farther north and increase in abundance, pressure will likewise increase to turn a fishing moratorium into a fisheries management regime.…”

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Societal implications of a changing Arctic Ocean

Huntington¹,

Zagorsky²,

Kaltenborn

et al. 2021

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The Arctic Ocean is undergoing rapid change: sea ice is being lost, waters are warming, coastlines are eroding, species are moving into new areas, and more. This paper explores the many ways that a changing Arctic Ocean affects societies in the Arctic and around the world. In the Arctic, Indigenous Peoples are again seeing their food security threatened and cultural continuity in danger of disruption. Resource development is increasing as is interest in tourism and possibilities for trans-Arctic maritime trade, creating new opportunities and also new stresses. Beyond the Arctic, changes in sea ice affect mid-latitude weather, and Arctic economic opportunities may re-shape commodities and transportation markets. Rising interest in the Arctic is also raising geopolitical tensions about the region. What happens next depends in large part on the choices made within and beyond the Arctic concerning global climate change and industrial policies and Arctic ecosystems and cultures.

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“…the Bering Strait) under the jurisdiction of the Arctic states and would in practice necessitate reliance on coastal infrastructure and communications facilities. Russia acknowledges the legitimacy of these interests on the part of non-Arctic states as exemplified in its active participation in the development of the Central Arctic Ocean Fisheries Agreement (Vylegzhanin et al, 2020). At the same time, there is a range of perspectives both in Russia and elsewhere regarding the merits of including non-Arctic states like China in cooperative arrangements dealing with Arctic issues (Lackenbauer & Manicom, 2013;Conley et al, 2017).…”

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Russia in the Arctic Chair: Adapting the Arctic Governance System to Conditions Prevailing in the 2020s

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At the Arctic Council’s Ministerial Meeting in Reykjavik on 20 May 2021, Russia assumed the chairmanship of the council for the second time since its establishment in 1996. Though some Russian analysts and practitioners were skeptical about the usefulness of such a mechanism during the 1980s and 1990s, Russia has become an active contributor to the progress of the Arctic Council (AC). Russia’s first term as chair during 2004–2006 led to the creation of the Arctic Contaminants Action Program as an Arctic Council Working Group. Since then, Russia has served as co-lead of the Task Forces developing the terms of the 2011 agreement on search and rescue, the 2013 agreement on marine oil spill preparedness and response, and the 2017 agreement on enhancing international scientific cooperation. Russia also has participated actively in the creation of related bodies including the Arctic Coast Guard Forum and the Arctic Economic Council whose chairmanships rotate together with the chairmanship of the AC. Now, far-reaching changes in the broader setting are posing growing challenges to the effectiveness of these institutional arrangements. The impacts of climate change in the high latitudes have increased dramatically; the pace of the extraction and shipment of Arctic natural resources has accelerated sharply; great-power politics have returned to the Arctic foregrounding concerns regarding military security. Together, these developments make it clear that a policy of business as usual will not suffice to ensure that the AC remains an important high-level forum for addressing Arctic issues in a global context. The programme Russia has developed for its 2021–2023 chairmanship of the council is ambitious; it proposes a sizeable suite of constructive activities. In this article, however, we go a step further to explore opportunities to adapt the Arctic governance system to the conditions prevailing in the 2020s. We focus on options relating to (i) the AC’s constitutive arrangements, (ii) links between the council and related governance mechanisms, (iii) the role of science diplomacy, and (iv) the treatment of issues involving military security. We conclude with a discussion of the prospect of organising a heads of state/government meeting during the Russian chairmanship as a means of setting the Arctic governance system on a constructive path for the 2020s.

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The Central Arctic Ocean Fisheries Agreement as an element in the evolving Arctic Ocean governance complex

Cited by 27 publications

References 4 publications

Exploring Gaps in Arctic Governance: Identifying Potential Sources of Conflict and Mitigating Measures

Exploring Gaps in Arctic Governance: Identifying Potential Sources of Conflict and Mitigating Measures

Societal implications of a changing Arctic Ocean

Russia in the Arctic Chair: Adapting the Arctic Governance System to Conditions Prevailing in the 2020s

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