Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter One The Evolution of the General Principles of High Seas Fisheries -- 1.1 Freedom of Fishing on the High Seas Challenged: The Late 19th Century to World War II -- 1.2 General Principles Established: Codification Efforts and State Practice during the Period 1945-1960 -- 1.2.1 Freedom of Fishing on the High Seas -- 1.2.2 Cooperation between States -- 1.2.3 Conservation -- 1.3 Towards a New Regime for High Seas Fisheries under the LOSC -- 1.3.1 The Seabed Committee and Contemporary Developments: 1968-1973 -- 1.3.2 UNCLOS III: 1973-1982 -- 1.4 Concluding Remarks -- Chapter Two The Legal Framework for High Seas Fisheries under the LOSC -- 2.1 Freedom of Fishing on the High Seas -- 2.1.1 Restraints of a General Nature -- 2.1.2 Scope of 'Fishing' -- 2.1.3 Paragraphs (a)-(c) of Article 116 -- 2.1.4 Scope of Fishery Resources -- 2.1.5 Scope of 'Nationals' -- 2.2 Cooperation -- 2.2.1 Provisions of the LOSC -- 2.2.2 Post-UNCLOS III Developments -- 2.3 Conservation -- 2.3.1 LOSC Provisions -- 2.3.1.1 Conservation and Management of Marine Living Resources -- 2.3.1.2 Protection and Preservation of the Marine Environment -- 2.3.2 Post-UNCLOS III Developments -- 2.3.2.1 Sustainable Fisheries -- 2.3.2.2 Ecosystem Approaches -- 2.3.2.3 Marine Biodiversity -- 2.3.2.4 Precautionary Approach -- 2.4 Concluding Remarks -- Chapter Three Practice at the Global Level -- 3.1 Initiatives to Address Fisheries for Discrete High Seas Fish Stocks by Applying Principles of the FSA -- 3.2 Deep-Sea Fisheries on the High Seas -- 3.2.1 UNGA Resolutions -- 3.2.2 FAO International Guidelines on Deep-sea Fisheries on the High Seas -- 3.2.2.1 Common Understandings of Key Concepts -- 3.2.2.2 Conservation and Management Principles -- 3.2.2.3 Management in the Absence of Any Competent RFMO/A.

3.2.2.4 Prior Impact Assessments -- 3.2.2.5 Authorization of Fishing -- 3.3 High Seas MPAs and Other Area-Based Management Tools -- 3.4 Concluding Remarks -- Chapter Four Existing Regional Fisheries Management Organizations -- 4.1 Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) -- 4.1.1 The Convention -- 4.1.2 Implementation of the Precautionary Approach -- 4.1.3 Protection of Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems from Bottom Fisheries -- 4.1.4 Area-Based Management Tools -- 4.2 General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) -- 4.2.1 The Agreement -- 4.2.2 Practice -- 4.3 South East Atlantic Fisheries Organization (SEAFO) -- 4.3.1 The Convention -- 4.3.2 Practice -- 4.4 North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) -- 4.4.1 The Convention -- 4.4.1.1 Precautionary Approach -- 4.4.1.2 Ecosystem Approach -- 4.4.2 Practice -- 4.4.2.1 Deep-sea Fisheries -- 4.4.2.2 Closed Areas -- 4.4.2.3 Cooperation with the OSPAR Commission -- 4.5 Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) -- 4.5.1 Precautionary Approach -- 4.5.2 Ecosystem Approach -- 4.5.3 Discrete High Seas Stocks -- 4.5.4 Cooperation with Other Organizations -- 4.6 Concluding Remarks -- Chapter Five Other Practice at the Regional Level -- 5.1 Southern Indian Ocean -- 5.1.1 The Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement (SIOFA) -- 5.1.2 Practice -- 5.2 South Pacific Ocean -- 5.2.1 Orange Roughy Fisheries in the South-West Pacific -- 5.2.2 International Consultations on the Establishment of the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organization -- 5.2.3 Interim Measures -- 5.2.4 The Convention on the Conservation and Management of High Seas Fishery Resources in the South Pacific Ocean (SPRFMO Convention) -- 5.2.4.1 Precautionary Approach -- 5.2.4.2 Ecosystem Considerations -- 5.2.4.3 Participatory Rights -- 5.2.4.4 Cooperation with Other Organizations.

5.3 North Pacific Ocean -- 5.3.1 The Interim Mechanism -- 5.3.2 The Convention on the Conservation and Management of High Seas Fisheries Resources in the North Pacific Ocean -- 5.4 Other Areas -- 5.4.1 Arctic Ocean -- 5.4.2 Central Atlantic Ocean -- 5.4.3 South-West Atlantic Ocean -- 5.4.4 Certain Areas in the Pacific Ocean -- 5.5 Concluding Remarks -- Chapter Six Conclusions -- 6.1 General Principles Applicable to High Seas Fisheries and Their Implications -- 6.2 Practice Addressing New Challenges in High Seas Fisheries -- 6.2.1 Discrete High Seas Fish Stocks -- 6.2.2 Deep-Sea Fisheries -- 6.2.3 High Seas MPAs and Other Area-Based Management Tools -- 6.3 Final Remarks -- Bibliography -- Table of International Instruments -- Table of Cases -- Permanent Court of International Justice -- International Court of Justice -- International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea -- Arbitration -- Index.