Report of the Expert Consultation on the Conditions of Access to the Fish Resources of the Exclusive Economic Zones

FAO Fisheries Report No. 293

FIPP/R293 (En)

Rome, 11-15 April 1983

A Preparatory Meeting for the FAO World Conference
on Fisheries Management and Development

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome 1983

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PREPARATION OF THE DOCUMENT

This document is the report of an Expert Consultation held in preparation for the FAO World Conference on Fisheries Management and Development. The Consultation was held in Rome, 11-15 April 1985. The document includes the report of the Consultation as approved by the 15 participants, and the basic working papers presented at the Consultation.

ABSTRACT
With the extension of national jurisdiction, both coastal States and distant-water fishing States have had to make major adjustments with regard to the management and use of the fishery resources within the EEZs. This document examines some of the important elements of the adjustments. It reviews the background in terms of the new Convention on the Law of the Sea and recent State practices. It then turns to an examination of the access conditions that can be mutually advantageous to all parties. Finally, it reviews the prospects for cooperation with respect to common interest fisheries. Background papers on the various topics are included in the Annexes.

Distribution:

Participants
FAO Fisheries Department
FAO Regional Officers
Directors of Fisheries
Selector SM
Selector Fisheries Management

For bibliographic purposes this document should be cited as follows:

FAO, 1983. Report of the Expert Consultation on the conditions of access to the fish resources of the exclusive economic zones. Rome, 11-15 April 1983. A preparatory meeting for the FAO World Conference on fisheries management and development. FAO Fish. Rep., (293): 209 p.

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OPENING OF THE CONSULTATION

BACKGROUND

International Law Relating to Access Conditions
Trends affecting the demand for access by foreign states and national considerations affecting coastal States interests in granting access
Forms of foreign participation in coastal States' zones and the bases far analyses of alternatives

REVENUES AND OTHER ECONOMIC BENEFITS