TED Analysis Cases FISH CASE STUDY ANALYSIS RESEARCH PAPER NUMBER: X1 RESEARCH PAPER MNEMONIC: XFISH RESEARCH PAPER NAME: Fish Depletion and Trade DRAFT AUTHOR: Sharon McDermott Issue Background Relevant TED Cases Policy Implications ... Further Information I. Abstract In the burgeoning world economy, divergent interests and values often meet and create conflicts between different states and regions. The ever increasing number of regional and international treaties and policies on trade and environmental issues are at time incongruent and when discrepancies arise as a result of these inconsistencies, diplomatic and trade relations suffer. Many of these disagreements have to be resolved in international legal forums. The fish industry has found itself in the thick of a number of these conflicts. II. Issue Background Studies of the oceans' carrying capacity suggest that the global production of fish may already have reached the maximum "take" that can be sustained. Overfishing now threatens most major commercial fishing grounds, and a principal factor is the lure of trade. In 1994, the UniTED Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization ("FAO") warned that nine of the world's 17 major fishing grounds had been devastaTED by over-fishing,(1) and in 1995 it reporTED that 69% of fish stocks worldwide are now either fully exploiTED, overfished, depleTED, or rebuilding from previous overfishing.(2) This alarming drop in fish stocks, coupled with the ease with which fishermen can access the waters of other nations, has led to the promulgation of many regional and international treaties. Unfortunately, many of these treaties, which have been hurriedly or half-hearTEDly creaTED in an attempt to resolve environmental and trade issues, often are overlapping or inconsistent. | |
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