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40 J. Mar. L. & Com. 511 (2009)
Climate Change and the Current Regimes of Arctic Fisheries Resources Management: An Evaluation

handle is hein.journals/jmlc40 and id is 521 raw text is: Journal of Maritime Law & Commerce, Vol. 40, No. 4, October, 2009 Climate Change and the Current Regimes of Arctic Fisheries Resources Management: An Evaluation Daud Hassan* I INTRODUCTION The Arctic region surrounding the North Pole is by its nature a unique area.' From the perspective of the physical, chemical and biological balance in the world, the Arctic region is in a key position. It contains sensitive eco- logical systems and extreme weather conditions-large areas of the Arctic are covered by ice. The Arctic marine environment is of great importance to the states of the Arctic region2 and the world as a whole. The Arctic region includes sizeable potential natural resources such as oil, gas, minerals, forest and fish. It holds some of the most important seas for commercial fisheries in the world.3 Since its environment reacts sensitively particularly to changes in the cli- mate the ongoing warming of the Arctic can have major consequences to the protection and conservation of its natural resources including fisheries. An adequate management regime to deal with the Arctic fisheries resources management (herein after AFRM) is therefore important in this respect. The objective of this paper is to recognize the challenges that the AFRM could pose to the effective conservation and management due to climate change. Vulnerability, adaptive capacity and mitigation measures of the cur- rent regimes will be considered in this respect. With this objective in mind the paper will commence with a study of the current environmental condi- *Dr. Daud Hassan, Senior Lecturer and Head of Interdisciplinary Law Units, School of Law, University of Western Sidney, NSW, Australia. Dr. Hassan's special interest is the area of Public International Law, Law of the Sea, and International and Comparative Environmental Law. 'There are many definitions for the Arctic region. The boundary is generally considered to be north of the Arctic Circle (66* 33'N), which is the limit of the midnight sun and the winter twilight. (http://www.arcticcentre.org/?DeptID=-19555. 2The Arctic region is comprised of eight arctic nations - Canada, Denmark, Greenland, Faroe Islands, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, and the United States of America. lhttp://www.arctic-council.org/AboutvDefault.htm Accessed 7 January 2007).

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