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37 Ecology L.Q. 917 (2010)
Climate Change and the Arctic: Adapting the Changes in Fisheries Stocks and Governance Regimes

handle is hein.journals/eclawq37 and id is 923 raw text is: Climate Change and the Arctic: Adapting to Changes in Fisheries Stocks and Governance Regimes Jennifer Jeffers* This Note analyzes climate change impacts on Arctic fisheries and governance structures, and examines the role of science, policy, and law in minimizing future repercussions of such impacts. The Arctic is currently undergoing unprecedented shifts in marine species, and climatic conditions in the region are changing at a rate nearly twice as fast as those at lower latitudes. In addition, long-term climatic changes present entirely new challenges. These ecological and socioeconomic alterations will have a significant effect on fisheries governance structures and interactions between Arctic countries and could potentially destabilize existing management regimes. Positive changes to fishery stock compositions and distributions may also lead to conflicts between Arctic nations due to overlapping jurisdictional claims, unregulated fishing, and a lack of multi- regional agreements. The current Arctic regulatory and governance framework is not sufficient in scope and flexibility to adequately address future fishery changes brought on by climate change. This Note suggests that the region needs a new, dynamic management regime in order to successfully negotiate the uncertainties inherent in climate change predictions and anticipate the effects such climatic changes will have on fisheries stocks. I propose four primary components of such a regime: (1) increased overlap of nation-state actors and scientists, (2) institutional nesting, (3) division Copyright @ 2010 by the Regents of the University of California. 'Jennifer Jeffers will join the San Francisco office of Morrison & Foerster LLP in October 2010 as an associate in the firm's Land Use and Environmental Law Practice Group. In December 2009, she graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a J.D. from the School of Law (Boalt Hall) and an M.S. from the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management. Jennifer received the Ellis J. Harmon Prize for legal writing in environmental law and policy and the Prosser Prize for scholastic excellence in Ocean Law and Policy. She is greatly indebted to and would like to thank Kate O'Neill, Holly Doremus, Harry Scheiber, Eric Biber, David Winickoff, and David Caron for their helpful input and direction throughout the development of this Note. She is also thankful to Clare Tarpey, Danny Kramer, and the ELQ editorial staff for their valuable contributions and refinements. 917

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