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Title:Legal and Institutional Aspects of Fisheries in West Africa
Author:Roberts, KenISNI
Year:1998
Periodical:African Journal of International and Comparative Law
Volume:10
Issue:1
Period:March
Pages:88-122
Language:English
Geographic term:West Africa
Subjects:international law of the sea
fishing rights
marine fisheries
Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment
Economics and Trade
Law, Human Rights and Violence
External link:https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.journals/afjincol10&i=98
Abstract:The wealth of maritime resources under the jurisdiction of the coastal States of West Africa engenders a corresponding need for monitoring, control and surveillance to ensure the sustainability of these fisheries. This paper examines legal aspects regarding the implementation of monitoring, control and surveillance measures, as well as issues concerning the prosecution of fisheries offences in the West African region. It begins with an acknowledgement of the policy considerations which play a part in the choice of such measures, including questions of cost and the choice of resource management system. It then examines such monitoring measures as licensing, registers of fishing vessels, self-reporting of position and catch, and flag State responsibility; the choice of the competent authority to direct such operations and the delegation of powers; and the need to be able to enforce legislation through effective prosecution, which requires a comprehensible definition of offences and penalties, as well as an understanding of questions of evidence, particularly with regard to photographic and satellite position data. As a final note, the author highlights the advantages which may be obtained through the regional harmonization of monitoring, control and surveillance legislation, with particular reference to the experience of the Sub-Regional Fisheries Commission. App., notes, ref.