The Emergence of the Concept of Fishing Entities: A Note

Traditionally, it is generally only a sovereign state that can become a subject of international law. Recent developments, however, have expanded the notion of the subjects of international law to also include, among others, international organizations as well as various other forms of “entities” including most recently “fishing entities.”

Keywords:

• fishing entities

Notes

1. For a brief description of Andorra, see CIA, The World Factbook, at http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/an.html.

2. Resolution II, “Governing Preparatory Investment in Pioneer Activities Relating to Polymetallic Nodules,” in Final Act of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (1982).

3. Resolution II, supra note 2, paragraph 1(a).

4. For the list of members of the APEC, see the APEC website at http://www.apec.org/apec/member_economies.html.

5. For the list of members of the WTO, see the WTO website at http://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/whatis_e/tif_e/org6_e.htm.

6. 34 I.L.M. 1542 (1995).

7. 1833 U.N.T.S. 397.

8. UNFSA, supra note 6, Article 37, which refers to Article 1(2)(b), which references the LOS Convention, supra note 7, Article 305(1)(c), (d) and (e).

9. UNFSA, supra note 6, Article 38.

10. 11 International Organizations and the Law of the Sea Documentary Yearbook 700 (1995), also available on the FAO website at http://www.fao.org.

11. See http://www.wcpfc.org. The text of the WCPFC Convention is available at this website.

12. See in this issue: Nien-Tsu Alfred Hu, “Fishing Entities: Its Emergence, Evolution and Practice from Taiwan's Perspective”; Michael W. Lodge, “The Practice of Fishing Entities in Regional Fisheries Management Organizations: The Case of the Commission for the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean”; and Peter S.C. Ho, “The Impacts of the U.N. Fish Stocks Agreement on Taiwan's Participation in International Fisheries Fora.”

13. Available on the WCPFC website, supra note 11.