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Traditional fishing rights in international law: 'The South China sea arbitration'

Ryan North

University of Tasmania Law Review2017article
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0.34

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Prior to the adoption of the 'Law of the Sea Convention' ('UNCLOS'), fishers using traditional techniques generally enjoyed the right to exploit fish stocks freely under customary international law. Moreover, if a community had engaged in an 'age-long exercise of fishing activities', international law upheld its right to continue to fish in traditional waters in breach of any competing claim to sovereignty or exclusive rights. Such rights have interchangeably been referred to as 'traditional fishing rights' (TFR) or 'artisanal fishing rights'. However, it was unclear whether such rights survived the adoption of the 'UNCLOS'. Further, if they had survived, the substance of TFR in contemporary international law was untested. In 2016, these matters were addressed by the 'South China Sea Arbitration'.

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@article{ryan2017,
  title        = {{Traditional fishing rights in international law: 'The South China sea arbitration'}},
  author       = {Ryan North},
  journal      = {University of Tasmania Law Review},
  year         = {2017},
}

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0.34

Balanced mode · F 0.40 / M 0.15 / V 0.05 / R 0.40

F · citation impact0.00 × 0.4 = 0.00
M · momentum0.80 × 0.15 = 0.12
V · venue signal0.50 × 0.05 = 0.03
R · text relevance †0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20

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