To main content

Governing access rights to harvesting marine living resources: the case of the Svalbard Archipelago

Abstract

This chapter discusses practice of another important Arctic coastal State: Norway. The authors choose Svalbard as a case study. The chapter examines existing conflicts between Arctic nations with respect to the Archipelago of Svalbard, suggesting that these conflicts are driven by a race for resources, overlapping jurisdictional claims, uncertain fishing rights, and a lack of multi-regional agreements. The chapter also investigates if and how Norway has a proactive role in institutionalizing and regulating management claims over Svalbard versus what the international acceptance of practice is.

Category

Academic chapter

Language

English

Author(s)

Affiliation

  • SINTEF Ocean / Climate and Environment
  • Denmark

Year

2019

Publisher

Edward Elgar Publishing

Book

Governing Marine Living Resources in the Polar Regions

ISBN

9781788977425

Page(s)

138 - 157

View this publication at Norwegian Research Information Repository