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Cassotta, Sandra; Tiller, Rachel --- "Governing access rights to harvesting marine living resources: the case of the Svalbard Archipelago" [2019] ELECD 2605; in Liu, Nengye; Brooks, M. Cassandra; Qin, Tianbao (eds), "Governing Marine Living Resources in the Polar Regions" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019) 138

Book Title: Governing Marine Living Resources in the Polar Regions

Editor(s): Liu, Nengye; Brooks, M. Cassandra; Qin, Tianbao

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Section: Chapter 8

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

Author(s): Cassotta, Sandra; Tiller, Rachel

Number of pages: 19

Abstract/Description:

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.