With aquaculture operations fast expanding around the world, the adequacy of aquaculture-related laws and policies has become a hot topic. This much-needed book provides a comprehensive guide to the complex regulatory seascape. Split into three distinct parts, the expert contributors first review the international legal dimensions, including chapters on the law of the sea, trade, and access and benefit sharing for aquatic genetic resources. Part Two discusses how the EU and regional bodies, such as the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization (NASCO), have addressed aquaculture development and management whilst the final part contains twelve national case studies exploring how leading aquaculture producing countries have been putting sustainability principles into practice. These case studies focus on implementation approaches and challenges, in particular emphasizing ongoing national struggles in attaining effective aquaculture zoning and marine spatial planning. Students and scholars of environmental law and politics will find this contemporary volume an invaluable addition to the limited academic literature critiquing aquaculture law and policy. Policy makers, international bodies and NGOs will also find its insights particularly informative when ensuring sustainable aquaculture regulation and development.
Chapters by OCP members in above book:
Introduction: navigating multilevel governance in aquaculture, by N Bankes, I Dahl, and DL VanderZwaag.
The international law and policy seascape for aquaculture: navigating tangled currents by DL VanderZwaag.
Aquaculture governance in Canada: a patchwork of approaches, by P Saunders and M Doelle.
Conclusion: a summary of common themes, by N Bankes, I Dahl and DL VanderZwaag.