The precautionary principle in fisheries management under climate change: How the international legal framework formulate it?

International Conference on Climate Change: Challenges and Opportunity on Environment Degradation Researches

地球科学;生态环境科学

Latifah, E.^1 ; Imanullah, M.N.^2

International Law Department, Faculty of Law, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Jl. Ir. Sutami 36A, Surakarta, Central Java

57126, Indonesia^1

Civil Law Department, Faculty of Law, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Jl. Ir. Sutami 36A, Surakarta, Central Java

57126, Indonesia^2

关键词: Climate variability;    Fisheries management;    Irreversible damage;    Legal frameworks;    Precautionary measures;    Precautionary principle;    Scientific data;    Scientific knowledge;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/129/1/012038/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/129/1/012038

学科分类：环境科学（综合）

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

One of the objectives of fisheries management is to reach long-term sustainable benefits of the fish stocks while reducing the risk of severe or irreversible damage to the marine ecosystem. Achieving this objective needs, the good scientific knowledge and understanding on fisheries management including scientific data and information on the fish stock, fishing catch, distribution, migration, the proportion of mature fish, the mortality rate, reproduction as well as the knowledge on the impact of fishing on dependent and associated species and other species belonging to the same ecosystem, and further the impact of climate change and climate variability on the fish stocks and marine ecosystem. Lack of this scientific knowledge may lead to high levels of uncertainty. The precautionary principle is one of the basic environmental principles needed in overcoming this problem. An essence of this principle is that, in facing the serious risk as a result of the limited scientific knowledge or the absence of complete evidence of harm, it should not prevent the precautionary measures in minimizing risks and protecting the fish stocks and ecosystem. This study aims to examine how the precautionary principle in fisheries management be formulated into the international legal framework, especially under the climate change framework.