Posts Tagged "International Environmental Law"


By Adam Soliman Plentiful in numbers but with a muted collective voice, the majority of fisheries around the world are small in scale. Comprising roughly 90 per cent of all fishers around the world, small-scale fisheries (SSF’s), make up the bulk of the estimated 34 million individuals who eke out a living in the low skill trade of fishing. Roughly 8 per cent of the world’s population finds itself depending on these fisheries for...

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By Tyler Omichinski Despite the political assertions that the new EU-Canada free trade deal will be a major boon for fisheries industries, the situation is actually more complex. The trade deal, as currently reported, will result in the removal of tariffs on seafood within seven years.[1] Government representatives have touted the advantages that there will be for shrimp and lobster producers in expanding into Europe. It is true that...

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Importing Hudbay Into Environmental Law Choc v Hudbay1 has received a great deal of media attention. The decision, from the Ontario Superior Court, holds that abuses by companies in other countries can be tried in Canada under certain, specific, circumstances. This comes after a series of alleged abuses at the Fenix location in Guatemala through a corporate subsidiary of the Hudbay company. Newspapers have been keen to point out that...

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By Abhinav Singh Shark-Finning is a cruel practice wherein the fins of sharks are sliced off and the shark is thrown back into the sea, where they slowly bleed to death. The value of fins is comparatively higher than the meat of shark. The majority of shark fins obtained from Indian coasts are exported to China, Singapore and Hong Kong through Mumbai and Chennai. In the domestic Indian market, wholesale prices for shark fins vary...

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By Sukanya Thapliyal In a country like India, blessed with great geographical location but unfortunately suffering from some serious challenges of poverty, unemployment and overpopulation, fishing cannot be considered as a simple economic activity; it is an important means of providing livelihood and food security to over 1.5 million fishermen, in addition to others indirectly dependent on this sector. The rapid expansion of marine...

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