Posts Tagged "international law"


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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By Tyler Omichinski Under the Canadian regime, an individual receives employment insurance (EI) when they find themselves unemployed under a complex criterion that we will not cover here. The previous Ministerial Declaration of this round of negotiations took place in 2005. A group of nations, calling themselves “Friends of Fish”,[1] is calling for a reduction in subsidies for fishing around the world on the grounds that subsidies...

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The Creep of Piracy


Posted By on Jan 23, 2013

Between Sea Shepard v Cetacean and the recent accusations by Russia that Greenpeace protestors are pirates, it appears to be in vogue to accuse environmentalist groups of being pirates due to their activities on the sea. Combined with other measures to push environmental protests to the periphery of what is a part of accepted society leads to an unfortunate precedent. This piece will go over the areas that countries are attempting to...

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