Bilateral Fisheries Agreements for the Cooperative Management of the Shared Resources of the China Seas: A Note

• Published in: Ocean development and international law Vol. 36; no. 4; pp. 363 - 374
• Main Author: Xue, Guifang (Julia)
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Taylor & Francis Group 01-10-2005; Taylor & Francis LLC
• Subjects: Agreements; Bilateral relations; China; China (People's Republic); Co-operatives; Conservation; Cooperation; cooperative management; East China Sea; Economic relations; Environmental management; Export-import trade; Fish industry; Fisheries; Fishery management; International law; Japan; Management; Marine; Oceans; Regional cooperation; Resource conservation; Resource management; Resources; Sea; shared resources; South Korea; the China Seas; Treaties; Yellow sea; South Korea; East China Sea; Yellow Sea; China; Japan; Korea, Rep; China, People's Rep; INW, Huanghai Sea; INW, Donghai Sea; INW, Japan
• ISSN: 0090-8320; 1521-0642
• DOI: 10.1080/00908320500308767

This article analyzes the two bilateral fisheries agreements signed between China and Japan in 1997 and China and South Korea in 2000 for the conservation and management of the shared fisheries resources of the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea (China Seas). A review of the management regimes of the agreements will illustrate their significance and constraints and emphasize the importance of regional cooperation.