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A Sea Change: The Exclusive Economic Zone and Governance Institutions for Living Marine ResourcesThe Performance of Exclusive Economic Zones

A Sea Change: The Exclusive Economic Zone and Governance Institutions for Living Marine... Chapter 3 The Case of Norway Alf Håkon Hoel Department of Political Science, University of Tromsø, N-9037 Tromsø, Norway (hoel@sv.uit.no) 1. INTRODUCTION Norway is a significant beneficiary of the changes in the global ocean regime conferring sovereign rights over natural resources in the oceans to coastal states. With the intro- duction of an Economic Zone (EZ) (1977) and the zones around the Svalbard and Jan Mayen islands, the ocean area under Norwegian jurisdiction increased to more than two million square kilometres, or about six times its land territory. The natural resources in these areas are crucial to the country’s economy. Petroleum revenue accounts for nearly 60% of its exports by value, fisheries for approximately 6%. The performance of the oceans management regime is however not dictated by concerns for conservation and resource use alone. Norway’s oceans management functions within the broader context of North Atlantic security politics (Orheim, 2001). An important feature of the Norwegian Economic Zone regime is its internation- al orientation. A number of pollution-related problems originate outside the Norwegian EEZ. Living marine resources often straddle the boundaries of neighbouring countries’ EEZs and international waters, necessitating international cooperation in their management. At the same time, with a http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Sea Change: The Exclusive Economic Zone and Governance Institutions for Living Marine ResourcesThe Performance of Exclusive Economic Zones

Editors: Ebbin, Syma A.; Håkon Hoel, Alf; Sydnes, Are K.
Håkon Hoel, Alf
A Sea Change: The Exclusive Economic Zone and Governance Institutions for Living Marine Resources — Jan 1, 2005
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Springer Netherlands
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© Springer 2005
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978-1-4020-3132-8
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33 –48
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10.1007/1-4020-3133-5_3
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Chapter 3 The Case of Norway Alf Håkon Hoel Department of Political Science, University of Tromsø, N-9037 Tromsø, Norway (hoel@sv.uit.no) 1. INTRODUCTION Norway is a significant beneficiary of the changes in the global ocean regime conferring sovereign rights over natural resources in the oceans to coastal states. With the intro- duction of an Economic Zone (EZ) (1977) and the zones around the Svalbard and Jan Mayen islands, the ocean area under Norwegian jurisdiction increased to more than two million square kilometres, or about six times its land territory. The natural resources in these areas are crucial to the country’s economy. Petroleum revenue accounts for nearly 60% of its exports by value, fisheries for approximately 6%. The performance of the oceans management regime is however not dictated by concerns for conservation and resource use alone. Norway’s oceans management functions within the broader context of North Atlantic security politics (Orheim, 2001). An important feature of the Norwegian Economic Zone regime is its internation- al orientation. A number of pollution-related problems originate outside the Norwegian EEZ. Living marine resources often straddle the boundaries of neighbouring countries’ EEZs and international waters, necessitating international cooperation in their management. At the same time, with a

Published: Jan 1, 2005

Keywords: European Union; Fishery Management; Fish Stock; Coastal State; Marine Resource

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