“2003년 2월 24~28일 로마에서 100개국 이상의 유엔 식량농업기구(FAO) 회원국 대표들이 회의를 열었지만, 전세계 어장(漁場)은 의아하게도 언론의 주목을 거의 끌지 못한 채 심각한 위기에 봉착해 있다. FAO의 추산에 따르면, 수산물에 의존하여 생계를 유지하는 인구가 갈수록 늘고 있음에도 불구하고 전세계 어장의 70퍼센트 이상이 이미 고갈된 상태거나 고갈 직전의 상황에 있는 것으로 알려져 있다.
As representatives from more than 100 U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) member countries meet in Rome February 24-28, 2003, they face a crisis in the ocean‘s fisheries that gets surprisingly little attention from the world‘s press. By FAO estimates, more than 70 percent of those fisheries are depleted or nearly depleted even as more and more of the world‘s people depend on those fish stocks for ... “

FOCUS
CURRENT CHALLENGES IN INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES
ELIMINATING FISHING SUBSIDIES AS A WAY TO PROMOTE CONSERVATION
HOW INTERNATIONAL ENFORCEMENT COOPERATION
DETERS ILLEGAL FISHING IN THE NORTH PACIFIC
THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES AND ECONOMIC COSTS OF DEPLETING THE WORLD‘S OCEANS
INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS FOR INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES
CREATING AND IMPLEMENTING INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES CONSERVATION AGREEMENTS
COMMENTARY
SOME OBSERVATIONS ON DEVELOPMENTS IN WORLD FISHERIES
AMERICA‘S STAKE IN THE CONSERVATION OF FISHERIES AND THE OCEANS
THE GLOBAL FISH MARKET AND THE NEED FOR MULTILATERAL FISHING DISCIPLINES
A DEVELOPING COUNTRY PUTS A HALT TO FOREIGN OVERFISHING
FACTS AND FIGURES
A LOOK AT RECENT FAO GLOBAL DATA ON THE STATE OF FISH STOCKS
INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ARRANGEMENTS
FISHERIES AND THE WORLD SUMMIT ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
INFORMATION RESOURCES
KEY CONTACTS AND INTERNET SITES
ADDITIONAL READINGS