In the Barents Sea, recruitment of North-East Arctic cod is affected by sea temperature, being higher in warm years. Cod dynamics are furthermore influenced by time-lagged competition for capelin with herring, and the intensity of size-selected harvesting. The system is not stable in three ways: (1) the effect of temperature...
To ensure the long-term conservation and sustainable use of straddling fish stocks, the 1995 United
Nations Fish Stock Agreement calls for the establishment of regional fisheries management organizations
to manage such stocks. This paper studies the potential for cooperation in straddling stock fisheries when
the cooperative coalition of countries acts...