Enforcement and Control in the Russian Zone of the Barents Sea

Abstract

"This paper presents an overview of the Russian fisheries compliance control in the Barents Sea. In addition to this descriptive aim, a central issue to be dealt with is the question to which degree Russian authorities lost control with the Barents Sea fisheries after the breakdown of the Soviet Union. Furthermore, I shall suggest possible causes of this alleged deterioration in the control mechanism, and discuss the measures that have been taken to reestablish an effective enforcement system."