The Central Arctic Ocean lies at the heart of the Arctic. Comprised of 1.1 million square miles of international waters around the North Pole, the Central Arctic Ocean was completely covered with a thick layer of multiyear sea ice through most of human history.

2023年11月21日 · Currently, there are no fisheries in the high seas of the Central Arctic Ocean (CAO). Still, there is an important conservation success story to be told about fisheries here: The Central Arctic Ocean Fisheries Agreement (CAOFA). But what is …

2020年10月28日 · The legally binding Agreement to Prevent Unregulated High Seas Fisheries in the Central Arctic Ocean was signed in Ilulissat, Greenland on October 3rd, 2018. Once it enters into force, the agreement will commit the parties to not authorize any vessel flying its flag to engage in commercial fishing in the high seas portion of the central Arctic ...

The objective of the Agreement is to prevent unregulated fishing in the high seas portion of the central Arctic Ocean through the application of precautionary conservation and management measures as part of a long-term strategy to safeguard healthy marine ecosystems and to ensure the conservation and sustainable use of fish stocks.

The Central Arctic Ocean (CAO) is opening up due to climate change, affecting its ecosystems and communities. With the thick sea ice cover melting, there has been increased interest in economic exploitation, including potentially also in commercial fishing.

2024年9月26日 · Measurements have confirmed that the Central Arctic Ocean is the world’s quietest ocean. And new studies confirm that changes to Arctic sea ice contribute to alteration of the jet stream, leading to more extreme weather events thousands of miles away.

The United States is Party to the Agreement to Prevent Unregulated High Seas Fisheries in the Central Arctic Ocean, which entered into force in 2023 and aims to prevent unregulated fishing and applies precautionary conservation and management measures as part of a long-term strategy to safeguard healthy marine ecosystems and to ensure the ...

The Central Arctic Ocean ecoregion seabed consists of two large deep basins (between 3800 and 4500 m deep), the Eurasian Basin, and the Amerasian Basin, separated by the Lomonosov Ridge. This ~1300 m deep ridge consists of steep slopes rising about 3000 m above the seabed. The Arctic Ocean is governed by the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention (UNCLOS).

The Central Arctic Ocean, 1.1 million square miles of international waters surrounding the North Pole, lies at the heart of the Arctic. Yet until sea ice began its unprecedented retreat, it was completely covered in ice year-round. With this change comes new threats and new opportunities.

2024年6月1日 · The Agreement to Prevent Unregulated High Seas Fisheries in the Central Arctic Ocean (CAOFA) is a unique treaty that deals with a unique scenario: in an area of the high seas where no fishing has ever taken place, it determines …