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Indigenous Fisheries in a Changing Arctic
Rashid Sumaila
Professor and Director, Fisheries Economics Research Unit, the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries at the University of British Columbia
Rashid Sumaila Professor and Director, Fisheries Economics Research Unit, the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries at the University of British Columbia
If Arctic states and big fishing nations agreed to permanently close the Arctic high seas to all commercial fishing, it could have a wide range of benefits. Arctic coastal fisheries, indigenous peoples and the ecosystem as a whole might thrive under such an arrangement, writes Rashid Sumaila.