ISSN: 2772-9486 The Necessity of Strenghtening the Legal Framework Regime to Protect Mesopelagic Species Conservation from Fishing Operations By Merel Terwisscha van Scheltinga*
ABSTRACT The extensive connection of the ocean food webs causes an interdependence of the pelagic zones for the conservation of their flora and fauna. The entire ocean ecosystem will be put out of its balance if the mesopelagic zone is inadequately protected in legal framework regime
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To call attention to this issue, this paper will contemplate the necessity of sufficiently protecting the conservation of the ocean twilight zone fish on a legislative level. This paper will, therefore, underline a legislative gap and the challenges of filling this gap. Keywords: mesopelagic, food webs, international law, fishing, ocean twilight zone, fish conservation
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LL.B. Graduate International and European Law Program, The Hague University of Applied Sciences.
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