International Symposium
The Future Design of the Arctic Ocean Legal Order
July 28-29, 2016
Snapshots and Brief Summary of the Symposium ![]()
Relevant Materials of the Symposium
Day 1: July 28, 2016, Thursday
Keynote Addresses
Kazuko Shiraishi
Japan's Arctic Policy and its Challenges
Alexander Sergunin
Russian Approaches to an Emerging Arctic Ocean Legal Order
Session 1: Panel Discussion on Actors in the Arctic Ocean Legal Order-Making
Paul Arthur Berkman: Building Common Interests in the Arctic Ocean
Biography
/ Pre-conference 1
/ Pre-conference 2
/ Pre-conference PPT ![]()
Fujio Ohnishi: New Modes in the Arctic Ocean Legal Order Making
Session 2: Forum for the Arctic Ocean Legal Order-Making
Brian Israel
Form and Function in the Future of Arctic Marine Cooperation
Joji Morishita
Development of a New Fisheries Management Organization in the Arctic High Seas
Tore Henriksen
Institutional Approaches to (Future) Governance of the Arctic Ocean
Kamrul Hossain: Indigenous Peoples and Norm-making in the Development of Arctic Legal Regime
Kentaro Nishimoto: Comment
Day 2: July 29, 2016, Friday
Session 3: Regionalism within Universalism
Viatcheslav Gavrilov
Future Legal Development in the Arctic: Premises and Prospects
Akiho Shibata
Marine Scientific Research in the Arctic under the New Agreement on Enhancing International Arctic Scientific Cooperation: Fragmentation or Integration?
Takashi Kikuchi: Scientific Field Observation and International Collaboration Research for Changing Arctic Ocean: Past, Present, and Future
Session 4: Ecosystem Approaches
Betsy Baker
Large Marine Ecosystems and a Neighborhood Approach to Ecosystem-Based-Management in the Arctic
Suzanne Lalonde
A Framework for a Pan-Arctic Network of Marine Protected Areas: Assessing the Challenges Ahead
Osamu Inagaki: Inter-Institutional Collaboration for Ecosystem Assessment in the Central Arctic Ocean
Orio Yamamura: Japan's Research on Arctic Ocean Ecosystem
Session 5: Panel Discussion on Future Research Development
Hannu Halinen: Future Collaboration with Arctic Future Initiative
Atsumu Ohmura: Comment from a Scientist
Concluding Panel Discussion
Relevant materials prepared by PCRC
Relevant to the Symposium as a Whole
(2) 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
(3) 1995 United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement ![]()
Keynote Addresses
(1) Japan’s Arctic Policy (16 October 2015) ![]()
(2) Russian Federation’s Policy for the Arctic to 2020 (2009)
Session 2: Forum for the Arctic Ocean Legal Order
1. Arctic Council
(1) Ottawa Declaration establishing the Arctic Council (1996)![]()
(2) Rules of Procedure for the Arctic Council (Revised, 2013)![]()
2. Task Force on Arctic Marine Cooperation
(3) Co-chairs’ summary report on the 1st meeting of TFAMC (Sept. 2015) ![]()
3. High Seas Fisheries in the CAO
(4) Ilulisaat Declaration at the Arctic Ocean Conference (29 May 2008) ![]()
Session 3: Regionalism within Universalism
Scientific Cooperation Task Force
(1) Co-Chairs’ report on the 1st meeting of SCTF (Dec. 2013)![]()
(2) Co-Chairs’ report on the 4th meeting of SCTF (Oct. 2014)![]()
(3) Senior Arctic Official’s Report to the Ministers on SCTF (April 2015) ![]()
(4) Co-Chairs’ report on the 6th meeting of SCTF in Copenhagen (Oct. 2015)![]()
(5) Anchorage meeting of SAO Summary Report on SCTF (p.21) (Oct. 2015)![]()
(6) Task Force on Scientific Cooperation meets in Ottawa (July 2016)
Session 4: Ecosystem Approaches
(2) Framework for a Pan-Arctic Network of Marine Protected Areas (April 2015) ![]()













