Title from PDF title page (viewed on Dec. 3, 2012).

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 2010.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 The Conceptualisation of Sustainable Development in Fisheries Law -- Chapter 3 The Human Development Pillar of Sustainable Development -- Chapter 4 Human Development and the Small-Scale Fisheries Sector -- Chapter 5 The Legal Framework of the Exclusive Economic Zone -- Chapter 6 Human Development in Multilateral Fisheries Instruments -- Chapter 7 The EU’s External Fisheries Policy and the ACP-EU Relations -- Chapter 8 Human Development in Bilateral ACP-EU Fisheries Instruments -- Chapter 9 Conclusion: Normative Consensus on Human Development in Legal Fisheries Instruments -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index.

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The Contribution of International Fisheries Law to Human Development: An Analysis of Multilateral and ACP-EU Fisheries Instruments examines whether and how legal fisheries instruments encompass a normative consensus on human development. Focusing on both multilateral (treaties and soft-law) as well as the ACP-EU bilateral fisheries instruments, Nienke van der Burgt provides a detailed analysis as to whether these different types of legal instruments reflect the principles of equity, poverty eradication and participation, which have been identified as key indicators of human development. Moreover, specific attention is paid to whether explicit reference is made to the small-scale fisheries sector and to the role of women. Concluding that despite increasing evidence of the potential and significant contribution of fisheries towards human development, legal fisheries instruments seem to be struggling with the incorporation of a human development–centred approach, The Contribution of International Fisheries Law to Human Development is essential reading for all those involved in the fields of international environmental law and sustainable human development.