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Bycatch: shrimp/turtle |
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The
Turtle-Shrimp Controversy: Shrimp 1, Turtles 0
An article on the turtle bycatch issue from the Mining Company's Environment
Guide.
Shrimp
Tribunal Online
Very informative website, which is part of the Earth
Summit Watch site, providing a variety of views and information on the
shrimp industry and the shrimp/turtle issue. Includes:
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National
Reports Useful review of laws, policies, and other efforts that national governments in key producing nations are taking - or not taking - to reduce social and environmental harm and risks posed by industrial shrimp production. |
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Positions Declarations, statements, and reports from concerned non-governmental organizations and industry about sustainability of shrimp farming and trawling. |
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Shrimp
on the Net Complete World Wide Web guide to the international debate and dialogue on sustainable shrimp production. |
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Sea
Turtles A report by students at Cleveland State University Law School, containing an overview of the issues, including a Time line, looking at the development of the issue over the last 25 years and information on the WTO case. |
Friends of the Earth: Shrimp-Turtle Dispute
The
Story of the WTO versus the Sea Turtle
A concise overview of the issue
from the Sea Turtle Restoration Project (1999).
Shrimp
and Turtles
Turtle Excluder Devices
Two case studies provided by the Trade
Environment Database (TED).
Turtle
Excluder Devices
An explanation of what TEDs are and how they work from the US National
Marine Fisheries Service.
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Literature on-line |
Sea
Turtles and World Trade
Overview of the 1998 WTO decision by Stephen Kaas and Jean McCarroll,
published in the New York Law Journal.
Shrimp
Fishery and Sea Turtle Concerns
A brief paper by Gene
Buck, part of the Congressional Research Service
Report series (1997).
WTO:
United States Import Prohibition on Certain Shrimp and Shrimp Products
Overview of the Appellate Body and other decisions by Nancy Perkins of the American
Society of International Law.
The WTO
Shrimp/Turtle case
1999 editorial article by Deborah Crouse from the Marine
Turtle NewsLetter.
The
Shrimp-Turtle Controversy: The Rise of Green Unilateralism
1997 article by Walden Bello, Chulalongkorn University Social Research
Institute, Bangkok
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US
Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs: Shrimp
and Sea Turtles
Various background material and documentation on the issue from the US
Department of State, including:
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Setting
the Record Straight on Sea Turtles and Shrimp Remarks by David Balton on Social Justice Litigation: the CIT and WTO (1999) |
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Revised
Guidelines on Sea Turtles Federal Register notice (1999) |
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Suriname: Certification |
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Guyana: Certification |
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Panama and Costa Rica: Certification |
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General
Certifications Statements by Deputy Spokesman James Foley on the 1999 certifications. |
Shrimp-Turtle
Page
Various information from the Centre for
International Environmental Law, including:
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Amicus
Brief [pdf
file] Brief prepared by the Centre for International Environmental Law for the WTO dispute resolution panel. |
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NGO
Developments in the WTO Shrimp-Turtle Case CIEL Statement from September 1997 |
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Statement on WTO Shrimp/Turtle ruling |
Environment-Trade:
Trade Wins Over Turtle Conservation
Press release from the Inter Press Service,
providing a concise overview.