韓半島周辺水域における多者間漁業協定体制の導入問題

As the coastal States' maritime jurisdiction has vastly been extended to the sea since the entry into force of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, North East Asian maritime boundaries has become more significant than ever. However, the seas in North East Asia is one of the most difficult areas for maritime boundary delimitation. Under these circumstances, Korea concluded bilateral fisheries agreements with Japan and China respectively, establishing new fisheries order in North East Asia based on EEZ regime. According to those agreements, several intermediate zones or provisional measures zones were established in the overlapping zones in the seas of North East Asia. It was because three coastal States agreed to shelve delicate issues on maritime boundary delimitation during transitional period. Therefore, many agreements have yet to be reached on maritime boundaries among the coastal States in the region. Taking into account these backgrounds, relevant issues regarding establishment of multilateral fisheries agreement as well as bilateral fisheries agreements such as history of the agreements, impact to boundary delimitation, legal status of the intermediate zones and prospects for the maritime boundary delimitation were examined in this article.