Protection of our Oceans: The Historic Central Arctic Ocean Fisheries Agreement

In this episode we listen to short presentations from various partners to the Historic Central Arctic Ocean Fisheries Agreement.

Panelists are:

• David A. Balton, Ambassador; Executive Director, Arctic Executive Steering Committee, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, USA
• Nadia Bouffard, Director General, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada
• Antje Boetius, Director of the Alfred Wegener Insitute
• Gao Feng, Special Representative for Arctic Affairs, China
• Alan Haynie, General Secretary, International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)
• Guðmundur Kristjánsson, CEO Brim
• Joji Morishita, Professor, Tokyo University of Marine Science
• Herb Nakimayak, Executive Council Member, Inuit Circumpolar Council
• Park Chong-Suk, Ambassador for Arctic Affairs, Korea
• Myeong-dal Song, Deputy Minister for the Marine Policy Office, the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries of the Republic of Korea
• Miguel Roncero, International Relations Officer, Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG MARE), European Commission
• Rolf Rødven, Executive Secretary, Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program (AMAP)
• Hyoung Chul Shin, Vice President, Korea Polar Research Institute of Marine Research (KOPRI)
• Vicki Lee Wallgren, Director of the Arctic Programme, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)

The panel is moderated by Mads Qvist Frederiksen, Executive Director, Arctic Economic Council.

This event originally took place at the 2023 Arctic Circle Assembly and was organized in collaboration with the Arctic Economic Council and the Korean Polar Research Institute (KOPRI).

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