Vessel traffic in the Bering Strait region is expected to continue
to increase and to involve a vastly greater suite of nationalities and
interests, bringing potential local economic benefits as well as a
greater risk of harm to the environment and to local cultures and
communities. Many actions can be taken, however, to manage risk
so that economic benefits need not come at the expense of
negative impacts to the environment or the people who live as
part of the Bering Strait region's ecosystem. Table 1 shows which
regulatory and other measures can help reduce the risks identified
in this paper. No single measure addresses all the risks