Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas
Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas

Author: Markus J. Kachel

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2008-04-30

Total Pages: 395

ISBN-13: 3540787798

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Designations of large Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas (PSSAs) triggered a controversial debate within the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) concerning the legal basis of PSSAs, the relationship between the IMO’s PSSA guidelines and UNCLOS, as well as the competency of IMO to adopt mandatory protective measures in these areas. As a result, IMO conducted a review process which led to substantially updated guidelines adopted in late 2005. This book provides a detailed analysis of the PSSA guidelines and protective measures available in PSSAs. Emphasis is placed on their legal basis and the implications for coastal states' jurisdiction over vessel-source pollution.

Specially Protected Marine Areas in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)
Specially Protected Marine Areas in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)

Author: Thomas Dux

Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 551

ISBN-13: 3643111274

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This thesis examines the question of what States are legally empowered to do under international law when they seek to protect certain areas of their Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). In this context, the regulation of shipping and other human activities under the Law of the Sea Convention and, in particular, the regime for special areas under Article 211(6) of the Convention are addressed. Global and regional instruments containing mechanisms to protect specific areas are discussed and relevant State practice is considered with a view to possible implications on customary international law. Finally, guidance is given as to what States can practically do to protect specific areas of their EEZ for environmental reason. (Series: Schriften zum See- und Hafenrecht - Vol. 18)

Excessive Maritime Claims
Excessive Maritime Claims

Author: J. Ashley Roach

Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers

Published: 2012-06-22

Total Pages: 998

ISBN-13: 9004217738

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This title is designed for law of the sea and maritime law specialists. The coverage includes current affairs in martime law such as submarine cables, polar areas, environmental protection, sovereign immunity and sunken ships, and maritime law enforcement.

Freedom of Seas, Passage Rights and the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention
Freedom of Seas, Passage Rights and the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention

Author: Myron H. Nordquist

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2009-02-28

Total Pages: 646

ISBN-13: 904742705X

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Freedom of the seas and passage rights is a highly topical subject for the international community that cuts across a broad spectrum of scholarly disciplines and maritime operations. The contents of the book include in-depth analysis of current international and regional approaches to freedom of navigation, transit passage through straits used for international navigation, archipelagic sea lanes passage, scientific research and hydrographic surveys in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), military surveys in the EEZ, as well as vessel source pollution and protection of the marine environment. Many of the chapters describe measures in place at multilateral and regional levels to improve information sharing and operational coordination. This collection will especially appeal to those concerned with freedom of the seas and passage rights. The CD accompanying the volume includes important documents such as the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea as well many PowerPoint presentations delivered at the conference. It also includes a draft index to the multi-volume series United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982: A Commentary. This book contains the edited papers and associated documents from the 32nd annual Virginia conference held in Singapore, January 9-10, 2008. Presentations were delivered by government officials, senior naval and coast guard commanders as well as by leading jurists and academics with impressive expertise in the law of the sea.

High Seas Governance
High Seas Governance

Author: Robert C. Beckman

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2018-11-26

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 9004373306

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High Seas Governance: Gaps and Challenges identifies gaps in and challenges to the existing legal regime in the protection and preservation of the marine environment of the high seas, including sensitive marine areas. The gaps identified in the book include the failure of liability and compensation schemes to cover pollution of the high seas and the fact that no state has the responsibility to clean up pollution of the high seas. One common theme of the book is that it is necessary to identify a state other than flag states, port states or coastal states, which should have an obligation to exercise jurisdiction and control over certain activities on the high seas.

The Precautionary Principle in Marine Environmental Law
The Precautionary Principle in Marine Environmental Law

Author: Bénédicte Sage-Fuller

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-07-18

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13: 1135020027

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The book examines whether the jurisdiction of coastal States under international law can be extended to include powers of intervention towards vessels posing a significant risk to their coastal and marine environment, but which have not yet been involved in any incident or accident. The books sets out how it is that coastal State jurisdiction can indeed be seen as including powers of intervention towards High Risks Vessels before an incident or accident happens, on the basis of the precautionary principle. The precautionary principle requires taking action when a risk of damage to the environment is suspected, but cannot be confirmed scientifically.The book thus considers the potential opportunities for the coastal state under international law to regulate international shipping where they consider vessels to an unacceptable risk to the environment, in order to prevent or minimise the risk of occurrence of the accident or incident leading to damage. The book acknowledges that this puts into question some very old and established principles of the law of the sea, most importantly the principle of freedom of navigation. But Bénédicte Sage-Fuller contends that this change would itself be a consequence of the evolution, since the end of WWII, of on the one hand international law of the sea itself, and of international environmental law on the other hand.

Contemporary Regulation of Marine Living Resources and Pollution
Contemporary Regulation of Marine Living Resources and Pollution

Author: E. Franckx (Ed.)

Publisher: Maklu

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 9789046601037

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Between 2001 and 2002 the Maritime Institute of the Universiteit Gent and the Centre for International Law of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel joined efforts and hosted Emeritus Professor Dermott Devine as holder of the International Francqui Chair, around the central themes of fisheries and coastal state jurisdiction with respect to marine pollution. As Emeritus Director of the Institute of Marine and Environmental Law, Professor Devine was available for discussion and participation in the scientific life of the different Belgian universities having similar fields of interest. Within this context six classes of excellence were organized with the participation of interested Belgian colleagues across the board, belonging to universities adhering to different basic philosophies and even forming part of different linguistic communities. These classes culminated in a final symposium where Professor Devine gave a birds-eye view of the general theme, overarching and synthesizing the different subjects covered during the previous classes of excellence. This book offers a reworked compilation of all the contributions of the key-note speakers to the classes of excellence.

Marine Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation
Marine Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation

Author: Julian Roberts

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2006-11-23

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 3540376992

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Despite the potential benefits that the IMO's Particularly Sensitive Sea Area (PSSA) designation can deliver, recent practice within the IMO and by individual member states has considerably undermined confidence in this emerging concept. The focus of this book is on the events within the IMO that have led to this lack of confidence arising. In the process, this book presents an examination of coastal State practice with the PSSA concept.

Research in Computational Molecular Biology
Research in Computational Molecular Biology

Author: Teresa M. Przytycka

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2015-03-25

Total Pages: 385

ISBN-13: 3319167065

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 19th Annual International Conference on Research in Computational Molecular Biology, RECOMB 2015, held in Warsaw, Poland, in April 2015. The 36 extended abstracts were carefully reviewed and selected from 170 submissions. They report on original research in all areas of computational molecular biology and bioinformatics.