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Devoted to assessing the state of ocean and coastal governance, knowledge, and management, the Ocean Yearbook provides information in one convenient resource. As in previous editions, articles provide multidisciplinary expert perspectives on contemporary issues. Each new volume draws on policy studies, international relations, international and comparative law, management, marine sciences, economics, and social sciences. Each volume contains key recent legal and policy instruments. The Yearbook is a collaborative initiative of the International Ocean Institute (www.ioinst.org) in Malta and the Marine & Environmental Law Institute (www.dal.ca/law/MELAW) at the Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.

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Author:   Scott Coffen-Smout ,  Patrícia Galvão Ferreira ,  Moira L. McConnell ,  Sara L. Seck
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Martinus Nijhoff
Volume:   39
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 6.40cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.661kg
ISBN:  

9789004733305

ISBN 10:   9004733302
Pages:   928
Publication Date:   10 July 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Alan E. Boyle (1953–2023): In Memoriam  James Harrison The International Ocean Institute Marine & Environmental Law Institute, Schulich School of Law Co-editors’ Note of Appreciation and Welcome  Scott Coffen-Smout, Moira L. McConnell and Sara L. Seck Aldo Chircop: a Personal Tribute to Excellence  Proshanto K. Mukherjee Acknowledgements List of Figures and Tables Contributors Part 1: ITLOS Advisory Opinion Commentaries The “Integrative Approach” in the ITLOS Climate Change Advisory Opinion: an Essay in Honor of Aldo Chircop  Kristin Bartenstein The ITLOS Advisory Opinion on Climate Change and International Law: a Solid Legal Foundation for State Obligations on Climate Change  Lisa Benjamin and Cymie Payne Strengthening the Legal Framework for the Ocean-Climate Nexus? A Commentary on the ITLOS Advisory Opinion on Climate Change and International Law  Cecilia Engler The 2024 ITLOS COSIS Advisory Opinion: Delivering Climate Justice for Small Island States  David Freestone, Payam Akhavan and Catherine Amirfar Part 2: The Law of the Sea and Ocean Governance The Rights of Nature and Legal Personhood in an Ocean Context  Michelle Bender, Lydia Slobodian, Kristina M. Gjerde, Philippe Cullet, Pradeep Singh and Chloe Olsen The 2022 Canada-Denmark/Greenland Maritime Boundary Agreement: a Model for Rules-Based International Order and a Stepping Stone to Greater Cooperation  Henning Dobson Fugleberg Knudsen, Michelle Campbell and Kenneth Høegh Is the Common Heritage of Mankind Concept Obsolete or Still Relevant?  Michel Morin To Freeze or Not to Freeze: an Analysis of the Approaches to Maritime Boundaries amidst Global Sea Level Rise  Asia Murphy Big Ocean States Leading the Way: Transitioning from Exemplars to Leaders in Ocean Governance  Jeremy Raguain, Angelique Pouponneau, Tamara Thomas and Sara Tjossem Part 3: Marine Resource Management and Conservation Mare Liberum to Mare Curare: the IMO’s Prospective Role in Implementing Area-Based Management Tools for the BBNJ Agreement  Lucas Barsi West Africa’s Rising Tide: Shaping the Future of Marine Geoengineering Governance  Abdul Hafez Mahamah Navigating the Seas of Contamination: Regulating Forever Chemicals in the Ocean  Aleke Stöfen-O’Brien and Lena Ebbinghoff Part 4: Shipping Shipping Emissions Scrubbers and Sea Ice-Breaking in the Arctic: Reflections at the Interface of Shipping Regulations and the Law of the Sea Regime  Youna Lyons and Sian Prior Regulating Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships: Recent Developments and Challenges  Sabrina Hasan Policy Response to COVID-19 in Global Shipping: Systematic Review and Analogical Application  Lamin Jawara and Tafsir Matin Johansson New Amendments to the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006: Linkages to Pandemic Lessons  Desai Shan, Cory Ochs and Evan G. MacKenzie Should Canada Allow Autonomous Ships in its Coastal Waters?—International Context and Legal Implications  Yannick Suazo Part 5: Maritime Crime and Security Gulf of Guinea Piracy: Analysis of Threats, Dynamics and Responses  Kamal-Deen Ali and Emmanuel Kwabena Koomson The Revamped EU Environmental Crime Directive and the Maritime Sector: Real Teeth or Window Dressing?  Michael Tsimplis Humanitarian Missions at Sea: Lessons from the Deployment of Indonesia’s Military Hospital Ship for Humanitarian Aid to Palestinians in the Gaza Conflict  Pornomo Rovan Astri Yoga and Lowell Bautista Part 6: Book Reviews Louise K. Comfort and Harkunti P. Rahayu, eds., Hazardous Seas: A Sociotechnical Framework for Early Tsunami Detection and Warning  Cherdsak Virapat, Ph.D. Neil Craik, Tara Davenport and Ruth Mackenzie, Liability for Environmental Harm to the Global Commons  Elizabeth M. De Santo Vito De Lucia, Alex Oude Elferink and Lan Ngoc Nguyen, eds., International Law and Marine Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction: Reflections on Justice, Space, Knowledge and Power  Olga Koubrak, Ph.D. Endalew Lijalem Enyew, Indigenous Peoples, Marine Space and Resources, and International Law: The Interaction between International Human Rights Law and the Law of the Sea  Sara L. Seck Malcolm D. Evans and Reece Lewis, Islands, Law and Context: The Treatment of Islands in International Law  Jay L. Batongbacal, J.S.D. Nicola Ferri, Conflicts over the Conservation of Marine Living Resources: Third States, Governance, Fragmentation and other recurring issues in International Law  Fred Kingston Wilko Graf von Hardenberg, Sea Level: A History  Charles T. O’Reilly Dawoon Jung, The 1982 Law of the Sea Convention and the Regulation of Offshore Renewable Energy Activities within National Jurisdiction  Alexander Severance Natalie Klein and Kate Parlett, Judging the Law of the Sea  Arron N. Honniball, Ph.D. James Kraska, Ronán Long and Myron H. Nordquist, eds., Peaceful Maritime Engagement in East Asia and the Pacific Region  Ying Tan Lan Ngoc Nguyen, The Development of the Law of the Sea by UNCLOS Dispute Settlement Bodies  Nong Hong Kristoffer Svendsen, Liability and Compensation for Offshore Oil Pollution Damage in the Arctic. Comparing Norwegian and Russian Law  Lars Rosenberg Overby Yoshifumi Tanaka, Predictability and Flexibility in the Law of Maritime Delimitation  Clive Schofield Anna von Rebay, The Designation of Marine Protected Areas: A Legal Obligation  Vu Hai Dang, JSD Appendices Annual Report of the International Ocean Institute Report of the International Ocean Institute, 2023  Mahindokht Faghfouri Selected Documents and Proceedings Oceans and the Law of the Sea Report of the Secretary-General, 19 March 2024 Oceans and the Law of the Sea Report of the Secretary-General, 6 September 2024 United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea Report of the Thirty-Fourth Meeting of States Parties, 10–14 June 2024 Report on the Work of the United Nations Open-Ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea at Its Twenty-Fourth Meeting, 18–21 June 2024  (Signed) Elina Kalkku Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction Ocean and Climate Change Dialogue 2024: Informal Summary Report by the Co-facilitators of the Ocean and Climate Change Dialogue 2023–2024, 2 October 2024 2023 IMO Strategy on Reduction of GHG Emissions from Ships Index

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Edited by Scott Coffen-Smout, Dalhousie University, Patrícia Galvão Ferreira, Dalhousie University, Moira McConnell, Dalhousie University and Sara L. Seck, Dalhousie University

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