Myron H. Nordquist is the Associate Director and Editor of the Center for Oceans Law and Policy, and Senior Fellow at the Center for National Security Law at the University of Virginia School of Law. He is Editor-in-Chief of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982: a Commentary, the seven-volume “Virginia Commentary” series, plus a Supplementary Documents volume.John Norton Moore is the Walter L. Brown Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law where he directs the Center for Oceans Law and Policy. Among seven presidential appointments, he served as Chairman, NSC Interagency Task Force on the Law of the Sea; United States Ambassador and Deputy Special Representative of the President to the Law of the Sea Conference (1973-76); and was a Member of the National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere (1984-85).Ronán Long holds the Nippon Foundation Professorial Chair in Ocean Governance and the Law of the Sea at the World Maritime University and lectures on Ocean Governance, Law of the Sea and International Dispute Resolution and Diplomacy. He has also lectured at the Rhodes Academy of Oceans Law and Policy and is a supervisor of advanced academic research under the United Nations - The Nippon Foundation of Japan Fellowship Programme.

• IntroductionI. Featured Studies 1.Interpretation of UNCLOS Article 121 and Itu Aba (Taiping) in the South China Sea Arbitration AwardMyron H. Nordquist and William G. Phalen2.Potential Global Economic Impacts of Ocean Acidification Stephen A. Macko and Christina Fantasia, with Guifang (Julia) XUEII. Arctic Shipping and Resources3.Legal Problems of the Northern Sea Route Exploitation: Brief Analysis of the Legislation of the Russian FederationTatiana Sorokina and William Phalen4.IMO and the Arctic: Developments Since Bergen in 2014J. Ashley Roach5.Arctic Continental Shelf of the Russian Federation Beyond 200 Nautical Miles: Initial Prospect of Sustainable RegulationRustambek M. NurimbetovIII. Arctic Ocean Fisheries6.The Legal Framework for High Seas Fisheries in the Central Arctic Ocean Tomas Heidar7.Arctic Ocean Fisheries and KoreaJee Hyun CHOI 8.Conservation of Marine Living Resources in the Central Arctic Ocean: Five Arctic Coastal States’ InitiativesJianye TANG IV. Deep Sea-Bed Regime9.The Forthcoming Breakthrough: China’s Legislation on Activities in the Deep Seabed AreaJiancai JIN and Guobin ZHANG10.The Due Diligence Obligation of a Sponsoring State: A Framework for ImplementationElana GeddisV. Resources and Maritime Boundary Regimes11. The Grey Area in the Bay of Bengal Case Jin-Hyun PAIK12.Separate Lines: Challenges and Opportunities of Differentiated Seabed and Water Column Boundaries Leonardo Bernard and Clive Schofield13.Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction: Time to Chart a New Course?David Freestone and Viva HarrisVI.Current Ocean Law and Policy Challenges/Opportunities14.The Antarctic Whaling Case and the International Law on the Regulation of WhalingDan LIU15.Law of the Sea and Ocean Governance in Southeast Asia: Comparative European Lessons on Pragmatism and Principle Ronán Long 16.The Link Between Exercise of Control Over Foreign Merchant Ships with Lawful Grounds and State Liability for Wrong AssessmentsHakan Karan Index

Myron H. Nordquist is the Associate Director and Editor of the Center for Oceans Law and Policy, and Senior Fellow at the Center for National Security Law at the University of Virginia School of Law. He is Editor-in-Chief of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982: a Commentary, the seven-volume “Virginia Commentary” series, plus a Supplementary Documents volume.John Norton Moore is the Walter L. Brown Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law where he directs the Center for Oceans Law and Policy. Among seven presidential appointments, he served as Chairman, NSC Interagency Task Force on the Law of the Sea; United States Ambassador and Deputy Special Representative of the President to the Law of the Sea Conference (1973-76); and was a Member of the National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere (1984-85).Ronán Long holds the Nippon Foundation Professorial Chair in Ocean Governance and the Law of the Sea at the World Maritime University and lectures on Ocean Governance, Law of the Sea and International Dispute Resolution and Diplomacy. He has also lectured at the Rhodes Academy of Oceans Law and Policy and is a supervisor of advanced academic research under the United Nations - The Nippon Foundation of Japan Fellowship Programme.

• IntroductionI. Featured Studies 1.Interpretation of UNCLOS Article 121 and Itu Aba (Taiping) in the South China Sea Arbitration AwardMyron H. Nordquist and William G. Phalen2.Potential Global Economic Impacts of Ocean Acidification Stephen A. Macko and Christina Fantasia, with Guifang (Julia) XUEII. Arctic Shipping and Resources3.Legal Problems of the Northern Sea Route Exploitation: Brief Analysis of the Legislation of the Russian FederationTatiana Sorokina and William Phalen4.IMO and the Arctic: Developments Since Bergen in 2014J. Ashley Roach5.Arctic Continental Shelf of the Russian Federation Beyond 200 Nautical Miles: Initial Prospect of Sustainable RegulationRustambek M. NurimbetovIII. Arctic Ocean Fisheries6.The Legal Framework for High Seas Fisheries in the Central Arctic Ocean Tomas Heidar7.Arctic Ocean Fisheries and KoreaJee Hyun CHOI 8.Conservation of Marine Living Resources in the Central Arctic Ocean: Five Arctic Coastal States’ InitiativesJianye TANG IV. Deep Sea-Bed Regime9.The Forthcoming Breakthrough: China’s Legislation on Activities in the Deep Seabed AreaJiancai JIN and Guobin ZHANG10.The Due Diligence Obligation of a Sponsoring State: A Framework for ImplementationElana GeddisV. Resources and Maritime Boundary Regimes11. The Grey Area in the Bay of Bengal Case Jin-Hyun PAIK12.Separate Lines: Challenges and Opportunities of Differentiated Seabed and Water Column Boundaries Leonardo Bernard and Clive Schofield13.Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction: Time to Chart a New Course?David Freestone and Viva HarrisVI.Current Ocean Law and Policy Challenges/Opportunities14.The Antarctic Whaling Case and the International Law on the Regulation of WhalingDan LIU15.Law of the Sea and Ocean Governance in Southeast Asia: Comparative European Lessons on Pragmatism and Principle Ronán Long 16.The Link Between Exercise of Control Over Foreign Merchant Ships with Lawful Grounds and State Liability for Wrong AssessmentsHakan Karan Index

Myron H. Nordquist is the Associate Director and Editor of the Center for Oceans Law and Policy, and Senior Fellow at the Center for National Security Law at the University of Virginia School of Law. He is Editor-in-Chief of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982: a Commentary, the seven-volume “Virginia Commentary” series, plus a Supplementary Documents volume.John Norton Moore is the Walter L. Brown Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law where he directs the Center for Oceans Law and Policy. Among seven presidential appointments, he served as Chairman, NSC Interagency Task Force on the Law of the Sea; United States Ambassador and Deputy Special Representative of the President to the Law of the Sea Conference (1973-76); and was a Member of the National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere (1984-85).Ronán Long holds the Nippon Foundation Professorial Chair in Ocean Governance and the Law of the Sea at the World Maritime University and lectures on Ocean Governance, Law of the Sea and International Dispute Resolution and Diplomacy. He has also lectured at the Rhodes Academy of Oceans Law and Policy and is a supervisor of advanced academic research under the United Nations - The Nippon Foundation of Japan Fellowship Programme.

• IntroductionI. Featured Studies 1.Interpretation of UNCLOS Article 121 and Itu Aba (Taiping) in the South China Sea Arbitration AwardMyron H. Nordquist and William G. Phalen2.Potential Global Economic Impacts of Ocean Acidification Stephen A. Macko and Christina Fantasia, with Guifang (Julia) XUEII. Arctic Shipping and Resources3.Legal Problems of the Northern Sea Route Exploitation: Brief Analysis of the Legislation of the Russian FederationTatiana Sorokina and William Phalen4.IMO and the Arctic: Developments Since Bergen in 2014J. Ashley Roach5.Arctic Continental Shelf of the Russian Federation Beyond 200 Nautical Miles: Initial Prospect of Sustainable RegulationRustambek M. NurimbetovIII. Arctic Ocean Fisheries6.The Legal Framework for High Seas Fisheries in the Central Arctic Ocean Tomas Heidar7.Arctic Ocean Fisheries and KoreaJee Hyun CHOI 8.Conservation of Marine Living Resources in the Central Arctic Ocean: Five Arctic Coastal States’ InitiativesJianye TANG IV. Deep Sea-Bed Regime9.The Forthcoming Breakthrough: China’s Legislation on Activities in the Deep Seabed AreaJiancai JIN and Guobin ZHANG10.The Due Diligence Obligation of a Sponsoring State: A Framework for ImplementationElana GeddisV. Resources and Maritime Boundary Regimes11. The Grey Area in the Bay of Bengal Case Jin-Hyun PAIK12.Separate Lines: Challenges and Opportunities of Differentiated Seabed and Water Column Boundaries Leonardo Bernard and Clive Schofield13.Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction: Time to Chart a New Course?David Freestone and Viva HarrisVI.Current Ocean Law and Policy Challenges/Opportunities14.The Antarctic Whaling Case and the International Law on the Regulation of WhalingDan LIU15.Law of the Sea and Ocean Governance in Southeast Asia: Comparative European Lessons on Pragmatism and Principle Ronán Long 16.The Link Between Exercise of Control Over Foreign Merchant Ships with Lawful Grounds and State Liability for Wrong AssessmentsHakan Karan Index