World Ocean in Globalisation

Davor Vidas is Research Professor and Director of the Law of the Sea Programme at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway. He is the editor of a related volume: Law, Technology and Science for Oceans in Globalisation, issued by this publisher in 2010.Peter Johan Schei is Director of the Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway. He is Chairman of the BirdLife International.

• Introduction1 The World Ocean in Globalisation: Challenges and Responses for the Anthropocene Epoch, Davor Vidas and Peter Johan ScheiPart I: KEY CHALLENGES AND DEVELOPMENTS: SCIENCE, ECONOMIC USES AND LAW2 The Anthropocene Ocean in Its Deep Time Context, Jan Zalasiewicz and Mark Williams3 Marine Science in the Past 25 Years: Main Findings and Trends, John Montgomery and Lionel Carter4 The Sea, Science and the Human Dimension, Marie Jacobsson5 Economic Uses of the Oceans and the Impacts on Marine Environments: Past Trends and Challenges Ahead, Harry N. Scheiber6 Problems of High Seas Governance, David FreestonePart II: CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE OCEANS7 Impacts of Climate Change on Marine Ecosystems, Yvon Le Maho and Joël Durant8 The Polar Oceans and Climate Change, Olav Orheim9 Climate Change and Arctic Governance: Three Images of a Changing Arctic, David D. Caron10 The Climate Regime: Achievements and Challenges, Steinar Andresen and Tora Skodvin11 Sea-Level Rise and the Law of the Sea: Future Options, Moritaka HayashiPart III: SUSTAINABILITY OF FISHERIES12 High Seas Fisheries Today: Challenges and Remedies Under the Global Economy, Nobuyuki Yagi13 High Seas Fisheries Governance: Prospects and Challenges in the 21st Century, Kristina M. Gjerde14 High Seas Fisheries Management: Reflections on Experience with Regional Fisheries Management Organisations in the South Pacific, Gerard van Bohemen15 Reducing Seabird Bycatch: From Identifying Problems to Implementing Policy, Euan DunnPart IV: GLOBAL MARITIME TRANSPORT: CHALLENGES AND RESPONSES16 Mare Liberum or Mare Restrictum? Challenges for the Maritime Industry, Eelco Leemans and Thomas Rammelt17 Global Shipping and the Introduction of Alien Invasive Species, Stephan Gollasch18 Globalisation and Challenges for the Maritime Arctic, Lawson W. Brigham19 The International Maritime Organization and the Protection of the Marine Environment, Jean Claude Sainlos20 Regulatory Layers in Shipping, Henrik Ringbom21 Ballast Water and Alien Species: Regulating Global Transfers and Regional Consequences, Davor Vidas and Maja Markovcic KostelacPart V: SEAS SURROUNDING EUROPE: REGULATORY RESPONSES TO GLOBAL CHALLENGES22 The European Union and the Challenges of Marine Governance: From Sectoral Response to Integrated Policy? Robin Churchill23 Towards Further Reform of the Common Fisheries Policy, David J. Agnew24 The European Union and the Regulation of Underwater Noise Pollution, Irini Papanicolopulu25 The Black Sea: Moving Forward, Nilüfer Oral26 Baltic Sea Gas Pipeline: International Law for Geostrategic Issues, Hans Corell27 The Mediterranean Response to Global Challenges: Environmental Governance and the Barcelona Convention System, Evangelos RaftopoulosIndex of Treaties and Other International InstrumentsSubject Index