EIA Procedure in ISA Draft Exploitation Regulations
March 2, 2020
Due to technological advances, mining the deep ocean floor is becoming a reality, with potential consequences for the sea’s ecosystems.
Due to technological advances, mining the deep ocean floor is becoming a reality, with potential consequences for the sea’s ecosystems.
Shark attack’ presents a considerable social-environmental challenge. Each year a small number of people are injured or killed by shark bite.
This article describes the proliferation of drifting fish aggregating devices (FADs) and analyses subsequent legal questions that arise for fisheries and marine litter management over who
The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (losc) established the
broad framework for the conduct of distant water fishing.
Mining the deep ocean floor hundreds of miles from land was once considered too costly, dangerous, and complicated to attempt.
Fish aggregating devices (FADs) have over recent decades, become an integral tool in commercial tuna fisheries due to their increased efficiency over free school catches.
Multilateral consensus forged among heads of states must be value-additive and relevant at the national level to facilitate on-ground implementation.
This report summarizes written comments submitted by ISA member States and Stakeholders on the most recent draft of proposed regulations to govern exploitation on the international
In PNAS, McDermott et al. (1) analyze a 2014–2016 central Pacific fishing surge, focusing on the Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA) inside the Kiribati exclusive economic
Developing enduring capacity to monitor ocean life requires investing in people and their institutions to build infrastructure, ownership, and long-term support networks.