Marine Scientific Research And The New Law Of The Sea

"This volume offers critical perspectives on UNCLOS' marine scientific research regime, the implementation of this regime, and governance approaches to new marine technologies"--

Marine Scientific Research, New Marine Technologies and the Law of the Sea offers expert insights into new legal developments covering marine scientific research (MSR) including marine genetic resources regime development and emerging marine technologies including floating nuclear power plants.

The present analysis examines the legal framework for marine scientific research with a focus on research platforms

U.S. Policy is to encourage freedom of marine scientific research (MSR). This article compares the legal regimes governing the conduct of MSR under the 1958 Geneva Conventions on the Law of the Sea and the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, which is approaching universal acceptance, and distinguishes MSR from survey activities.

This book examines the strength and limit of UNCLOS in regulating "modern" ocean data collection activities, and proposes possible regulatory arrangements that fill the gaps for regulation of the said activities, if any, in the Convention.

This book, An International Regime for Marine Scientific Research provides a comprehensive and multi-disciplinary study of the International Regime for Marine Scientific Research. Montserrat examines lingering North-South disagreements on the scope of regulation-how these are exacerbated by unprecedented marine science, methodology and technological developments-and explores means to encourage greater MSR cooperation and negotiation. Published under the Transnational Publishers imprint.