Conservation on the high seas : harmonizing international regimes for the sustainable use of living resources /

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Author / Creator:	Borg, Simone.
Imprint:	Cheltenham, U.K. ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar, c2012.
Description:	xix, 313 p.
Language:	English
Series:	New horizons in environmental and energy law New horizons in environmental and energy law.
Subject:	Marine resources conservation -- Law and legislation. Biodiversity conservation -- Law and legislation.
Format:	E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12242058

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Other authors / contributors:	Edward Elgar Publishing.
ISBN:	0857935631 (hbk. : alk. paper) 085793564X (ebook) 9780857935632 (hardback) 9780857935649 (e-book)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 284-297) and index.
Summary:	This timely book discusses various international norms that qualify the right, which all states have to access and exploit living resources in marine areas beyond national jurisdiction, in order to promote the conservation of such species.

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. Regulatory jurisdiction over living resources on the high seas
3. The obligation to take conservation measures for living resources on the high seas
4. Specialized conservation measures for particular species on the high seas
5. The main constituent elements of conservation regimes for living resources on the high seas
6. Enforcement jurisdiction on the high seas and the conservation of living resources
7. The conservation of living resources on the high seas : constituent elements for compliance and enforcement
8. Conclusion.

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