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Particularly Sensitive Sea AreasDevelopment and Structure of the PSSA Concept: Implementation and Coordination of Protective Measures

Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas: Development and Structure of the PSSA Concept: Implementation... [The previous chapters have illustrated the deteriorating state of the marine environment and how far states are allowed, under international law, to respond by deploying regimes that subject specific marine areas to enhanced protection. While the PSSA concept was still being drafted, Friends of the Earth International, who were strongly involved in and dedicated to the process, noted that the PSSA regime should “be developed as a means of harmonizing existing international conventions and other legal instruments relating to the protection of marine areas with protective measures provided by IMO Conventions.”109 Even though it is not a premature observation to note that these demands have been met, it is the aim of this treatise not just to sum up the concept roughly but also to reveal its subtle strengths and weaknesses. Thus, in the following sections, I shall shed light on the main components of the PSSA concept as it was developed by IMO within the last two decades. It will become clear that this remarkably open concept stands out for a number of reasons, even though it is restricted in that it only addresses vesselsource environmental threats.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Particularly Sensitive Sea AreasDevelopment and Structure of the PSSA Concept: Implementation and Coordination of Protective Measures

Part of the Hamburg Studies on Maritime Affairs Book Series (volume 13)
Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas — Jan 1, 2008
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Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Copyright
© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2008
ISBN
978-3-540-78778-5
Pages
154 –184
DOI
10.1007/978-3-540-78779-2_7
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Abstract

[The previous chapters have illustrated the deteriorating state of the marine environment and how far states are allowed, under international law, to respond by deploying regimes that subject specific marine areas to enhanced protection. While the PSSA concept was still being drafted, Friends of the Earth International, who were strongly involved in and dedicated to the process, noted that the PSSA regime should “be developed as a means of harmonizing existing international conventions and other legal instruments relating to the protection of marine areas with protective measures provided by IMO Conventions.”109 Even though it is not a premature observation to note that these demands have been met, it is the aim of this treatise not just to sum up the concept roughly but also to reveal its subtle strengths and weaknesses. Thus, in the following sections, I shall shed light on the main components of the PSSA concept as it was developed by IMO within the last two decades. It will become clear that this remarkably open concept stands out for a number of reasons, even though it is restricted in that it only addresses vesselsource environmental threats.]

Published: Jan 1, 2008

Keywords: Great Barrier Reef; Coastal State; Protect Marine Area; Marine Area; International Shipping

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