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High seas bottom trawl fisheries and their impacts on the biodiversity of vulnerable deep-sea ecosystems: Options for international action
… 200 n.m. Exclusive Economic Zones is largely a matter of coastal state responsibility. However, the international … vi Vulnerability of continental margin biodiversity of coastal states • On the continental margin beyond 200 n.m., … to the appropriate international bodies; Precautionary and ecosystem based management and governance • the adoption of …
Towards a strategy for high seas marine protected areas: Proceedings of the IUCN, WCPA and WWF Experts Workshop on High Seas Marine Protected Areas
… focus on the high seas when there is so much to be done in coastal and offshore waters? 2.3.6 Why is the primary focus … Vast expanses of ocean lie beyond the jurisdiction of coastal nations. They include some of the least explored and … a system of such areas to ensure long-term protection of ecosystem processes, biological diversity and productivity …
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
… to specific conditions as provided in article 47. A coastal state’s sovereignty within its territorial sea and … living and non-living resources therein. It also gives the coastal state practically unlimited jurisdiction to prescribe … to engage in the recently emerging holistic notion of ecosystem-based fisheries management. Article 62 contains a …