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The Law of the Sea

… on laws of the sea. Respectively, they dealt with the high seas, the territorial sea and the contiguous zone, the … fishing and conservation of the living resources of the high seas. A voluntary protocol was also adopted requiring …
21 May 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

Regional Seas Agreements

… and obtain your certificate. Book - Unit 3 - Regional Seas Agreements Book - Unit 6 - Regional Seas Agreements Site: UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION PORTAL ON … of parties, that is, not only to the territorial sea, high seas, seabeds and subsoil adjacent to parties in the …
21 May 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

Dumping of Wastes at Sea

… and substances into all marine environments, including high seas and territorial waters. Annex I sets out the “black … mercury and mercury compounds, persistent plastics, high-level radioactive wastes and materials produced for …
21 May 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

Regional Sea Agreements

… (Nairobi Convention) 1. Introduction The UNEP Regional Seas Programme (RSP) was established 1974 to address the … protect their shared marine environment. Type of regional seas Main feature Regions concerned UNEP administered Regional Seas Secretariat, administration of the Trust Fund and …
21 May 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

Introductory presentation to the SEA Protocol

… 7 The objective of this Protocol is to provide for a high level of protection of the environment, including …
21 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

White Paper - Regional Seas Governance

… NATIONS UNEP (DEPI)/VW.1 /WP.3. Original: ENGLISH Regional Seas Visioning Workshop, Geneva, Switzerland, 3-4 July 2014 … from ballast water,2 among others. Overfishing on the high seas is in particular a challenge,3 inter alia, because … for instance because it also deals with discrete high seas fish stocks. It is this broader meaning of the term …
21 May 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

… 7. Conservation and management of living resources in the High Seas Towards a new international agreement 8. Resolutions … Economic Zone,’ part VI ‘Continental Shelf,’ part VII ‘High Seas,’ and part XI ‘The Area.’ Of the remaining thematic …
21 May 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

Factsheet - Regional Seas Conventions and Action Plans

… UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME U N E P Regional Seas Conventions and Action Plans …a framework for regional … marine and coastal resources Background UNEP’s Regional Seas Programme – launched in 1974 in the wake of the 1972 … form the basis for the programme, are usually adopted by high-level intergovernmental meetings and implemented, in …
21 May 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

Background document - 1995 United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement

… within areas under national jurisdiction and on the high seas. It also contains specific provisions relating to … sharks, regularly travel long distances through both high seas areas and areas under national jurisdiction. …
21 May 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

The Fish Stock Agreement - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… species in articles 63(1) and 65-68 of UNCLOS and discrete high seas species. However, some of the provisions and concepts in … UNCLOS between coastal states and states that fish on the high seas. As the full title of the Agreement reveals, it …
21 May 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater