Ad Hoc Open-ended Informal Working Group to study issues relating to the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity beyond areas of national jurisdiction (BBNJ Working Group) 269, 381
Agreement for the Establishment of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM Agreement) 148, 248, 249
Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks (Fish Stock Agreement, FSA) 94, 101, 102, 112–13, 121, 147, 155, 176–79, 281, 186, 192, , 199–202, 238, 277, 281, 288, 341342, 349
Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (PSMA) 7, 191–94, 202, 343
Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Contiguous Atlantic Area (ACCOBAMS) 246, 251–53
Annex V to the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty (Annex V to the Madrid Protocol) 41, 41–43, 72, 74, 166–67, 200, 235, 239, 259, 342
Collective arrangement between competent international organisations on cooperation and coordination regarding selected areas in areas beyond national jurisdiction in the North–East Atlantic (Collective Arrangement) 203, 208, 209, 216, 221–25, 232–34, 233n148, 256–58, 263, 263n271, 265, 266, 345
Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) 23–25, 27, 38, 41–44, 125, 149, 126, 149, 176, 240
Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) 54
Committee for Environmental Protection (CEP) 42, 43, 74, 239
Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals (CCAS) 244, 245
Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean (Barcelona Convention) 6, 58–60, 150, 177, 247, 248, 254–55, 261
Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North–East Atlantic. See OSPAR Convention
General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) 64, 148n64, 248–49, 259
Generally Accepted International Rules and Standards/Generally Accepted International Regulations, Procedures and Practices 271–72, 191, 208, 242, 254, 255
Intergovernmental Conference on Marine Biodiversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction (IGC) 3, 271–72, 280, 295, 305
International Agreement on the Creation of a Marine Mammal Sanctuary in the Mediterranean (Pelagos Sanctuary Agreement) 61, 63, 65, 249
International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) 174n170, 210, 247, 258, 262, 266
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) 7, 172, 173, 191, 242, 254, 260, 261
International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (ICRW) 49, 65, 244, 245, 260
International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) 172, 173
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) 212, 212n40, 214–16, 255
International Court of Justice (ICJ)
Barcelona Traction, Light and Power Company, Limited Case (1970) 160
Military and Paramilitary Activities in and against Nicaragua Case (1986) 189
International legally binding instrument under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (ILBI)