This comprehensive volume in Oceans Law and Policy from Lima, Peru focuses on the most compelling issues in the field, exploring strategic competition over deep seabed minerals, Chinaâs maritime governance, autonomous ships and remote operating centers, IUU fishing in Latin America, marine biodiversity and data management, maritime piracy and the threat to international shipping in the Gulf of Aden, offshore wind power expansion, and Peruâs approach to the BBNJ Agreement. Contributors are leading figures in the law of the sea and oceans law and policy.
James Kraska, S.J.D., Harvard Law School, is Visiting Professor of Law and John Harvey Gregory Lecturer on World Organization. He has published monographs and articles on oceans law and policy.
Raul Pedrozo, J.D., LL.M., United States Naval War College, is Howard S. Levie Chair of the Law of Armed Conflict.
Ronán Long, Ph.D., is Director of the World Maritime University WMU-Sasakawa Global Ocean Institute.
Contents
Foreword
1 Deep Seabed Minerals in U.S.âChina Strategic Mineral Competition
âJames Kraska
2 Legal Aspects of Remote Operating Centers (rocs): The Flag State Jurisdiction
âKübra Var Türk
3 Assault on Latin American Fisheries by Chinaâs Distant Water Fishing Fleet
âRaul (Pete) Pedrozo
4 Data Challenges in the Observation of Marine Biodiversity: Toward a Collaborative Framework
âAspasia Pastra, Frank E. Muller-Karger and Joana Soares
5 Reassessing the Definition of Piracy: The Legal Status of Houthisâ Maritime Attacks
âKentaro Furuya
6 A Baseline Study of Emerging Regulatory Challenges for Ocean Observation Technologies in Areas beyond National Jurisdiction
âTafsir Matin Johansson, Alen Soldo and Lamin Jawara
7 Chinaâs Maritime Governance under Xi Jinping and Its Implications for the International Community
âChisako T. Masuo
8 Trade-Offs in Offshore Wind Power: Lessons from Europe and Latin America
âGabriela Argüello
9 Peru and the bbnj Agreement: Moving from the Shifting Sands of Exceptionalism to the terra firma of Multilateralism
âGRonán Long
Index
This book is designed for scholars and practitioners in the law of the sea and oceans law and policy.