New Issue: Ocean Development & International Law

The latest issue of Ocean Development & International Law (Vol. 57, no. 1, 2026) is out. Contents include:

• Articles
• Constantinos Yiallourides, Lennart Westmark & Alexander Proelss, Cross-Border CO2 Transport and Storage Networks in Europe through “Arrangements” under the London Protocol
• Yoshifumi Tanaka, Three Functions of Due Diligence Obligations in the Prevention of Vessel-Source Marine Pollution from Arctic Shipping
• Krittika Singh, Environmental Impact Assessment for Deep-Sea Mining: From Exploration to Exploitation and Relevance of the BBNJ Agreement
• Special Section: Protection of Fishers in Southeast Asia under International Law
• Natalie Klein, Andrew Blackie & Dita Liliansa, Abuses in the Southeast Asian Fishing Industry as Violations of International Law
• Andrea Longo, Flag State Jurisdiction and the Protection of Human Rights in Southeast Asia
• Dita Liliansa, Home State Jurisdiction over Corporate Harms at Sea in Fisheries in Southeast Asia
• Natalie Klein, The Potential Role of Regional Fisheries Management Organizations in Addressing International Human Rights Violations in Fisheries in Southeast Asia
• Arron N. Honniball, Combating Forced Labour in Fisheries Through Trade Restrictions: First Steps and Their Consistency with International Law

New Issue: Ocean Development & International Law

The latest issue of Ocean Development & International Law (Vol. 56, no. 4, 2025) is out. Contents include:

• The Lifecycle of Offshore Wind Power: Nordic Legal Perspectives
• Gabriela Argüello, Ignacio Herrera Anchustegui & Henrik Ringbom, Offshore Wind Energy in a Nordic Regulatory Context: Editorial
• Niko Soininen, Kaisa Huhta & Seita Vesa, Offshore Wind Power through the Lenses of EU Climate, Energy, and Environmental Law—Between Climate Aspirations, Market Competition, and Environmental Impact
• Aron Westholm, The Role of Planning in Offshore Wind Power Deployment
• Leila Neimane, Sigrid Eskeland Schütz & Lena Gipperth, On the Concept of—and Legal Pathways Towards—Marine Co-existence: Sustainable Offshore Wind Energy in the Baltic and North Seas
• Niels Krabbe & Gabriela Argüello, Reconciling Marine Conservation with Offshore Wind Parks
• Niels Krabbe, The Strained Relationship of Offshore Wind Energy and Shipping: Promoting Coexistence under the Law of the Sea
• Thaysa Portela de Carvalho, Incorporating Qualitative Criteria in Offshore Wind Tenders: Experiences in Denmark, Finland, Germany, and the Netherlands
• Katrine Broch Hauge, Licensing Offshore Wind in Norway: Integrating Sustainability Requirements Such as Nature Positivity
• Iva Parlov & Maria Madalena das Neves, Regulating the Sustainable Decommissioning of Offshore Wind Turbines: Lessons from Europe?

New Issue: Ocean Development & International Law

The latest issue of Ocean Development & International Law (Vol. 56, no. 3, 2025) is out. Contents include:

• Ethan Beringen, Exploring the Potential for Inter-Regime Learning Between the BBNJ Agreement and the Global Plastics Treaty
• Pornomo Rovan Astri Yoga & Lowell Bautista, Legal Analysis of the Establishment of Exclusion Zones for Submarines in Indonesia’s Archipelagic Sea Lanes
• Laisa Branco de Almeida, The New Regulatory Framework under the BBNJ Agreement for Marine Genetic Resources and the Material Exception to Fishing and Fishing-Related Activities
• Daiana Seabra Venancio, Challenges in Defining the Legal Status of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs)
• Endalew Lijalem Enyew, Impact and Recognition of Traditional Fishing Rights in Maritime Boundary Delimitation: Overview of State Practice in Latin America and Africa
• Henrik Ringbom, New Threats—Old Rules: Law of the Sea Issues Raised by Suspected Attacks on Submarine Infrastructure in the Baltic Sea
• Tajra Smajic, Climate Change and Deep Seabed Mining: Implications of the COSIS Advisory Opinion
• Sophia Kopela, Due Diligence and the Establishment of Area-Based Management Tools Including Marine Protected Areas in the BBNJ Agreement

New Issue: Ocean Development & International Law

The latest issue of Ocean Development & International Law (Vol. 56, no. 2, 2025) is out. Contents include:

• Zhen Sun, Coastal State Jurisdiction over Acts against Transiting Submarine Pipelines in the Exclusive Economic Zone and on the Continental Shelf—The Case of the Nord Stream Incidents
• Osvaldo Urrutia S., Andrew Friedman & Adriana Fabra, Untangling Squid: Regulatory Gaps and Opportunities to Improve High Seas Squid Fisheries Management
• Klaas Willaert & Anemoon Soete, The Interaction Between the BBNJ Agreement and the International Deep Sea Mining Regime: More Questions than Answers?
• Iva Parlov, Remotely Controlled Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS), the “Genuine Link” Requirement, and the “Effectiveness” of Flag State Jurisdiction: Key Problems and Prospects
• Julian Roberts, Joanna Mossop & M. Rezah Badal, Planning for the Management of the Extended Continental Shelf: The Unique Situation of the Mascarene Plateau Region of the Western Indian Ocean

New Issue: Ocean Development & International Law

The latest issue of Ocean Development & International Law (Vol. 56, no. 1, 2025) is out. Contents include:

• Bastiaan E. Klerk, A Sheep in Wolf’s Clothing? Reflections on the Institutional Nature of the New Regime for ABMTs and MPAs under the BBNJ Agreement
• Pradeep A. Singh, Aline Jaeckel & Jeff A. Ardron, A Pause or Moratorium for Deep Seabed Mining in the Area? The Legal Basis, Potential Pathways, and Possible Policy Implications
• Vonintsoa Rafaly, Beyond States: Ocean Governance in the Anthropocene
• Michael Tsimplis & Ming Chen, Ship Arrest in China: The Link with Economic and Marine Policy
• Shani Friedman, The Law of the Sea Goes Digital—Indigenous Peoples’ “Right to Exclude” Their Traditional Knowledge from the Digital Sphere
• Massimo Lando, Baseline Preservation as a Response to Sea-Level Rise

New Issue: Ocean Development & International Law

The latest issue of Ocean Development & International Law (Vol. 55, no. 4, 2024) is out. Contents include:

• Enduring and Emerging Issues of the Law of the Sea: A Special Issue in Honor of Professor Ted L. McDorman
• Suzanne Lalonde, Clive Schofield & Kristin Bartenstein, Introduction to the Special Issue in Honor of Ted L. McDorman
• Suzanne Lalonde & P. Whitney Lackenbauer, Moving Beyond Benign Neglect: The Beaufort Sea Dispute and the Benefits of Compromise Solutions between Salt Water Neighbors, An Essay in Honor of Ted L. McDorman
• Elizabeth Elliot-Meisel, Resolution at the Intersection of Sovereignty and Security in the Northwest Passage Dispute: An Essay in Honor of Ted L. McDorman
• Erik Franckx, Arctic Straight Baselines: Time for a Revisit?—An Essay in Honor of Ted L. McDorman
• Elizabeth Riddell-Dixon, Complexities and Complications: Delineating and Delimiting Russia’s Arctic Continental Shelf as the Russian Federation Wages War on Ukraine, An Essay in Honor of Ted L. McDorman
• Tore Henriksen, The Dispute over the Geographical Application of the Svalbard Treaty: Into a New Phase, An Essay in Honor of Ted L. McDorman
• Young Kil Park, Evaluation of South Korea’s Growing Activities in the Changing Arctic: An Essay in Honor of Ted L. McDorman
• Natalie Klein, The South China Sea Code of Conduct and the Freedom of Navigation: A Proposal in Honor of Ted L. McDorman
• Seokwoo Lee, Evolution of the Law of the Sea and Ocean Policy in Northeast Asia
• Donald McRae & Amanda Turnbull, The 1999 Pacific Salmon Agreement: An Essay in Honor of Ted L. McDorman
• Donald R. Rothwell, Bilateral Law of the Sea Neighbors: Australia and New Zealand’s Partnership and McDorman’s North American Rivals
• Joanna Mossop & Clive Schofield, Options for Cooperation and Joint Management in Disputed Areas of the Continental Shelf beyond 200 Nautical Miles: An Essay in Honor of Ted L. McDorman
• Stuart Kaye, The Impact of Advisory Opinions from the International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea on the Work of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf: An Essay in Honor of Ted L. McDorman
• Nigel Bankes, The Dispute Resolution and Advisory Opinion Provisions of the BBNJ Agreement: An Essay in Honor of Ted L. McDorman
• Clive Schofield & David Freestone, The Legal Regime of Islands after the South China Sea Award—Orphaned or Influential? An Essay in Honor of Ted L. McDorman
• Kuan-Hsiung Wang, From Fishery Resources Conservation to Labor Protection: RFMOs and the Development of Combating IUU, An Essay in Honor of Ted L. McDorman
• Kristin Bartenstein, ‘Inconvenient Conveniences’: An Essay on Extraterritorial Port State Jurisdiction, in Honor of Ted L. McDorman
• Aldo Chircop, Pollution Substitution? Scrubber Discharges and the Law of the Sea: An Essay in Honor of Ted L. McDorman
• Yoshifumi Tanaka, The Concept of Adjacent Coastal States in the BBNJ Agreement: An Essay in Honor of Ted L. McDorman
• David L. VanderZwaag & Abdul Hafez Mahamah, International Governance of Marine Geoengineering: Sketchy Seascape, Foggy Future—An Essay in Honor of Ted L. McDorman

New Issue: Ocean Development & International Law

The latest issue of Ocean Development & International Law (Vol. 55, no. 3, 2024) is out. Contents include:

• Hui Wu, International Law Challenges for Underwater Cultural Heritage Protection in the South China Sea
• Andrey Todorov, Potential Contributions of IMO Area-Based Shipping Management and Port State Jurisdiction to the Regulation of Ship-Borne Tourism in Antarctica
• Rob McLaughlin, Different Pacta or Different Servanda? Grey-Zone Lawfare and Law of the Sea-Based Passage and Operational Rights
• Alexandre Pereira da Silva, The Case of the Martin Vaz Rocks and Other Brazilian Offshore Archipelagos: A Further Step Toward the “Territorialization” of the South Atlantic
• Mutaz M. Qafisheh, Eastern Mediterranean Maritime Boundary Delimitation: The Claims of the State of Palestine under UNCLOS
• Suk Kyoon Kim, Challenges to the Capacity-Building of Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) in East Asia: What Is at Stake?

New Issue: Ocean Development & International Law

The latest issue of Ocean Development & International Law (Vol. 55, nos. 1-2, 2024) is out. Contents include:

• Anita Rayegani, Mesopelagic Mysteries: Regulating an Emerging Resource Amid Uncertainty
• Xiaoyi Jiang & Zhiwei Wang, Emergency Marine Protected Areas Under the BBNJ Agreement: A Feasible Solution for Emergencies in ABNJ?
• Luciana Fernandes Coelho, The Practice of the Caribbean SIDS on the Consent Regime for Marine Scientific Research Under UNCLOS: Trends, Gaps, and Recommendations
• Yoshifumi Tanaka, Reflections on the Environmental Impact Assessment in the BBNJ Agreement: Its Implications for the Conservation of Biological Diversity in the Marine Arctic beyond National Jurisdiction
• Vito De Lucia, After the Dust Settles: Selected Considerations about the New Treaty on Marine Biodiversity in Areas beyond National Jurisdiction with Respect to ABMTs and MPAs
• Lingjia Bu, The Role of Low-Tide Elevations in Maritime Delimitation Cases
• Barbara Stępień, Towards a New Horizon: 1972 COLREG in the Era of Autonomous Ships
• Hoon Cho, Is Compulsory Jurisdiction Under UNCLOS Part XV Expanding? A Critical Review of the Claims
• Holly Leung, The Extended Continental Shelf in Nicaragua v Colombia: Identifying a Customary Rule Based on CLCS Submissions?
• Julian Roberts, Designating Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction

New Issue: Ocean Development & International Law

The latest issue of Ocean Development & International Law (Vol. 54, no. 4, 2023) is out. Contents include:

• H. J. Woker, Challenging the Notion of a “Single Continental Shelf”
• Apostolos Tsiouvalas & Jan Jakub Solski, ‘One Map to Rule Them All’? Revisiting Legalities Through Cartographic Representations of the Northwest Passage
• Gunnar Sander, European Approaches Support an Essential Definition of Ecosystem-Based Management and Demonstrate Its Implementation for the Oceans
• Aron Westholm & Gabriela Argüello, Dynamic Ocean Management in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction
• Sarah Lothian, The BBNJ Agreement: Through the Prism of Deep-Sea Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems

New Issue: Ocean Development & International Law

The latest issue of Ocean Development & International Law (Vol. 54, no. 3, 2023) is out. Contents include:

• Camille Goodman, Harnessing the Wind Down Under: Applying the UNCLOS Framework to the Regulation of Offshore Wind by Australia and New Zealand
• Frances Anggadi, Camille Goodman, Natalie Klein & Donald R. Rothwell, Alleged Violations of Sovereign Rights and Maritime Spaces in the Caribbean Sea: Implications for the Customary International Law of the Sea
• Angelo Goethals & Frank Maes, Decommissioning Offshore Windfarms and Grid Infrastructure: To Remove or Not to Remove? - A Belgian Law Perspective
• Alexander Lott, Maritime Security in the Baltic and Japanese Straits From the Perspective of EEZ Corridors
• Christine Bianco, Zenel Garcia & Bibek Chand, What Is Innocent? Freedom of Navigation Versus Coastal States’ Rights in the Law of the Sea

New Issue: Ocean Development & International Law

The latest issue of Ocean Development & International Law (Vol. 54, no. 2, 2023) is out. Contents include:

• Jan Jakub Solski, The Polar Code Process and Sovereignty Bargains: Comparing the Approaches of Canada and Russia to POLARIS
• Apostolos Tsiouvalas & Jen Evans, From “Common Pools” to “Fish Pools”: Shifting Property Institutions in Traditional Waters of Norway and Canada
• Iva Parlov, Can the International Regulatory Framework on Ships’ Routing, Ship Reporting, and Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) Accommodate Marine Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS)? Exploring the Autonomy-Neutral Character of the Existing Regulations
• Mohit Gupta & S. Shanthakumar, Assessment of the Legal Regime for Protecting Abandoned Seafarers: A Study in Light of the 2006 Maritime Labour Convention
• Elizabeth Macpherson, Eric Jorgensen, Adrienne Paul, Hamish Rennie, Karen Fisher, Julia Talbot-Jones, Judi Hewitt, Andrew Allison, Jill Banwell & Alexandra Parkinson, Designing Law and Policy for the Health and Resilience of Marine and Coastal Ecosystems—Lessons From (and for) Aotearoa New Zealand

New Issue: Ocean Development & International Law

The latest issue of Ocean Development & International Law (Vol. 54, no. 1, 2023) is out. Contents include:

• Xu Qi, Reviving the Monetary Gold Principle? A Case Note on the Judgment of Preliminary Objections in the Mauritius/Maldives Case
• Huaigao Qi, Maritime Delimitation Between China and South Korea in the South Yellow Sea
• Pierre Thévenin, Back to the USSR: The Consequences of the 1965 Soviet Decree No. 331-112 “On the Procedure for Navigation of Foreign Ships in the Straits Along the Track of the Northern Sea Route” on Today’s Navigation Through the Russian Arctic Straits
• Dawoon Jung, Ship Surveys and Certification During Global Health Pandemics; Challenges and Opportunities Presented by COVID-19

New Issue: Ocean Development & International Law

The latest issue of Ocean Development & International Law (Vol. 53, no. 4, 2022) is out. Contents include:

• Linda Finska, Ludmila Ivanova, Ingvild Ulrikke Jakobsen, Heidi Rapp Nilsen, Anne Katrine Normann & Jan Solski, Waste Management on Fishing Vessels and in Fishing Harbors in the Barents Sea: Gaps in Law, Implementation and Practice
• Zhongyu Li & Makoto Seta, The Expanding Role of Classification Societies in Conserving the Marine Environment: The Case of the 2004 BWM Convention
• Hu Zhang & Qiuwen Wang, New Developments in China’s Maritime Traffic Safety Legislation: Theoretical Background, Institutional Changes, and Potential Implications
• Alberto Pecoraro, The Regulatory Powers of the International Seabed Authority: Security of Tenure and Its Limits

New Issue: Ocean Development & International Law

The latest issue of Ocean Development & International Law (Vol. 53, nos. 2-3, 2022) is out. Contents include:

• Yen-Chiang Chang, Toward Better Maritime Cooperation—A Proposal from the Chinese Perspective
• José Manuel Sobrino-Heredia, The European Union as a Maritime Security Actor in the Gulf of Guinea: From Its Strategy and Action Plan to the New Concept of “Coordinated Maritime Presences”
• Alexander Lott & Shin Kawagishi, The Legal Regime of the Strait of Hormuz and Attacks Against Oil Tankers: Law of the Sea and Law on the Use of Force Perspectives
• Haoran Cui & Yubing Shi, A Comparative Analysis of the Legislation on Maritime Militia Between China and Vietnam
• Sandrine W. de Herdt, Transparency in the Process of Implementing Article 76 of the UNCLOS: Peering Inside
• Richard Barnes, An Advisory Opinion on Climate Change Obligations Under International Law: A Realistic Prospect?
• Hyun Jung Kim & Anne Thida Norodom, An Appraisal of Article 300 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
• Natalie Klein, Geneva Declaration on Human Rights at Sea: An Endeavor to Connect Law of the Sea and International Human Rights Law
• Marcin Kałduński, Resolving Maritime Delimitation Disputes by Agreement: The Danish–Polish Boundary in the Area of the Island of Bornholm

New Issue: Ocean Development & International Law

The latest issue of Ocean Development & International Law (Vol. 53, no. 1, 2022) is out. Contents include:

• Vivek Chandra & John R. Morss, UNCLOS and Maritime Boundary Disputes in Areas of Hydrocarbon Potential: Oil Under Troubled Waters?
• Frances Anggadi, Establishment, Notification, and Maintenance: The Package of State Practice at the Heart of the Pacific Islands Forum Declaration on Preserving Maritime Zones
• Nian Peng & Chow Bing Ngeow, Managing the South China Sea Dispute: Multilateral and Bilateral Approaches
• Nengye Liu, Alexander Proelss & Valentin Schatz, Regulating Exceptions for Research and Exploratory Fishing in Southern Ocean Marine Protected Areas: A Comparative Analysis on Balancing Conservation and Commercial Use

New Issue: Ocean Development & International Law

The latest issue of Ocean Development & International Law (Vol. 52, no. 4, 2021) is out. Contents include:

• Gabriela A. Oanta, European Union–Falkland Islands Fisheries Relations Post Brexit
• Nigel Bankes, The Jurisdiction of the Dispute Settlement Bodies of the Law of the Sea Convention With Respect to Other Treaties
• Clive R. Symmons, Recent Developments Concerning Irish Straight Baselines and Bay Closing Lines
• Jan Jakub Solski, The ‘Due Regard’ of Article 234 of UNCLOS: Lessons From Regulating Innocent Passage in the Territorial Sea
• Lan Ngoc Nguyen, Expanding the Environmental Regulatory Scope of UNCLOS Through the Rule of Reference: Potentials and Limits
• Junghwan Choi & Sangil Lee, Legal Status of the Remote Operator in Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) Under Maritime Law

New Issue: Ocean Development & International Law

The latest issue of Ocean Development & International Law (Vol. 52, no. 3, 2021) is out. Contents include:

• Andrew Tirrell & Elizabeth Mendenhall, Cruise Ships, COVID-19, and Port/Flag State Obligations
• Reece Lewis, The Artificial Construction and Modification of Maritime Features: Piling Pelion on Ossa
• Suk Kyoon Kim, The Senkaku Islands Dispute Between Japan and China: A Note on Recent Trends
• Vanessa Arellano Rodríguez, Submarine Cables and the Marine Environment: Bringing the First Submarine Cable to the Galapagos
• Xuexia Liao, The Road Not Taken: Submission of Disputes Concerning Activities in Undelimited Maritime Areas to UNCLOS Compulsory Procedures

New Issue: Ocean Development & International Law

The latest issue of Ocean Development & International Law (Vol. 52, no. 2, 2021) is out. Contents include:

• Wenlan Yang, Protecting Submarine Cables From Physical Damage Under Investment Law
• Hayley Roberts, Identifying “Exclusionary Agreements”: Agreement Type as a Procedural Limitation in UNCLOS Dispute Settlement
• Ethan Beringen, Nengye Liu & Michelle Lim, Australia as a Middle Power: Challenging the Narrative of Developed/Developing States in International Negotiations Surrounding Marine Genetic Resources
• Robin Churchill, Just a Harmless Fishing Fad—or Does the Use of FADs Contravene International Marine Pollution Law?
• Pierre Thévenin, A Liberal Maritime Power as Any Other? The Soviet Union during the Negotiations of the Law of the Sea Convention

New Issue: Ocean Development & International Law

The latest issue of Ocean Development & International Law (Vol. 52, no. 1, 2021) is out. Contents include:

• Jan Jakub Solski, The Genesis of Article 234 of the UNCLOS
• Hao Shen, Developing China’s Legal Regime for International Deep Seabed Mining—The Present and Future
• Jinyuan Su, The Adjacency Doctrine in the Negotiation of BBNJ: Creeping Jurisdiction or Legitimate Claim?
• Alexander Lott, The Passage Regimes of the Kerch Strait—To Each Their Own?

New Issue: Ocean Development & International Law

The latest issue of Ocean Development & International Law (Vol. 51, no. 4, 2020) is out. Contents include:

• Patricia Schneider, When Protest Goes to Sea: Theorizing Maritime Violence by Applying Social Movement Theory to Terrorism and Piracy in the Cases of Nigeria and Somalia
• Yurika Ishii, Relevant Coasts and Relevant Area in the Maritime Delimitation of the EEZ and Continental Shelf
• Alexandre Pereira da Silva, From Rocks to an Archipelago: The Brazilian Interpretation and Application of Article 121 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea With Respect to the St. Peter and St. Paul Insular Features
• Huaigao Qi, Maritime Delimitation Between China and North Korea in the North Yellow Sea