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View article: The Challenge of Reconciling Conflicting Approaches across the Yellow Sea: Progress and Challenges for Maritime Boundary Delimitation between China and Korea
The Challenge of Reconciling Conflicting Approaches across the Yellow Sea: Progress and Challenges for Maritime Boundary Delimitation between China and Korea Open
The dispute between China and Korea over substantial areas of the Yellow Sea has resulted in thousands of incidents at sea, predominantly relating to fisheries. The renewal of maritime boundary delimitation negotiations between China and K…
View article: Sea Level Rise: Implications for Baselines, Limits and Boundaries
Sea Level Rise: Implications for Baselines, Limits and Boundaries Open
Global mean sea levels are rising and the rate of this rise is accelerating. This has significant implications for coastal States, especially those with long stretches of low-elevation coasts or which are wholly or partially comprise of lo…
View article: Japan’s Release of Wastewater from Fukushima: What Role for the Law of the Sea?
Japan’s Release of Wastewater from Fukushima: What Role for the Law of the Sea? Open
In March 2011, a powerful earthquake off the east coast of Japan triggered a tsunami leading to a nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. A consequence of this accident was the accumulation of contaminated wastewater…
View article: Editorial Note
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The first four articles in this issue were presented at the 2022 APOLIA Conference.The topics covered in this issue include research contributions encompassing a diverse range of issues in ocean and law and policy directly relevant to Stat…
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The first article in this issue, written by Youngmin Seo, First Secretary of the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Bangladesh, is entitled, "Regime Creation for the South China Sea Dispute: The Feasibility of the Creation of the South Ch…
View article: Archipelagic Atoll States and Sea Level Rise
Archipelagic Atoll States and Sea Level Rise Open
Climate change-driven impacts on the ocean, including global sea level rise, pose major threats to low-elevation coasts. This constitutes a major potential threat to certain archipelagic atoll States, as the inundation of low-elevation ins…
View article: Transparency and Predictability in the Maritime Delimitation Process: Reverse-engineering the Somalia-Kenya Adjudicated Boundary
Transparency and Predictability in the Maritime Delimitation Process: Reverse-engineering the Somalia-Kenya Adjudicated Boundary Open
This article analyses the adjudicated boundary between Somalia and Kenya in the Indian Ocean through an integrated law-and-science approach. Using recent high-resolution satellite imagery and specialised boundary software, it seeks to ‘rev…
View article: Canada and the Russian Federation: Maritime Boundaries and Jurisdiction in the Arctic Ocean
Canada and the Russian Federation: Maritime Boundaries and Jurisdiction in the Arctic Ocean Open
The Arctic region has been the focus of considerable attention in recent years, often concerned with maritime claims and an alleged race for the region’s resources. Against this narrative, the article focuses on the practices of Canada and…
View article: The Sea Change Needed for Gender Equality in Ocean-Going Research
The Sea Change Needed for Gender Equality in Ocean-Going Research Open
Since the 1950s, there has been an increase of women participating in ocean-going science. However, the number of women scientists in the field remains significantly less than that of men, especially in senior roles. In this commentary, we…
View article: Empowering Women for the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development
Empowering Women for the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development Open
Central to the achievement of the transformational vision and ambitions of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (Ocean Decade) is human behavioral change. Fundamentally, these changes must embrace equality…
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The contributions making up this issue of Asia-Pacific Journal of Ocean Law and Policy encompass a range of timely contributions on both current and enduring issues in ocean law and policy directly relevant to States in the Asia-Pacific an…
View article: Work Below Water: The role of scuba industry in realising sustainable development goals in small island developing states
Work Below Water: The role of scuba industry in realising sustainable development goals in small island developing states Open
The scuba diving industry is vital to economies of Small Island Developing States (SIDS), providing a pivotal opportunity to realise their blue economy aspirations. This industry is fundamentally dependent on both the health of the marine …
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The articles featured in this issue of the Asia-Pacific Journal of Ocean Law and Policy offer valuable insights over a broad range of contemporary law of the sea issues, including the impact of the exchange of diplomatic notes in South Chi…
View article: Securing the Limits of Large Ocean States in the Pacific: Defining Baselines Limits and Boundaries amidst Changing Coastlines and Sea Level Rise
Securing the Limits of Large Ocean States in the Pacific: Defining Baselines Limits and Boundaries amidst Changing Coastlines and Sea Level Rise Open
The Pacific Island States and Territories are traditionally described as ‘small island’ nations. However, they are also ‘large ocean’ nations with jurisdiction over substantial maritime spaces stretching to at least 200 nautical miles. The…
View article: An ocean apart? Maritime boundary agreements and disputes in the Arctic Ocean
An ocean apart? Maritime boundary agreements and disputes in the Arctic Ocean Open
The Arctic region is sometimes described as an area of geopolitical competition and boundary disputes. However, in terms of territorial and maritime claims, such portrayals are misleading. Our examination of maritime boundaries in the Arct…
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This issue of the Asia-Pacific Journal of Ocean Law and Policy features diverse article contributions relating to maritime boundary delimitation between Australia and Timor-Leste in the Timor Sea through the first compulsory conciliation p…
View article: Biodiversity beyond National Jurisdiction and the Limit of the Commons
Biodiversity beyond National Jurisdiction and the Limit of the Commons Open
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View article: Biodiversity beyond National Jurisdiction and the Limit of the Commons
Biodiversity beyond National Jurisdiction and the Limit of the Commons Open
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View article: A New Frontier in the Law of the Sea? Responding to the Implications of Sea Level Rise for Baselines, Limits and Boundaries
A New Frontier in the Law of the Sea? Responding to the Implications of Sea Level Rise for Baselines, Limits and Boundaries Open
Global sea level rise has raised concerns over the potential inundation and erosion of low-lying coasts, including islands, around the world. Freestone was among the early commentators to identify related threats to the location of baselin…
View article: Biodiversity beyond National Jurisdiction and the Limits of the Commons
Biodiversity beyond National Jurisdiction and the Limits of the Commons Open
This paper addresses spatial and functional complexities relating to biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction against the context of negotiations towards an international legally binding instrument on its conservation and sustainable use.…
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Volume 5, number 2 of the Asia-Pacific Journal of Ocean Law and Policy features a diverse set of articles that cover pertinent issues relevant to ocean law and policy.In the first article in this issue, Robert C. Steenkamp of the Universit…
View article: Enabling stakeholder participation in marine spatial planning: the Bangladesh experience
Enabling stakeholder participation in marine spatial planning: the Bangladesh experience Open
The article explores stakeholder participation in marine spatial planning with particular reference to Bangladesh, a country which has committed to developing such an ocean management approach but remains at an early stage in the process. …
View article: Adjacency and due regard: The role of coastal States in the BBNJ treaty
Adjacency and due regard: The role of coastal States in the BBNJ treaty Open
In the negotiations for the new treaty on biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ), a fundamental question will be the relationship between the regime for areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ) and areas under coastal State juri…
View article: Adjacency and due regard: The role of coastal States in the BBNJ treaty
Adjacency and due regard: The role of coastal States in the BBNJ treaty Open
In the negotiations for the new treaty on biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ), a fundamental question will be the relationship between the regime for areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ) and areas under coastal State juri…
View article: Australia’s Endeavours in Maritime Enforcement
Australia’s Endeavours in Maritime Enforcement Open
Australia is deeply connected to the ocean. A uniquely large island nation with a long coastline and few close neighbours, Australia benefits from an immense maritime domain, the third largest in the world. However, with relatively few mar…