Marine Management in Disputed Areas: The Case of the Barents Sea (Ocean Management and Policy Series)

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Illustrations......Page 10
Preface......Page 11
AIMS AND SCOPE OF THIS BOOK......Page 12
OCEANOGRAPHY......Page 15
GEOGRAPHY......Page 16
Fish......Page 19
Oil and gas......Page 22
 MILITARY AND STRATEGIC SIGNIFICANCE......Page 23
OTHER USES OF THE BARENTS SEA......Page 25
THE FRAMEWORK OF JURISDICTION......Page 26
USES OF THE MARITIME AREAS AROUND SVALBARD......Page 31
 THE ORIGINS AND AN OUTLINE OF THE SVALBARD TREATY OF 1920......Page 33
 PRINCIPLES GOVERNING INTERPRETATION OF THE SVALBARD TREATY......Page 34
 THE LEGAL STATUS OF THE MINING CODE......Page 38
DOES THE TREATY APPLY IN THE TERRITORIAL SEA?......Page 39
DOES THE MINING CODE APPLY IN THE TERRITORIAL SEA?......Page 42
IS NORWAY ENTITLED TO CLAIM A CONTINENTAL SHELF AND A 200-MILE ZONE IN RESPECT OF SVALBARD?......Page 44
DOES THE TREATY APPLY BEYOND THE TERRITORIAL SEA?......Page 46
DOES THE MINING CODE APPLY BEYOND THE TERRITORIAL SEA?......Page 56
CONCLUSIONS......Page 57
INTRODUCTION......Page 58
 AN OUTLINE OF THE INTERNATIONAL LAW OF MARITIME BOUNDARY DELIMITATION......Page 60
ORIGINS OF THE MARITIME BOUNDARY DISPUTE IN THE BARENTS SEA AND THE COURSE OF NEGOTIATIONS SO FAR......Page 64
A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF THE PARTIES’ VIEWS AS TO WHERE THE BOUNDARY SHOULD LIE......Page 71
The southern segment......Page 72
The middle segment......Page 79
The northern segment......Page 80
TOWARDS A SOLUTION?......Page 81
IS THERE ANY PROHIBITION IN INTERNATIONAL LAW ON EXPLORING AND EXPLOITING THE DISPUTED AREA?......Page 85
CONCLUSIONS......Page 88
INTRODUCTION......Page 90
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF 200-MILE ZONES......Page 91
 THE MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK......Page 93
ALLOCATION OF FISHING RIGHTS BETWEEN NORWAY AND THE USSR......Page 94
CONSERVATION AND UTILISATION......Page 99
THE ACCESS OF THIRD STATES’ FISHING VESSELS......Page 107
 THE ‘GREY ZONE’......Page 108
THE SVALBARD ZONE......Page 111
MARINE MAMMALS......Page 116
CONCLUSIONS......Page 118
FACTORS DETERMINING THE LEVEL OF OFFSHORE ACTIVITIES......Page 121
Positive factors......Page 122
Negative factors......Page 123
THE LEGAL REGIME GOVERNING OFFSHORE PETROLEUM EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION......Page 125
The international law regime10......Page 126
The Norwegian legal regime17......Page 127
The Soviet legal regime......Page 130
An assessment of the legal regime in terms of marine management......Page 131
POLLUTION FROM OFFSHORE PETROLEUM ACTIVITIES 41......Page 133
Production water......Page 134
Discharge of debris, garbage and sewage......Page 135
 Collisions between ships and offshore installations......Page 136
Accidental spillages where oil is being loaded from installations onto ships......Page 137
CONCLUSIONS......Page 138
FISHERIES......Page 139
OIL AND GAS ACTIVITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS......Page 140
DELIMITATION OF MARITIME BOUNDARIES......Page 141
SVALBARD......Page 142
Notes......Page 145
Bibliography......Page 166
Index......Page 171