Law of the sea and ASW: National security versus arms control

The law of the sea has always been open to the charge of being a ‘covenant without a sword’ and its effectiveness when challenged by the perceived national security of a superpower is questionable. Attempts to limit and control antisubmarine warfare (ASW) have demonstrated that neither superpower is prepared to risk its second-strike capability for what may be an illusory legal protection. This article reviews developments relevant to ASW in the law of the sea and describes the significance of ASW to the superpowers' strategic objectives. The authors conclude by stressing the urgent need for effective arms control.     

关于县际间海域勘界有关问题的探讨

自2002年国务院办公厅发出《关于开展勘定省县两级海域行政区域界线工作有关问题的通知》(国办发〔2002〕12号,以下简称《通知》)以来,全国沿海省市政府对海域勘界工作高度重视,摆上了重要议事日程。在国家海洋局的具体指导及市、县两级政府的积极配合下,沿海各省紧张有序地推进了县际间海域勘界工作,取得了重大进展。但是也应当清醒地看到,目前各地海域勘界工作进展很不平衡,不少地方在向纵深推进之中因遇到诸多困难和而呈现胶着状态,能否如期全面完成海域勘界任务,不无令人担忧。全国县际间海域勘界工作之所以出现目前状况,其原因大致有以下三个方面。     

关于海洋经济若干问题的探讨

文章分析了海洋经济理论研究进展,在此基础上探讨了海洋经济的内涵及主要特征,并针对目前关于海洋经济归属问题的争论,提出海洋经济应划入区域经济的范畴,最后给出了区域海洋经济研究的主要理论。     

关于海洋行政处罚中立案程序的探讨

立案是行政法学理论中关于处罚程序的必须步骤,目前在执法实践中围绕这方面的应用探讨很少。文章从目前立案在海洋行政执法程序方面的规定,结合自身的海洋行政执法实践,从立案的程序、文书的制作方法、制作要求和复杂情况下的立案处理方法,进行了有一定深度的实际探讨,并提出自己的观点。     

Law and order at sea in the South Pacific: the contribution of the Pacific Patrol Boat project

Under the Pacific Patrol Boat (PPB) program, Australia has supplied twenty-two 31.5 m patrol boats to 12 island countries in the South Pacific. While the primary task of these boats is fisheries protection, they have also been used for a range of other national tasks, including search and rescue, medical evacuations, hydrographic surveying, anti-smuggling and sovereignty patrols. As well as the boats themselves, the program comprises resident maritime surveillance and technical advisers, crew training and through-life logistic support. The PPB program has proven to be highly successful with the benefits of the program exceeding those originally sought by the Australian Department of Defence in establishing the program.     

废弃物海洋倾倒费征收标准有关问题的探讨

为了贯彻落实《中华人民共和国海洋环境保护法》,防治废弃物的海洋倾倒对海洋资源和生态环境的损害,加强海洋倾废对海洋环境污染的控制与管理,根据《海洋环境保护法》、《排污费征收使用管理条例》(国务院令字第369号)、《中华人民共和国海洋倾废管理条例》(1985年3月6日国务院     

Archipelagos and the law of the sea: Island straits states or island-studded sea space?

At first sight, the regime suggested for archipelagos at UNCLOS seems to recognize to a large extent the concept of the archipelago as a single unit of islands and water. The author examines closely whether in fact the archipelagic states' view of their maritime jurisdiction has been upheld, or whether the negotiations have led to a position based on traditional concepts of law of the sea. The archipelago doctrine and interests underlying it, opposition to it, and the considerations by the international legal community are discussed. Finally, developments on archipelagos in the Seabed Committee and UNCLOS III are traced in order to understand the language of the proposed archipelagic regime.     

Missing the boat: Critical threats to coral reefs are neglected at global scale

Coral reefs have experienced a global decline due to overfishing, pollution, and warming oceans that are becoming increasingly acidic. To help halt and reverse this decline, interventions should be aimed at those threats reef experts and managers identify as most severe. The survey included responses from 170 managers, representing organizations from 50 countries and territories, and found that respondents generally agreed on the two major threats: overfishing and coastal development. However, resource allocation did not match this consensus on major threats. In particular, while overfishing receives much attention, coastal development and its attendant pollution are largely neglected and underfunded. These results call for a re-examination of how resources are allocated in coral reef conservation, with more attention given to aligning how money is spent with what are perceived to be the primary threats.     

Ecological restoration in the deep sea: Desiderata

An era of expanding deep-ocean industrialization is before us, with policy makers establishing governance frameworks for sustainable management of deep-sea resources while scientists learn more about the ecological structure and functioning of the largest biome on the planet. Missing from discussion of the stewardship of the deep ocean is ecological restoration. If existing activities in the deep sea continue or are expanded and new deep-ocean industries are developed, there is need to consider what is required to minimize or repair resulting damages to the deep-sea environment. In addition, thought should be given as to how any past damage can be rectified. This paper develops the discourse on deep-sea restoration and offers guidance on planning and implementing ecological restoration projects for deep-sea ecosystems that are already, or are at threat of becoming, degraded, damaged or destroyed. Two deep-sea restoration case studies or scenarios are described (deep-sea stony corals on the Darwin Mounds off the west coast of Scotland, deep-sea hydrothermal vents in Manus Basin, Papua New Guinea) and are contrasted with on-going saltmarsh restoration in San Francisco Bay. For these case studies, a set of socio-economic, ecological, and technological decision parameters that might favor (or not) their restoration are examined. Costs for hypothetical restoration scenarios in the deep sea are estimated and first indications suggest they may be two to three orders of magnitude greater per hectare than costs for restoration efforts in shallow-water marine systems.     

On the future navigability of Arctic sea routes: High-resolution projections of the Arctic Ocean and sea ice

The rapid Arctic summer sea ice reduction in the last decade has lead to debates in the maritime industries on the possibility of an increase in cargo transportation in the region. Average sailing times on the North Sea Route along the Siberian Coast have fallen from 20 days in the 1990s to 11 days in 2012–2013, attributed to easing sea ice conditions along the Siberian coast. However, the economic risk of exploiting the Arctic shipping routes is substantial. Here a detailed high-resolution projection of ocean and sea ice to the end of the 21st century forced with the RCP8.5 IPCC emission scenario is used to examine navigability of the Arctic sea routes. In summer, opening of large areas of the Arctic Ocean previously covered by pack ice to the wind and surface waves leads to Arctic pack ice cover evolving into the Marginal Ice Zone. The emerging state of the Arctic Ocean features more fragmented thinner sea ice, stronger winds, ocean currents and waves. By the mid 21st century, summer season sailing times along the route via the North Pole are estimated to be 13–17 days, which could make this route as fast as the North Sea Route.     

日本列岛东部海域发现未知海流

日本海洋科学技术中心最近发表观测报告宣布,在日本列岛东部海域发现见了过去未曾观测到的强大海流。 报告说,这股海流的位置在流经日本列岛南部的暖流以北250公里处,由东向西,与暖流呈相反方向,流速达3.5节(1.852公里)每小时。据悉,这股暖流是科学家们于本月初通过观测浮标的位移而发现的。该中心认为这一发现颇有意义,并表示将进一步研究这股海流对渔业资源及二氧化碳吸收量等的影响。     

贯彻落实《海域使用管理法》全面推进海域管理工作

2002年是国家海洋局确定的“海洋行政管理年”,也是《中华人民共和国海域使用管理法》实     

Anomalous change of the Antarctic sea ice and global sea level change

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The input of organic material to the oceans: air—sea interactions and the organic chemical composition of the sea surface

In order to understand and quantify the way in which organic matter is transported from the atmosphere to the oceans it is important to know not only the various mechanisms by which the material is transferred between the two phases, but also the role of natural organic material at the air—sea interface in modifying such transport. In order to predict the latter it is necessary to have some knowledge of the organic chemistry and physico-chemical properties of material at the sea surface. Its organic chemistry is presently the subject of considerable controversy, although surface pressure measurements and force-area data for sea surface material, together with its very mixed chemical nature, strongly suggest that over most of the oceans it cannot form a coherent film.Transfer of organic material across the air—sea interface can be by either wet (liquid) or dry (gas and solid) deposition. The flux carried by each path can be characterised by the product of the rate of transfer of the substance concerned and its concentration in the transporting phase. Any modifying effect of material at the sea surface will vary depending on the mode of transfer, as well as the properties of the interfacial material. Application of these ideas is illustrated by calculation of atmosphere—ocean fluxes for total organic carbon, CCI₄, CCI₃F, PCBs and DDT.     

基于ASCAT 散射计数据的2013 年南极周边海面风速特征分析

利用2013年1月1日~2013年12月31日的ASCAT散射计风速数据,从海面风速季平均分布特征、平均海面风速特征、海面风速大于10 m/s发生比例统计等方面,对55°S以南的南极周边海域开展了风速空间分布特性统计,得到以下结果:7月平均风速最大,为12 m/s,1月平均风速最小,为8 m/s。对于南极周边海域,区域平均风速主要在9~12 m/s,全年出现的时间大于280 d,约占全年的77%。风速大于10 m/s所占比例4~9月大于1~3月和10~12月。从全年来看,南极周边海域在4~9月风速普遍较大,且0°~60°W海域内风速明显比其他海域要小。在此基础上将2013年每日的区域平均风速与月平均风速与2012年做了对比,变化趋势与2012年基本一致。通过本项长期工作,可以了解南极风场环境基本情况,建立与更新基础资料和图件,得到南极地区风场要素时空分布、变化规律,服务于南极科学考察、全球变化等多学科研究应用。