Contents
Part I The Equitable and Sustainable Exploitation of Marine Environment and of Its Resources
Adapting to Sea Level Rise: A Law of the Sea Perspective. . . 3 Sarra Sefrioui
The Common Fisheries Policy: A Difficult Compromise Between
Relative Stability and the Discard Ban. . . 23 Jose´ Manuel Sobrino and Marta Sobrido
Some Recent Questions Regarding the European Union’s Public
Access Fisheries Agreements. . . 45 Gabriela A. Oanta
The Protection of Biodiversity in the Framework of the Common
Fisheries Policy: What Room for the Shared Competence?. . . 65 Marta Chantal Ribeiro
Marine Scientific Research: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead. . . 87 Emmanuella Doussis
Protecting Arctic Ocean Marine Biodiversity in the Area Beyond
National Jurisdiction. . . 105 Kamrul Hossain and Kathleen Morris
The Environmental Legal Framework for the Development of Blue
Energy in Europe. . . 127 Enrique J. Martı´nez Pe´rez
The Black Sea and Blue Energy: Challenges, Opportunities and the
Role of the European Union. . . 145 Montserrat Abad Castelos
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Part II The National and International Response to Maritime Crimes Exploring the Ambiguity of Operation Sophia Between Military
and Search and Rescue Activities. . . 165 Giorgia Bevilacqua
Private Maritime Security Contractors and Use of Lethal Force in
Maritime Domain. . . 191 Jasenko Marin, Misˇo Mudric´, and Robert Mikac
United Nations Authorized Embargos and Maritime Interdiction:
A Special Focus on Somalia. . . 213 Magne Frostad
The Right of Innocent Passage: The Challenge of the Proliferation Security Initiative and the Implications for the Territorial Waters of
theÅland Islands. . . 239 Pirjo Kleemola-Juntunen
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List of Contributors
Montserrat Abad Castelos Faculty of Social Science and Law, University Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
Gemma Andreone Institute for International Legal Studies, Italian National Research Council, Rome, Italy
Giorgia Bevilacqua Institute for Research on Innovation and Services for Devel- opment, Italian National Research Council, Naples, Italy
Emmanuella Doussis Institute of European Integration and Policy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Magne Frostad Faculty of Law, K.G. Jebsen Centre for the Law of the Sea, University of Tromsø, The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway Kamrul Hossain Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law, Arctic Center, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland
Pirjo Kleemola-Juntunen Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland
Jasenko Marin Department for Maritime and Transport Law, Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Robert Mikac Department of International Politics and Diplomacy, Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Kathleen Morris Department of International Relations, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Misˇo Mudric´ Department for Maritime and Transport Law, Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Gabriela A. Oanta University Institute of European Studies “Salvador de Madariaga”, University of A Coru~na, A Coru~na, Spain
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Enrique J. Martı´nez Pe´rez Faculty of Law, University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
Marta Chantal Ribeiro Faculty of Law, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal Sarra Sefrioui Faculty of Law, Abdel Malek Essa^adi University, Tangier, Morocco
Marta Sobrido University Institute of European Studies “Salvador de Madariaga”, University of A Coru~na, A Coru~na, Spain
Jose´ Manuel Sobrino University Institute of European Studies “Salvador de Madariaga”, University of A Coru~na, A Coru~na, Spain
Tullio Treves Department of Italian and Supranational Public Law, State Univer- sity of Milan, Milan, Italy
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