FNI project: Implementation of legal measures for protection of the regional marine environment: The role of maritime jurisdiction

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Implementation of Legal Measures for Protection of the Regional Marine Environment: The Role of Maritime Jurisdiction

The marine environment of the Adriatic Sea is increasingly exposed to economic activities of a type and magnitude earlier either not present or not in the current form and size. This especially relates to the Eastern Adriatic, an area with well preserved marine environment so far. Global and regional trends have brought new developments to that area, creating in turn serious risks and potential threats to the marine environment and resources. Two major developments in the Adriatic Sea include largely unregulated and unreported, as well as some illegal fishing; and plans for maritime transport of Russian (and Caspian region) oil exports by tankers through the Adriatic, to supply markets elsewhere. Croatia, with a long coastline and numerous islands in the Eastern Adriatic, and vital economic interests related – especially tourism, which is the country’s single most important economy – depends on well preserved marine environment. Is Croatia’s regulatory and institutional framework for marine environmental protection and fisheries management currently suited to meet such challenges? Can regional cooperation offer better solutions? How to overcome open jurisdictional issues? And how best to implement international instruments? Can some of the Norwegian experiences be useful for Croatia? This project addressed those questions through research and education cooperation.

More information about this project can be found in Vidas & Tomljenovic (2005) (see full reference below).

Project leader: Davor Vidas

Project period: 2002-2005

Selected publications:

Tomljenovic, Vesna, 'Croatia’s Response to Flagging-out Problem: Possible Usefulness of Norwegian Experiences?'. Zbornik radova Pravnog fakulteta u Rijeci, Vol 27, No 2, 2006.

Vidas, Davor and Vesna Tomljenovic, 'Project "Implementation of legal measures for the protection of regional marine environment: The role of maritime jurisdiction"'. Proceedings of the Cooperation Programme with South-Eastern Europe's Concluding Conference 24-25 May 2005. Oslo, Research Council of Norway, 2005, pp. 113-142.

Crnic-Grotic, Vesna, 'Common Fisheries Policy of the European Union and Third States: The Example of Norway'. Zbornik radova Pravnog fakulteta u Rijeci, Vol 25, No 2, 2004, pp. 721-747.

Vidas, Davor, 'Global Trends in Use of the Seas and the Legitimacy of Croatia's Extension of Jurisdiction in the Adriatic Sea', Croatian International Relations Review, Dossier, Vol. 9, No. 32, 2003, pp. 4-10.

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