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February 2017
VUW launches Joanna Mossop's book "The Continental Shelf Beyond 200 Nautical Miles"
The Law Foundation congratulates Joanna Mossop, Senior Lecturer in law at Victoria University of Wellington (VUW), on the launch of her book The Continental Shelf Beyond 200 Nautical Miles – Rights and Responsibilities. The book draws on her Law Foundation–funded research titled “The Rights and Responsibilities on New Zealand’s Outer Continental Shelf”.
The Continental Shelf Beyond 200 Nautical Miles examines the nature of the rights and obligations of coastal States in this area, with a particular focus on the options for regulating activities on the extended continental shelf. The book discusses the development of the concept of the extended continental shelf, and explores a range of issues facing the coastal State in regulating matters – such as environmental protection, fishing, bioprospecting, exploitation of non-living resources and marine scientific research on the extended continental shelf. It proposes a framework for navigating the intersection between the high seas and the extended continental shelf and minimising the potential for conflict between flag and coastal States. More about the bookThe Law Foundation funded $26,600 towards the “Rights and Responsibilities on New Zealand’s Outer Continental Shelf” project.
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