Includes bibliographical references and index.

A zonal approach to maritime regulation and enforcement / Stuart Kaye -- The high seas regime : a model of self regulation? / Robin Warner -- The use of force / Cameron Moore -- The role of flag states / Sam Bateman -- The role of coastal states / Lowell Bautista -- The role of port states / Rosemary Rayfuse -- The role of global organizations / J. Ashley Roach -- The role of regional organizations / Kerry Tetzlaf -- The role of courts and tribunals in maritime regulation and enforcement / Dale Stephens -- Fisheries enforcement and the concepts of compliance and monitoring, control and surveillance / Mary Ann Palma-Robles -- Shipping : safety of life at sea / Anthony Morrison -- Shipping : vessel source pollution / Erik J. Molenaar -- Regulation of offshore hydrocarbon exploration and exploitation under international law / Youna Lyons -- The regulation of marine scientific research : addressing challenges, advancing knowledge / Harriet Harden Davies -- Deep seabed mining : key obligations in the emerging regulation of exploration and development in the Pacific / Robert Makgill and Ana P. Linhares -- Transnational crime / Douglas Guilfoyle -- Combating piracy and armed robbery at sea : from Somalia to the Gulf of Guinea / Clive Schofield and Kamal Deen Ali -- Regulation of marine renewable energy / Anne Marie O'Hagan -- The potential to regulate bioprospecting for marine genetic resources : two case studies / Julia Jabour -- Ocean acidification : scientific surges, lagging law and policy responses / David Vanderzwaag and Katja Fennel -- Use of technology in maritime regulation and enforcement / Chris Rahman -- Cooperative maritime surveillance and enforcement / Warwick Gullett and Yubing Shi -- Developing new regulatory paradigms for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction / Robin Warner.