Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas

The Marine Environment: Oceans under Threat.- The Oceans – Utilisation and Conflicts.- Threats to the Marine Environment: Pollution and Physical Damage.- Instruments to Protect Specific Marine Areas.- Protection of Specific Marine Areas.- Protection of Marine Areas in International Law – Basic Principles.- Marine Protected Areas in Multilateral Instruments.- Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas: an IMO Instrument to Protect Marine Areas.- Protection of the Marine Environment through IMO within the System of International Institutions.- Development and Structure of the PSSA Concept: Implementation and Coordination of Protective Measures.- Associated Protective Measures as the Essential Part of a PSSA.- The PSSA Concept – Analysis and Assessment.- Comparison between PSSAs and other Regimes in International Law.- Legal Quality of the PSSA Guidelines and their Effect on Jurisdiction to Implement and Enforce Protective Measures.- PSSAs and Ocean Governance: Current Interdependencies and Prospects for Future Developments.