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The article focuses on the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) of European Union is a set of rules agreed by Member States for regulating the conservation and management of stocks in so-called Union waters. It mentions CFP has several main policy areas such as fisheries management, market and trade policy, structural funding, and international policy. It also mentions EU signed and ratified the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOSC) in 1998.

The article reports on arbitral proceedings against chartered vessel Arctic Sunrise operation through organization Greenpeace International by Russian Federation. Topics include involvement in environmental protests with Netherlands flag, introduction of different rigid-hull inflatable boats (RHIBS) by the vessel, initiation of proceedings from October 4, 2013 under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and illustration of arbitration award with enforcement of maritime law.

The article examines the drafting history of the International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships to describe its main features and identify what still needs to be done to successfully implement it. The Convention, which aims to address environmental and occupational health and safety risks that arise from ship dismantling, was adopted by a diplomatic conference convened by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in Hong Kong, China on May 15, 2009. An overview of the contents of the Convention is also provided.

The article offers information on the International Labour Organization (ILO), an organization established in 1919 and has been participating in the promotion of safe working standards for seafarers and fish-workers. The organization adopts the standards that were initially developed and enacted by the National Seamen's Codes Recommendation 1920. The standards are said to be continuously being developed by ILO. Such developments include the establishment and implementation of the Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 and the Work in Fishing Convention of 2007.

This article explores the powers of courts and tribunals in developing the legal order of the oceans. It is generally accepted that the rules of treaty interpretation allow courts to look beyond the strict con fines of a treaty to other sources of evidence. Such an approach allows an evolutionary interpretation which takes into account the contemporaneous views of the parties. In practice, courts and tribunals have adopted a pragmatic approach to the interpretation of the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention in light of other rules of international law. By doing so, they promote flexibility in the Convention regime, albeit at the risk of undermining the transparency and legitimacy of their decisions. In the context of the applicable law, the 1982 Convention seeks to safeguard itself against change by asserting priority over other sources of law. From a practical perspective, the role of courts in developing the Convention is limited by the fact that few decisions have come before the courts to date. Thus, it is clear that courts by themselves cannot provide a satisfactory mechanism for change in the legal order of the oceans. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]