Language: English
This report evaluates the effectiveness of international agreements and organisations and recommends numerous improvements. It includes a series of tables and maps, which can be easily updated. The tables present a problem orientated summary of global and regional legal instruments and an indication of the scientific, technical, and legal guidance offered by international bodies. The maps demonstrate geographic relationships in 8 ocean regions - among regional marine and regional fisheries conventions, large marine ecosystems, major river basins, mairine protected area, and national jurisdiction.