RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE LAW OF THE SEA AND CHINA

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1 CENTER FOR OCEANS LAW AND POLICY RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE LAW OF THE SEA AND CHINA Edited by Myron H. Nordquist, John Norton Moore and Kuen-chen Fu MARTINUS NIJHOFF PUBLISHERS LEIDEN/BOSTON

2 CONTENTS Prefatory Note Note by the Editors ix xiii Welcome Remarks John Norton Moore 3 Director, Center for Oceans Law and Policy, University of Virginia Kuen-chen Fu 5 Executive Associate Director, Center for Oceans Policy and Law, Xiamen University Zhu Chong-shi 7 President, Xiamen University Keynote Addresses UNCLOS: Two Decades On 11 S. Jayakumar The Basic Position of China on the Settlement of Maritime Disputes Through Negotiations 25 Liu Zhenmin Panel I: The United Nations and the Law of the Sea John Norton Moore, Moderator Emerging UN Law of the Sea Issues 35 Tomas H. Heidar A Review of the 2004 General Assembly Discussions on the Law of the Sea 47 Andrew J. Jacovides (presented by Myron H. Nordquist) Panel II: Integrated Coastal Zone Management Hong Huasheng, Moderator The Regulation of Marine Transportation and Integrated Coastal Management: Two Management Approaches in Need of Integration 65 A Ido Chircop

3 Ocean and Coastal Governance The European Approach to Integrated Management: Are There Lessons for the China Seas Region? 85 Rondn Long and Anne Marie O 'Hagan Panel III: Oil and Gas Developments and Environmental Protection in the South China Sea Zhu Da-kui, Moderator The Energy Security of China and Oil and Gas Exploitation in the Disputed South China Sea Area 145 Wu Shicun and Hong Nong A New Model of Joint Development for the South China Sea 155 Zou Keyuan Marine Environmental Protection in the South China Sea: An UNCLOS Paradigm 173 Alberto A. Encomienda Panel IV: Regional Fisheries Mary Beth West, Moderator Regional Fisheries Panel Introductory Remarks 183 Mary Beth West Korean Response to Changes of the International Legal Framework for Fisheries in the Northeast Asian Seas 187 Park Pae Kuen Regional Co-management of Fisheries Resources in the South China Sea 203 Huang Shuo-lin, Guo Wen-lu and Zhu Zhanhua Regional Fisheries Management in the East China Sea 219 Moritaka Hayashi Panel V: Regional Maritime Enforcement John Norton Moore, Moderator Improving Comprehensive Management and the Efficiency of Law Enforcement at Sea 241 Xu Baozheng U.S. Maritime Law Enforcement Practices 251 John E. Crowley, Jr. VI

4 Japan's Role on Regional Security and Order Maintenance as Public Property Initiative for the Regional Security & Order Coalition 279 Hideaki Kaneda Panel VI: Global Developments in Marine Science Yuan Dong-xing, Moderator A U.S. Perspective on Global Developments in Marine Science 293 Barbara Moore The Conflict Between Jurisdiction of Coastal States on MSR in EEZ and Military Survey 317 Zhang Haiwen Panel VII: Commercial Shipping in the Region Myron H. Nordquist, Moderator Terror at Sea:Detection and Prevention The New International Ship and Port Facility Security Code and the Amended SOLAS Chapter XI Nilufer Oral Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI): Countering Proliferation by Sea 351 J. Ashley Roach Preventing & Defeating Terrorism at Sea: Practical Considerations for Implementation of the Draft Protocol to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (SUA) 425 BradJ. Kieserman Panel VIII: Underwater Cultural Heritage Protection Kuen-chen Fu, Moderator Legal Protection for the Underwater Cultural Heritage: The Immediate Challenge and Methods of Response 467 Sarah Dromgoole Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage in the South China Sea and Regional Cooperation 483 Zhu Huayou and Ren Huaifeng vn

5 International Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage 491 Robert C. Blumberg Closing Remarks John Norton Moore 515 via

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