Indication of EU Mrine Environment Law - Effective legal framework for law of the sea in the globalized era

• Project/Area Number: 15K03253
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: New fields of law
• Research Institution: Meiji University
• Principal Investigator: SATO CHIE 明治大学, 法学部, 専任准教授 (80611904)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-10-21 – 2018-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
• Keywords: 海洋法 / 海洋環境法 / 国家管轄権 / EU法 / EU環境法 / 生物多様性 / 予防原則 / 国家責任 / 汚染者負担原則 / 環境法 / 国連海洋法条約 / UNEP / ABNJ / 海洋環境

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this research project is to clarify what kinds of rules/systems should be introduced for healthy oceans (which means not only clean water quality but also sustainable fisheries and exploitations) in the globalized era. My research focuses on comparison with international legal framework for protection of marine environment and the EU’s laws and practices.
I analyzed relevant provisions of the UNCLOS, resolutions of the FAO and CBD State Parties Meeting, the UNEP regional sea programmes, and regional fisheries management bodies as international tools for protection of marine environment and then proceeded to analyze the EU legal framework for protection of marine environment. Based on these considerations, I discussed the positive and negative aspects of both legal regime. In my conclusion, I touched on a recent discussion on Arbitral Tribunal for South China Sea and proposed an adequate legal regime which will effectively deals with management for healthy oceans.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] The UN and its Agencies in the Development of Regulations on Management and Conservation of Fisheries: A Plurality of Initiatives but Questionable Coherence (2017)
  • Author(s): Chie SATO
  • Journal Title: Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law, Volume: 21
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] EUにおける紛争解決 海洋関連問題を例として (2017)
  • Author(s): 佐藤智恵
  • Organizer: 新段階の日本海洋戦略研究会
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Status and Role of the Precautionary Principle for Protection of Marine Living Resources (2017)
  • Author(s): Chie SATO
  • Organizer: サンパウロ大学法学部創立190年記念シンポジウム
  • Invited
• [Presentation] The Rule Making for Protection of Marine Environment Based on the Law of the Sea (2017)
  • Author(s): Chie SATO
  • Organizer: 10th Birthday Conference on March 2 and 3 at Georgia Law
  • Place of Presentation: ジョージア大学
  • Int'l Joint Research