Challenges of the Changing Arctic

Myron H. Nordquist is the Associate Director and Editor of the Center for Oceans Law and Policy, and Senior Fellow at the Center for National Security Law at the University of Virginia School of Law. He is Editor-in-Chief of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982: a Commentary, the seven-volume “Virginia Commentary” series, plus a Supplementary Documents volume.John Norton Moore is the Walter L. Brown Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law where he directs the Center for Oceans Law and Policy. Among seven presidential appointments, he served as Chairman, NSC Interagency Task Force on the Law of the Sea; United States Ambassador and Deputy Special Representative of the President to the Law of the Sea Conference (1973-76); and was a Member of the National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere (1984-85).Ronán Long holds the Jean Monnet Chair of European Law at the School of Law at NUI Galway and lectures on EU Law, International Law, Planning and Environmental Law, Law of the Sea and European Fisheries Law. He has also lectured at the Rhodes Academy of Oceans Law and Policy and is a supervisor of advanced academic research under the United Nations - The Nippon Foundation of Japan Fellowship Programme.

• Setting the Context1.Notes on Challenges of the Changing Arctic: Continental Shelf, Navigation, and Fisheries Liv Holmefjord2.The Arctic and the Present Geopolitical SituationHans CorellPart IArctic Continental Shelf3.The Arctic Continental Shelf and Its Evolving Morphologic Context Larry Mayer4.The Law and Politics of the Lomonosov RidgeMichael Byers 5.The Delimitation of the Continental Shelf Beyond 200 Nautical Miles in the Arctic Ocean: Recent Developments, Applicable Law and Possible OutcomesAlex G. Oude Elferink6.Probabilistic Risk Assessment: Concepts and ApplicationsDennis BleyPart II Arctic Continental Shelf Petroleum7.Russia’s Energy Policy in the Arctic Region and China’s OpportunitiesKuen-chen Fu8.A Sustainable Approach to the Arctic Erik Haaland9.Environmental Aspects of Hydrocarbon Exploration in the ArcticStephen A. MackoPart IIIArctic Shipping10.Arctic Shipping - Still IcyKnut Einar Skodvin11.Necessary Conditions for the Commercialization of Arctic ShippingSung Woo LEE12.Arctic Navigation: Recent Developments J. Ashley Roach13.Comparison of Arctic Navigation Administration between Russia and CanadaLeilei ZOUPart IVOther Arctic Related Topics14.Finding Refuge in the Exceptional: Using Public Morality as a Basis for Managing Natural Resources in the Arctic Elizabeth Whitsitt15.The Changing Arctic and an Adaptive Approach to the Protection of Arctic Marine EcosystemsGuifang (Julia) XUE and Yu LONG16.Arctic Governance: Reflections on the Evolving Tableau of EU Law and Policy Measures Ronán Long17.A Note on Arctic Ocean Regional GovernanceTed L. McDormanPart VChanging Fisheries: Northeast Atlantic and Arctic Ocean18.Changes in Distribution and Migration of Fish Stocks in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean Due to Climate VariationsJóhann Sigurjónsson19.International Regulation of Central Arctic Ocean Fisheries Erik J. Molenaar20.Assertion of Entitlement to Shared Fish StocksBjørn KunoyPart VI Regional Fisheries Management: Agreements on Allocation of Shared Fish Stocks21.Freedom of Fishing on the High Seas, and the Relevance of Regional Fisheries Management Organisations (RFMOs) Stefán Ásmundsson22.Allocation of Fishing Rights: Principles and Alternative Procedures Tore Henriksen 23.Managing Shared Migratory Stocks: the Case of the Atlantic Mackerel Rögnvaldur HannessonPart VI IRelated Law of the Sea Issues 24.UNCLOS Dispute Settlement Regime and Arctic Legal IssuesRobert Beckman25.Russian Maritime Security Law along the Northern Sea Route: Giving Shape to Article 234 in the Law of the Sea ConventionJames Kraska26.Comments on the Three-stage Approach of Maritime DelimitationChuanxiang SUN