Handbook on Marine Environment Protection

Markus Salomon is marine biologist working for the German Advisory Council on the Environment. With more than a decade of experience in policy analysis and advice, he has a strong interest in marine environmental protection. Till Markus is a senior legal researcher at the Research Centre for European Environmental Law, Faculty of Law, University of Bremen. He has published extensively in the areas of environmental and international law.

Part I: Natural science basics.- Introduction into physical oceanography.- Ecological organization of the sea.- Marine ecosystem services.- Part II: Impacts of sectoral marine activities.- Impact of fishing activities on marine life.- Mariculture.- Shipping.- Coastal development (ports, marinas, waterfront cities, coastal defense).- Offshore Oil and Gas Production and Transportation.- Exploitation of Offshore Wind Energy.- Dredging of Marine Environments for Sand, Gravel, and Sediments.- Environmental Risks of Deep-sea Mining.- Dumped munitions.- Marine Climate Engineering.- Part III: Impacts of land-based activities.- Agriculture.- Land based industries.- Land-based Wastewater Management.- Tourism.- Part IV: Pollution from diffuse sources.- Climate change: warming impacts on marine biodiversity.- Ocean acidification.- Pollution with hazardous substances.- Pollution with radioactive substances.- Eutrophication.- Marine litter.- Input of energy/underwater noise.- Introduction of non-indigenous species.- Part V: Social drivers, developments, and perspectives of increasing ocean uses.- A Short History of the Use of Seas and Oceans.- Factors behind increasing ocean use.- Part VI General aspects of management and governance of human activities.- Challenges and foundations of sustainable ocean governance.- Institutional Framework for Marine Environmental Governance.- International Principles of Marine Environment Protection.- Overview of Management Strategies and Instruments.- Future prospects of marine environmental governance.- Part VII:Traditional marine management topics.- The International Legal Framework for Conservation and Management of Fisheries and Marine Mammals.- Aqua- and Mariculture Management.- Offshore Oil and Gas Exploitation.- Sustainable Shipping.- Management of Hazardous Substances in the Marine Environment.- Pollution with Radioactive Substances: Science, Impacts, and Sustainable Management.- Waste/litter and sewage management.- Coastal and Ocean Tourism.- Part VIII: Emerging management topics.- The Greening of Ports.- Offshore Wind Farms.- Wave and Tidal Energy.- Deep-seabed mining.- Marine Biodiversity: Opportunities for Global and Management Coherence.- Marine Protected Areas.- Marine Environmental Protection and Climate Change.- Management of Non-Indigenous Species and Invasive Alien Species.- Integrating sectoral ocean policies.- Marine Scientific Research.- An Emerging Environmental Issue: Marine Discharge of Mine Tailings.- Managing and Regulating Underwater Noise Pollution.- Marine Geo-Engineering.- Marine Spatial Planning.