High seas governance : gaps and challenges / Edited by Robert C. Beckman, Millicent McCreath, J. Ashley Roach, Zhen Sun.

Includes index.

Front Matter -- Copyright Page -- Acknowledgements -- List of Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Figures and Tables -- Introduction / Robert Beckman , Millicent MCreath , J. Ashley Roach and Zhen Sun -- Jurisdiction and Control over Activities by Non-State Entities on the High Seas / Nilüfer Oral -- Mind the Gap: Marine Geoengineering and the Law of the Sea / Karen N. Scott -- Identifying Sensitive Marine Areas in the High Seas: a Review of the Scientific Criteria Adopted under International Law / Youna Lyons -- The Use of imo Instruments for Marine Conservation on the High Seas / Aldo Chircop -- Conservation and Management of Marine Living Resources beyond National Jurisdiction: Filling the Gaps / Robin Warner -- High Seas Governance Gaps: International Accountability for Nuclear Pollution / Günther Handl -- Liability and Compensation Regimes: Pollution of the High Seas / Nicholas Gaskell -- Marine Pollution Preparedness, Response and Cooperation in the Arctic High Seas / Erik Røsæg -- Conclusions / Robert Beckman , Millicent McCreath , J. Ashley Roach and Zhen Sun.

High Seas Governance: Gaps and Challenges identifies gaps and challenges to the existing legal regime in the protection and preservation of the marine environment of the high seas, including sensitive marine areas. The gaps identified in the book include the failure of liability and compensation schemes to cover pollution of the high seas and the fact that no state has the responsibility to clean up pollution of the high seas. One common theme of the book is that it is necessary to identify a state other than flag states, port states or coastal states, which should have an obligation to exercise jurisdiction and control over certain activities on the high seas.