International Marine Organizations: Essays on Structure and Activities

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Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1981 - 578 pages
In the last few years, the quantity of books and papers on the political, economic and legal problems of the exploration and use of the sea and marine resources has considerably increased. But the status and activities of intern a tional organizations related to maritime shipping, fisheries, scientific research in the World Ocean and the protection of the marine environment have not yet, as a whole, been represented in the scientific and reference literature. It would be fair, though, to mention that some general information on marine international organizations may be found in the Yearbook of International Organizations, Brussels, 1979; in Annotated Acronyms and Abbreviations of Marine Science Related International Organizations, U. S. Department of Commerce, 1976; and in the UN Annotated Directory ofIntergovernmental Organizations Concerned with Ocean Affairs, 1976. Voluminous informa tion on organizations engaged in problems of the exploration and use ofthe sea is given in International Marine Organizations by the well-known Polish scientists Lopuski and Symonides, 1978. Meanwhile the increasing volume of practical work related to the participa tion of governmental and scientific bodies as well as individual scientists and specialists in these organizations, the necessity of long-term planning in this field, and the perspectives of the development of these organizations, make necessary a special publication depicting the structure and many-sided activi ties of such international bodies. This book is the first one in which the most complete information on the main marine international organizations is presented.

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Contents

Baltic and International Maritime Conference
3
Danube Commission
15
InterGovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization
39
International Association of Independent Tanker Owners
97
International Association of Lighthouse Authorities
103
International Association of Ports and Harbours
111
International Chamber of Shipping
123
International Federation of Shipmasters Associations
134
International Commission for the Southeast Atlantic Fisheries
294
Engineering Committee on Oceanic Resources
409
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
418
International Association for Biological Oceanography
442
International Cartographic Association
453
International Commission for Scientific Exploration of the Mediterra
459
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
465
International Hydrographic Organization
478

International Maritime Committee
140
International Maritime Pilots Association
149
International Shipowners Association
166
International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation Ltd
180
Latin America Shipowners Association
200
Oil Companies International Marine Forum
207
Permanent International Association on Navigation Congresses
217
General Fisheries Council for the Mediterranean
233
IndoPacific Fisheries Council
252
International Baltic Sea Fishery Commission
266
International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas
278
International Ocean Institute
486
International Union of Geological Sciences
500
North Sea Hydrographic Commission
507
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
519
Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research
526
World Data Centers Oceanography
534
World Meteorological Organization
540
World Underwater Federation
553
List of abbreviations
559
Index
567
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