The Study Of Marine And Coastal Access Act 2009

As a traditional maritime power, UK not only has a wealth experience in terms of ocean management, along with more advanced technology legislation. This paper is based on the discussion about legal system of ocean management in the UK, especially Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009.And it put forward some suggestions to establish relative legal system in China.The first part of the paper introduces the background and formulation process of Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009,and we can have a better understand of the social and economic environment which the Act formulates. The Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 is not an accident, but based on the important role marine plays in the UK economy. As well as the development of marine industry made the old decentralized management has been unable to meet the practical needs of the situation.Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 consists of 11 parts, 325 articles and 22 schedules, the second part of this paper elaborate the specific content of it, covering marine management organization, the exclusive economic zone,UK marine areas and Welsh zone, marine planning, marine licensing, nature conservation,management of inshore fisheries, enforcement, coastal access,etc. Marine management organization is the major department responsible for the UK marine affairs, playing an important role in marine conservation, fisheries, marine planning and other matters. UK government use marine planning to guide for marine development activities, through making the provisions of the matter and the direction of development in the region, in order to promote the sustainable use of marine resources. Marine conservation zones are a type of Marine Protected Area. Powers to create them to contribute to a network of marine protected areas were provided in Part 5 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009. They will protect areas that are important to conserve the diversity of nationally rare or threatened habitats and species. To better regulate the exploitation of fisheries resources, UK government designate fisheries protection areas, establish inshore fisheries and conservation authority to issue fishing licences as well as the method of determining fishing quotas to manage fisheries exploitation. At the same time, a more flexible and proportionate enforcement has established to ensure better able to implement relevant provisions. By making a coastal margin available for access around the coast of England to improve public access to and enjoyment of the English coastline, providing secure and consistent rights for people to enjoy the coast with confidence and certainty.After systematic introduction to the main contents of the Act, the third part of the paper summary the features of it. Its emphasis on public participation, transparency, sustainability, and biodiversity conservation.All those features make the laws conform to the historical trend, in line with the trend of the times, and also operable.With the awareness and understanding of the main issues about Marine and Coastal Access Act, the fourth part of the paper focus on the deficiency of legal system for marine law in China, hoping to inspire our country’s relative legal system through the description of the UK.