Research On The Legal Norms And Practices Of The High Seas Marine Protected Areas

With the in-depth human activities on the high seas,the high seas marine environment and marine biodiversity face more and more challenges.It's time to take the actions by the international community.To establish the high seas marine protected areas as a measure for the marine environment and biological resources conservation has become a hot topic in the international community.Based on the legal norms and practices of the high seas marine protected areas,this paper analyzes the problems in the existing legal norms and practices of the high seas marine protected areas,and provides suggestions for the development of the high seas marine protected areas.Exploring the challenges to China which brought by the establishment of the high seas marine protected areas,this paper suggests some reasonable countermeasures for China.In addition to the preface,this article is divided into four chapters.The first chapter defines the concept of the high seas marine protected areas,analyzes the importance and necessity of establishing high seas marine protected areas,and introduces the development of high seas marine protected areas.It also analyzes the attitudes and positions of the EU,Australia,the United States,Canada,Japan and China on the establishment of high seas marine protected areas.The second chapter focuses on the legal norms and international practices of the existing high seas marine protected areas,trying to find out the successful experiences and the problems of those protected areas.In the third chapter,it summarizes the problems of the high seas marine protected areas,which include,the lack of international regulations,the conflict between the international legal norms and the existing marine legal system,and the conflict of national interest.In order to solve these problems,it is necessary to make full use of the existing legal norms and improvement legal system,strengthen the role of international organizations,and strengthen cooperation among countries.The fourth chapter points out a series of challenges to China,which are brought by the legal norms and international practices of high seas marine protected areas,including challenges to China's distant-water fishing,resource development in the Areas,marine scientific research activities and the marine management system.In order to face those challenges,China should actively participate in the international affairs of the high seas marine protected areas,improve the relevant domestic legal norms,increase financial investment and strengthen scientific research and participate directly in the establishment and management of the high seas marine protected areas.