The Torres StraitThis is the twelfth book in the series "International Straits of the" "World" which describes the geography of a narrow waterway linking two seas and its relevance to shipping, economic development, and social welfare in the region, especially examining the legal status of the strait and its international relations. As a central focus, this study addresses the legal status of the Strait in the light of the 1982 U.N. Law of the Sea Convention. The Convention not only prescribes limits to the territorial sea, an exclusive economic zone and a continental shelf for coastal states, but also addresses rules for the transit of straits for international navigation. The book details the unusual demarcation of Australian territorial seas in certain islands and the unique fisheries - deep seabed lines of jurisdiction. Finally, this study turns sympathetically to the welfare of the Islanders, a small distinct ethnic group which has suffered losses in land, culture, and independence through the rush of western civilization. The author illuminates the importance of the Protected Zone established by the Torres Strait Treaty to Islander economic and environmental concerns. He also examines and takes a position on the feasibility of an independent state for the Islanders. |
Contents
GEOGRAPHY OF THE TORRES STRAIT | 1 |
APPENDIX A 157 | 21 |
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THE TORRES STRAIT 23 222 | 23 |
ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE STRAIT | 55 |
THE INTERNATIONAL LAW OF STRAITS AND THE TORRES | 77 |
LEGAL REGIME OF THE TORRES STRAIT | 89 |
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN THE TORRES STRAIT | 121 |
APPENDIX B 189 | 125 |
SELFDETERMINATION AND | 135 |
APPENDIX C | 191 |
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Common terms and phrases
Aboriginal activities annexation Article Australia and Papua Australian Government Publishing Australian islands Badu Barrier Reef bĂȘche-de-mer Beckett Bligh boats Boigu Canberra Cape York Peninsula coast coastal colony Corfu Channel Daru Dauan dugong East environmental Fisheries Jurisdiction Line Fly River Government Publishing Service Gulf of Papua Haddon indigenous innocent passage International Law international straits island communities Johannes & MacFarlane kilometres lobster mainland Maritime Boundaries Mulrennan Murray Island Native Title nautical miles navigation note 9 Ok Tedi Ok Tedi River Pacific Papua New Guinea Party pearl shell pollution potential prawn fishery Prince of Wales Protected Zone commercial Protected Zone Joint Queensland REEFREP Saibai Sea Convention sea-bed seabed Shipping Study significant Singe supra note 16 territorial sea Thursday Island Torres Strait Fisheries Torres Strait Islanders Torres Strait Region Torres Strait Treaty traditional fishing traditional inhabitants transit passage turtle vessels waters western Zone commercial fisheries
References to this book
Navigational Rights and Freedoms and the New Law of the Sea Donald Rothwell,Walter Samuel Grono Bateman No preview available - 2000 |