All Outputs (33)

The marine and coastal access act-A hornets' nest? (2012)
Journal Article

The Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 is now enacted into law. This paper looks at predictions made about new law by one of the authors, Peter Jones, in his paper The Marine Bill: Cornucopia or Pandora's Box [1] and assesses how successful the Act h... Read More about The marine and coastal access act-A hornets' nest?.

The EC Common Fisheries Policy. By ROBIN R. CHURCHILL and DANIEL OWEN (2011)
Journal Article

Book Review published in Journal of Environmental Law

Is the UK's fishery quota system a violation of human rights law? (2011)
Journal Article

The marine bill: An overview and some thoughts (2009)
Journal Article

This paper examines the Marine and Coastal Access Bill as it was tabled on 8th December 2008. It explores the failure of the Bill to include marine protection of over 3,000,000 km2 of the waters associated with overseas territories and Crown dependen... Read More about The marine bill: An overview and some thoughts.

Safeguarding the societal value of land (2009)
Journal Article

There is an extensive academic literature on relative cultural perspectives about the value of land, landscapes, ecosystems and natural resources (for example Posey and Strang). Our purpose in this paper is not to review that body of work. Rather,... Read More about Safeguarding the societal value of land.

Tools for the equitable and sustainable use of ecosystem resources: Parts 1 and 2 (2009)
Journal Article

Recognition over the past century of the benefits provided by land and landscapes has seen a net shift in balance from the private interests of landowners towards broader beneficiaries across society, with post-apartheid constitutional and legislativ... Read More about Tools for the equitable and sustainable use of ecosystem resources: Parts 1 and 2.

Flood management: From defence to sustainability (2009)
Journal Article

The problem of flood risk management is as old as settled human communities, preceding even the first telling of Noah's biblical flood. It remains a significant concern today in our highly populated, intensively developed world, albeit that understan... Read More about Flood management: From defence to sustainability.

Ecosystem services and the common law: Evaluating the full scale of damages (2009)
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Response to: Another view on the public right to fish and the question of regulation or ownership (2008)
Journal Article

It is undeniable that there is an outer limit on the appalling mess that is the public right to fish. The difficult question, which has not been coherently addressed by the courts in the rag tag and bobtail of old, first instance and foreign deci... Read More about Response to: Another view on the public right to fish and the question of regulation or ownership.

Damage by fishing in the UK's Lyme Bay - A problem of regulation or ownership? (2007)
Journal Article

Since last year, fisheries management has undergone serious analysis under the lens of the Marine White Paper. A change in the regulatory framework has been proposed, with the expansion of the jurisdictions of Sea Fisheries Committees, marine spatia... Read More about Damage by fishing in the UK's Lyme Bay - A problem of regulation or ownership?.

The draft Marine Bill: Will it deliver marine protection? (2007)
Journal Article

On 3rd April DEFRA published a draft Marine Bill to modernise the regulation of UK waters. At 687 pages (with guidance notes) the draft Bill is certainly comprehensive but does it deliver? The sensible place to start on this analysis is to look at... Read More about The draft Marine Bill: Will it deliver marine protection?.

The public right to fish: Is it fit for purpose? (2005)
Journal Article

The comment: `we live on an island made of coal surrounded by a sea full of fish, only an organisational genius could arrange a shortage of both at the same time', is attributed to Aneurin Bevan. The Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, t... Read More about The public right to fish: Is it fit for purpose?.

The crown's marine estate- A sovereign wealth fund?
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A response to the Treasury Select Committee investigation of the management of the Crown Estate, focusing on the marine estate and highlighting the Crown Estate's stewardship responsibilities