Library Research
The following subject descriptors will be useful in the UH Library database and WorldCat to find books and articles:
- Marine Pollution
- Ships Waste Disposal
- Plastic Marine Debris
- Microplastics
- MARPOL
- Names of the conventions/treaties/protocols
Relevant Book Chapters and Books
Hazardous Chemicals Associated with Plastics in the Marine Environment by ISBN: 9783319955667Publication Date: 2018-10-23
Marine Pollution by ISBN: 9780198726289Publication Date: 2017-10-26
Marine Pollution Shipping Waste and International Law by ISBN: 9780367180980Publication Date: 2019-08-06
Prevention of Pollution of the Marine Environment from Vessels by ISBN: 9783319106076Publication Date: 2014-11-19
Shipboard Pollution Control: U.S. Navy Compliance with MARPOL Annex VISBN: 0309573696Publication Date: 1996-01-01
Pharmaceuticals in Marine and Coastal Environments by ISBN: 9780081029725Publication Date: 2021-06-23
Coastal and Deep Ocean Pollution by ISBN: 9781351337533Publication Date: 2020-03-10
The International Seabed Authority and the Precautionary Principle by ISBN: 9789004332270Publication Date: 2017-01-19
Saving the Oceans Through Law by ISBN: 9780198707325Publication Date: 2017-11-21
Cooperation and Engagement in the Asia-Pacific Region by ISBN: 9789004412019Publication Date: 2019-11-28
International Marine Environmental Law and Policy by ISBN: 9781138651135Publication Date: 2018-08-14
The Marine Environment and United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 14 by ISBN: 9789004364202Publication Date: 2018-10-25
High Seas Governance by ISBN: 9789004373310Publication Date: 2018-11-29
The Poseidon Project by ISBN: 9780190265649Publication Date: 2022-01-03
Relevant Treaties (in chronological order)
- International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, Nov. 2, 1973, 34 U.S.T. 3407, 1340 U.N.T.S. 61.The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 as modified by the Protocol of 1978 (MARPOL 73/78, MARPOL is short for maritime pollution and 73/78 short for the years 1973 and 1978) is one of the most important international marine environmental conventions.
- Protocol of 1978 Relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, Feb. 17, 1978, 1340 U.N.T.S. 61.The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 as modified by the Protocol of 1978 (MARPOL 73/78, MARPOL is short for maritime pollution and 73/78 short for the years 1973 and 1978) is one of the most important international marine environmental conventions.
- Convention for the Prevention of Marine Pollution from Land-Based Sources, June 4, 1974 1546 U.N.T.S. 119.Also known as the Paris Convention. The text/instrument was replaced by the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic (OSPAR Convention). No longer part of the online database at the U.N. treaty website.
- Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic, Sept. 22, 1992, 2354 U.N.T.S. 67.Commonly referred to as the OSPAR convention.
- United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Dec. 10, 1982, 1833 U.N.T.S. 397.See particularly arts. 192-95, 204-22, 237.
- The Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping Wastes and Other Matter, Dec. 29, 1972, 26 U.S.T. 2403, 1046 U.N.T.S. 120Commonly referred to as the 1972 London Dumping Convention or simply the 1972 Convention.