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Costa Rica -- Régimen legal de los recursos marinos y costeros en Costa Rica
Laws
Antigua and Barbuda -- Oil Pollution of Maritime Areas Act
Australia -- Protection of the Sea (Oil Pollution Compensation Fund) Regulations (S.R. No. 126 of 1994 as amended)
Australia: South Australia -- Protection of Marine Waters (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act 1987
Australia: South Australia -- Protection of Marine Waters (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act--Regulations 2001
Bahamas -- Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution Amendment) Act 2001 (No. 11 of 2001)
Brazil -- State of Sao Paolo Law No. 9.346 establishing preventive measures to avoid the spilling of oil and its derivatives or other chemical products along the State`s coast
Canada -- Canada Shipping Act
Canada -- Marine Liability Act
Canada: Manatoba -- Fishermen`s Assistance and Polluter`s Liability Act, Chapter F 100
China -- Marine Environment Protection Law of the People`s Republic of China
China -- Regulations of the People`s Republic of China on the Prevention of Vessel-Induced Sea Pollution (1983)
E.U. -- Communication from the Commission on cooperation in the field of accidental or deliberate marine pollution after 2007 (Provided by AJA thanks to the support of Fundacion Biodivesidad)
E.U. -- Comunicación de la Comisión sobre las disposiciones relativas a la cooperación en el ámbito de la contaminación marina accidental o deliberada después de 2007 (Facilitada por AJÁ gracias al apoyo de la Fundación Biodiversidad)
E.U. -- Council Decision 2001/792/EC of 23 of October establishing a Community mechanism to facilitate reinforced cooperation in civil protection assistance interventions (Provided by AJA thanks to the support of Fundacion Biodivesidad)
E.U. -- Decisión 2001/792/CE, de 23 de octubre, por la que se establece un mecanismo comunitario para facilitar una cooperación reforzada en las intervenciones de ayuda en el ámbito de la protección civil (Facilitada por AJÁ gracias al apoyo de la Fundaci
E.U. -- Reglamento (CE) n° 724/2004, de 31 de marzo de 2004, por el que se modifica el Reglamento (CE) nº 1406/2002, de 27 de junio, por el que se crea la Agencia Europea de Seguridad Marítima (Facilitada por AJÁ gracias al apoyo de la Fundación Biodivers
E.U. -- Reglamento (CE) nº 1406/2002, de 27 de junio de 2002, por el que se crea la Agencia Europea de Seguridad Marítima (Facilitada por AJÁ gracias al apoyo de la Fundación Biodiversidad)
E.U. -- Regulation (EC) No 1406/2002 of 27 June 2002 establishing a European Maritime Safety Agency (Provided by AJA thanks to the support of Fundacion Biodivesidad)
E.U. -- Regulation (EC) No 724/2004 of 31 March 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 1406/2002 establishing a European Maritime Safety Agency (Provided by AJA thanks to the support of Fundacion Biodivesidad)
Ghana--Oil in Navigable Waters Act 1964
Indonesia -- Government Regulation No. 19/1999 RE Control over marine contamination and/or damage
International Conventions -- Acuerdo sobre la Cooperación Regional para el Combate contra la Contaminación del Pacífico Sudeste por Hidrocarburos y otras Sustancias Nocivas en Casos de Emergencia
International Conventions -- Agreement for Cooperation in Dealing with Pollution of the North Sea by Oil and other Harmful Substances (Bonn Agreement)
International Conventions -- Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean (Barcelona Convention)
International Conventions -- Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area (Helsinki Convention 1992)
International Conventions -- International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL 73/78)
International Conventions -- International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage (2001)
International Conventions -- International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage
International Conventions -- Protocol Concerning Cooperation in Preventing Pollution from Ships and, in Cases of Emergency, Combating Pollution of the Mediterranean Sea (Protocol to Barcelona Agreement)
International Conventions -- Protocolo Complementario del Acuerdo sobre la Cooperación Regional para el Combate contra la Contaminación del Pacífico Sudeste por Hidrocarburos y otras Sustancias Nocivas
Japan -- Law Relating to the Prevention of Marine Pollution and Maritime Disaster (Extracts) (Law No. 136 of 1970 as amended through Law No. 68 of 1998)
Kenya -- Environmental (Prevention of Pollution in Coastal Zone and other Segments of the Environment) Regulation, 2003 (L.N. No. 159 of 2003)
Korea -- Prevention of Marine Pollution Act 1991
Malaysia -- Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) (amendment) Act 2005
Malta -- Oil Pollution (Liability and Compensation) Act 1992
Namibia -- Prevention and Combating of Pollution of the Sea by Oil Act 1981
New Zealand -- Marine Pollution Act (No. 14 of 1974)
New Zealand -- Marine Pollution Amendment Act (No. 34 of 1990)
Papua New Guinea -- National Maritime Safety Authority Act (2003)
Papua New Guinea -- Prevention of Pollution of the Sea Act (1979)
Papua New Guinea -- Protection of the Sea (Shipping Levy) Act (2004)
Singapore -- Merchant Shipping Act
Singapore -- Prevention of Pollution of the Sea Act 1991
Sri Lanka -- Marine Pollution Prevention Act
Tanzania -- Merchant Shipping Act 2003
Tonga -- Marine Pollution Prevention Act (No. 8 of 2002)
U.S. -- Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. sec. 1321)
U.S. -- Oil Pollution Act
United Kingdom -- Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Oil and Chemical Pollution of Fish) Order 1997
United Kingdom -- Merchant Shipping Act 1995
Other Resources
IOPC Fund -- Claims Manual
United States -- Injury Assessment: Guidance Document for Natural Resource Damage Assessment Under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990
United States -- National Oil and Hazardous Substances Contingency Plan
United States -- Primary Restoration: Guidance Document for Natural Resource Damage Assessment Under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990
Related Links
Australian Conservation Foundation`s Marine Protection Legislation Review
Coral Reef Information and Resources (National Academy of Sciences)
E.U. -- Community Cooperation on Marine Pollution
E.U. -- European Maritime Safety Agency
International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
Internet Guide to International Fisheries Law
The Leatherback Trust (Leatherback sea turtle conservation)
U.S. -- Ocean Discharge Guidelines - summary