Download or read book International Maritime Organisations and Their Contribution Towards a Sustainable Marine Development written by Rainer Lagoni and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2006 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the last decades, shipping, fisheries and other uses of the oceans have considerably increased. However, adverse impacts caused by man have also been threatening the marine environment and the living resources of the sea. Hence the various international maritime organisations involved in managing the oceans are facing new challenges which in particular may be met by the concept of sustainability. How they cope with the present and future needs is shown in this book compiling information about some of the most relevant organisations in light of a sustainable marine development.