A Comparative study of Fishery and Environment Laws in the South China Sea: Utilising Existing Laws to Promote Cooperation

Abstract

Though there is general consensus that claimants to the South China Sea should set aside territorial disputes and cooperate to preserve the overexploited natural resources of the sea, no such means of cooperation have yet been established. This policy report investigates whether such multilateral cooperation can be established by using existing similarities in the marine environmental laws and policies of claimant countries.