THE INTERNATIONAL LEGAL PROTECTION OF THE MARINE BIODIVERSITY

Abstract

This is an article about the international environmental law relating to the pro[1]tection of the biological resources of the oceans. It was conceived to address the importance of environmental impacts when the marine biodiversity is used as a raw material for industrial production, from the analysis of internatio[1]nal legal instruments created for the sustainable management of biological resources. This legal order is thus composed of various normative instruments, in particular the Convention on the Law of the Sea, which, in line with the Convention on Biological Diversity, offers the basic provisions for the envi[1]ronmental protection of the oceans. A systematic study of this international environmental legal order was therefore carried out in order to demonstrate the need for the continued development of effectiveness mechanisms regarding the measures taken and the adoption of new measures that are more adapted to environmental issues based on illegal fishing, unregulated fishing of straddling and highly migratory stocks, overfishing in areas of national jurisdiction, pre[1]datory fishing on the high seas and uncontrolled prospecting of marine genetic heritage.