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Fisheries and maritime security: Understanding and enhancing the connection (2019)
Book Chapter
Barnes, R., & Rosello, M. (in press). Fisheries and maritime security: Understanding and enhancing the connection. In Maritime Security and the Law of the Sea. Help or Hindrance. Edward Elgar Publishing

Traditionally, maritime security has been understood in terms of direct or physical security. Typically, this concerns military or policing issues, such as inter-State conflicts, piracy or trafficking. This narrow understanding is increasingly ch... Read More about Fisheries and maritime security: Understanding and enhancing the connection.

The proposed LOSC implementation agreement on areas beyond national jurisdiction and its impact on international fisheries law (2019)
Book Chapter
Barnes, R. (2019). The proposed LOSC implementation agreement on areas beyond national jurisdiction and its impact on international fisheries law. In D. Freestone (Ed.), Conserving biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction (104-139). Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004391703_006

As the development of an implementation agreement on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction gathers pace, it is important to consider how this might impact upon... Read More about The proposed LOSC implementation agreement on areas beyond national jurisdiction and its impact on international fisheries law.

Principles for fisheries management in areas beyond national jurisdiction—the essential role of incentive-based approaches (2018)
Report
Anderson, J., Asche, F., Barnes, R., Bush, S., Gentner, B., Hufflett, C., …Wachowicz, K. (2018). Principles for fisheries management in areas beyond national jurisdiction—the essential role of incentive-based approaches. Washington, DC: World Wildlife Fund

This publication was prepared under the auspices of a multidisciplinary Global Think Tank (GloTT) for the World Bank’s Ocean Partnerships for Sustainable Fisheries and Biodiversity Conservation: Models for Innovation and Reform (OPP). The World Bank’... Read More about Principles for fisheries management in areas beyond national jurisdiction—the essential role of incentive-based approaches.

Assessing the application of innovative incentive-based tools to reform highly migratory fisheries from regional to global scale (2018)
Report
Barnes, R. (2018). Assessing the application of innovative incentive-based tools to reform highly migratory fisheries from regional to global scale. Washington, DC: WWF/FAO

This report provides an assessment of the past performance and future outlook of innovative, incentive-based tools to reform highly migratory and transboundary fisheries at regional and global scales. This review seeks to identify legal, financial, a... Read More about Assessing the application of innovative incentive-based tools to reform highly migratory fisheries from regional to global scale.

Environmental rights in marine spaces (2018)
Book Chapter
Barnes, R. (2018). Environmental rights in marine spaces. In S. Bogojevic, & R. Rayfuse (Eds.), Environmental rights in Europe and beyond. Oxford: Bloomsbury Publishing

Alternative histories and futures of International Fisheries Law (2018)
Book Chapter
Barnes, R. (in press). Alternative histories and futures of International Fisheries Law. In Strengthening International Fisheries Law in an era of changing oceans. Oxford: Bloomsbury Publishing

Counterfactual thinking is used to analyse historical events or the effectiveness of political regimes. It is also used to show the contingency of events. What if we were to apply counterfactual thinking to the international regulation of fisheries?... Read More about Alternative histories and futures of International Fisheries Law.

The pursuit of good regulatory design principles in International Fisheries law: What possibility of smarter international regulation? (2018)
Book Chapter
Barnes, R. (in press). The pursuit of good regulatory design principles in International Fisheries law: What possibility of smarter international regulation?. In Smart Mixes of Environmental Governance edited by Niels Philipsen, Judith van Erp, Andre Nollkaemper, and Michael Faure (tbc). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

There is a growing body of literature that explores the effectiveness of different regulatory approaches and tools (e.g. Gunningham and Sinclair 1999, Van Gossum et al 2010, Baldwin et al 2012). This is sometimes referred to as smart regulation, resp... Read More about The pursuit of good regulatory design principles in International Fisheries law: What possibility of smarter international regulation?.

Commentaries on Article 2, 17-32, and 51-54 (2017)
Book Chapter
Barnes, R. (2017). Commentaries on Article 2, 17-32, and 51-54. In A. Proelss (Ed.), Convention on the Law of the Sea: A Commentary. Oxford: Bloomsbury Publishing

Island biodiversity (2017)
Book Chapter
Barnes, R. (2017). Island biodiversity. In E. Morgera, & J. Razzaque (Eds.), Biodiversity and Nature Protection Law (175-188). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing

The proposed LOSC implementation agreement on areas beyond national jurisdiction and its impact on international fisheries law (2016)
Journal Article
Barnes, R. (2016). The proposed LOSC implementation agreement on areas beyond national jurisdiction and its impact on international fisheries law. International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law, 31(4), 583-619. https://doi.org/10.1163/15718085-12341411

As the development of an implementation agreement on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction gathers pace, it is important to consider how this might impact upon international fisheries law. A... Read More about The proposed LOSC implementation agreement on areas beyond national jurisdiction and its impact on international fisheries law.

The continuing vitality of UNCLOS (2016)
Book Chapter
Barnes, R. (2016). The continuing vitality of UNCLOS. In J. Barrett, & R. Barnes (Eds.), Law of the sea: UNCLOS as a living treaty (459). London: British Institute of International and Comparative Law

Beyond responsibility to protect: Ceci N'Est Pas Une Pipe (2016)
Book Chapter
Barnes, R. A., & Tzevelekos, V. P. (2016). Beyond responsibility to protect: Ceci N'Est Pas Une Pipe. In R. Barnes, & V. Tzevelekos (Eds.), Beyond responsibility to protect: Generating change in international law (3-30). Intersentia. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781780687483.002

René Magritte's famous painting showing a pipe and painted text informing the reader that ‘[t]his is not a pipe’ is susceptible to varying interpretations. The truth of the painter's message depends on whether ‘this’ refers to the pipe depicted or to... Read More about Beyond responsibility to protect: Ceci N'Est Pas Une Pipe.

Energy sovereignty in marine spaces (2015)
Book Chapter
Barnes, R. (2015). Energy sovereignty in marine spaces. In N. Bankes, & S. Trevisanut (Eds.), Energy from the sea : an international law perspective on ocean energy (13-39). Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004303522_003

The term “energy sovereignty” is used with differing emphases to describe a State’s rights or assertions over energy resources and supplies. Given the importance of offshore energy developments, particularly in the field of renewables, this article e... Read More about Energy sovereignty in marine spaces.

Flag states (2015)
Book Chapter
Barnes, R. (2015). Flag states. In D. Rothwell, A. Oude Elferink, K. Scott, & T. Stephens (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook on the Law of the Sea (304-325). Oxford: Oxford University Press

Flag State jurisdiction provides one of the principal ways of maintaining legal order over activities at sea, although its significance has lessened as a consequence of extensions in coastal State jurisdiction over ocean spaces. Any State may grant... Read More about Flag states.

Energy sovereignty in marine spaces (2014)
Journal Article
Barnes, R. (2014). Energy sovereignty in marine spaces. International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law, 29(4), 573-599. https://doi.org/10.1163/15718085-12341328

The term “energy sovereignty” is used with differing emphases to describe a State’s rights or assertions over energy resources and supplies. Given the importance of offshore energy developments, particularly in the field of renewables, this article e... Read More about Energy sovereignty in marine spaces.

Co-location of activities and designations: A means of solving or creating problems in marine spatial planning? (2013)
Journal Article
Christie, N., Smyth, K., Barnes, R., & Elliott, M. (2014). Co-location of activities and designations: A means of solving or creating problems in marine spatial planning?. Marine Policy, 43, 254-261. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2013.06.002

Worldwide demand for energy is growing and predicted to increase by up to three times by 2050. Renewable energy will play a vital role in meeting this demand whilst maintaining global climate change targets. Around the British Isles, development of w... Read More about Co-location of activities and designations: A means of solving or creating problems in marine spatial planning?.

The capacity of property rights to accommodate social-ecological resilience (2013)
Journal Article
Barnes, R. A. (2013). The capacity of property rights to accommodate social-ecological resilience. Ecology and Society, 18(1), https://doi.org/10.5751/es-05292-180106

Here, I consider how social-ecological resilience can be facilitated by the use of property rights. Taking a legal perspective on the use of different forms of property, I consider how property rules can manifest the attributes of flexibility, respon... Read More about The capacity of property rights to accommodate social-ecological resilience.

The Law of the Sea 1850-2010 (2012)
Book Chapter
Barnes, R. (2012). The Law of the Sea 1850-2010. In A History of the North Atlantic Fisheries. Volume 2 (177-225). Bremen: Hauschild Verlag

This chapter considers the law of the sea and the regulation of fisheries in the North Atlantic from 1850 onwards. However, in order to provide a more coherent legal perspective, slightly broader chronological and geographic considerations are requir... Read More about The Law of the Sea 1850-2010.

International Regulation of Fisheries Management in Arctic Waters (2011)
Journal Article
Barnes, R. (2011). International Regulation of Fisheries Management in Arctic Waters. Jahrbuch fur internationales Recht. German yearbook of international law, 54, 193-230

Climate change has opened up the possibility of new fisheries in Arctic waters. There are governance gaps in existing international and regional instruments as they apply to Arctic waters. Existing regimes might be adapted or a new Arctic RFMO create... Read More about International Regulation of Fisheries Management in Arctic Waters.

Environmental and Planning Law (2011)
Book Chapter
Barnes, R. (2011). Environmental and Planning Law. United Kingdom Oil and Gas Law (1277 - 1324). London: Sweet and Maxwell

A detailed overwiew of the planning and environmental law aspects of offshore oil and gas exploration and operation.