International legal options for the control of biofouling on international vessels

Marine Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 559-569

  Roberts, Julian ^a,b   Tsamenyi, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b IUCN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biofouling; International Maritime Organisation

Indexed keywords

BALLAST WATER; BIOFOULING; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; INTERNATIONAL LAW; POLLUTION CONTROL; VESSEL;

EID: 42149136784     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2007.10.002     Document Type: Article

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