MARINE ENVIRONMENT Clause Samples
The MARINE ENVIRONMENT clause establishes the parties' obligations to protect the marine environment during the performance of their contractual activities. It typically requires compliance with international, national, and local environmental laws and regulations, and may specify measures such as proper waste disposal, pollution prevention, and reporting of environmental incidents. This clause serves to ensure that operations do not harm the marine ecosystem, thereby reducing legal and reputational risks for the parties involved.
MARINE ENVIRONMENT. (a) Australia and East Timor shall cooperate to protect the marine environment of the JPDA so as to prevent and minimize pollution and other environmental harm from petroleum activities. Special efforts shall be made to protect marine animals including marine mammals, seabirds, fish and coral. Australia and East Timor shall consult as to the best means to protect the marine environment of the JPDA from the harmful consequences of petroleum activities.
(b) Where pollution of the marine environment occurring in the JPDA spreads beyond the JPDA, Australia and East Timor shall cooperate in taking action to prevent, mitigate and eliminate such pollution.
(c) The Designated Authority shall issue regulations to protect the marine environment in the JPDA. It shall establish a contingency plan for combating pollution from petroleum activities in the JPDA.
(d) Limited liability corporations or limited liability entities shall be liable for damage or expenses incurred as a result of pollution of the marine environment arising out of petroleum activities within the JPDA in accordance with:
(i) Their contract, licence or permit or other form of authority issued pursuant to this Treaty; and (ii). The law of the jurisdiction (Australia or East Timor) in which the claim is brought.
MARINE ENVIRONMENT a. BENTHIC: The ocean bottom, comprising the gently sloping continental shelf🕈 from shore to a depth of 200 meters, the mesobenthal at the upper portion of the steeper slope face of the outer shelf at depths of 200 to 500 meters, the bathybenthal mid-slope at depths of 500 to 1,000 meters, and the depths beyond.
MARINE ENVIRONMENT. The ocean bottom, comprising the gently sloping continental shelf from shore to a depth of 200 meters, the mesobenthal at the upper portion of the steeper slope face of the outer shelf at depths of 200 to 500 meters, the bathybenthal mid-slope at depths of 500 to 1,000 meters, and the depths beyond.
MARINE ENVIRONMENT. 1. The Meeting of Parties shall adopt conservation and management measures for the protection of habitats in the Area on which target fisheries, and associated or dependent species, are reliant. Such measures may include:
(a) spatial closures within the Area;
(b) temporal closures of target fisheries;
(c) the regulation of fishing methods and gear-types used, including the prohibition of certain gear types that may have an impact on associated or dependent species and/or vulnerable or unique habitats or ecosystems;
(d) measures to mitigate the effects of lost or abandoned fishing gear on vulnerable marine ecosystems;
(e) measures to reduce pollution from fishing vessels operating in the Area, and the effects of any such pollution;
(f) Information exchange and co-ordination with relevant organisations, including organisations with responsibility for land-based sources of pollution and vessel- source pollution.
2. The Meeting of Parties, in adopting the conservation and management measures referred to in paragraph 1 of this article, shall take full account of advice from the Scientific Committee and other relevant sources of information, including in particular, information from other regional organisations.
MARINE ENVIRONMENT. 1. The Commission shall adopt conservation and management measures for the protection of the marine ecosystems in which target fisheries, and associated or dependent species, occur. Such measures may include:
(a) spatial closures within the Area;
(b) temporal closures of target fisheries;
(c) the regulation of fishing methods and gear-types used, including the prohibition of certain gear types, that may have an impact on associated or dependent species and/or vulnerable or unique habitats or ecosystems;
(d) measures to mitigate the effects of lost or abandoned fishing gear on vulnerable marine ecosystems;
(e) measures to reduce pollution from fishing vessels operating in the Area, and the effects of any such pollution;
(f) information exchange and co-ordination with relevant organisations, including organisations with responsibility for land-based sources of pollution and pollution from vessels.
2. The Commission, in adopting the conservation and management measures referred to in paragraph 1 of this article, shall take full account of advice from the Scientific Committee and other relevant sources of information, including in particular, information from other regional organisations.
MARINE ENVIRONMENT. This section contains descriptors of the Marine Region, Environment (Biome), Environment (Feature), Environment (Material), Temperature and Salinity.