Oceans and Fisheries
Oceans
Deep appreciation of the need to maintain and improve the health of the global oceans for future generations
Fisheries
Forty years experience in Pacific and international fisheries law and policy from negotiations to advice
Environment
Fundamental belief in environmental stewardship as a pathway to a better environment
Experienced Oceans and Environmental Expert
Litigation
International Court of Justice: Agent, Counsel and Advocate for New Zealand in Whaling in the Antarctic (Australia v Japan, New Zealand Intervening)
International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea: Agent, Counsel and Advocate for New Zealand in the Advisory Opinion of the Sub-Regional Fisheries Commission’; Adviser to New Zealand in the Request for an Advisory Opinion submitted by the Commission of Small Island States on Climate Change and International Law
Negotiations
Multilateral: Ad Hoc Informal Working Group on Marine Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction; FAO Port State Measures Agreement
Pacific: Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention; Renegotiation of Multilateral Treaty on Fisheries between the US and Pacific; South Pacific Driftnet Fishing Convention
Advice
Chair, Performance Review Panel for the North Pacific Fisheries Commission
Legal Adviser, Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention
Chair, Performance Review Panel for the South Pacific Fisheries Management Organisation
Adviser, North Pacific Fisheries Commission, Forum Fisheries Agency; Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels
Life Long Dedication to Improved Oceans and Environment
Selected Oceans Publications and Speaking Engagements
‘The 1995 UN Fish Stocks Agreement: A Framework for the Future’ in Nilüfer Oral and Tara Davenport (eds) UNCLOS at 40: Essays in Honour of Ambassador Tommy Koh
(CIL, National University of Singapore 2024).
The Influence of Scholarship on the Shaping and Making of the Law of the Sea, The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law 38 (2023) 1-27
Settlement of Disputes under UNCLOS: Delivering on the Promise? International Seabed Authority Conference: Women in the Law of the Sea, 28 September 2022.
Experts Review Group, Approaches to Evaluate Strengthen RFMO Compliance Processes and Performance – A Toolkit and Recommendations, 2022.
“Labour Standards on Fishing Vessels: A Problem in Search of a Home?” (2021) 22(2) of the Melbourne Journal of International Law 308.
“The Role of International Dispute Resolution as an Accountability Mechanism for Climate Change”, presentation to the London Conference on International Law, October 2019.
Facilitator and Presenter, Forum Fisheries Agency Judicial Symposium, “Responsibility in Fisheries”, Honiara, Solomon Islands, August 2019.
Chair and Commentator, “Sea Level Rise and International Law”, Public Lecture, Beeby Colloquium and International Law Association, Wellington New Zeland, November 2018.
“Redefining environmental stewardship to deliver governance frameworks for marine biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction” ICES Journal of Marine Science, Volume 75, Issue 1, 1 January 2018, Pages 435-443. https://academic.oup.com/icesjms/article/75/1/435/3953910
“The Intervention Procedure in Whaling in the Antarctic: A Threat to Bilateralism?” (2014) 32 Australian Year Book of International Law, 97-112.
“Whaling in the Antarctic: Some Reflections by Counsel” (with Elana Geddis), (2013) 11 New Zealand Yearbook of International Law, 143-158. http://www.nzlii.org/nz/journals/NZYbkIntLaw/2013/5.pdf
“Compliance, Enforcement and the Southern Oceans: The Need for a New Approach”, in RA Herr ed, Sovereignty at Sea: From Westphalia to Madrid, (2000) Wollongong Papers on Maritime Policy No 11, Centre for Maritime Policy, University of Wollongong, 175-190.
“Pacific Tuna: Biology, Economics and Politics” (with John E. Bardach), in Elisabeth Mann Borgese and Norton Ginsburg ed, Ocean Yearbook 5, (1985) University of Chicago Press, 29-57.
Resource Use Arrangements in Southwest Pacific Fisheries, Pacific Islands Development Program, East-West Centre, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1983.
“The Territorial Sea and Exclusive Economic Zone Act 1977” (1978) Vol 3, No 3, Auckland University Law Review, 261-278. http://www.nzlii.org/nz/journals/AukULawRw/1978/3.html