ABSTRACT
This chapter aims to review the relationships between the emerging patterns of maritime boundaries on the one hand, and those of the regional bases of global ocean management on the other. It looks at current pre-occupations with the technical and legal aspects of boundary delimitation towards the objectives and taxonomy of boundaries as a tool in the development and management of ocean space and resources. The chapter begins with consideration of the political and administrative boundaries which has been a principal focus of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, and discusses management for boundaries. It assesses the role of boundaries in relation to integrated management approaches which take account of the interrelationships among uses and organisations. Within large states, and the European Community, regionalisation is an increasingly strong factor in the development of fisheries management regimes in the early 1970s.
