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9 Int'l J. Marine & Coastal L. 431 (1994)
Introduction

handle is hein.journals/ljmc9 and id is 455 raw text is: INTRODUCTION Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas-An Important Environmental Concept at a Turning-point Kristina Gjerde Research Fellow, Law School, University of Hull David Freestone Professor of International Law, University of Hull This special issue of the International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law is dedicated to the emerging concept of Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas (PSSA): its relevance, history and international legal implications. A PSSA, as defined by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) in 1991, is an area that needs special protection through action by IMO because of its significance for recognised ecological or socio-economic or scientific reasons and which may be vulnerable to environmental damage by maritime traffic.' The papers presented here are a product of a series of three meetings of international legal experts organised by the University of Hull Law School with the co-sponsorship of the IMO to analyse and discuss the PSSA concept, particularly its significance and implications under international law. In 1991, the IMO adopted Guidelines for the Designation of Special Areas and the Identification of Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas (the Guidelines). As their primary function was to encourage better use of existing measures, the Guidelines reviewed routeing, discharge and other measures available through existing IMO treaty and non-treaty instruments such as MARPOL, SOLAS and Guidelines for the Designation of Special Areas and the Identification of Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas, IMO Assembly Resolution A.720(17) 6 November 1991, para. 3.1.2. THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MARINE AND COASTAL LAW, Vol 9, No 4 © Graham E Trotman Limited, 1994

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