Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale - ISPRA, Via Vitaliano Brancati 48, 00144 Rome, Italy.
University of Rijeka, Faculty of Maritime Studies, Studentska 2, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia.
Mar Pollut Bull. 2019 Oct;147:245-253. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.06.012. Epub 2018 Oct 5.
The Adriatic Sea, a semi-enclosed and vulnerable environment, deserves special attention regarding the risk of introducing Harmful Aquatic Organisms and Pathogens via ships' ballast water as new species findings occur at an alarming rate. This species introduction vector was addressed with the 2004 International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments, which entered into force in 2017. The efficient implementation of this convention calls for Adriatic States' cooperation on environmental specifics that have not been dealt with neither by national nor by international measures yet. Based on legal and institutional data gathered, and considering the regional maritime traffic and environmental specifics, this paper reveals that the integration of current environmental law commitments as well as a better dialogue between public institutions from shipping and environmental sectors may foster the implementation of ballast water management obligations through appropriate Adriatic States' cooperation.
亚得里亚海是一个半封闭且脆弱的环境，由于通过船舶压载水引入有害水生生物和病原体的风险，特别需要引起关注，因为新物种的发现速度令人震惊。2004 年《国际船舶压载水和沉积物控制和管理公约》针对这种物种引入载体，该公约于 2017 年生效。要有效实施该公约，就需要亚得里亚海各国在环境方面开展合作，而这些环境具体问题既没有通过国家措施，也没有通过国际措施来解决。本文根据收集的法律和体制数据，并考虑到区域海上交通和环境具体情况，揭示了将当前环境法承诺结合起来，以及加强航运和环境部门公共机构之间的对话，可以通过适当的亚得里亚海国家合作，促进履行压载水管理义务。
