Dear colleagues, on behalf of Prof. Dr. Alexander Proelss, I am pleased to announce the publication of the following paper in The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law. Proelss, A., Krivickaite, M., Gilles, A., Herr, H., Siebert, U. (2011). Protection of Cetaceans in European Waters - A Case Study on Bottom-Set Gillnet Fisheries within Marine Protected Areas. The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law 26: 5-45 Abstract: This article explores the legal regime of the protection of marine species and habitats within European waters by taking the protection of harbour porpoises in the German territorial sea and exclusive economic zone as an example. The analysis is based on a scientific assessment of the occurrence of and the anthropogenic impacts on harbour porpoises in the North Sea. The relationship between the protection of marine species within the European Union (EU) on the one hand and the Common Fisheries Policy of the EU on the other constitutes a classic example of a user-environment conflict. The article explores how such conflicts ought to be solved under the pertinent legal rules. http://brill.publisher.ingentaconnect.com/content/mnp/estu/2011/00000026/000... If you are unable to download the article from the journal website, requests for pdf copies should be sent to gilles@ftz-west.uni-kiel.de I wish you all the best for 2011! Anita ************************************************ Dr. Anita Gilles Forschungs- und Technologiezentrum Westkueste University of Kiel Hafentoern 1 25761 Buesum Germany Tel: +49 (0)4834-604105 Fax: +49 (0)4834-604199 email: gilles@ftz-west.uni-kiel.de http://www.uni-kiel.de/ftzwest/ag7/mitarb/agilles.shtml