In May 2005, the International Max Planck Research School for Maritime Affairs organized an international conference addressing marine pollution. At the conf- ence venue, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, academics and practitioners debated recent developments from an interdisciplinary perspective. The papers shed light upon ecological aspects, upon the efforts of the international community to prevent and combat marine pollution by appropriate institutions and regulations, and upon the compensation of losses which have occurred despite those efforts. The present volume collects the papers of the conference and at the same time conveys an impression of the diversity of subjects discussed in the International Max Planck Research School for Maritime Affairs. The editors of this book have been supported by advice and help from several persons: In particular we are indebted to Dr. Silke Knaut and Dr. Anatol Dutta for their editorial assistance, to Anna-Maria Hubert who, as a native speaker, carried out the linguistic revision of several papers, and to Ingeborg Stahl for the prepa- tion of the manuscript. Hamburg, April 2007 Jürgen Basedow/Ulrich Magnus Contents Contributors...........................................................................................................IX Welcome Address and Introduction Marine Pollution as a Topic of Research and Policy Jürgen Basedow ......................................................................................................1

Welcome Address and Introduction.- Welcome Address and Introduction.- Ecological Aspects of Marine Pollution.- Survey: Sources, Paths and Effects of Marine Pollution.- Modelling the Fate of Persistent Toxic Substances in the North Sea: ?-HCH and PCB 153 Multiyear Simulations.- Rebuilding the Eastern Baltic Cod Stock in a System of Change An MPA Approach.- Prevention of Marine Pollution Institutional Foundations.- Prevention of Marine Pollution: The Contribution of IMO.- The Contribution of the European Union to Marine Pollution Prevention.- HELCOMs Contribution to the Prevention of Marine Pollution.- Transport of Hazardous and Noxious Goods by Sea The IMDG Code.- Compensation for Marine Pollution.- Origins and Compensation of Marine Pollution A Survey.- Maritime Pollution Compensation or Enforcement?.- The International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds and the International Regime of Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage.- Compensation by the Coastal States The Prestige Disaster.- International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage, 2001 Liability and Insurance Aspects.