ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Mar. Sci.
Sec. Marine Pollution
Volume 12 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fmars.2025.1649087
This article is part of the Research TopicAdvances in Marine Environmental Protection: Challenges, Solutions and Perspectives Volume IIView all 25 articles
Enforcement of Marine Environmental Law against Marine Pollution from Land-based Sources in China
Provisionally accepted
- Dalian Maritime University, Dalian, China
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Serious marine pollution has posed significant challenges to both the theory and practice of China's marine environmental law enforcement. The entry into force of the revised Marine Environment Protection Law of China provides an opportunity to examine how China enforces marine environmental law to prevent harmful consequences of land-based marine pollution and protect marine rights and interests. This article begins with a discussion of the legal authorities responsible for marine environmental law enforcement in China, based on specific indicators, and then focuses on relevant jurisdictional issues, including jurisdictional waters of China and the exercise of such jurisdiction. Additionally, the article discusses the resolution of disputes arising from enforcement actions against marine pollution from both domestic and international legal perspectives.
Keywords: marine environmental law enforcement, marine pollution from land-based sources, Coast Guard Agencies, enforcement dispute settlement, compulsory conciliation
Received: 18 Jun 2025; Accepted: 21 Jul 2025.
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* Correspondence: XIAOLIN PAN, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian, China
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