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The Astrolabe

An ancient instrument for solving problems of location and distance, as well as time

Astrolábon órganon is the word used in Ptolemaeus Syntaxis 5.1 to describe a form of armillary sphere consisting of both fixed and rotating rings for determining the ecliptic co-ordinates of stars. Also called astrolabe were two-dimensional representations of the celestial sphere: over fixed disks with a representation of the horizon of the earth (in each case for a specific geographic latitude) and its parallels up to the zenith lies a rotating representation of the heavens (called ‘spider’ or ‘net’) with zodiac and indicators for some of the brightest stars. On the back is an indicator (‘alidade’) with visor plates for calculating the height of the stars. The astrolabe allows its user to determine the hours of day and night, the positions of stars, and the height and depth of objects on earth (mountains, buildings, wells). The oldest extant descriptions of the flat, planispheric astrolabe come from Iohannes Philoponus, 6th century AD, and (in Syrian) from Severus Sebokht, c. 660 AD. Indirect references may date back as early as Theon (4th cent.). Between the 8th and the 9th centuries the Arabs appropriated the knowledge of the astrolabe. At the end of the 10th century and again in the 12th century, they passed it on to Western Europe, where astrolabes were constructed up until the 17th cent. Today, one Byzantine astrolabe (from 1062) is extant, as are some 750 Arabic-Islamic astrolabes and approximately the same number of European astrolabes.

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Current Fisheries Issues and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Edited by John Norton Moore and Myron H. Nordquist

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Publication year: 2000


Series:	Center for Oceans Law and Policy, 5
ISBN-13 (i)The ISBN (International Standard Book Number) has been changed from 10 to 13 digits on 1 January 2007:	978 90 41 11472 3
ISBN-10:	90 41 11472 6

Cover:	Hardback
Number of pages:	688 pp.

List price:	€ 235.00 / US$ 331.00

Table of contents

Prefatory Note. Note by the Editors. Introductory Remarks; D.A. Harcharik. Keynote Address; F.E. Loy. Panel I: UN Fish Stocks Agreement: Recent Developments and Issues; M.H. Nordquist. The Draft Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean; M.W. Lodge. Science and Fisheries Management Entering the New Millennium; D. Butterworth. Developments in the Southeast Atlantic, 1997-1999; A. Jackson. Panel II: Compliance Agreement, Global Issues, and Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing; G. Moore. The FAO Compliance Agreement; G. Moore. High Seas Fishing Vessel Database; R. Grainger. Making the New Rules Work: Implementation of the Global Fisheries Instruments; D. Balton. Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing; K. Bray. Panel III: Implementation of UN Convention, Compliance Agreement, and UN Fish Stocks Agreement; L. Christy. Implementing the 1982 UN Convention, the FAO Compliance Agreement, and the UN Fish Stocks Agreement; W. Edeson. Implementing the Law of the Sea Convention, the FAO Compliance Agreement, and the UN Fish Stocks Agreement: A View from the World Bank; D. Freestone. Distant Water State Perspectives; I. Nomura. Southern Bluefin Tuna Dispute; J.-J. Maguire. FAO Rights-Based Fisheries Management Perspective; R. Shotton. Rights-Based Fisheries: A Legal Overview; C. Lería, A. Van Houtte. Panel IV: International Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries; Z.S. Karnicki. Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries: Development and Implementation Considerations; D.J. Doulman. Implementing the International Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries; P.D. Dalton. The FISHCODE Project: Achievements; S.C. Venema. Panel V: Compliance; M.H. Nordquist. The Role of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea; R. Wolfrum. Compliance; E. Wiseman, R. Steinbock. Legal Aspects of Implementing the FFA Vessel Monitoring System; B. Kuemlangan. Vessel Monitoring Systems; A.R. Smith. Panel VI: Future Directions in Fisheries Management; M.H. Nordquist.Iceland's Proposal about Fisheries Subsidies; T. Ibsen. The Precautionary Approach to Fisheries: Progress Review and Main Issues (1995-2000); S.M. Garcia. The International Plan of Action for the Management of Fishing Capacity: Retrospect and Prospect; D. Gréboval. Eco-labelling in Fisheries Management; K. Cochrane, R. Willmann. Cumulative Index of Authors and titles Volumes 1-24 (1977-2000).

Each year, the Center for Oceans Law and Policy of the University of Virginia School of Law hosts a conference on a topical subject. The twenty-fourth meeting was co-sponsored by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and held in March 2000 at its Rome headquarters. The conference, Current Fisheries Issues and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, featured two days of presentations from many of the world's formost experts on global fisheries. The published conference proceedings include papers by the Honorable Frank E. Loy, Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs, Department of State, USA; Rüdiger Wolfrum, Judge at the International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea; and Gerald Moore, former Legal Counsel to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Topics discussed include recent developments and issues relating to the UN Fish Stocks Agreement, the Law of the Sea Convention, and the FAO Compliance Agreement. Illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing is also examined, as well as the International Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries and future directions in fisheries management. The papers present enlightened analyses of these important issues. Current Fisheries Issues and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is a landmark collection of expert opinions, compiled through the cooperation of an academic institution and an international organization firmly dedicated to international fisheries law.

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