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Page 5. External links and sources

More links and websites

  • Law of the sea

    The Ministry for the Environment’s site has information on multilateral laws and treaties, including the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.

  • Fisheries New Zealand

    The Fisheries New Zealand website includes information on international obligations relating to fishing.

  • Oceans and law of the sea

    This page on the United Nations website links to a wide range of information, including the text on the Convention of the Law of the Sea.

More suggestions and sources

  • Beeby, Chris. ‘The United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea: a New Zealand view.’ Pacific Viewpoint 16, no. 2 (September 1975): 113–142.
  • MacKay, Don. ‘Law of the Sea – and the Continental Shelf.’ Address to the 1996 New Zealand Petroleum Conference, 11 March 1996. New Zealand Foreign Affairs and Trade Record 4, no. 11 (May 1996): 4–7.
  • Mansfield, Bill. ‘Compulsory dispute settlement after the Southern Bluefin Tuna Award.’ In Oceans management in the 21st century: institutional frameworks and responses, edited by A. G. Oude Elferink and D. R. Rothwell. Leiden: M. Nijhoff, 2004.
  • Templeton, Malcolm. ‘The law of the sea.’ In New Zealand as an international citizen: fifty years of United Nations membership, edited by Malcolm Templeton. Wellington: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, 1995.
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How to cite this page

Bill Mansfield, Law of the sea, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/story/12645/sources (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Bill Mansfield, published 2 March 2009.