| Summary: | Proposal of a Marine Environment Management Scheme for the Sea of Okhotsk In a world with diminishing natural resources, arctic and sub-arctic areas have become a region of global importance because of their abundant resources and strategic position. In these areas, operations demand a high level of scientific and technical achievement.15,16,25 Recent high oil prices have deepened interest of Asian markets in oil and gas production on the Sakhalin shelf.12 The volume of oil and gas transportation in the Sea of Okhotsk will grow dramatically in a few years, which might cause serious tanker accidents, or more probably, frequent though small spills of pollutants. The increase in marine access for transport and offshore development requires new international and revised national regulations on marine safety and environmental protection. Workable measures should be taken to increase services such as improved ice charting and forecasting, traffic control and routing measures, strengthening of port-state control ability, 2006/5/20 improved facilities for waste disposal on shore and enhanced emergency response systems focusing on oil-in-ice cleaning capabilities. Every regulation should be based on reliable
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