1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453339503321

Autore

McNicholas Michael

Titolo

Maritime security [[electronic resource] ] : an introduction / / Michael McNicholas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Elsevier/Butterworth Heinemann, c2008

ISBN

1-281-79003-6

9786611790035

0-08-091953-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (470 p.)

Collana

Butterworth-Heinemann homeland security series

Disciplina

387.16

387.16 22

Soggetti

Merchant marine - Security measures

Shipping - Security measures

Marine terminals - Security measures

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Maritime Security An Introduction; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; About the Author; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Commercial Seaports and Modes of Maritime Transport; Chapter 2: Documentation, Financial Transactions, and Business Entities in Commercial Maritime Transportation; Summary; Chapter 3: International and U.S. Maritime Security Regulation and Programs; Objectives; Introduction; The ISPS Code; Amendments to SOLAS; WCO's Framework of Standards to Secure and Facilitate Global Trade; U.S. Laws and Programs

Maritime Transportation Security Act (MTSA)Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT); C-TPAT Security Criteria for Sea Carriers; Business Partner Requirements; Security Procedures; Container Security; Physical Access Controls; Personnel Security; Procedural Security; Security Training and Awareness; Physical Security; Information Technology Security; Security Assessment, Response, and Improvement; Summary; Chapter 4: Vulnerabilities in the Cargo Supply Chain; Objectives; Introduction; Vulnerabilities and Their Potential



Impact; Lessons Learned from the Drug War

Recommended Security Practices at the Production/Loading PhaseManufacturer, Factory, and Plant; Recommended Security Practices at the Export Phase; Carriers and Seaports; Recommended Security Practices at the Importation/Distribution Phase; Ports of Entry and Importers; Special Vulnerabilities in the Maritime Environment; Cargo Theft; Internal Conspiracies and Techniques Used to Circumvent Security; Container Seals; ""Red Flags"" of Possible Criminal/Terrorist Surveillance; Summary; Chapter 5: Plagues of the Seas: Piracy and Stowaways; Objectives; Definition and Historical Beginnings

Highlights of Recent Cases of PiracyTactics and Techniques in Piracy; Chapter 6: Drug Smuggling via Maritime Cargo, Containers, and Vessels; Chapter 7: Terrorism and Commercial Maritime Transportation; Chapter 8: A Strategic Blueprint for World-Class Seaport Security; Chapter 9: Port Security Management; Chapter 10: Threat Mitigation Strategies; Chapter 11: Information Security and Assurance; Further Reading; Glossary; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The commercial maritime sector is highly vulnerable to theft and piracy, and presents a probable target for a major terrorist attack. The best way to prevent losses is to apply lessons learned in another arena--the struggle to curb drug smuggling. This effort has shown that successes can be achieved when effective and comprehensive security measures and procedures are implemented at key initial links in the cargo supply chain. The integrity and security of whole system are improved when efforts are focused at the primary ""choke point"" - the load seaports and their ships.   This book



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910337946403321

Autore

Cort José Luis

Titolo

The Bluefin Tuna Fishery in the Bay of Biscay [[electronic resource] ] : Its Relationship with the Crisis of Catches of Large Specimens in the East Atlantic Fisheries from the 1960s  / / by José Luis Cort, Pablo Abaunza

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, : Springer Nature, 2019

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019

ISBN

3-030-11545-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XI, 123 p. 73 illus., 35 illus. in color.)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Biology, , 2192-2179

Disciplina

597

590

Soggetti

Wildlife

Fish

Aquatic ecology 

Marine sciences

Freshwater

Ecosystems

Applied ecology

Biodiversity

Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management

Freshwater & Marine Ecology

Marine & Freshwater Sciences

Applied Ecology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Some characteristics of the bluefin tuna its geographical distribution, areas and fishing systems -- The bluefin tuna catch in the strait of gibraltar, a review of its history -- the present state of traps and fisheries research in the strait of gibraltar -- Bluefin tuna fishing in the bay of biscay -- Research related to bluefin tuna fishing in the bay of biscay -- A publication that sheds light on the disappearance of the eastern atlantic bluefin tuna spawner in the



1960s. .

Sommario/riassunto

This open access book is an original contribution to the knowledge on fishing and research associated with one of the most enigmatic fish of our seas: bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus (L.). Based on available evidence, it reconstructs the possible methods used to catch large spawners in the Strait of Gibraltar thousands of years ago and describes the much more recent overfishing that led to a great reduction in the catches of the trap fishery on the area and the disappearance of the northern European fisheries. It is the first book to relate the overfishing of juvenile fishes in certain areas to the decline of large spawners in other very distant areas, revealing one of the main underlying causes of this decline, which has remained a mystery to the fishing sector and scientists alike for over 50 years. This finding should serve to prevent similar cases from arising in the future.