Harte Research Institute Hosts Law of the Sea Conference

Some of the world’s most respected experts on the international law of the sea gathered at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi during the third week of March for the annual Law of the Sea Institute Conference.

The University’s Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies hosted the three-day LOSI conference which featured panel discussions and presentations on unresolved issues and challenges in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. Participants included prominent judges from the International Law of the Sea Tribunal, leading scholars from U.S. and international universities, government officials from several nations, representatives from leading non-government organizations, and energy industry leaders from the United States and Mexico.
Conference speakers include Judge Tullio Treves of the International Law of the Sea Tribunal and Dr. Sylvia Earle, chair of the Harte Research Institute Advisory Council.

LOSI, which has its headquarters at the Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California-Berkley, is an international consortium of scholars that has played a major role in developing ocean law since the early 1970s.