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David VanderZwaag

Professor Emeritus of Law

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Email: david.vanderzwaag@dal.ca
Phone: 902-494-1045
Mailing Address: 
Room 407, Weldon Law Building, 6061 University Avenue
PO Box 15000 Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2
 
Research Topics:
  • Environmental law
  • International environmental law
  • Fisheries law and policy
  • Transboundary resource management
  • Species at risk protection
  • Law of the sea

Education

  • BA (Calvin)
  • MDiv (Princeton)
  • JD (Arkansas)
  • LLM (马会论坛)
  • PhD (Wales, Cardiff)

Bar admissions

  • Nova Scotia

Bio

David VanderZwaag is a Professor Emeritus of Law at the Schulich School of Law, 马会论坛. He is a former Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Ocean Law and Governance, as well as former director and associate director of the Marine & Environmental Law Institute. 听

Professor VanderZwaag is a member of the International Council of Environmental Law as well as the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL). From 2004-2018, he co-chaired the WCEL鈥檚 Specialist Group on Oceans, Coasts and Coral Reefs.

Dr. VanderZwaag has authored over 150 papers in the marine and environmental law field.听His most recent co-edited book publications are: Research Handbook on Ocean Acidification Law and Policy (Edward Elgar, 2021); Research Handbook on Polar Law (Edward Elgar, 2020); Aquaculture Law and Policy: Global, Regional and National Perspectives (Edward Elgar, 2016); Routledge Handbook of National and Regional Ocean Policies (Routledge, 2015); Polar Oceans Governance in an Era of Environmental Change (Edward Elgar, 2014); and听 Recasting Transboundary Fisheries Management Arrangements in Light of Sustainability Principles: Canadian and International Perspectives (Martinus Nijhoff, 2010).

His educational background includes PhD (1994, University of Wales, Cardiff), LL.M. (1982, 马会论坛 Law School), J.D. (1980, University of Arkansas Law School), M.Div. (1974, Princeton Theological Seminary), and B.A. (1971, Calvin College).听听

Teaching 听

  • LAWS 2051: International Environmental Law听

Areas of supervision:听ocean acidification: future directions in international environmental law and policy; protection of the marine environment; international fisheries law; Arctic Ocean development and governance

Research interests

Professor VanderZwaag鈥檚 research covers a wide range of topics in the field of international ocean law and governance.听 Research interests include: aquaculture regulation; fisheries management; marine species at risk, maritime boundary delimitation; transboundary cooperation; Arctic law of the sea; Canada-US ocean relations; marine protected areas; climate change and oceans; and principled oceans governance.

Grants

  • Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Ocean Law & Governance / Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Rethinking Ocean Law and Policy Approaches in an Era of Changing Oceans 2017/07 - 2024/06 [7 years]
  • The Northwest Atlantic as a Climate Ocean: Projecting Future Changes in Productivity and the Biological Carbon Pump Ocean Frontier Institute (OFI) / Canada First Research Excellence Fund (CFREF) 2020/01 鈥 2024/03 [4 years]
  • Future-proofing Marine Protected Area Networks Ocean Frontier Institute (CFI) / Canada First Research Excellence Fund (CFREF) 2017/04 - 2022/03 [5 years]
  • Comparing Canadian and Russian Approaches and Challenges in Arctic Ocean Governance [2] Donner Canadian Foundation 2017/09 - 2021/12 [4 years] 
  • Transboundary Fisheries Management in Changing North Atlantic and Pacific Oceans OceanCanada Partnership / Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) 2014/04 - 2020/03 [6 years] 
  • Canadian Ocean Acidification Research Partnership [2] Marine Environmental Observation Prediction and Response (MEOPAR) / Networks of Centres of Excellence Program (NSERC/NCE) 2017/04 - 2019/03 [2 years] 
  • Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Ocean Law & Governance / Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) 2010/07 - 2017/06 [7 years] 
  • Biogeochemical Projection under a Changing Climate [1] Marine Environmental Observation Prediction and Response (MEOPAR) Network / Networks of Centres of Excellence Program (NSERC/NCE) 2012/10 - 2017/03 [5 years] 
  • Tracking & Protecting Marine Species at Risk: An Interdisciplinary and International Partnership International Joint Venture Project: Ocean Tracking Network (OTN) / Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) 2010/03 - 2015/12 [5 years]
  • Tracking and Envisioning the Future for Arctic Ocean Governance / Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) 2011/03 - 2015/04 [3 years]

Selected awards & honours

  • Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Ocean Law and Governance, Schulich School of Law
  • Member, International Council of Environmental Law
  • Member, IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law

Selected publications

Book Publications

Dr. VanderZwaag鈥檚 most recent co-edited book publications are:

  • Research Handbook on Ocean Acidification Law and Policy (Edward Elgar, 2021)
  • Research Handbook on Polar Law (Edward Elgar, 2020)
  • Aquaculture Law and Policy: Global, Regional and National Perspectives (Edward Elgar, 2016)
  • Routledge Handbook of National and Regional Ocean Policies (Routledge, 2015)
  • Polar Oceans Governance in an Era of Environmental Change (Edward Elgar, 2014)
  • Recasting Transboundary Fisheries Management Arrangements in Light of Sustainability Principles: Canadian and International Perspectives (Martinus Nijhoff, 2010)

Journal Publications

  • O Koubrak, DL VanderZwaag & B Worm, 鈥淪aving the North Atlantic Right Whale in a Changing Ocean: Gauging Scientific and Law and Policy Responses鈥 (2021) 200 Ocean and Coastal Management 105109.
  • UR Sumaila & DL VanderZwaag, 鈥淕uest Editorial鈥擟anada and Transboundary Fisheries Management in Changing Oceans: Taking Stock, Future Scenarios鈥 (2020) 25:4 Ecology and Society 44.
  • O Koubrak & DL VanderZwaag, 鈥淎re Transboundary Fisheries Management Arrangements in the Northwest Atlantic and North Pacific Seaworthy in a Changing Ocean?鈥 (2020) 25:4 Ecology and Society 42.
  • C Engler, DL VanderZwaag & K Fennel, 鈥淥cean Acidity Post-Paris: Gauging Law and Policy Responses in the Light of Evolving Scientific Knowledge鈥 (2019) 33 Ocean Yearbook 207.
  • NS Steiner, WWL Cheung, H Drost, C Hoover, J Lam, L Miller, A Cisneros-Montemayor, T Sou, UR Sumaila, P Supenand, T Tai & DL VanderZwaag, 鈥淚mpacts of the Changing Ocean-Sea Ice System on the Key Forage Fish Arctic Cod (Boreogadus Saida) and Subsistence Fisheries in the Western Canadian Arctic鈥擡valuating Linked Climate, Ecosystem and Economic (CEE) Models鈥 (2019) 6 Frontiers in Marine Science, Article 179.
  • JE Edwards, E Holtz, F Broell, PG Burhnall, SE Campana, JS Christiansen, BM Devine, JJ Gallant, KJ Hedge, MA MacNeil, BC McMeans, J Nielsen, K Praebel, GB Skoma, JF Steffensen, RP Walter, YY Watanabe, DL VanderZwaag & NE Hussey, 鈥淎dvancing Research for the Management of Long-Lived Species: A Case Study on the Greenland Shark鈥 (2019) 6 Frontiers in Marine Science, Article 87.
  • DL VanderZwaag, M Bailey & NL Shackell, 鈥淐anada-U.S. Fisheries Management in the Gulf of Maine: Taking Stock and Charting Future Coordinates in the Face of Climate Change鈥 (2017) 31 Ocean Yearbook 3.
  • J Jabour, T Stephens & DL VanderZwaag, 鈥淚ntroduction to Special Issue, New Frontiers in Tracking and Protecting Marine Species at Risk: Canadian and Australian Perspectives鈥 (2016) 47 Ocean Development & International Law 219.
  • JA Hutchings, T Stephens & DL VanderZwaag, 鈥淢arine Species at Risk Protection in Australia and Canada: Paper Promises, Paltry Progressions鈥 (2016) 47 Ocean Development & International Law 233.
  • S Belbin & DL VanderZwaag, 鈥淲hite Sturgeon in Jeopardy: Gauging the Law and Policy Currents鈥 (2016) 19:1 Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy 62.
  • JA Hutchings, RM Peterman & DL VanderZwaag, 鈥淪ustainability of Canadian Fisheries Requires Bold Political Leadership鈥 (April 18, 2016) Policy Options 1.
  • S McDonald & DL VanderZwaag, 鈥淩enewable Ocean Energy and the International Law and Policy Seascape: Global Currents, Regional Surges鈥 (2015) 29 Ocean Yearbook 299.
  • W Hartman, DL VanderZwaag & K Fennel, 鈥淩ecovery Planning for Pacific Marine Species at Risk
    in the Wake of Climate Change and Ocean Acidification: Canadian Practice, Future Courses鈥 (2014) 27 Journal of Environmental Law and Practice 23.
  • A Lemkow & DL VanderZwaag, 鈥淩ecovery Planning under Canada鈥檚 Species at Risk Act in a Changing Ocean: Gauging the Tides, Charting Future Coordinates鈥 (2014) 26 Journal of Environmental Law and Practice 121.
  • DL VanderZwaag, MC Engler-Palma & JA Hutchings, 鈥淐anada鈥檚 Species at Risk Act and Atlantic Salmon: Cascade of Promises, Trickles of Protection, Sea of Challenges鈥 (2011) 22 Journal of Environmental Law and Practice 267.

Book Chapters

  • DL VanderZwaag, 鈥淐anada鈥檚 Arctic Disputes: Cooperative Bridges, Foggy Futures鈥 in Helene Ruiz Fabri, Erik Franckx, Marco Benatar & Tamar Meshel, eds,  (Leiden: Brill Nijhoff, 2021) 445-467.
  • DL VanderZwaag, 鈥淕overnance of Fisheries in the Central Arctic Ocean: Cooperative Currents, Foggy Future鈥 in Nengye Liu, Cassandra M Brooks and Tianbao Qin, eds, Governing Marine Living Resources in the Polar Regions (Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar 2019) 92-108.
  • DL VanderZwaag, 鈥淓dging Towards Principled Ocean Governance: Law of the Sea and Beyond鈥 in International Ocean Institute-Canada The Future of Ocean Governance and Training: Essays in Honour of Elisabeth Mann Borgese (1918-2002) (Brill Publishing, 2018) 117-127.
  • David. L. VanderZwaag, 鈥淪ustaining Transboundary Fisheries: International Coordinates, Sea of Challenges鈥 in Clive Schofield, Young Kil Park and Leonardo Bernard (eds.), East China Sea: How to Build Confidence and Promote Cooperation (Korea Maritime Institute 2017) 111-130.
  • K Fennel & DL VanderZwaag, 鈥淥cean Acidification: Scientific Surges, Lagging Law and Policy Responses鈥 in R. Warner and S. Kaye, eds, Routledge Handbook of Maritime Regulation and Enforcement (London: Routledge, 2016) 342-362.
  • N Bankes, I Dahl & DL VanderZwaag, 鈥淚ntroduction: Navigating Multilevel Governance in Aquaculture鈥 in N Bankes, I Dahl & DL VanderZwaag, eds, Aquaculture Law and Policy: Global, Regional and National Perspectives (Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2016) 1-8.
  • DL VanderZwaag, 鈥淭he International Control of Ocean Dumping: Navigating from Permissive to Precautionary Shores鈥 in Rosemary Rayfuse, ed, Research Handbook on International Marine Environmental Law (Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2015) 132-147.
  • KN Scott & DL VanderZwaag, 鈥淧olar Oceans and Law of the Sea鈥 in DR Rothwell, AG Oude Elferink, KN Scott & T Stephens, eds, The Oxford Handbook of the Law of the Sea (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015) 724-751.
  • M Balgos, B Cicin-Sain & DL VanderZwaag, 鈥淎 Comparative Analysis of Ocean Policies in Fifteen Nations and Four Regions鈥 in B Cicin-Sain, DL VanderZwaag & MC Balgos, eds, Routledge Handbook of National and Regional Ocean Polices (London & New York: Routledge, 2015) 3-48.
  • DL VanderZwaag, 鈥淐limate Change and the Shifting International Law and Policy Seascape for Arctic Shipping鈥 in RS Abate, ed, Climate Change Impacts on Ocean and Coastal Law (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015) 299-314.
  • DL VanderZwaag, 鈥淐anada and the Governance of the Northwest Passage: Rough Waters, Cooperative Currents, Sea of Challenges鈥 in DD Caron & N Oral, eds, Navigating Straits: Challenges for International Law (Boston: Brill Nijhoff, 2014) 87-121.

Service & activity

  • Chair, 马会论坛 Advisory Committee to the International Ocean Institute-Canada
  • Member, International Council of Environmental Law
  • Member, IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL)
  • Editorial Board, Arctic Review on Law and Policy
  • Editorial Board, Ocean and Coastal Management
  • Editorial Board, Ocean Yearbook
  • Editorial Board, The Yearbook of Polar Law
  • Regional Reporter, Arctic, Yearbook of International Environmental Law (Oxford)

 

Past service

  • Co-chair IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL) Specialist Group on Oceans, Coasts and Coral Reefs (2004-2018)