Gemma Andreone is Research Associate of International Law in the Institute of International Legal Studies of the Italian National Research Council (ISGI-CNR). She has been teaching International Law as adjunct Professor of at the University of Naples "L'Orientale" from 2001 to 2013 and she obtained the National Scientific Qualification to Associate Professor of International law and European Law in Italian Universities on 24 January 2014. She obtained a PHD in Public and European Law at the Faculty of Law of Seconda Università of Naples in 2001 and obtained a LLM in European Law and Economics at the University of Naples Federico II in 1998.

She is Chair of the COST ACTION IS 1105 "MARSAFENET" - NETwork of experts on the legal aspects of MARitime SAFEty and security - funded by the EU from March 2012 to March 2016. She is member of the Scientific Council of INDEMER since February 2015. She is Treasurer and member of the Scientific Council of the International Association of the Law of the Sea. She is legal adviser and solicitor at the Bar of Rome, Italy. She is author of books, papers, and articles on many international law issues, and especially on the law of the sea, fisheries and Mediterranean sea governance.

Addresses the dynamic development of the law of the sea

Focuses on issues that are under the spotlight of the current international agenda

Appeals primarily to an academic audience, students and lecturers

Also be targeted at international law practitioners, principally specialists in the legal aspects of maritime security and safety

Part I - The equitable and sustainable exploitation of marine environment and of its resources:Serra Sefrioui, Adapting to Sea Level Rise: A Law of the Sea Perspective.- Josè Manuel Sobrino and Marta Sobrido, The Common Fisheries Policy: A Difficult Compromise between Relative Stability and the Discard Ban.- Gabriela A. Oanta, Some recent questions regarding the European Union's public access fisheries agreements.- Marta Chantal Ribeiro, The Protection of Biodiversity in the Framework of the Common Fisheries Policy: What Room for the Shared Competence?.- Emmanuela Doussis, Marine Scientific Research: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead.- Kamrul Hossain and Kathleen Morris, Protecting Arctic Ocean Marine Biodiversity In The Area Beyond National Jurisdiction: Plausible Legal Frameworks For Protecting High Arctic Waters.- Enrique J. Martin Perez, The environmental legal framework for the development of blue energyin Europe.- Monserrat Abad Castellos, The Black Sea and Blue Energy: challenges, opportunities and the role of the European Union.- Part II - The national and international response to maritime crimes: Giorgia Bevilacqua, Exploring the Ambiguity of Operation Sophia between Military and Search and Rescue Activities.- Jasenko Marin, Miso Mudric and Robert Mikac, Private Maritime Security Contractors and Use of Lethal Force in Maritime Domain.- Magne Frostad, United Nations authorized Embargoes and Maritime Interdiction: a Special Focus on Somalia.- Pirjo Kleemola-Juntunen, The Right of Innocent Passage: The Challenge of the Proliferation Security Initiative and the Implications for the Territorial Waters of the Åland Islands.