Contents Foreword1 Deep Seabed Minerals in U.S.-China Strategic Mineral Competition James Kraska 2 Legal Aspects of Remote Operating Centers (rocs): The Flag StateJurisdiction Kübra Var Türk 3 Assault on Latin American Fisheries by China's Distant Water FishingFleet Raul (Pete) Pedrozo 4 Data Challenges in the Observation of Marine Biodiversity: Toward aCollaborative Framework Aspasia Pastra, Frank E. Muller-Karger and Joana Soares 5 Reassessing the Definition of Piracy: The Legal Status of Houthis' MaritimeAttacks Kentaro Furuya 6 A Baseline Study of Emerging Regulatory Challenges for OceanObservation Technologies in Areas beyond National Jurisdiction Tafsir Matin Johansson, Alen Soldo and Lamin Jawara 7 China's Maritime Governance under Xi Jinping and Its Implications for theInternational Community Chisako T. Masuo 8 Trade-Offs in Offshore Wind Power: Lessons from Europe and LatinAmerica Gabriela Argüello 9 Peru and the bbnj Agreement: Moving from the Shifting Sands ofExceptionalism to the terra firma of Multilateralism GRonán Long Index.