Marine Scientific Research
The right of all states to conduct marine scientific research emanates from the United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea subject to the rights and duties of other states. The Continental Shelf Department, within the Ministry for Energy and Water Management, is responsible for licensing and regulating marine scientific research on Malta’s continental shelf (including the internal waters and territorial waters) in accordance with Regulation 6 of the Continental Shelf Regulations (S.L. 535.02).
