Ochrona żeglugi w czasie kryzysu i wojny

The article presents the principles and the organization of supervision and protection of seagoing activities that are applied and enforced by the navies ofNATO member states. Assuming that the most likely kind of conflict in the future will be a regional conflict, characterized by limited range and a fluctuating level of danger, and also by a continuation of commercial maritime activity, NATO has developed appropriate procedures in the area of supervision and protection ofmaritime activity, both during the conflict and in a time of crisis (and of growing crisis). This article discusses contemporary views relating to supervision and protection of maritime activity. It presents the regional system of supervision and protection of maritime activity, its detailed organization, and the principles of its operation. It presents - for the first time in a Polish publication - the issue of supervision and protection of maritime activity developed by NATO.