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Ocean politics and policy : a reference handbook / Peter Jacques and Zachary A. Smith.
LIBRA GC64 .J33 2003
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jacques, Peter.
- Series:
- Contemporary world issues
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Oceanography and state.
- Marine resources--Government policy.
- Marine resources.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 267 pages : map ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, [2003]
- Summary:
- Problems and crises. Analyses and answers. Contemporary World Issues explores -- topic by topic -- the critical challenges facing America and the world in the 21"st" century.
- 24-hour cable news. Millions of Internet sites. Information overload. How can we sort through the information? Assess the analyses? Trust the sources? Contemporary World Issues provides a simple solution -- informed and readable authors offering concise yet thorough discussions of today's most talked-about topics as they affect America and the world.
- Exploring such diverse subjects as tobacco and terrorism, rainforests and religion, affirmative action and urban sprawl, Contemporary World Issues provides the historical background, the contemporary context, and the resources for further research. Exhaustive, concise, accessible, accurate, and up-to-date.
- Contents:
- 1 Currents in Ocean Politics: Oceans in Context 1
- Ocean Politics and Policy 1
- Ocean Politics as Environmental Politics 2
- Ocean Politics as Security Politics 3
- The Role of Science in Ocean Politics 4
- Mare Liberum: The Open Oceans 7
- Common-Pool Resources 8
- International Regimes 11
- Regime Concepts for the Ocean 14
- 2 Making Waves: Problems, Controversies, and Solutions 23
- Integrated Coastal Management 23
- Fishing 25
- The Importance of Fish and the Effects of Fishing 26
- Principles and Problems of Fishery Conservation 27
- U.S. Domestic Fishery Management 29
- International Fishery Management 30
- Whaling 32
- Sea-Level Rise 36
- Pollution 39
- Oil Pollution 42
- The Case of the Exxon Valdez 44
- The United Nations Regional Seas Programme 48
- Mining and the "Common Heritage of Mankind" 50
- Jurisdictions and Disputes 52
- The Primary Jurisdictions: Internal Seas, Territorial Seas, and Exclusive Economic Zones 52
- Archipelagic Baselines 53
- Rights of Landlocked and Geographically Disadvantaged States 55
- Law of the Sea Dispute Resolution 55
- Suggestions for the Future 56
- Fishing 57
- Whaling 58
- Sea-Level Rise 59
- Ocean Pollution 60
- Jurisdictions 61
- 3 Ocean Security Dilemmas: Protecting the Oceans and Human Systems 67
- Military Ocean Security 68
- The Importance of Naval Power 68
- Sea-Lanes of Communication and Spheres of Influence 69
- War: Balances of Power, Arms Races, and Deterrence 72
- International Security in the Post-Cold War Era 74
- The U.S. Navy 75
- Military Security: Conclusion 77
- Piracy 77
- Environmental and Ecological Security 79
- Environmental Security 80
- Resource Wars 81
- Ecological Security 83
- The Law of the Sea as Ocean Security 84
- The Fishery Stock Agreement as Ocean Security 90
- Conclusion and Suggestions for the Future 95
- Military Security 95
- Piracy 98
- Environmental Security 99
- Early Ocean Hallmarks 103
- Modern Ocean Hallmarks: The Past 100 Years 109
- 5 People and Events 127
- Elisabeth Mann Borgese (1918-2002) 128
- Robert Boyle (1627-1691) 128
- Rachel Carson (1907-1964) 130
- HMS Challenger (1873-1876) 130
- Jacques-Yves Cousteau (1910-1997) 131
- Sylvia Earle (1935-) 132
- Grand Banks Fishery Closing (1992) 133
- Hugo Grotius (1583-1645) 134
- Johan Hjort (1869-?) 135
- Incidents at Sea Treaty Signing (1972) 136
- Tommy Thong Bee Koh (1937-) 137
- Miriam Levering (1917-1991) 138
- HMS Lusitania (1915) 139
- Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806-1873) 140
- Minimata Disaster (1932-1968) 141
- Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930) 142
- Arvid Pardoe (1914-1999) 143
- Santa Barbara Oil Blowout (1969) 143
- United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (1992) 144
- Year of the Ocean (1998) 146
- 6 Statistics and Data 149
- Country Data: Coastlines, Membership in the Law of the Sea Treaty, and Participation in the Regional Seas Programme 150
- Member States of the United Nations and Length of Their Coastlines 150
- Countries That Are Parties to the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 151
- United Nations Regional Seas Programme Data 151
- Fishing 152
- Marine Oil Pollution Data 153
- Coastal Ecosystem Health 153
- Economic Values of the Ocean 153
- Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) 154
- Mangroves 154
- Sea Grasses 155
- Coral Reefs 155
- Endangered Marine Species 156
- Whale Populations 157
- 7 Documents 181
- Global Ocean Accords 182
- The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (December 10, 1982) 182
- Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 Relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks 195
- Chapter 17 of "Agenda 21" from the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development 206
- 8 Directory of Nongovernmental Organizations, Research Institutes, Associations, U.S. Government Agencies, and International Agencies 209
- Nongovernmental Organizations 209
- Research Institutes 213
- Associations 217
- U.S. Government Agencies 221
- International Agencies 224.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1576076229
- 1576076237
- OCLC:
- 51737860
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