The politics of the oceans / edited by Kenneth Partridge.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Partridge, Kenneth, 1980- editor.

Series:

Reference shelf ; v. 83, no. 5.

The reference shelf The politics of the oceans

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (1982 December 10).

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

Ocean--Political aspects.

Ocean.

Ocean--Environmental aspects.

Law of the sea.

Territorial waters.

Piracy.

Marine pollution.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 187 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ipswich, Mass. : H.W. Wilson, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From overfishing and whaling to pollution and pirates, a number of significant issues are impacting the oceans in the 21st century. The selections contained in this volume chart the most significant of these problems and describe the political structures in place to confront them.

Contents:

I. LOST at sea: debating the Law of the Sea Treaty. The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea: (a historical perspective) / United Nations ; LOST would be a loser for the U.S. / James Carafano ; Editorial: A treaty whose time has come / The New York Times ; LOST ratification would sacrifice sovereignty, weaken military: exclusive interview / Chris Carter ; Sea treaty has broad support, but little chance of ratification / Andrew Jensen

II. Lines in the water: territorial disputes in the Arctic and beyond. From sea to shining sea to Arctic ocean: sovereignty issues and energy opportunities can no longer be ignored / Joe Ralston ; As ice melts and technology improves, interest in Arctic grows / Jarondakie Patrick and Erika Bolstad ; As the far north melts, calls grow for Arctic treaty / Ed Struzik ; Bolivia-Chile dispute could turn ugly / Andres Oppenheimer ; Center-stage for the twenty-first century / Robert D. Kaplan

t III. Trouble in the Gulf: the BP oil spill. The oil spill's surprise endings / Newsweek ; The spill, the scandal and the president / Tim Dickinson ; Oil and water / Paul Burka ; BP oil spill : forgotten but not gone / Charles Wohlforth ; America's Chernobyl / Ruth Conniff

IV. Pollution and the island of trash. Wasted waves: surveying the plastic adrift in the world's oceans / Anna Cummins ; Trashing the island / Charlie Gillis ; Out of sight, out of mine : ocean dumping of mine wastes / Robert Moran, Amanda Reichelt-Brushett, Roy Young ; Japanese tsunami aftermath floating Alaska's way / Doug O'Harra ; The peril of plastic / Bettina Wassener

V. Scourge of the seas: piracy. Somalia: total cost of piracy menace hits U.S. $12 billion / Christine Mungai ; As pirate attacks grow, shipowners take arms / Peter Apps ; Nigeria: the "other" maritime piracy hotbed / Donna J. Nincic ; How Somalia's fishermen became pirates / Ishaan Tharoor ; We're firing blanks in the war against piracy / Praveen Swami

VI. The end of seafood? Overfishing around the world. Overfishing could take seafood off the menu by 2048 / David Biello ; Fish on Fridays: the end of overfishing in America / Michael Conathan ; Fish on Fridays: maximizing the value of America's fisheries / Michael Conathan ; Time for a sea change / Paul Greenberg ; Red fish, green fish : what you need to know about seafood ratings / Jacqueline Church ; Food : something's fishy / Matthew McClearn.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9786613665225

9781280688287

1280688289

9780824212612

0824212614

OCLC:

801404371