Volume 33, Number 2

Articles

Dynamic Ocean Management: Integrating Scientific and Technological Capacity with Law, Policy and Management

Alistair J. Hobday, CSIRO Wealth from Oceans Flagship, Hobart, Australia
alistair.hobday@csiro.au
Sara M. Maxwell, Stanford University, Hopkins Marine Station
maxwells@stanford.edu
Julia Forgie, J.D. & E-IPER M.S. candidate, Stanford Law School
Jan McDonald, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania
Marta Darby, J.D. candidate, Stanford Law School; M.E.M. candidate, Duke University
Katy Seto, University of California, Berkeley
Helen Bailey, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory
Steven J. Bograd, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center
Dana K. Briscoe, Stanford University, Hopkins Marine Station
Daniel P. Costa, University of California, Santa Cruz
Larry B. Crowder, Stanford University, Hopkins Marine Station & Center for Ocean Solutions
Daniel C. Dunn, Duke University Marine Laboratory
Sabrina Fossette, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center
Patrick N. Halpin, Duke University Marine Laboratory
Jason R. Hartog, CSIRO Wealth from Oceans Flagship, Hobart, Australia
Elliott L. Hazen, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center
Ben G. Lascelles, BirdLife International, Cambridge, UK
Rebecca L. Lewison, San Diego State University, Institute for Ecological Monitoring & Management
Gregory Poulos, Cox, Wootton, Griffin, Hansen & Poulos, LLP
Ann Powers, Pace Law School

The ocean is a dynamic environment with ocean currents and winds moving surface waters across large distances. Many animals that live in the ocean, particularly in offshore regions, are mobile in space and in time, as are most human users. Spatial management responses have typically partitioned the ocean into different regions with fixed management boundaries; in some regions a particular activity may be forbidden; in another it may be permitted but regulated; and in others it may be allowed without any regulation. Read more about Dynamic Ocean Management: Integrating Scientific and Technological Capacity with Law, Policy and Management

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Tracking 24 Years of Discussions About Transparency in International Marine Governance: Where Do We Stand?

Jeff Ardron, Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, Potsdam, Germany
Nichola Clark, Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, Duke University (corresponding author)
nichola.clark@duke.edu
Katherine Seto, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley
Cassandra Brooks, Stanford University, Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources
Duncan Currie, Globelaw, Christchurch, New Zealand
Eric Gilman, Hawaii Pacific University, College of Natural Sciences

Transparency in governance has been upheld as a principle tenet of democracy and a primary objective of governing actors for centuries. Discussions and analyses of the concept of transparency have been pervasive in the literature on international and multinational institutions. However, to what degree is transparency being discussed by those international institutions charged with the management of marine resources? Read more about Tracking 24 Years of Discussions About Transparency in International Marine Governance: Where Do We Stand?

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Place-based Dynamic Management of Large Scale Ocean Places: Papahānaumokuākea and the Sargasso Sea

David Freestone, Sargasso Sea Alliance; Visiting Scholar, George Washington University Law School
dfreestone@law.gwu.edu
Ole Varmer, International Section, Office of General Counsel, NOAA
Meredith Bennett, Center for Ocean Solutions, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University
T. ‘Aulani Wilhelm, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument and World Heritage Site
Theodore M. Beuttler, Oceans and Coasts Section, Office of General Counsel, NOAA
Jeff Ardron, Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, Potsdam, Germany
Sara Maxwell, Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University
Kate Killerlain Morrison, Sargasso Sea Alliance

This article compares the establishment of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument (PMNM) in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone and its protection under U.S. and international law, with the efforts of the Sargasso Sea Alliance to develop international protection measures for the Sargasso Sea—a large area beyond national jurisdiction. It not only highlights the challenges of protecting and managing important large ocean ecosystems but also contrasts the suite of measures available under national law with those available under international regimes. Read more about Place-based Dynamic Management of Large Scale Ocean Places: Papahānaumokuākea and the Sargasso Sea

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Closing the Gaps in the Law Protecting Underwater Cultural Heritage on the Outer Continental Shelf

Ole Varmer, International Section, Office of General Counsel, NOAA
ole.varmer@noaa.gov

The public interest in protecting our human environment is reflected in the international and domestic laws that preserve our natural and cultural heritage. Under international law, as reflected in the Law of the Sea Convention (LOSC), nations have a duty to protect our underwater cultural heritage (UCH) and cooperate for that purpose. Read more about Closing the Gaps in the Law Protecting Underwater Cultural Heritage on the Outer Continental Shelf

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