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245 0 4 _aThe politics of the oceans /
_cedited by Kenneth Partridge.
260 _aIpswich, Mass. :
_bH.W. Wilson,
_c2011.
263 _a1110
300 _aviii, 187 p. :
_bill. ;
_c26 cm.
490 1 _aThe reference shelf ;
_vv. 83, no. 5
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aI. 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 -- 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.
650 0 _aOcean
_xPolitical aspects.
650 0 _aLaw of the sea.
650 0 _aTerritorial waters.
650 0 _aOcean
_xEnvironmental aspects.
700 1 _aPartridge, Kenneth,
_d1980-
830 0 _aReference shelf ;
_vv. 83, no. 5.
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