SOME THOUGHTS ON NATIONAL OCEAN POLICY: THE CRITICAL ISSUE

While many believe the U.S. has a perfectly adequate national ocean policy, it is the basic proposition of this Article that, in fact, this is not the case and what passes for national ocean policy is actually a rather uncoordinated grouping of special interests competing for finite resources and policy support, often at the expense of each other. It is a further proposition of this Article that in order for the United States to proceed in a logical and open-ended manner toward full uses of ocean space, it will be necessary for some continuing framework of national ocean policy to be established at the highest levels of Government, in both the executive and legislative branches.

• Corporate Authors:

  San Diego Law Review Association

  University of San Diego School of Law
  San Diego, CA  United States  92110
• Authors:
  • Walsh, D
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 594-627
• Serial:
  • San Diego Law Review
  • Volume: 13
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: San Diego Law Review Association

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Maritime law; Oceans; Policy; Shipping; Transportation policy
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Old TRIS Terms: Maritime regulation; National ocean policy; National shipping policies
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Policy;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00157969
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: San Diego Law Review
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 15 1977 12:00AM