oceans presentation
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Oceans
Rob MillsFebruary 23rd, 2010
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What Are Oceans?
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Souce: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/bathymetry/predicted/explore.html
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Major Problem Areas
• Pollution• Overfishing
– Fish Population– Bycatch– Dredging/Trawling
• Whaling• Global Warming• Mineral/Gas Exploitation
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Framing the Ocean
Source: http://www.thekepka.com/Painting%20Photos/ocean-mist-big.gif
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Major Frames
– Geopolitical Framing– Economic Framing– Strategic Framing– Survival Framing– Cultural Framing– Environmental Framing– Aesthetic Framing
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OCEANS ARE INTERNATIONAL
and legally complicated!
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United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
• Signed by 21 (U.S.) • Not Signed by 18• Ratified by everyone
else.
Source: http://www.un.org/Depts/los/reference_files/chronological_lists_of_ratifications.htm
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Defining the Territory
• The UNCLOS (from now on, LOS) seeks to define the littoral (LOL) “territory” of the ocean– Territorial (12 miles) – Nations Laws– Contiguous (12-24 miles) – Pollution Laws– Exclusive Economic Zone (200 Miles)– International waters (200+ Miles)
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Section V
Exclusive Economic Zone
“1 (a): Sovereign rights for the purpose of exploring and exploiting, conserving and managing the natural resources, whether living or non-living, of the waters superjacent to the seabed and of the seabed and its subsoil, and with regard to other activities for the economic exploitation and exploration of the zone, such as the production of energy from the water, currents and winds”
Source: http://www.un.org/Depts/los/convention_agreements/texts/unclos/closindx.htm
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Section XI
Use of International Waters
-aka- Resource Exploitation
“Activities in the Area shall, as specifically provided forin this Part, be carried out in such a manner as to foster healthy development of the world economy and balanced growth of international trade, and to promote international cooperation for the over-all development of all countries, especially developing States, and with a view to ensuring…”
Source: http://www.un.org/Depts/los/convention_agreements/texts/unclos/closindx.htm
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Section XII
Protecting the oceans (sort-of)
Article 193: States have the obligation to protect and preserve the marine environment.
Article 194: States have the sovereign right to exploit their natural resources pursuant to their environmental policies and in accordance with their duty to protect and preserve the marine environment.
Source: http://www.un.org/Depts/los/convention_agreements/texts/unclos/closindx.htm
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Section XII
Protecting the oceans (actually)• Vessel / installation pollution (dumping, toxic
runoff, ballast)• Control runoff• Obligation to work with regional partners• Reporting / Monitoring
Source: http://www.un.org/Depts/los/convention_agreements/texts/unclos/closindx.htm
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Rhetorical Treaties
• Understanding law is key to effective advocacy
• International nature of Oceans• Shows us a lot about the way the ocean is
framed• LOS is a salient political issue, especially
regarding ratification in the US• The treaty itself is a rhetorical artifact
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JUST KEEP SWIMMING
or “17 trillion California Rolls to go, please”
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“Fish Stocks” Are Declining
Pew Research Center
claims that, if
overfishing doesn’t stop,
we will see the complete
collapse of fisheries by
2048.
Source: Pew Center, 2008 http://www.oceanlegacy.org/pdfs/ocean-conservation-2008.pdf]
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Fishing Related Threats
2/3 of Greenpeace’s “Ocean Threats” are related to fishing
• Overfishing• Factory Fishing• Bottom Trawling• Bycatch• Fish Farming• Pirate Fishing
Source: http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/campaigns/oceans/threats
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Fishing Kills Fish, Surprisingly
Pew Center claims that in the last 50 years of industrial fishing large predatory fish populations (sharks, swordfish, tuna) have decreased 90%.
Image Source: http://www.earth-policy.org/index.php?/indicators/C55/
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Fishing Kills Non-Fish
• Sponges• Coral• Whales• Plankton • Ocean Fauna
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Aquaculture
• “Fish Farming” – Introduces messed up species into the oceans that
out compete native species– Does reduce our involvement with trawling– Helpful for Developing Nations– Viable and sustainable alternative to fishing
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PETA: Save the Sea Kitten!
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DON’T YOU LOVE WHALES?
I actually think they’re pretty ugly. Dolphins too. I prefer SharKat.
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Americans Love Whales
Despite Monstro in Disney’s Pinnochio, Americans seem to love whales.
They’re smart, non-threatening, big, mysterious. Save the whales.
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International Whaling Commission
• International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling – 1964
• 1986 Moratorium on Whaling (Japan, Norway, Russia, and Peru)
• “Scientific Whaling” Licenses
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US Enforcement
• IWC has no enforcement arm• US Packwood-Magnuson and Pelly
Amendments• Japan Whaling Association v. American
Cetacean Society (1986)• Winter v. Natural Resources Defense
Council, Inc. (2008)
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Threats to Whales
• Whaling• Bycatch• Environmental Destruction• Boats• Low Frequency Active Sonar (LFA)
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Current Whaling
• Explicit Commercial Whaling (2009): – Iceland: 38 Minke Whales– Norway: 536 Minke Whales
Source: http://www.iwcoffice.org/conservation/table_objection.htm
• “Scientific Whaling” (2009):– Japan Only– 1 Fin, 2 Sperm, 100 Sei, 50 Bryde’s, and 851
Minke WhalesSource: http://www.iwcoffice.org/conservation/table_permit.htm
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Aboriginal/Subsistence Whaling
• Allowed under the IWC: – W. Greenland: 14 Fin, 153 Minke– E. Greenland: 1 Minke– St. Vincent/Grenadines: 2 Humpback– Russia: 130 Gray, 2 Bowhead– United States: 50 Bowhead
Source: http://www.iwcoffice.org/conservation/table_aboriginal.htm
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Whale Advocacy
• “Save the Whales” Campaign• Whale Wars• Environmental Terrorism• South Park• “Dolphin Free Tuna” (also whale free,
please)• Whale Watching