A Comprehensive National Ocean Policy: America's Next Step?
Abstract
Historically, ocean governance has been sectoral in nature: different levels and
sectors of government divide responsibility for ocean issues among them. In 1998,
Australia released Australia’s Oceans Policy, the first comprehensive national ocean
policy statement in the world. This policy framework addresses every level and sector
of Australian ocean governance. Since then, other nations have joined Australia in
unifying and clarifying their ocean governance. The U.S. may be next. Two reports,
the Pew Oceans Commission and the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy, recommend sweeping
overhauls to U.S. oceans governance, including the creation of a comprehensive national
ocean policy. Released within the last two years, these reports have caught the attention
of legislators. I examined and compared the creation and implementation of other nation’s
comprehensive national ocean policies, gaining insights into the composition of a
successful policy. I recommend, among other things, that the
U.S. pass an integrated, fully encompassing, authoritative, and binding National
Ocean Policy Act.
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Gove, Matt (2005). A Comprehensive National Ocean Policy: America's Next Step?. Master's project, Duke University. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/228.Collections
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