Date of Award

1978

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts in Marine Affairs

Abstract

After years of constant negotiations at the Third United Nations Conference of the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS III), no new codified law for the seas has been produced. It appears certain, though, that countries throughout the world will exercise some form of sovereignty or national jurisdiction over an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) extending 188 miles into the ocean beyond a twelve mile territorial sea. Included in this jurisdiction will be the control of marine scientific research (MSR). A need has arisen to establish a uniform procedure for the conduct of MSR to the mutual advantages of the coastal state, the researching state and the international community-at-large. The results of this research indicate that a National Policy should be adopted by the US for the conduct of MSR in the EEZs of coastal states.

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