Who rules the waves? : piracy, overfishing and mining the oceans / Denise Russell.
2010
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Author
Title
Who rules the waves? : piracy, overfishing and mining the oceans / Denise Russell.
Published
London ; New York, N.Y. : Pluto Press, 2010.
Distributed
New York, N.Y. : Distributed in the United States of America exculsively by Palgrave Macmillan
Call Number
KZA1145 .R87 2010
ISBN
9780745330051 (hbk. : alk. paper)
0745330053 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780745330044 (pbk.)
0745330045 (pbk.)
9781849644518 (e-book)
1849644519 (e-book)
0745330053 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780745330044 (pbk.)
0745330045 (pbk.)
9781849644518 (e-book)
1849644519 (e-book)
Description
x, 195 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)528397785
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Available in Other Form
Online version: Russell, Denise. Who rules the waves? London ; New York, N.Y. : Pluto Press ; New York, N.Y. : Distributed in the United States of America exculsively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2010 (OCoLC)763127747
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Table of Contents
List of Figures and Tables
ix
Acknowledgements
x
Introduction
1
1.
Freedom of the Seas
6
Early attempts to close off the seas
6
Pirates, privateers and the domination of the seas
7
Grotius' arguments for freedom of the seas
14
Replies to Grotius defending closure of the seas
17
Limits to freedom of the seas
21
Grotius' principles in the current law of the sea
23
Climate change, rising sea levels and the displacement of island communities
26
2.
Underwater Non-living Resources
29
Who has a claim?
29
Antarctica and the Southern Ocean
32
The Arctic Ocean
33
Ecological threats from oil and gas activities in the Arctic
35
Stresses on the Arctic from climate change
40
Ocean acidification
43
Different ways of valuing the polar regions
45
3.
Underwater Cultural Heritage
47
What is underwater cultural heritage?
47
Salvage Laws
49
Treasure salvors and ownership
51
National ownership
52
Common heritage
55
4.
Modern Piracy and Terrorism on the Sea
60
The Alondra Rainbow
60
The law of the sea and contemporary piracy
61
Why piracy now?
67
The rise of piracy in Somalia
70
Pirate attacks on private boats
75
Terrorism on the sea
76
5.
The Fishing Wars
84
The cod wars
84
The turbot war
88
Fish piracy
92
Threats to fish populations from climate change and ocean acidification
100
The war on fish
100
6.
Cetaceans and the Sea
105
Whales and dolphins
105
Cetaceans and morality
107
Threats facing cetaceans
108
Protection agencies
117
7.
Sea Gypsies
121
Sea gypsies: people without an address or `names that can be found in books'
121
The sea as home
128
Threats to sea-gypsy cultures
132
Sea borders, shark fishing and cultural survival
134
8.
Indigenous Sea Claims
137
Ownership as belonging
137
Contemporary attempts to assert ownership of the oceans by indigenous groups
140
Australian High Court decisions on Sea Rights
142
Indigenous sea rights and environmental threats
148
9.
Protection of the Oceans
150
Ownership of coastal areas
150
Ownership of international waters
153
International ocean governance
158
Implementation of a new ocean management regime
163
Notes
165
Index
186