Open AccessWitnesses urge Law of Sea ratification
Author(s) -
Zielinski Sarah
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2006eo330009
Subject(s) - ratification , united nations convention on the law of the sea , commission , political science , convention , corporate governance , law , fishery , business , politics , finance , biology
To better manage the nations oceans, the United States should establish a national ocean policy and ratify the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, several witnesses testified at a 3 August hearing before the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcomittee on National Ocean Policy Study. “Our oceans are in crisis,” said Leon Panetta, co‐chair of the Joint Ocean Commission Initiative. Panetta cited several issues threatening oceans, including ocean acidification, increasing amounts of pollution, lost wetlands, depleted fisheries, invasive species, and a fragmented U.S. governance system.