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Defining maritime boundaries: ‘the murky hand of history's oversight’ in the Gulf of Maine
Author(s) -
Marshall Joan
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
canadian geographer / le géographe canadien
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.35
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1541-0064
pISSN - 0008-3658
DOI - 10.1111/j.0008-3658.2004.00060.x
Subject(s) - maritime boundary , context (archaeology) , political science , state (computer science) , fishing , boundary (topology) , boundary line , international court , territorial waters , international community , exclusive economic zone , territorial dispute , law , international law , geography , public international law , engineering , archaeology , politics , mathematical analysis , mathematics , algorithm , engineering drawing , computer science
In this paper, an unresolved boundary dispute in the Gulf of Maine, between the United States and Canada, in an area known as the Grey Zone is examined. In the context of a juridically weak framework of principles for determining international maritime boundaries, the case of a small fishing community caught between conflicting national interests and a lucrative fishing zone being claimed by both countries is examined. Left unresolved with the 1984 International Court of Justice decision defining the ‘Hague Line’, this dispute is made more problematic because of ambiguous objectives and conflicting agendas between national governments, between state and community levels and within the community itself.