CHAPTER 8
…
Survival and the Sea ', … «
.
The potential wealth of the oceans can no lorigerhe
hat whether
'
man/sind will ever realize its full benefits remains very much in the
balance. Various important considerations stand
the way. A
until
resources of minerals On the land threatento*fallwæriously short of
demand. The rising prices of theseminerals will then provide the nancial
incentive (and cover ) needed to channel investment into marine mining
ventures. We have alreadyseen a tremendou$ +surgetir‘r the …o”—shore
drilling industry spurred on by the demands’ for
and natural ;‘gas
which cannot he met hy supplies from the land. 'Uhtrtunately5 Ÿthe
oceans are not a
Box from {which mat… treasures can …he
taken. [1ievitahly, powerful
on ehploitätion:owyarise either
from cmzicting interests' or natural limits: The shing
eventualbr he conanted with a:limit—to thèrhiologicalproductivity of the
oceans, vost as this is.
”of
devoted to'a survey «ofmhatmu'sthe
’
-
of the ocean resource: how the benets from
‘
‘
the Earth might be maintained and*divided.
THE rst World—wide
"
was the shing industry. The
sh
catch during“the past“twentÿ year—s «“0'1‘îso has ëndt
but reects
and relatéd“ec{ùiprent which—sstill cOiïtiüiñËüThprBtiShïmäïie
‘B. F.
in 1968t”thstbc‘fdrc'fcheîsh
catch reached its
the
a* Scale is
driving fOrœ‘Whi6h…sèndsrlargeï modem 66t55 P3_f'
tgicu‘lay
:Sovîet-Uidntandé'jäpan-, to "distant
m
213
…
Survival and the Sea ', … «
.
The potential wealth of the oceans can no lorigerhe
hat whether
'
man/sind will ever realize its full benefits remains very much in the
balance. Various important considerations stand
the way. A
until
resources of minerals On the land threatento*fallwæriously short of
demand. The rising prices of theseminerals will then provide the nancial
incentive (and cover ) needed to channel investment into marine mining
ventures. We have alreadyseen a tremendou$ +surgetir‘r the …o”—shore
drilling industry spurred on by the demands’ for
and natural ;‘gas
which cannot he met hy supplies from the land. 'Uhtrtunately5 Ÿthe
oceans are not a
Box from {which mat… treasures can …he
taken. [1ievitahly, powerful
on ehploitätion:owyarise either
from cmzicting interests' or natural limits: The shing
eventualbr he conanted with a:limit—to thèrhiologicalproductivity of the
oceans, vost as this is.
”of
devoted to'a survey «ofmhatmu'sthe
’
-
of the ocean resource: how the benets from
‘
‘
the Earth might be maintained and*divided.
THE rst World—wide
"
was the shing industry. The
sh
catch during“the past“twentÿ year—s «“0'1‘îso has ëndt
but reects
and relatéd“ec{ùiprent which—sstill cOiïtiüiñËüThprBtiShïmäïie
‘B. F.
in 1968t”thstbc‘fdrc'fcheîsh
catch reached its
the
a* Scale is
driving fOrœ‘Whi6h…sèndsrlargeï modem 66t55 P3_f'
tgicu‘lay
:Sovîet-Uidntandé'jäpan-, to "distant
m
213