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decision to have au ad hoc committee make a general study of the
oceans and national and international activities in them. However,
the proposed achieved much more than this behind the scenes in the
7
United Nations. It directed attention to the potential plight of the
poorer nati0ns and they, in turn, responded in a manner which
emphasized that the ‘advanced’ nations would not easily seize this
last great world asset. These echoes are likely to reverberate through
the corridors of power for” some time and if, or when, international
decisions on the ocean resources are made, writers will point to
Agenda 92 of the UN. Twenty—second Session, held in autumn
1967,as the start of it all.
-
w
-
. Any settlement must consider the situation on the continental
shelf. It is already too late to change the parcelling up of areas like—
the North Sea which has been done in accordance With the 1958
Continental Shelf Convention,:but Sonic control might be exerted
over the gradual extension of claims into much deeper waters; The -
great problem here is that no convenient physical, economic
'
political line exists which can beused to Separate shallow areas from
deepet one‘s; There is no immutable geophysical law Which
that the continental shelfand its resources shall stop at the ‘magic’
depth of 200 metres.— In fact, theedtinuity of exploitable resources
from shallowto dëeper parts‘î0the f—sea oor probably acCountS…—for ' ‘
the ‘escape clause’ «insertednthe 1958 Continental Shelf Conven—
Unfortuately this Cômpromisëz based on therealities
_
ocean environment has pr‘eSented virtuay a gcaræ“ blanc/ze gin ocean '
operations—to,t‘echnologically advanæd_nationâ
Ï "
-
‘
-
‘. Assuming satisfacœrÿ formula
control
of the sea oo'r over the entire contineh‘tal Shelf; the sheriês— by-their
very nature would still be-Soùrce‘sof disagreemenü Unlike rhine‘talS,
…
the living resources
the oceans are too; mobile to
the,coh+
nes of any, particularly“
A
might ‘- be,;çgiVe‘11‘3 overall
'
jurisdiCtiOri *bf—Ïa coastal shing grdund*”or have
‘
st0ekS would be
to
Dr
Ralston Burma—Company,
Diego, Ï‘hasf‘given
a very—th0dillu5ttation-of—thispOint by referenCÇe,to a
the tertitô‘rials‘easo Mexico:iàhd
sardine êand;{ganchovy
reasbhablyælo‘sé :to;ithè ÊàSh0rc;
the sh) Spawn , well “out to sea? =änd
internationaliWaærs‘too. Theäæk mackerel;
……
the
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The Last Resource
decision to have au ad hoc committee make a general study of the
oceans and national and international activities in them. However,
the proposed achieved much more than this behind the scenes in the
7
United Nations. It directed attention to the potential plight of the
poorer nati0ns and they, in turn, responded in a manner which
emphasized that the ‘advanced’ nations would not easily seize this
last great world asset. These echoes are likely to reverberate through
the corridors of power for” some time and if, or when, international
decisions on the ocean resources are made, writers will point to
Agenda 92 of the UN. Twenty—second Session, held in autumn
1967,as the start of it all.
-
w
-
. Any settlement must consider the situation on the continental
shelf. It is already too late to change the parcelling up of areas like—
the North Sea which has been done in accordance With the 1958
Continental Shelf Convention,:but Sonic control might be exerted
over the gradual extension of claims into much deeper waters; The -
great problem here is that no convenient physical, economic
'
political line exists which can beused to Separate shallow areas from
deepet one‘s; There is no immutable geophysical law Which
that the continental shelfand its resources shall stop at the ‘magic’
depth of 200 metres.— In fact, theedtinuity of exploitable resources
from shallowto dëeper parts‘î0the f—sea oor probably acCountS…—for ' ‘
the ‘escape clause’ «insertednthe 1958 Continental Shelf Conven—
Unfortuately this Cômpromisëz based on therealities
_
ocean environment has pr‘eSented virtuay a gcaræ“ blanc/ze gin ocean '
operations—to,t‘echnologically advanæd_nationâ
Ï "
-
‘
-
‘. Assuming satisfacœrÿ formula
control
of the sea oo'r over the entire contineh‘tal Shelf; the sheriês— by-their
very nature would still be-Soùrce‘sof disagreemenü Unlike rhine‘talS,
…
the living resources
the oceans are too; mobile to
the,coh+
nes of any, particularly“
A
might ‘- be,;çgiVe‘11‘3 overall
'
jurisdiCtiOri *bf—Ïa coastal shing grdund*”or have
‘
st0ekS would be
to
Dr
Ralston Burma—Company,
Diego, Ï‘hasf‘given
a very—th0dillu5ttation-of—thispOint by referenCÇe,to a
the tertitô‘rials‘easo Mexico:iàhd
sardine êand;{ganchovy
reasbhablyælo‘sé :to;ithè ÊàSh0rc;
the sh) Spawn , well “out to sea? =änd
internationaliWaærs‘too. Theäæk mackerel;
……
the
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