Marine Policy Flashcards
What is the SLA?
Submerged Lands Act
What is the NEPA?
National Environmental Policy Act
What is an EIS?
Enviromental Impact Statement
What does the Coastal Management Act do?
Preserve, protect, enhance, and restore coastal zones
What is a CZMP?
Coastal Zone Management Plan
What Act created the National Estuarine Research Reserve System?
The Coastal Zone Management Act
What is the CBRA
Coastal Barrier Resources Act
What is the MMPA? When was it passed?
Marine Mammal Protection Act, 1972
When was the Endangered Species Act passed?
1973
What is an IFQ?
Individual Fishing Quota
What is the UNCLOS
United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea
Include all waters interior of the baseline
Internal Waters
Baseline
Mean low water mark
Territorial Waters
Zone within 12 nautical miles of baseline
Contiguous Zone
12 to 24 nautical miles from baseline
EEZ
Exclusive Economic Zone
Where does the Exclusive Economic Zone extend to?
200 nautical miles
Isobath
line of 2500 meter depth
Continental Shelf Zone (In UNCLOS)
prolongation of EEZ along the continental shelf, no more than 350 nautical miles from baseline or 100 nautical miles from isobath.
Mare liberium
freedom of the seas
UNCED
United Nations Conference on Environmental Development
MARPOL
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution From Ships
What did MARPOL accomplish?
Comprehensive global convention limiting the pollution of ships, including oil, garbage, liquids, sewage, and plastics
IMO
International Maritime Organization
IWC
International Whaling Convention
IPCC
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
