Earth Science and the Law of the Sea: Keys to Canada's Offshore Energy and Mineral Resources beyond 200 Nautical Miles

Article 76 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea allows Canada to establish sovereignty over resources of the seabed beyond the customary 200 nautical mile limit, when certain bathymetric and geological criteria are satisfied.This paper outlines the procedures for meeting those crit...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Macnab, Ron, Haworth, Richard
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Geological Association of Canada 2001
Subjects:
Online Access:https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/GC/article/view/4077
id ftuninewbrunojs:oai:ojs.journals.lib.unb.ca:article/4077
record_format openpolar
spelling ftuninewbrunojs:oai:ojs.journals.lib.unb.ca:article/4077 2023-05-15T15:08:16+02:00 Earth Science and the Law of the Sea: Keys to Canada's Offshore Energy and Mineral Resources beyond 200 Nautical Miles Macnab, Ron Haworth, Richard 2001-06-06 application/pdf https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/GC/article/view/4077 eng eng Geological Association of Canada https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/GC/article/view/4077/4590 https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/GC/article/view/4077 Copyright (c) 2015 Geoscience Canada Geoscience Canada; Volume 28, Number 2 (2001) 1911-4850 0315-0941 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 2001 ftuninewbrunojs 2022-07-11T11:48:03Z Article 76 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea allows Canada to establish sovereignty over resources of the seabed beyond the customary 200 nautical mile limit, when certain bathymetric and geological criteria are satisfied.This paper outlines the procedures for meeting those criteria, and describes the mutual benefits that can accrue to the earth sciences and the Law of the Sea through programs for collecting and analyzing the necessary data. In the Atlantic and Arctic oceans, this work could allow Canada to extend energy and mineral jurisdiction into seabed areas that approach the size of the three Prairie Provinces combined. Résumé L'article 76 de la Convention des Nations Unies sur le droit de la mer permet au Canada d'établir sa souveraineté sur les ressources des fonds marins au-delà de la limite bien connue des 200 miles nautiques, sous réserve de certains critères bathymétriques et géologiques. Le présent article décrit les procédures auxquelles il faut se plier, de même que les retombées positives qui découlent de la cueillette et l'analyse des données nécessaires, autant pour les sciences de la Terre que pour le droit de la mer. En ce qui a trait aux océans Atlantique et Arctique, le Canada pourrait voir sa juridiction s'appliquer à un territoire dont la dimension correspondrait à peu près à l'étendue des trois provinces des Prairies ensembles. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctique* Law of the Sea University of New Brunswick: Centre for Digital Scholarship Journals Arctic Canada
institution Open Polar
collection University of New Brunswick: Centre for Digital Scholarship Journals
op_collection_id ftuninewbrunojs
language English
description Article 76 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea allows Canada to establish sovereignty over resources of the seabed beyond the customary 200 nautical mile limit, when certain bathymetric and geological criteria are satisfied.This paper outlines the procedures for meeting those criteria, and describes the mutual benefits that can accrue to the earth sciences and the Law of the Sea through programs for collecting and analyzing the necessary data. In the Atlantic and Arctic oceans, this work could allow Canada to extend energy and mineral jurisdiction into seabed areas that approach the size of the three Prairie Provinces combined. Résumé L'article 76 de la Convention des Nations Unies sur le droit de la mer permet au Canada d'établir sa souveraineté sur les ressources des fonds marins au-delà de la limite bien connue des 200 miles nautiques, sous réserve de certains critères bathymétriques et géologiques. Le présent article décrit les procédures auxquelles il faut se plier, de même que les retombées positives qui découlent de la cueillette et l'analyse des données nécessaires, autant pour les sciences de la Terre que pour le droit de la mer. En ce qui a trait aux océans Atlantique et Arctique, le Canada pourrait voir sa juridiction s'appliquer à un territoire dont la dimension correspondrait à peu près à l'étendue des trois provinces des Prairies ensembles.
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Macnab, Ron
Haworth, Richard
spellingShingle Macnab, Ron
Haworth, Richard
Earth Science and the Law of the Sea: Keys to Canada's Offshore Energy and Mineral Resources beyond 200 Nautical Miles
author_facet Macnab, Ron
Haworth, Richard
author_sort Macnab, Ron
title Earth Science and the Law of the Sea: Keys to Canada's Offshore Energy and Mineral Resources beyond 200 Nautical Miles
title_short Earth Science and the Law of the Sea: Keys to Canada's Offshore Energy and Mineral Resources beyond 200 Nautical Miles
title_full Earth Science and the Law of the Sea: Keys to Canada's Offshore Energy and Mineral Resources beyond 200 Nautical Miles
title_fullStr Earth Science and the Law of the Sea: Keys to Canada's Offshore Energy and Mineral Resources beyond 200 Nautical Miles
title_full_unstemmed Earth Science and the Law of the Sea: Keys to Canada's Offshore Energy and Mineral Resources beyond 200 Nautical Miles
title_sort earth science and the law of the sea: keys to canada's offshore energy and mineral resources beyond 200 nautical miles
publisher Geological Association of Canada
publishDate 2001
url https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/GC/article/view/4077
geographic Arctic
Canada
geographic_facet Arctic
Canada
genre Arctic
Arctique*
Law of the Sea
genre_facet Arctic
Arctique*
Law of the Sea
op_source Geoscience Canada; Volume 28, Number 2 (2001)
1911-4850
0315-0941
op_relation https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/GC/article/view/4077/4590
https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/GC/article/view/4077
op_rights Copyright (c) 2015 Geoscience Canada
_version_ 1766339660801376256