The Future of U.S. Ocean Policy
Subtitle: Choices For The New Century
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Island Press
Published: January 2, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9781559636759
Subjects: Aquaculture & fishing: practice & techniques; Conservation of the environment; Management of land & natural resources; NATURAL HISTORY, COUNTRY LIFE & PETS; Oceanography (seas); United States; Nature; Water And Marine Resources Management; Environmental Conservation & Protection - General; Politics / Current Events; Public Policy - General; Nature/Ecology; Earth Sciences - Oceanography; Oceans & Seas; Science / Oceanography; Government policy; Marine resources conservation; Marine resources development
First sentence: The United States has one of the largest and probably the richest 200-mile ocean zone (formally, the Exclusive Economic Zone [EEZ]) of any nation in the world.