Salt Water Neighbors

Ted McDorman is a Professor of Law at the University of Victoria, British Columbia. He has published over 100 articles regarding ocean law and policy issues and since 2000 has been the Editor-in-Chief of Ocean Development and International Law, North America's premier ocean law journal.

Preface ; List of Treaties ; List of International Cases ; Chapter One - INTRODUCTION ; Part A ; 1.0 ; Introduction ; 2.0 ; Context of the Canada-U.S. Ocean Relationship ; Perception/Interests ; Pragmatism (Agreeing-to-Disagree) ; Avoiding Resolution ; The Other Neighbours ; Broader Bilateral Relationship ; History ; 3.0 LOS Convention, International Law and National Offshore Zones ; International Law: Treaties, Custom and Adjudication ; Offshore Zones ; Part B ; 4.0 A Few Words on Other Treaties and Ocean Governance ; Ocean Fora ; Deep Seabed Mining ; Ship Safety and Vessel-Source Pollution ; Land-Based Sources of Marine Pollution ; Fisheries ; Whaling ; Biodiversity ; Port Security and Terrorism at Sea ; ANNEX ; Chapter Two - 1970: THE LANDMARK YEAR ; 1.0 Introduction ; 2.0 1970: The Year of Transition of International Ocean Law ; 3.0 ; Canadian Actions in 1970 ; Continental Shelf ; Territorial Sea and Fishing Zones ; Arctic Waters Pollution Prevention Act ; Functionalism and Unilateralism ; 4.0The Canada-U.S. Ocean Relationship Emerging from 1970 ; Differing Ocean Interests and Approaches ; Agreeing-to-Disagree ; 5.0Continuing Echo of 1970 ; Chapter Three - UNCLOS III AND THE LOS CONVENTION ; 1.0 Introduction ; 2.0 At UNCLOS III ; Offshore Resources ; Navigation and Vessel-Source Pollution Issues ; Common Heritage of Mankind and Deep Seabed Mining ; 3.0 The LOS Convention ; Adoption of the Convention and the 1980s ; Party Status ; 4.0 Conclusion ; Chapter Four - CANADA - UNITED STATES MARITIME BOUNDARIES ; 1.0 ; Introduction ; Part A ; 2.0 Agreed Canada - U.S. Maritime Boundaries ; Juan de Fuca Strait ; Passamaquoddy Bay ; Portland Canal - The 1903 Alaska Boundary Arbitration ; 3.0 The 1984 Gulf of Maine Case ; Getting to Court ; Proposed Boundary Lines ; Judgment of the Court ; Aftermath ; Part B ; An Overview of Maritime Boundary Delimitation Law ; State Practice ; The Law - The Two-Step Process ; 5.0 Unresolved Maritime Boundaries ; British Columbia/Alaska Maritime Boundaries ; British Columbia/Washington Maritime Boundary ; Seaward of the Gulf of Maine ; Beaufort Sea ; Machias Seal Island and North Rock ; Part C ; 6.0 Conclusion ; ANNEX: Questions and Detail Respecting the Application of the Two-Step Process ; I. Provisional Equidistance ; II. Special/Relevant Circumstances ; Chapter Five - STATUS OF WATERS AND NAVIGATION RIGHTS ; 1.0 ; Introduction ; Part A ; 2.0 International Law Respecting Navigational Rights in National Waters ; Historic Internal Waters ; International Straits ; Part B ; 3.0 Northwest Passage ; Ice and Climate Change ; International Legal Positions ; Cooperation Respecting the Northwest Passage ; Future of the Dispute ; 4.0 Head Harbour Passage ; Proposed Tanker Traffic ; International Legal Positions ; Cooperation and the Future of the Dispute ; 5.0 Dixon Entrance, Hecate Strait and Queen Charlotte Sound ; 6.0 Georgia Strait, Johnstone Strait, Queen Charlotte Strait and the Inside Passage ; 7.0 Juan de Fuca Strait ; 8.0 Conclusion ; Chapter Six - FISHERIES ; 1.0 Introduction ; 2.0 Pacific Salmon ; Introduction ; The 1985 Canada - U.S. Pacific Salmon Treaty ; The 2002 Yukon River Agreement ; North Pacific Anadromous Stocks Convention ; 3.0 Other Fisheries ; Pacific Halibut ; Albacore Tuna ; Hake/Whiting ; 4.0 Conclusion ; Chapter Seven - REVIEWING THE PAST, LOOKING TO THE FUTURE ; Bibliography of Government Documents and Other Sources (Selected) ; Bibliography of Academic Literature ; Index