ESP 166 MT Study Guide Exam With
Complete Solutions
What two features formed the basis for the focus of U.S. ocean
management on the international stage? - ANSWER Freedom of navigation
and expanding the resource jurisdiction.
What is a territorial sea? What rights does it convey? - ANSWER area over
which a nation has sovereignty over the air, water, seabed, and subsoil
within it. It conveys rights of passage for foreign vessels and sometime
aircraft. Up to 12NM.
What piece of legislation was passed in response to the Supreme Court
ruling on the case between CA and the Truman administration? And what
did it do? - ANSWER Submerged Lands Act(1953). It returns right to
resources within 3nm to the states, was passed in response to the
Supreme Court ruling on the case between CA and the Truman
administration.
What is the exclusive economic zone (EEZ)? - ANSWER The EEZ is a
200nm area where a nation has rights over the ocean for exploring and
managing resources.
What international treaty covers the exploitation of minerals on the high
seas? - ANSWER United Nations Conference on the Law of the
Sea(UNCLS). International treaty that covers the exploitation of minerals on
the high seas
, What is the contiguous zone? - ANSWER Between 12 and 24 nautical
miles from shore, a state may enforce laws concerning pollution, taxation,
customs, and immigration
What was the Stratton Commission? And what were some of the major
recommendations with respect to the coastal zone? - ANSWER The
Stratton Commission
Current crisis in the South China Sea? - ANSWER many coastal counties
have overlapping EEZs and there is no resolved border so China has
seized islands to exert control over oil resources and navigation.
What are the primary physical effects of sea level rise? - ANSWER
Accretion - ANSWER gradual buildup of sediment on the coast
Subsidence - ANSWER downward shift in the ground surface
Erosion - ANSWER gradual wearing away of land by water.
Avulsion - ANSWER sudden and perceptual change in the shoreline by the
action of the water.
What is the public trust doctrine? What is the geographic scope of the
public trust doctrine? - ANSWER The public trust doctrine is the idea that
certain natural resources are for the public use and that the government
owns these resources, but needs to protect and maintain the resources for
the public's use/part of common law where the government maintains land
for the benefit and use of public- covers
Tidewaters to their farthest reaches, tidelands, navigable-in-fact waters,
and permanently submerged lands, including those extending seaward to
the limit of state ownership are subject to the Public Trust Doctrine.
What rights does the federal government have in state waters? - ANSWER
In state waters, the federal government retains the right to regulate
commerce, navigation, power generations, and national defense and
international affairs. Although the states own the lands beneath navigable
waters, the federal government controls navigation (part of this is national
defense).
Complete Solutions
What two features formed the basis for the focus of U.S. ocean
management on the international stage? - ANSWER Freedom of navigation
and expanding the resource jurisdiction.
What is a territorial sea? What rights does it convey? - ANSWER area over
which a nation has sovereignty over the air, water, seabed, and subsoil
within it. It conveys rights of passage for foreign vessels and sometime
aircraft. Up to 12NM.
What piece of legislation was passed in response to the Supreme Court
ruling on the case between CA and the Truman administration? And what
did it do? - ANSWER Submerged Lands Act(1953). It returns right to
resources within 3nm to the states, was passed in response to the
Supreme Court ruling on the case between CA and the Truman
administration.
What is the exclusive economic zone (EEZ)? - ANSWER The EEZ is a
200nm area where a nation has rights over the ocean for exploring and
managing resources.
What international treaty covers the exploitation of minerals on the high
seas? - ANSWER United Nations Conference on the Law of the
Sea(UNCLS). International treaty that covers the exploitation of minerals on
the high seas
, What is the contiguous zone? - ANSWER Between 12 and 24 nautical
miles from shore, a state may enforce laws concerning pollution, taxation,
customs, and immigration
What was the Stratton Commission? And what were some of the major
recommendations with respect to the coastal zone? - ANSWER The
Stratton Commission
Current crisis in the South China Sea? - ANSWER many coastal counties
have overlapping EEZs and there is no resolved border so China has
seized islands to exert control over oil resources and navigation.
What are the primary physical effects of sea level rise? - ANSWER
Accretion - ANSWER gradual buildup of sediment on the coast
Subsidence - ANSWER downward shift in the ground surface
Erosion - ANSWER gradual wearing away of land by water.
Avulsion - ANSWER sudden and perceptual change in the shoreline by the
action of the water.
What is the public trust doctrine? What is the geographic scope of the
public trust doctrine? - ANSWER The public trust doctrine is the idea that
certain natural resources are for the public use and that the government
owns these resources, but needs to protect and maintain the resources for
the public's use/part of common law where the government maintains land
for the benefit and use of public- covers
Tidewaters to their farthest reaches, tidelands, navigable-in-fact waters,
and permanently submerged lands, including those extending seaward to
the limit of state ownership are subject to the Public Trust Doctrine.
What rights does the federal government have in state waters? - ANSWER
In state waters, the federal government retains the right to regulate
commerce, navigation, power generations, and national defense and
international affairs. Although the states own the lands beneath navigable
waters, the federal government controls navigation (part of this is national
defense).
