With America increasingly looking out to sea for oil and gas and increasingly aware of climate change dangers to our coast (rising sea level, increasing frequency of intense hurricanes, temperature and salinity stresses on fisheries), understanding the legal basis for offshore resource exploitation and coastal management is more important than ever.
Dennis W. Nixon is professor of marine affairs and associate dean for research and administration at the Graduate School of Oceanography of the University of Rhode Island, RI. Michael J. Daly is a maritime lawyer in Providence, RI, practicing admiralty, commercial, and insurance litigation. Susan E. Farady directs the Marine Affairs Institute at the Roger Williams University School of Law, Bristol, RI.
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