Updated November 6, 2000.
Prepared by Cheryl Nyberg. Law for B565/SMA 515, Marc Hershman.
This class focuses on the legal framework in the U.S. controlling allocation and use of
coastal and marine resources. Topics include coastal zone management, fisheries
management, protection of marine mammals and endangered species, marine pollution,
offshore oil and gas development, and marine transportation.
This research guide follows the organization of topics in Coastal and Ocean
Law: Cases and Materials. 3d ed. St. Paul, MN: West Group, 1999. (American Casebook
Series). The authors have a website, http://library.law.unc.edu/ocean-coastal/,
containing the text of selected federal laws.
Research Guides & Selected Websites for Primary Law
Research Guides
- University of Oregon, "Library Resources for
Researching Ocean and Coastal Law and Policy," Oct. 26, 1999, http://oceanlaw.uoregon.edu/library/researching/mrm_seminar99.html.
- Congressional Research Service, "Ocean and Coastal
Resources: A Briefing Book," May 1997, updated July 1998, http://www.cnie.org/nle/mar-20/. This same
site, the National Library for the Environmental, contains other CRS reports on marine, http://www.cnie.org/nle/crsmar.html; water,
http://www.cnie.org/nle/crsh2o.html; and wetlands issues, http://www.cnie.org/nle/crswet.html.
- Oregon Sea Grant, Ocean and Coastal Resources On Line, http://seagrant.orst.edu/links/morelinks.html.
Includes Ocean and Coastal Law Memo, (contains text of memos from Issue 33, Oct.
1989 to Issue 46, May 1998) http://oceanlaw.uoregon.edu/memos/index.html.
- University of Maine, Marine Law Institute, Ocean and
Coastal Law Journal, http://www.law.usm.maine.edu/mli/oclj2.htm.
- Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium, "Coastal
Links," http://www.olemiss.edu/pubs/waterlog/coasta~1.htm.
- Society of International Law, Singapore, "Ocean Law
& Policy – Master List," http://www.sils.org/find-ocean-masterlist.htm.
- Internet Guide to International
Fisheries Law, http://www.oceanlaw.net/guide.htm.
Selected Websites for Primary Law
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Chapter 1: Public and Private Interests in Coastal Lands and Waters
Public Trust Doctrine: Articles
- Search Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe, http://www.lib.washington.edu/databases/LexisNexis/,
for articles on the public trust doctrine. Choose "Legal Research," then
"Law Reviews." A search of "public trust doctrine" for the last two
years retrieved 126 articles.
- Or, search LegalTrac (via the UW Libraries Research Databases, http://www.lib.washington.edu/types/databases/,
an index to law review articles. A subject heading search for "public trust
doctrine" retrieved 255 articles published since 1980.
Chapter2 : Protecting Water Quality and Water Habitats
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Directorate of Civil Works, http://www.usace.army.mil/inet/functions/cw/.
Among their duties: plan, design, build, operate, and maintain projects that provide river
and harbor navigation, flood control, water supply, hydroelectric power, environmental
restoration, wildlife protection and recreation.
- Environmental policy digest, regulations, and policy guidance letters, http://www.usace.army.mil/inet/functions/cw/cecwa/environ.htm.
- Flood control and shore protection policies, regulations, and policy guidance letters, http://www.usace.army.mil/inet/functions/cw/cecwa/floodc.htm.
- Navigation policy digest, regulations, and policy guidance letters, http://www.usace.army.mil/inet/functions/cw/cecwa/navigation.htm.
- Guidance documents, including engineer circulars, manuals, pamphlets, and regulations;
model agreements; policy guidance letters; environmental advisory bulletins; and other
publications; http://www.usace.army.mil/inet/functions/cw/cecwa/branches/guidance/index.htm.
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Wetlands, Oceans & Watersheds, http://www.epa.gov/OWOW/index.html.
- Wetlands Laws, Regulations & Guidance, including manuals and memoranda of agreement,
http://www.epa.gov/OWOW/wetlands/regs.html.
- Oceans and Coastal Protection, >http://www.epa.gov/owow/oceans/, covers marine pollution control,
air pollution and water quality, the national estuary program, marine debris, coral reefs,
dredged material management, and geographic information.
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10, http://www.epa.gov/region10/.
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Chapter 3: Comprehensive Management of Coastal Development
- U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office
of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, http://wave.nos.noaa.gov/ocrm/.
- Takings: Sources with information and differing perspectives.
- Washington Dept. of Ecology, Shorelands & Wetlands, http://www.wa.gov/ecology/sea/shorelan.html,
includes information on the Shoreline Master Program Guidelines Rule, >http://www.wa.gov/ecology/sea/SMA/guidelin/newguid.htm.
- Coastal States Organization, http://www.sso.org/cso/,
works to improve the management of the nation's coasts, oceans, and Great
Lakes.
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Chapter 4: U.S. Rights and Jurisdiction in the Ocean under the International Law of the Sea
- Research guide: International Law of the Sea, http://lib.law.washington.edu/ref/LOS.html.
- U.S. Dep't of State, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental &
Scientific Affairs, http://www.state.gov/www/global/oes/oceans/.
- U.S. Dep't of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, http://www.mms.gov/about.htm, manages mineral
resources on the Outer Continental Shelf.
- U.S. Dep't of Commerce, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, National
Ocean Service, provides a "mapfinder" for coastal photographs and nautical
charts, http://mapfinder.nos.noaa.gov/.
- Submerged Lands Act, 43 USC 1301 et seq., http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/43/1301.html.
Chapter 5: Ocean Energy and Mineral Resources
- U.S. Dep’t of Interior, Minerals Management Service, http://www.mms.gov/.
- Offshore Minerals Management, http://www.mms.gov/eod/national.htm.
- Electronic Library of Interior Policies, http://doi-man.er.usgs.gov/ELIPS/TOC/TOC.htm,
includes Secretary’s orders, departmental manuals, bulletins, and memoranda.
- Royalty Management Program, http://www.rmp.mms.gov/library/library.htm,
includes legal, statistical, and technical information, as well as manuals, handbooks, and
other documents.
- U.S. Dep't of Commerce, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, National
Marine Sanctuaries, http://www.sanctuaries.nos.noaa.gov/.
- Alaska
- Alaska Dep’t of Natural Resources, Division of Mining, Land & Water, http://www.dnr.state.ak.us/mine_wat/,
handles minerals exploration, permits, royalties, prospecting, and water rights.
- Alaska Dep’t of Natural Resources, Division of Oil and Gas, http://www.dog.dnr.state.ak.us/oil/,
manages oil and gas leasing and offers publications, maps, photographs, and statistics.
- California
- California State Lands Commission, http://www.slc.ca.gov/,
includes a report on the status of offshore oil and gas leases.
- Cal Ocean, California Ocean and Coastal Environmental Access Network, http://ceres.ca.gov/ocean/, includes a wealth of
information from and about federal and state agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and
educational/research institutions.
- Oregon
- Oregon Dep’t of Land Conservation and Development, http://www.lcd.state.or.us/welcome.htm.
- Oregon Coastal Index, http://www.lcd.state.or.us/coast/index.htm,
includes information on the Oregon Coastal Management Program, http://www.lcd.state.or.us/coast/ocmphome.htm.
- Oregon Dep’t of Geology & Mineral Resources, http://sarvis.dogami.state.or.us/homepage/,
contains information on oil and gas, http://sarvis.dogami.state.or.us/oil/homepage.htm.
- Oregon Division of State Lands, http://statelands.dsl.state.or.us/, deals with leasing state-owned
mineral rights and managed submerged submersible lands,>http://statelands.dsl.state.or.us/waterway.htm.
- Washington
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Chapter 6: Ocean and Coastal Fisheries
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Chapter 7: Marine Wildlife Preservation
- U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Protected Resources, http://www.nmfs.gov/prot_res/prot_res.html,
deals with protected marine mammals and endangered species, including reports to Congress,
http://www.nmfs.gov/prot_res/publicat.html.
- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Endangered Species Homepage, http://endangered.fws.gov/, provides comprehensive
information on protected species and related programs.
- Environmental Treaties and Resources Indicators, http://sedac.ciesin.org/pidb/pidb-home.html,
compiles dozens of international and multilateral treaties, including the Convention on
International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (commonly called CITES),
http://sedac.ciesin.org/pidb/texts/cites.trade.endangered.species.1973.html.
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Chapter 8: Pollution of Coastal and Ocean Waters
- Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 33 USC 2701 et seq, http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/33/2701.html.
- U.S. Coast Guard, http://www.uscg.mil/units.html,
Oil Spill Response, http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-m/nmc/response/index.htm,
contains a wealth of information and material, including operations guides, memoranda of
understanding, a directory of spill removal organizations, and reports (including a
Pollution Incidents Compendium with descriptions of oil spills in and around the U.S. from
1969 to 1998).
- International Maritime Organization, http://www.imo.org/,
contains information on international conventions.
- Washington Dep’t of Ecology, Spill Prevention, Preparedness and Response, http://www.wa.gov/ecology/spills/spills.html.
- Alaska Dep’t of Environmental Conservation, Division of Spill Prevention &
Response, http://www.state.ak.us/local/akpages/ENV.CONSERV/dspar/dec_dspr.htm,
includes information reviewing cleanup of the Exxon Valdez oil spill.
- Natural Resources Defense Council’s "A Decade after the Exxon Valdez:
Inadequate Federal Action on Oil Spill Prevention," http://www.nrdc.org/nrdcpro/reports/wavaldez.html,
is one of several publications on water law, http://www.nrdc.org/nrdcpro/water/index.html.
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