Canada and the International Seabed: Domestic Determinants and External Constraints

238 Pages·1989·14.203 MB·English

by  Elizabeth Riddell Dixon

Canada and the International Seabed
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Canada and the
International
Seabed
Domestic Determinants
and External Constraints
ELIZABETH RIDDELL-DIXON
McGill-Queen's University Press
Kingston, Montreal, London
McGill-Queen's University Press 1989
ISBN 0-7735-0694-2
Legal deposit second quarter 1989
Bibliotheque nationale du Quebec
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Printed in Canada on acid-free paper
This book has been published with the help of a grant
from the Social Science Federation of Canada, using
funds provided by the Social Sciences and Humanities
Research Council of Canada.
Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data
Riddell-Dixon, Elizabeth, 1954-
Canada and the international seabed
Includes index.
Bibliography: p.
ISBN 0-7735-0694-2
i. Ocean bottom (Maritime law). 2. Ocean mining - Law and
legislation - Canada. 3. Maritime Law - Canada. 4. Inter-
national and municipal law. 5. Territorial waters - Canada.
I. Title.
JX4426.R54 1989 341.4'48 c88-090452-6
To my Mother and Father
Gretta Riddell Dixon
and
Alan Bogle Dixon
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Contents
Figures and Tables ix
Preface xi
1 Introduction 3
2 Canada's Interests 19
3 Canada's Policies on Deep Seabed Mining
at UNCLOS III 29
4 Federal Government Actors 57
5 Provincial and Municipal Governments 96
6 Nongovernmental Actors 106
7 The Canadian Delegation 132
8 The Policy-Making Process 152
Glossary 183
Notes 185
Bibliography 199
Index 2i5
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Figures and Tables
FIGURES
1 Manganese Nodules 6
2 Manganese Nodule Sites 7
3 Profile of the Seabed 9
4 Formulating Canada's Policies on Deep
Seabed Mining: The Formal Process 60
TABLES
1 Canada's Broad Objectives at UNCLOS III 27
2 Canada's Specific Bargaining Aims at
UNCLOS in 28
3 Sessions of UNCLOS m: An Overview 31