State?Federal jurisdictional conflicts in the U.S.12?mile territorial sea: An opportunity to end the seaweed rebellion
- 1 January 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Coastal Management
- Vol. 18 (2) , 195-211
- https://doi.org/10.1080/08920759009362109
Abstract
The recent extension of the United States’ territorial sea from 3 to 12 miles raises substantial questions regarding the domestic allocation of offshore resource jurisdiction between the federal government and the several coastal states. This paper traces the historic development of those questions, suggests that they should be answered by the United States Congress and not the courts, and argues that, by giving the states a larger role in ocean management and a greater share of offshore resource revenues, Congress might reduce the current level of state‐federal conflict over ocean management and end the “Seaweed Rebellion.”;Keywords
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