The Silver Anniversary of the United States' Exclusive Economic Zone: Twenty-Five Years of Ocean Use and Abuse, and the Possibility of a Blue Water Public Trust Doctrine

摘要: Sustainably managing marine ecosystems has proved nearly impossible, with few success stories. Ecosystem management failures largely stem from the traditional sector-by-sector, issue-by-issue approach to ocean-borne activities—an that is fundamentally unable keep pace dynamics of coupled human, ecological and oceanographic systems. In United States today there are over twenty federal agencies thirty-five coastal states territories operating under dozens statutory authorities shaping ocean policy. Among ecologists policy experts an emerging consensus a major overhaul in U.S. governance necessary. This Article suggests public trust doctrine— ancient legal concept already incorporated state