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can be reconciled. Yet one does not hold much ground for hope in the Oil and Gas Production and Conservation Act, the Environment Act or indeed the Environment Code of Practice for the Treatment and Disposal of Waste Discharges from Offshore Oil and Gas Operations.

Part three concerns shipping and ports: their development and manage- ment. The evolution and practice of ports policy, the history and develop- ment of shipping law from its imperial beginnings down to the present time, and the carriage of, especially, dangerous goods are traced. Among the contributors to this section is Pro- fessor Edgar Gold, a leading interna- tional authority in the field. The im- pression the reader is given is that a laissez-faire approach characterizes both the ports and shipping law and policy of Canada. Both are therefore undergoing a process of deregulation which is still in its infancy. The ports policy is both fragmented and confus- ing. Canada has not only withdrawn from owning and operating national fleets but the development of its ship- ping laws has not changed much since colonial times.

Part four deals with the protection of the marine environment, another area where both law and policy are still in their infancy. However, the indications are that this is an area where the nation takes a very serious view of developments and has taken a pro-active stance, especially in rela- tion to special marine and coastal areas. With such large marine and coastal space Canada cannot afford to do otherwise. This part takes the read- er through the wide range of provin- cial, federal and international environ- mental legislation and explains Cana- da’s reaction to it.

Bearing in mind that 1993 is the United Nations Year of the Indige- nous Peoples, the attention of many readers will be particularly drawn to part five on aboriginal peoples and marine resources. Canada might well be regarded as a trend-setter in the understanding of the rights and the needs for management by and for aboriginal peoples. This issue came to the surface in Canada last year in highlighted conflicts between both the

federal and provincial authorities and the native populations regarding land and fishing rights.

Part six deals with free trade and

ocean resources. Non-North Amer- icans may need to be reminded that this refers to the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement and its probable impact on Canada’s fishing industry. The recent extention of the agreement to include Mexico came too late for consideration in this volume. The impression is given that the Canadian fishing industry stands to benefit from the agreement. However, this remains to be proved.

Superb North Sea

Part seven is devoted to the inevit- able international ocean boundary issues and management arrangements related thereto. Following a brief re- view of the applicable principles of international law and their limitations, a survey is presented of the progress which Canada has made in settling its lateral ocean boundaries on the East Coast, in the Arctic and on the West Coast.

NORTH SEA ATLAS FOR NETHERLANDS POLICY AND MANAGEMENT

ICONA

Stadsvitgeverij, Amsterdam, 1992, 96 maps

This atlas was produced on behalf of the Inter-departmental Co-ordinating Committee for North Sea Affairs (ICONA), financed by a large number of Netherlands Ministries. It is a superb production, comprising 96 maps each with accompanying text. Approx- imately one third of the maps are of the North Sea as a whole, while the remainder show Dutch waters in more detail. The text has been prepared by experts from the many government departments with an interest in North Sea affairs. The cartography is first class. Although displayed in A4 for- mat, the maps are colourful, clear, and accurate. Some use a dazzling array of colour, so that a great deal of often complex detail can be easily

The final part of the book deals with the role of maritime strategy in ocean development and management.

The strength of this book lies in the expertise of its contributors. The list of authors reads like a ‘Who’s Who’ of maritime Canada. They have suc- ceeded in providing the reader with a very wide-ranging and informative account of Canadian ocean law and policy. Perhaps its very comprehen- siveness is its principal weakness. It is simply not possible to cover such a vast field in one book without a degree of superficiality and oversimplification of complex issues. Nonetheless Pro- fessor VanderZwaag and his col- leagues are to be congratulated for having produced a valuable introduc- tion to their country’s maritime law and policy.

Ademuni-Odeke

atlas

Department of Law London Guidhall University, UK

read. Perhaps the most startling maps are those dealing with maritime space (54-60, 70-73), sources of pollution (74, 82) and EC fisheries policy (95). These maps demonstrate the competi- tion between many activities in the North Sea, and the urgent need to evolve a policy for coordination of the use of seaspace now, and in the longer term.

The Dutch have always taken mari- time affairs very seriously, and the material in this atlas explains why. The North Sea Atlas is one of three major documents produced on behalf of ICONA as part of a project to develop strategies to regulate spatial use of the North Sea. It will prove to be a most valuable data source; it is clearly a genuinely scientific contribution to North Sea studies. Disappointly however, the atlas gives no indication as to how the challenges of sea use competition will be resolved by the Dutch, although a series of maps (92- 96) shows various legislative measures in place to restrict and regulate certain activities. The Netherlands exercises

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sovereignty over what must be one of the most crowded seas in the world, and the Dutch approach to integrated planning could have much to teach other States. The atlas reveals a depth of knowledge of the Dutch seas in- cluding the water, seabed, flora and fauna, etc which is impressive. A num- ber of maps have the disadvantage of showing detail which dates rapidly. Map X2, for example, shows ‘Re- ported oil spills in 1989’. Records of oil spills have been kept since 1969, and some kind of time-series based on more than one year might have been revealing. Among maps which attract attention are Map 31 ‘Coastline be- haviour’ and Map 81 ‘Sites of archaeological value’. Map 31 shows that parts of the Dutch coast would retreat considerably in the next 40 years in the absence of human in- tervention. Map 81 indicates (among other things) areas with high potential for the discovery of historic remains of ships.

The accompanying texts are for the most part extremely clear. The sources for each of the maps and the way in which they were prepared are discussed in detail, where appropriate. The maps are produced on two scales only, so that easy comparisons can be made using loose transparent overlays provided. There is no index, but in every other respect the borax Sea At&s is a thoroughly workmanlike and authoritative publication which de- serves to be carefully studied. It pro- vides a useful model for other national atlases of the sea. Britain’s A&s @the

Seas Aro~~n~ the British Isles (MAFF, 1981) compares very favourably with the North Sea Atlas in may ways,

although the coverage is on a different scale and there are fewer maps. It is difficult to imagine the formuIation of a coherent national policy for sea use management without basic informa- tion of the kind included in the North Sea Atlas. Its great merit from the policy viewpoint is that it is compre- hensive and it deals with the coastline itself and the seaspace within Dutch sovereignty, thus providing the basis for integrated planning.

Gerald Blake University of Durham, UK

MARINE POLICY March 1993

Calendar This calendar of events is based on information provided by the respective organizers and from secondary sources. MARINE POLICY welcomes informa- tion on meetings suitable for listing in this section. Copy deadlines are three months ahead of cover dates. * indicates new entry.

14-18 March 1993, Mobile, AL, USA Symposium on Geographic Information Systems and Water Resources. More de- tails from: AWRA, 5410 Grosvenor Lane, Suite 220, Bethesda, MD 20834-2192, USA. Tel: +l 301 493 8600.

30 March-l April 1993, Lerwick, Scotland, UK Shetland 1993: ~Managin~ the Marine En- vironment: The Shetland Standard’. An International Conference. More details from: Mrs Barbara Rae, Centre for En- vironmental Management and Planning, 23 St Machar Drive, Old Aberdeen AB2 IRY, UK. Tef: +44 224 2724791272483. Fax: +44 224 487658.

*31 March-2 April 1993, Brighton, UK IMDEX 93: The International Marine De- fence Exhibition and Conference. More details from: Snearhead Exhibitions. 55-59 Fife Rd, Kin&on upon Thames, Surrey KTl ITA, UK. Tel: +44 81 549 5831. Fax: +44 71 541 5657 or 547 2807.

19-23 April 1993, Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands ‘Seachange 93: Sea Level Changes and their Consequences for Hydrology and Water Management. Fundamental Aspects, Policy -and Protection in Low- Iving Coastal Regions and Dettaic Areas.’ CNESCO In&national Hydrological Programme International Workshop. More details from: A van Urk or J G de Ronde, Directorate-General for Public Works and Water Management, Tidal Wa- ters Division, PO Box 20907,250O EX The Hague, The Netherlands. Tel: +31 70 374 5745. Fax: +31 70 328 2059.

3-6 May 1993, Houston, Texas Offshore Technolonv Conference. More details from: Offshore Technology Confer- ence. PO Box 833868. Richardson. Texas 750&i-3865. USA. Tej: +1 214 666 0072. Fax: +l 214 669 0135.

30 May-3 June 1993, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada ‘Water Interfaces: Dynamics and Manage- ment’. Sponsored by the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography and the Society of Wetland Scientists. Topics co- vered include: Effect of Climate Change on Marine and Freshwater Systems; Paleoecology; Ecology and Management of Contaminated Ecosystems; and Land/ Ocean Interactions. More details from: 1993 ASLOISWS Conference. Environ-

mental Research and Studies Centre, Uni- versity of Alberta, CW-401L Biological Sciences Building, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E9, Canada. Tel: +1 403 492 6659. Fax: +I 403 492 8160.

6-11 June 1993, Singapore ISOPE 93 - 3rd International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference. More de- tails from: Tech&al Program Committee fatt: Professor Jin S. Chum?\. ISOPE. PO &ox 1107, Golden, CO 80&-1107, GSA. Tel: +1 303 273 3673. Fax: +l 303 420 3760.

8-11 June 1993, Oslo, Norway NOR-SHIPPING 93: The 14th Interna- tional shipping and maritime offshore ex- hibition and conference. More details from: NOR-SHIPPING 93, Norwegian Trade Fair Foundation, PO Box 130 Skeyen, N 0212 Oslo, Norway, Tel: +47 2 43 91 00. Fax: f47 2 43 19 14. (From 2% January 1993: Tel +47 22 43 91 00. Fax: +47 22 43 19 14.)

26 June-l July 1993, St John’s, Newfound- land, Canada 4th Canadian Marine Geotechnical Con- ference. More details from: C-Core Memo- rial University of Newfoundland, St John’s, Newfoundland, Canada AlB 3X5.

7-S July 1993, London, UK 3rd International Conference on ‘Maritime Communications and Control’. More de- tails from: Rhian Bufton, Conference Organizer, The Institute of Marine En- pincers, The Memorial Building, 76 Mark Lane, London EC3R 7JN, UC Tel: t44 71 481 8493. Fax: +44 71 488 1854.

25-28 July 1993, New Orleans, LA, USA Coastal Zone 93: 8th Multidisciplinary Conference on Comprehensive Coastal and Ocean Planning and Management. More details from: Orvilfe Magoon or Gail Oakley, PO Box 279,210OO B%tts Canyon Rd. Middleton. CA 95461. USA. Tel: +l 70? 987 0114.

24-27 August 1993, Stavanger, Norway Environment Northern Seas. International Conference and Exhibition: Internationai Forum for Environmental Solutions. Will take stock of improvements since ENS ‘91 and focus on further ways in which busi- ness, government and science can most effectively respond to and benefit from the central environmental challenges. More details from: ENS Secretariat, PO Box

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