Chronology-Y2000
・ 2000-Executive Order on Marine Protected Areas
- President Clinton orders Departments of Commerce and Interior to:
・ Expand or enhances existing marine protected areas
・ Develop a national system of marine protected areas
- He orders EPA to propose new regulations to ensure appropriate levels of protection of the marine environment
・ 2003-Twentieth Anniversary of the US EEZ Declaration
Problems with Existing System
・ Jurisdictional Split Among Levels of Government
- Local governments control coastal lands and shoreline use
- State governments have jurisdiction from shoreline to 3 miles
- Federal government has jurisdiction from 3- to 200-nautical miles
- Benefits and costs of decisions fall disproportionately on different jurisdictions-causing inter-jurisdictional conflicts
・ Single Purpose (Sector-by-Sector) Management
- Each resource or use falls under jurisdiction of different agency
- Few opportunities to analyze cross-sector impacts or conflicts
- Few opportunities for public to debate overall priorities and goals for a particular resource or region
- No agency has jurisdiction over conflicts and their resolution
