{"id":7958,"date":"2019-10-23T12:50:02","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T16:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf-draft\/?page_id=7958"},"modified":"2020-11-30T14:03:50","modified_gmt":"2020-11-30T19:03:50","slug":"policy-and-law","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/research\/policy-and-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Ocean Policy and Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-hero-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-hero fullwidth  \"><div class=\"cl-hero-proper\"><div class=\"overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"still\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/Policy-and-Law-Hero.jpg);\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<p class=\"type-intro fullwidth\">In recent years ecosystem-based management has been used to coordinate policies across sectors and among international and national entities. Diverse sector-based policies must factor in fisheries, deep-sea minerals, oil and gas, and shipping.<\/p>\n<p>Students interested in this area will learn about international laws as they relate to ocean management problems, jurisdiction in zones such as territorial seas, exclusive economic zones, and the high seas, as well as the problems posed by zonal approaches to ocean-use management.<\/p>\n<div><section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-boxout-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-boxout  \"><h1>Courses offered<\/h1><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>MAF 220 Intro to Marine and Coastal Law<\/li>\n<li>MAF 515 Marine Pollution Policy<\/li>\n<li>MAF 521 Coastal Zone Law<\/li>\n<li>MAF 523 Fisheries Law and Management<\/li>\n<li>MAF 530 Marine Environmental History<\/li>\n<li>MAF 577 International Ocean Law<\/li>\n<li>MAF 578 International Ocean Organizations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p><\/div><\/section><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2>Faculty<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"uri-people-tool cl-tiles halves\"><div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/meet\/seth-macinko-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/seth-macinko.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Seth Macinko\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/seth-macinko.jpg 450w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/seth-macinko-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/seth-macinko-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/seth-macinko-364x364.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/meet\/seth-macinko-2\/\">Seth Macinko<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Associate Professor Emeritus<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Department of Marine Affairs<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:macinko@uri.edu\">macinko@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/meet\/elizabeth-mendenhall-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/IMG_0436-scaled.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/IMG_0436-scaled.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/IMG_0436-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/IMG_0436-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/IMG_0436-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/IMG_0436-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/IMG_0436-1638x2048.jpg 1638w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/IMG_0436-364x455.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/IMG_0436-500x625.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/IMG_0436-1000x1250.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/IMG_0436-1280x1600.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/IMG_0436-2000x2500.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/IMG_0436-2560x3200.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/meet\/elizabeth-mendenhall-2\/\">Elizabeth Mendenhall<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Associate Professor, Joint appointment<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Department of Marine Affairs; Political Science<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:mendenhall@uri.edu\">mendenhall@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/meet\/dennis-nixon-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/Dennis-Nixon.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Dennis Nixon\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/Dennis-Nixon.jpg 700w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/Dennis-Nixon-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/Dennis-Nixon-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/Dennis-Nixon-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/Dennis-Nixon-500x500.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/meet\/dennis-nixon-2\/\">Dennis Nixon<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Professor Emeritus<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Department of Marine Affairs<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:dnixon@uri.edu\">dnixon@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/meet\/whitley-saumweber\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/Whitley-Saumweber.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Whitley Saumweber\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/Whitley-Saumweber.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/Whitley-Saumweber-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/Whitley-Saumweber-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/Whitley-Saumweber-364x364.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/meet\/whitley-saumweber\/\">Whitley Saumweber<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Clinical Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Department of Marine Affairs<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:saumweber@uri.edu\">saumweber@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/meet\/jesse-reiblich\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1854\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/Reiblich-Headshot-scaled.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Jesse Reiblich\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/Reiblich-Headshot-scaled.jpg 1854w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/Reiblich-Headshot-217x300.jpg 217w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/Reiblich-Headshot-742x1024.jpg 742w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/Reiblich-Headshot-768x1060.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/Reiblich-Headshot-600x828.jpg 600w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/Reiblich-Headshot-1113x1536.jpg 1113w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/Reiblich-Headshot-1483x2048.jpg 1483w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/Reiblich-Headshot-364x503.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/Reiblich-Headshot-500x690.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/Reiblich-Headshot-1000x1381.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/Reiblich-Headshot-1280x1767.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/Reiblich-Headshot-2000x2761.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1854px) 100vw, 1854px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/meet\/jesse-reiblich\/\">Jesse Reiblich<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Assistant Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Department of Marine Affairs<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.4820<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:jesse.reiblich@uri.edu\">jesse.reiblich@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<h2>Research<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/02\/uri-marine-affairs-professor-honored-for-work-studying-global-nuclear-order\/\">URI marine affairs professor honored for work studying global nuclear order<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Beth Mendenhall\u2019s work looks at the role of Treaty of Tlatelolco in Western Hemisphere<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/2020\/11\/24\/climate-change-increases-the-risk-of-fisheries-conflict\/\">Climate change increases the risk of fisheries conflict<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Elizabeth Mendenhall, Cullen Hendrix, Elizabeth Nyman, Paige M. Roberts, John Robison Hoopes, James R. Watson, Vicky W.Y. Lam, and U. Rashid Sumaila<br>We summarize what is known about the impact of ocean warming, acidification, and sea level rise on fisheries and claims over them, in order to assess the likelihood that these changes will catalyze an increase in conflict over fisheries.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/2020\/11\/24\/a-soft-treaty-hard-to-reach-the-second-inter-governmental-conference-for-biodiversity-beyond-national-jurisdiction\/\">A soft treaty, hard to reach: The second inter-governmental conference for biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Elizabeth Mendenhall, Elizabeth De Santo, Elizabeth Nyman, Rachel Tiller<br>This paper discusses the results of the second United Nations biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction conference, and analyzes the trends, variables, and obstacles shaping the emerging agreement.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recent years ecosystem-based management has been used to coordinate policies across sectors and among international and national entities. 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