A Gulf United: Canada-US Transboundary Marine Ecosystem-Based Governance in the Gulf of Maine

Authors

Lawrence Hildebrand, World Maritime UniversityFollow
Aldo Chircop, Dalhousie University Schulich School of LawFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2010

Keywords

Marine conservation, Gulf of Maine, Agreement on Conservation

Abstract

In 1989, the Northeastern states of Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire in the United States and the neighboring Canadian Provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia embarked upon a new form of regional marine environmental cooperation when their governors and premiers adopted the Agreement on Conservation of the Marine Environment of the Gulf of Maine Between the Governments of the Bordering States and Provinces.

Recommended Citation

Lawrence Hildebrand & Aldo Chircop, "A Gulf United: Canada-US Transboundary Marine Ecosystem-Based Governance in the Gulf of Maine" (2010) 15:2 Ocean & Coastal LJ 339.

Publication Abbreviation

Ocean & Coastal LJ