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Canada's Offshore: Jurisdiction, Rights, and Management (Black and White Version)

by Bruce Calderbank, Alec M. MacLeod, Ted L. McDorman and David H. Gray

328 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); black and white photos; catalogue #05-2713; ISBN 1-4120-7815-6; US$56.52, C$65.00, EUR46.43, £32.50

The premier book on Canada's offshore, for everyone with a need for the most up-to-date information. It touches on all aspects, from international concepts to Canadian applications to practical demonstrations.

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The last few years have seen major changes to the laws governing the offshore, created by international agreements, Canadian legislation, and court decisions. This is the first Canadian book to deal comprehensively and systematically with these important issues pertaining to the jurisdiction, rights, and management in Canada's offshore. Produced by the Association of Canada Lands Surveyors (ACLS) and the Canadian Hydrographic Association (CHA), it will be a useful reference for years to come.

This book covers the following:

- International practices, customs, laws, and treaties concerning the oceans, and their effects on Canada.

-Canada's responses to international ocean-related events through Canadian legislation, regulations and practices.

-International treaties and conventions, Canadian court decisions, and the result of arbitration decisions concerning Canada, with specific emphasis on the resulting ocean boundary delimitations.

-The mechanics of describing and determining ocean boundaries, and interpreting ocean-related Canadian legislation.

-Practical issues related to Canada's offshore oil and gas industry.

If you have a question about Canada's offshore, or about international or Canadian laws and legislation concerning the offshore, then you should start your search here. If this book does not contain the full answer you seek, then it will direct you to other relevant resources. Most importantly, this book supplies the context and relationships that are vital to getting the most out of this information.

On 7 November 2003, Canada ratified the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, 1982, which, among other things, established the basis for national interests and sovereign rights beyond the traditional 3 nautical mile territorial sea. Through the 1997 Oceans Act, Canada has also consolidated various pieces of legislation to provide a more cohesive statement on Canada's offshore interests, including the juridical continental shelf beyond the 200 nautical mile Exclusive Economic Zone. In the 2005 Canada's Oceans Action Plan, Canada has further identified issues such as sovereignty, integrated ocean management, and health of the oceans as priorities, and identified ocean science and technology as one of the tools to meet these priorities.

When discussing Canadian issues, the material is organised from the Pacific Coast, to the Atlantic Coast and then to the Arctic Coast. The book features over 64 colour figures explaining international law of the sea issues and Canada's offshore. Extensive footnotes have been included to provide references and further information. The Glossary and Appendices will further aid the reader. A detailed Bibliography is included.

All of the Figures are available in colour via the ACLS web site http://www.acls-aatc.ca

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About the Author

Bruce Calderbank has been working in the offshore since he graduated in 1978. In 1983, he set up his own survey, navigation and positioning consultancy of Hydrographic Survey Consultants Intl. Ltd. in Calgary, Alberta, which works in Canada and overseas. He has been involved in one international maritime demarcation. He became a Professional Engineer with the Association of Professional Engineers of Alberta in 1986, a Canada Lands Surveyor in 1987, and a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in 1990. He was the Editor in Chief of this publication.

Alistair (Alec) M. MacLeod is the Legislative Advisor to the Surveyor General of Canada Lands at Legal Surveys Division, Department of Natural Resources Canada in Ottawa, Ontario. Employed in the Surveyor General's office since 1968, he was previously Head, Research and Development, and Chief, Survey Regulation. He became a Canada Lands Surveyor in 1974 and an Ontario Land Surveyor in 1978. His current work includes historical and legal survey-related research; identifying and documenting the legislative base for the property rights systems in operation on Canada Lands; and monitoring the status of inter-provincial boundaries and offshore jurisdictions.

Ted L. McDorman is a Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia. Since 2000, he has been editor-in-chief of Ocean Development and International Law: The Journal of Marine Affairs. Professor McDorman is the author of numerous Articles and papers regarding ocean law and policy issues. He has undertaken contract work for the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation on fisheries and trade matters, and from 2002 to 2004 was the "academic-in-residence" at the Bureau of Legal Affairs, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Ottawa.

David H. Gray has recently retired from the Canadian Hydrographic Service in Ottawa, Ontario where he was the Geodesy, Radio Positioning and Maritime Boundary Specialist for 25 years. He was a member of the Canadian Team for the Canada/France Arbitration, and was the technical expert assigned to assist the Tribunal in the Nova Scotia-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Resources Arbitration. He has provided technical advice on maritime boundaries and limits to the Department of Foreign Affairs, Ottawa and intends following a similar career internationally as a private consultant through his own company Definitive Hydrographic & Geodetic Consulting. He became a Professional Engineer in Ontario in 1970, and a Canada Lands Surveyor in 1980.

Dr. Susan Nichols, P.Eng., is a professor and manages the Land and Coastal Studies Program in the Department of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering at the University of New Brunswick (UNB). She has 25 years of experience in coastal boundary issues and property rights in Canada and in international development. Sam Macharis Ng'ang'a is a is a part time lecturer and a Land and Coastal Management Researcher for the Centre for Property Services at UNB where he is completing his PhD in marine information management. Dr. Michael Sutherland is currently a Post Doctorate Fellow at the University of Ottawa and is Vice-Chair of Commission 4 (Working Group on Marine Cadastre) of the International Federation of Surveyors Sara Cockburn is an attorney and an M.Sc.Eng (Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering) graduate of UNB. She is Project Manager-Special Projects (Marine) for CARIS in Fredericton.

-The profit from this book will pay for the French translation.

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