ArcticU.S.
Living
Resources
Arctic Diplomacy
And U.S. Policy
Ambassador David Balton
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oceans and Fisheries
U.S. Department of State
Presentation to COLP Conference on
Changes in the Arctic Environment
and the Law of the Sea
May 22, 2009
EEZ and High Seas Areas in the Arctic
“Loop Hole”
“Banana Hole”
Central Arctic Ocean
Bering Sea Donut Hole
EEZ and High Seas Areas in the Arctic
“Loop Hole”
“Banana Hole”
Central Arctic Ocean
Not as fun to read as Frankenstein
North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission
Barents Sea Areas
North of the Bering Strait
Arctic Climate Impact Assessment
U.S. Arctic Fishery Management Plan
Senate Joint Resolution 17 (2008)
New Directive on U.S. Arctic Policy
NEXT STEPS
Toward a Wider Dialogue?
International Arctic
Fisheries Symposium
October 19-21, 2009
Hotel Captain Cook
Anchorage, Alaska