The Department of Marine Resources proposed amendments to regulations governing confidentiality of statistical data. The amendments would add language pertaining to offshore permit establishment. See https://www.sos.ms.gov/adminsearch/ACProposed/00027257a.pdf.
Communities around the world are seeking to acknowledge nature’s rights through legal tools and litigation. This Article provides an overview of recent developments in earth law movements, including Rights of Nature, Rights of Rivers, and Ocean Rights, and considers the potential impacts these ecocentric conservation measures could have on Indigenous peoples and local communities. It summarizes the three most prominent methods of navigating these movements, and highlights the ways in which each method may serve to promote earth law, while continuing to consider small-scale communities that depend upon natural resources.
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management amended its renewable energy regulations to update the definition of “Outer Continental Shelf” and add the definition of “State” in conformity with the Inflation Reduction Act.
would amend the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act to improve the administration of the Marine Debris Foundation, and amend the Marine Debris Act to improve the administration of NOAA’s Marine Debris Program.
NOAA created a temporary special use area for coral restoration located approximately five miles southeast of Tavernier, on the island of Key Largo, within federal waters of Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary from September 6, 2023, to November 6, 2023.
The Coastal Resources Commission proposed amendments to regulations governing ocean hazard areas. The amendments would allow an Ocean Hazard Area Exception to apply to all property owners and not just property platted prior to June 1, 1979. A hearing will be held August 24, 2023. Comments are due October 2, 2023.
would prohibit certain mining activities on the deep seabed and outer continental shelf.
would oppose the permitting of deep seabed mining and exploration for deep seabed mining.
would recognize World Oceans Day and the necessity to protect, conserve, maintain, and rebuild our ocean and its resources.
would prohibit drilling in the Arctic Ocean.