The Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) is part of a national jurisdiction, but widely out of reach for conservation.
\nMany nations do not even have the gear, funding or the will and knowledge to monitor and enforce it fully.
\nBased on Humphries and Huettmann (supported by E. Woehler; 2012) here emphasize the problems, and elaborate on the wider
\nbut hardly known issues of the EEZ, using global seabirds as an example.
\nCitations and related references (PDFs available upon request):
\nBeal M. M. P. Dias, R. A. Phillips, S. Oppel, C. HazinE. J. Pearmain, J. Adams et al. (2021) Global political responsibility for the conservation of albatrosses and large petrels. Science Advances 7 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abd7225
\nHumphries, Grant R. W.; Huettmann, Falk (+ a contribution from Woehler, Eric) (2012)
\nGlobal Issues for, and Profiles of, Arctic Seabird Protection: Effects of Big Oil, New
\nShipping Lanes, Shifting Baselines, and Climate Change. in F.Huettmann (ed)
\nProtection of the Three Poles, Springer Tokyo, Japan, pp. 217-245
\nHuettmann F., T. Riehl and K. Meissner (2016) Paradise lost already? A naturalist
\ninterpretation of the pelagic avian and marine mammal detection database of the
\nIceAGE cruise off Iceland and Faroe Islands in fall 2011. Environment, Systems and
\nDecisions DOI: 10.1007/s10669-015-9583-0
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