Ratify Law of the Sea

CDR Michael C. Holifield, JAGC, a representative of the U.S. Navy’s Law of the Sea Department, outlines in this video how Law of the Sea can help the Navy achieve its capabilities and how failing to join other nations in this effort negatively impacts the Navy’s abilities. Holifield spoke at an event hosted by The [...]

While a minority of Senators block U.S. entry into the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, nations like Canada seek approval to map their underwater territory using robots.
Greenwire
Data gathered by the yellow torpedo-shaped probes will become part of Canada’s bid to prove its continental slope stretches far beyond the 200-nautical-mile territorial limit. The [...]

The Connecticut Day
[Rear Adm. David W.] Titley was optimistic that disputes over resources and borders could be resolved using the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, which he called the “governance regime” for the Arctic Ocean.
The problem is, the U.S. Senate has not ratified the convention.
”We simply do not have [...]