Global Security Watch > The National Strategy for Maritime Security, September 2005

Port Security, Maritime Security, and Homeland Security Blog[Port Security, Maritime Security, and Homeland Security Blog] The safety and economic security of the United States depends upon the secure use of the world’s oceans. Since the attacks of September 11, 2001, the Federal government has reviewed and strengthened all of its strategies to combat the evolving threat in the War on Terrorism.

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The Practical Nomad blog The Practical Nomad blog: Others are more intrusive and subject to potential abuse by both of the recipients: the airline and the CBP. The CBP final rule and analysis of comments and the DHS Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA), published in the Federal Register 5 April 2005 (70 F.R. (via Cosmos)

A Level Gazehttp://levelgaze.blogspot.com  A Level Gaze: For Incidents of National Significance that are Presidentially declared disasters or emergencies, Federal support to States is delivered in accordance with relevant provisions of the Stafford Act (see Appendix 3, Authorities and References). (Note that while all Presidentially declared disasters and emergencies under the Stafford Act are considered Incidents of National Significance, not all Incidents of National Significance necessarily result in disaster or emergency declarations under the Stafford Act.) (emphasis added)Bush declared a State of Emergency in Louisiana on August 26 and in Mississippi a day later, meaning that from that point forward, all FEMA resources could have been put into action. (via Cosmos)

Against The Madness: The National Response Plan (NRP) is an all-discipline, all-hazards plan that establishes a single, comprehensive framework for the management of domestic incidents. It provides the structure and mechanisms for the coordination of Federal support to State, local, and tribal incident managers and for exercising direct Federal authorities and responsibilities. (via Cosmos)

Scienceblog.comhttp://www.scienceblog.com [Scienceblog.com] Science Blog -- LAW OF SEA CONVENTION PRAISED AS MILESTONE FOR ...: Secretary-General KOFI ANNAN said that the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea had been “a milestone for the rule of law, and for the United Nations”.  Known to many as “a constitution for the oceans”, the Convention had established a legal framework of general principles and rules governing the division of ocean space and regulating all activities within it.  It was a permanent document that provided order, stability, predictability and security based on the rule of law, in an element where human beings of different nations had interacted through the centuries.

[Commonsblog.org] The Commons Blog: Oceans Archives: "visited all those countries round the Atlantic where, in striking contrast to the unrelieved disaster of the [Common Fisheries Policy], fisheries are flourishing. In the US, Canada, Iceland, the Faroes, Norway and even the Falklands, he has seen how it is possible to run an effective management regime, based on sound science, that allows fishermen to prosper and fish stocks to grow."

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