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Science 10 September 1982:
Vol. 217. no. 4564, pp. 1003 - 1008
DOI: 10.1126/science.217.4564.1003
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How the Law of the Sea Treaty Will Affect U.S. Marine Science

David A. Ross 1 and John A. Knauss 2

1 Senior scientist in the Geology and Geophysics Department, Sea Grant coordinator and director of the Marine Policy and Ocean Management Center at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543
2 Provost for marine affairs, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Kingston 02881

The Law of the Sea treaty will clearly affect the way U.S. marine scientists operate in about 40 percent of the ocean. The matter will be made even more complex by the apparent intention of the Reagan Administration to remain outside the treaty.

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