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  • High Seas Treaty Gaining Worldwide Support
  • July 29th, 2025 — by Bradley Reimer — Category: Miscellaneous

  • The UN Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement (“BBNJ” or “BBNJ Agreement”), also called the High Seas Treaty, is the first comprehensive international agreement in history to lay out a legal framework for protecting the high seas. First introduced in 2023, the Agreement has recently received waves of both signatures and ratifications, bringing it closer to enforcement.


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  • The Return of Sea Otters: Tribal Efforts in Species Reintroduction
  • May 1st, 2025 — by Madison Vice — Category: Miscellaneous

  • “Understanding the role of apex predators is essential for designing effective conservation policy and approaches,” states a report on the recovery of the Southern Sea Otter population, an initiative with far-reaching environmental implications. The Southern Sea Otter, undoubtedly an apex predator in estuarine systems, has been listed as a threatened species under the federal Endangered Species Act since 1977, a direct result of overhunting during the booming fur trade of the 18th and 19th centuries.


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  • SpaceX and California Coastal Commission Dispute over Rocket Launches along Central California Coast
  • April 1st, 2025 — by Jon Scoggins — Category: Miscellaneous

  • Nestled in Santa Barbara County, California, is Vandenberg Space Force Base—the world’s second busiest spaceport. At Vandenberg, Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (“SpaceX”) leases land and has invested over $540 million in developing launch infrastructure.


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  • “We’ll See You in Court”: The Effectiveness of Climate Lawsuits to Achieve Environmental Goals
  • February 13th, 2024 — by Clark Etzel — Category: Miscellaneous

  • The courts have historically been a powerful activist tool. Recently, monumental Supreme Court rulings striking down affirmative action and abortion are indicative of the courts’ potency when it comes to questions on individual rights.


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  • What Happened at COP 28?
  • December 15th, 2023 — by Clark Etzel — Category: Miscellaneous

  • As many of us were recovering from eating too much food on Thanksgiving, delegations from all over the world were traveling to the United Arab Emirates to attend COP 28 – this year’s United Nations Climate Change conference. COP 28 was an opportunity to make progress towards global climate goals – so how did it go?


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  • Meet Our New NSGLC Research Associate: Matthew Sheffield
  • June 7th, 2023 — Category: Miscellaneous

  • Matthew Sheffield, a rising 3L at Indiana University Maurer School of Law, will be working with the NSGLC this summer on a project looking at contaminants of emerging concern. The project is in partnership with South Carolina and Georgia Sea Grant. Welcome, Matt!


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  • Meet Our New NSGLC Research Associate: Sam Stewart
  • June 2nd, 2023 — Category: Miscellaneous

  • Each summer, the National Sea Grant Law Center hires a full-time law student. This summer’s Research Associate is Sam Stewart, a rising 3L at Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University. Over the course of the summer, Sam will contribute to the NSGLC’s research projects and publications.


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  • Meet Our New NSGLC Research Associate: Sam Stewart
  • June 2nd, 2023 — Category: Miscellaneous

  • Each summer, the National Sea Grant Law Center hires a full-time law student. This summer’s Research Associate is Sam Stewart, a rising 3L at Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University. Over the course of the summer, Sam will contribute to the NSGLC’s research projects and publications.


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  • Meet the 2023 SGLDIP Intern: Gabriela Martinez
  • June 1st, 2023 — Category: Miscellaneous

  • The National Sea Grant Law Center has selected Gabriela Martinez, a rising 2L at Pace University’s Haub School of Law, for the 2023 Sea Grant Law Diversity Internship Program (SGLDIP). Over the summer, Gaby will gain experience in the field of ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes law, with an emphasis on issues facing underrepresented or indigenous communities.


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  • National Pork Producers Council v. Ross: U.S. Supreme Court Upholds California Animal Welfare Law
  • May 31st, 2023 — by Samantha Hamilton — Category: Miscellaneous

  • On May 11th, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion upholding a controversial California animal rights law adopted in 2018. The law, known as Proposition 12, prohibits the sale in California of whole pork products by a seller who knows or should know that the meat came from a breeding pig or their offspring that was “confined in a cruel manner.”


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  • Meet Our 2023 Community Engaged Intern: Tiara Parkins
  • May 22nd, 2023 — Category: Miscellaneous

  • We are excited to welcome Tiara Parkins, NSGLC’s 2023 Community Engaged Intern. Tiara is a senior Integrated Marketing Communications major at the University of Mississippi.


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  • OPPORTUNITY -- Paid Communications Internship for Undergraduate Student from Underrepresented or Indigenous Community
  • April 4th, 2023 — Category: Miscellaneous

  • The National Sea Grant Law Center (NSGLC) at the University of Mississippi School of Law in Oxford, MS is seeking applicants for its Community Engaged Internship (CEI) program for the summer of 2023. Sea Grant’s CEI program aims to broaden participation in coastal, ocean and marine sciences by offering paid internships to students from under-resourced, underrepresented and/or indigenous and tribal populations. The CEI is a national program partnering with Sea Grant at colleges and universities in all coastal states.


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  • Sea Grant Law Diversity Internship Program Applications Open!
  • February 22nd, 2023 — Category: Miscellaneous

  • The National Sea Grant Law Center (NSGLC) at the University of Mississippi School of Law in Oxford, MS is seeking applicants for the 2023 Sea Grant Law Diversity Internship Program (SGLDIP). The summer internship seeks to provide experiential learning opportunities to a law school student from a diverse background in the field of ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes law, with an emphasis on issues facing underrepresented or indigenous communities.


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  • Meet Our New Project Coordinator: Lauren Fremin
  • January 26th, 2023 — Category: Miscellaneous

  • Meet our new Project Coordinator: Lauren Fremin! We asked Lauren several questions to get to know her better.


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  • Legal Challenge to NWP 56: False Alarm or More to Come?
  • December 15th, 2022 — by Samantha Hamilton — Category: Miscellaneous


  • On January 13, 2021, the Corps issued Nationwide Permit 56, which authorizes structures in marine and estuarine waters designed for use in finfish mariculture. (NWP 56). This permit allows permittees to, after providing pre-construction notice to the Corps and the Coast Guard, install structures such as cages, net pens, anchors, floats, buoys, etc. in navigable waters of the United States.


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  • Court Affirms Public Rights to Connecticut Beach
  • December 5th, 2022 — by Lourdes Carreras-Ortiz — Category: Miscellaneous


  • In 2017, the Miami Beach Association built a fence with an entry gate and implemented a permitting system for access to Miami Beach in Old Lyme, Connecticut due to an increase of inappropriate behavior and trash. As this system placed restrictions on the public’s use of the beach, residents of Old Lyme living near Miami Beach sued the Association.


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  • Meet Our New Ocean and Coastal Law Fellow: Lourdes Carreras-Ortiz
  • October 17th, 2022 — Category: Miscellaneous

  • Meet our new Ocean and Coastal Law Fellow: Lourdes Carreras-Ortiz! We asked Lourdes several questions to get to know her better.


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  • Meet Our New Ocean and Coastal Law Fellow: Samantha Hamilton
  • September 26th, 2022 — Category: Miscellaneous

  • Meet our new Ocean and Coastal Law Fellow: Samantha Hamilton! We asked Samantha several questions to get to know her better.


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  • California Passes Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act
  • August 16th, 2022 — by Kennady Hertz — Category: Miscellaneous

  • California recently passed an extended producer responsibility law, SB 54, that shifts the “plastic pollution burden” from consumers and local governments to producers in the plastics industry.


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  • Court Says Happy the Elephant is Not a Person
  • August 4th, 2022 — by Kennady Hertz — Category: Miscellaneous

  • Happy, a female Asian elephant born in 1971, recently became a major subject of debate for what species should have legal personhood.


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  • Supreme Court Clarifies Scope of Landmark McGirt Ruling
  • July 29th, 2022 — by Zachary Evans — Category: Miscellaneous

  • In June 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court released its 5-4 decision in Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta. The Court found the federal government and states both have authority to prosecute non-Indians for crimes committed against Indians in Indian Country (or, all land located within the boundaries of an Indian reservation).


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  • Meet the 2022 SGLDIP Intern: Zachary Evans
  • June 2nd, 2022 — Category: Miscellaneous

  • The National Sea Grant Law Center has selected Zachary Evans, a rising 2L at Albany Law School in New York, for the 2022 Sea Grant Law Diversity Internship Program (SGLDIP). Over the summer, Zach will gain experience in the field of ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes law, with an emphasis on issues facing underrepresented or indigenous communities. In addition to working with the NSGLC, Zach will work with Virginia Coastal Policy Center, the 2022 SGLDIP partner.


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  • Meet the 2022 NSGLC CEI Intern: Kennady Hertz
  • June 2nd, 2022 — Category: Miscellaneous

  • The National Sea Grant Law Center is excited to welcome Kennady Hertz for its Community Engaged Internship (CEI) for the summer of 2022. Kennady is a Public Policy Leadership major at the University of Mississippi Lott Leadership Institute.


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  • Meet the 2022 NSGLC Summer Intern: Betsy Randolph
  • June 1st, 2022 — Category: Miscellaneous

  • Each summer, the National Sea Grant Law Center hires a full-time law student. This summer’s Research Associate is Betsy Randolph, a rising 2L at Lewis & Clark Law School. Over the course of the summer, Betsy will contribute to the NSGLC’s research projects and publications. We asked Betsy several questions to get to know her better.


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  • NSGLC Hiring Undergraduate Community Engaged Intern
  • April 4th, 2022 — Category: Miscellaneous

  • The National Sea Grant Law Center (NSGLC) at the University of Mississippi School of Law in Oxford, MS is seeking applicants for its Community Engaged Internship (CEI) program for the summer of 2022. Sea Grant’s CEI Program aims to broaden participation in coastal, ocean and marine sciences by offering paid internships to students from under-resourced, underrepresented and/or indigenous and tribal populations. The CEI is a national program partnering with Sea Grant at colleges and universities in all coastal states.


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  • NSGLC to Hire Two Ocean and Coastal Law Fellows
  • March 29th, 2022 — Category: Miscellaneous

  • The National Sea Grant Law Center (NSGLC) is pleased to announce the application period for two Ocean and Coastal Law Fellowship positions is open. During the one-year fellowships, which may be extended for a maximum of two years, the Fellows will conduct legal research, write articles, and prepare white papers and other materials under the supervision and direction of the Law Center director.


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  • Internship Announcement: NSGLC Summer Research Associate 2022
  • January 31st, 2022 — Category: Miscellaneous

  • The National Sea Grant Law Center is seeking applicants for a full-time paid research associate position for the summer of 2022. The NSGLC is a federally funded legal research, education, outreach center that works with organizations throughout the country to address legal issues related to our oceans and coasts.


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  • Sea Grant Law Diversity Internship Program – Internship Announcement
  • December 13th, 2021 — Category: Miscellaneous

  • The National Sea Grant Law Center (NSGLC) at the University of Mississippi School of Law in Oxford, MS is seeking applicants for the Sea Grant Law Diversity Internship Program (SGLDIP) for the summer of 2022. The internship seeks to provide experiential learning opportunities to a law school student from a diverse background in the field of ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes law, with an emphasis on issues facing underrepresented or indigenous communities.


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  • Hippos Recognized As Legal Persons? Not So Fast
  • November 9th, 2021 — by Terra Bowling — Category: Miscellaneous

  • In October, the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) filed a discovery motion in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio related to a Columbian case regarding population control for Columbia’s invasive hippopotamuses. The court granted the organization’s motion to depose two experts in the nonsurgical sterilization of wildlife, and ALDF declared that animals had been recognized as legal persons for the first time in the United States.


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  • Letter from the Editor: Reflections on My National Sea Grant Law Center Fellowship
  • October 21st, 2021 — by Zachary Klein — Category: Miscellaneous

  • I remember exactly how I first learned about the National Sea Grant Law Center. It was during the last days of August 2018 and, fresh out of an internship with the Ocean Conservancy during my second summer of law school, I felt like I had finally found my calling.


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  • Maine’s New Recycling Law Makes Companies Pay for Recycling
  • October 14th, 2021 — by Betsy Lee Montague — Category: Miscellaneous

  • Many states are beginning to revisit their laws concerning plastic recycling, especially those that apply to manufacturers and retailers of plastic products. California, for example, recently enacted a slate of bills regulating recyclability and compostability claims on packaging, restricting exports of plastic scrap and updating the state's container redemption program. On the other side of the country, the governor of Maine signed into law LD 1541 (“An Act To Support and Improve Municipal Recycling Programs and Save Taxpayer Money”) on July 13, 2021, making Maine the first state to require companies that create consumer packaging to pay for the costs of its recycling through an Extended Producer Responsibility (“EPR”) law.


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  • Federal Appeals Court Finds Penobscot Nation’s Namesake River Not Part of Its Reservation
  • August 10th, 2021 — by Katherine Hupp — Category: Miscellaneous

  • Nearly a decade ago, the Penobscot Nation (the Nation), an American Indian Tribe, brought suit in federal court to affirm its asserted right to ownership over the “Main Stem” of the Penobscot River in Maine. After years of litigation and multiple adverse judgments, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit recently delivered yet another unfavorable ruling for the Nation.


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  • Big Problem for Big Plastic? Suit Against Plastic Producers Remains in State Court
  • June 24th, 2021 — by Sierre Anton — Category: Miscellaneous

  • In late February 2020, The Earth Island Institute, an environmental advocacy group, fired a shot in the legal fight over ocean pollution by filing suit against ten major beverage companies, including Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and Nestle. Earth Island is pursuing a litigation strategy somewhat similar to that advanced against tobacco companies and oil companies for human health and environmental harms allegedly caused by their products.


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  • Biden Administration Releases its Preliminary 30 by 30 Conservation Report
  • June 8th, 2021 — by Madeline Doten — Category: Miscellaneous

  • “O beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain, for purple mountain majesties above the fruited plain!” On May 6, 2021, the Biden Administration released a preliminary report for its aptly named America the Beautiful campaign detailing its plan to conserve 30% of the United States’ lands and waters by 2030.


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  • Meet the 2021 SGLDIP Intern: Amiah Henry
  • June 4th, 2021 — Category: Miscellaneous

  • The National Sea Grant Law Center received funding to develop a pilot Sea Grant Law Diversity Internship Program (SGLDIP). Amiah Henry, a rising 2L at Roger Williams University School of Law in Rhode Island, was selected as the 2021 intern. This summer, Amiah will gain experience in the field of ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes law, with an emphasis on issues facing underrepresented or indigenous communities. In addition to working with the Law Center, Amiah will work with New York Sea Grant on a project related to nuisance flooding in New York’s Jamaica Bay watershed. We asked Amiah a few questions to get to know her better.


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  • Meet the 2021 NSGLC Summer Intern: Katherine Hupp
  • June 2nd, 2021 — Category: Miscellaneous

  • Each summer, the National Sea Grant Law Center hires a full-time law student. This summer’s Research Associate is Katherine Hupp, a rising 3L at Florida State University College of Law. Over the course of the summer, Katherine will contribute to the NSGLC’s research projects and publications. We asked Katherine several questions to get to know her better.


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  • Court Finds for USDA in Dispute Over Organic Certification of Hydroponic Produce
  • May 26th, 2021 — by Sierre Anton — Category: Miscellaneous

  • In March, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California ruled against the Center for Food Safety (CFS) in their effort to restrict organic certification of hydroponic produce. Hydroponics refers to a form of crop production that involves growing plants in water or a nutrient solution instead of soil, and it has become one of the fastest growing markets of agriculture in the U.S. thanks in part to a reputation for requiring less space and resources than traditional methods.


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  • NMFS Not Required to Release Famous Orca’s Death Records
  • April 9th, 2021 — by Betsy Lee Montague — Category: Miscellaneous

  • In a brief filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on March 19, 2021, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) maintained that it lacks the legal authority to obtain the medical records of Tilikum, the orca made by famous by the documentary Blackfish, who died in 2017.


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  • A Closer Look at the High-Level Ocean Panel’s Plan to Protect Marine Environments
  • March 11th, 2021 — by Sierre Anton — Category: Miscellaneous

  • Members of the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy (the Ocean Panel), an initiative by 14 nations striving to protect ocean environments, signed onto a pledge in November 2020 to take intensive action to reduce marine environmental degradation over the next ten years. The primary objective of the Ocean Panel’s plan is to commit 100% of the members’ respective ocean waters to be sustainably managed by 2025.


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  • Florida District Court Says Church Can Offer Free Parking for Beachgoers
  • March 3rd, 2021 — by Betsy Montague — Category: Miscellanous

  • A Florida federal district court recently ruled that the City of St. Pete Beach (the City) cannot prevent a local church from offering free parking to the public. The City had fined Pass-a-Grille Beach Community Church (the Church) for violating a city ordinance regulating commercial parking lots after the church permitted beachgoers and tourists to utilize its parking lot for free.


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  • National Sea Grant Law Center Celebrates Black History Month:
    Remembering the Wade-ins
  • February 18th, 2021 — by Zachary Klein — Category: Miscellaneous

  • February is Black History Month. First proposed by black educators and the Black United Students at Kent State University in 1969, Black History Month is now a federally recognized observance honoring “the too-often neglected accomplishments of black Americans in every endeavor throughout our history.”


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  • Meet Our New AmeriCorps VISTA Member!
  • February 2nd, 2021 — Category: Miscellaneous

  • On January 19, the National Sea Grant Law Center welcomed its first ever AmeriCorps VISTA Member! Taylor Harris is serving through the North Mississippi VISTA Project (NMVP) and will dedicate her one year of full-time national service to supporting the University of Mississippi’s Lead in Drinking Water Team improve programming and outreach to communities in the Mississippi Delta and throughout the state. We asked Taylor some questions to get to know her better.


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  • NSGLC’s 2021 Research Associate Program Application Period Now Open
  • January 22nd, 2021 — by Terra Bowling — Category: Miscellaneous

  • The National Sea Grant Law Center (NSGLC) is pleased to announce that the application period for its 2021 summer research associate program is now open. The eight-week, full-time paid internship seeks to provide a law student with research and professional development opportunities in the field of ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes law. During the internship, the research associate will function as an integral component of the Law Center’s staff, assisting with publications, preparation of memorandum of law, and other ongoing projects.


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  • Application Period Now Open for NSGLC’s 2021 Sea Grant Law Diversity Internship Program
  • December 7th, 2020 — by Terra Bowling — Category: Miscellaneous

  • The National Sea Grant Law Center (NSGLC) developed a pilot Sea Grant Law Diversity Internship Program (SGLDIP) in 2020 and recently opened the application period for 2021. The COVID-19 pandemic shifted last summer’s internship from an in-person to a virtual experience, and it may do so for 2021 as well. Whether in person or virtual, the internship aims to give the intern a unique opportunity to enhance his or her legal education by conducting research and outreach alongside NSGLC attorneys and SGLDIP project partner attorneys.


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  • See You Later Alligator: Louisiana Thwarts California’s Attempt to Ban Alligator Products
  • December 3rd, 2020 — by Blake Tims — Category: Miscellaneous

  • California’s ban on alligator and crocodile products has been struck down after the State of Louisiana, which leads the U.S. in production of alligator products, challenged the ban. By enacting this ban, California sought to curb animal cruelty and the trafficking of endangered species. Louisiana argued that the ban directly conflicted with federal law, and threatened jobs—as well as conservation efforts—in the state. The U.S. District Court for California’s Eastern District agreed on both counts in its decision in the case, Paris v. Becerra, No. 219CV02471KJMCKD, 2020 WL 6043948 (E.D. Cal. Oct. 13, 2020).


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  • Michigan Court Must Evaluate Easement for Controversial Enbridge Pipeline
  • December 2nd, 2020 — by Olivia Deans — Category: Miscellaneous

  • On November 13, 2020, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer filed a legal complaint to shut down the Enbridge Line 5 pipeline. Enbridge is a Canadian petroleum transportation company. One of its pipelines, Line 5, runs from Western Canada through Wisconsin and Michigan’s upper and lower peninsulas into Ontario, where the oil is used in refineries and petrochemical plants.


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  • A Somewhat-Altered Journey Continues: Court Rules on the Use of Cousteau Trademarks
  • November 6th, 2020 — by Terra Bowling — Category: Miscellaneous

  • Jacques Cousteau, wearing his signature red cap, achieved worldwide fame as an oceanic explorer, filmmaker, and marine conservationist. Prior to his death in 1997 at the age of 87, Cousteau established The Cousteau Society (TCS) and granted the nonprofit exclusive rights to his intellectual property portfolio.


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  • Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping
  • November 4th, 2020 — by Philip Lott — Category: Miscellaneous

  • On September 22, 2020, President Trump signed “Executive Order 13950 on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping,” which purports to set aside workplace diversity training across the country that is “inherently sexist and racist.”


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  • Presidential Proclamation on U.S. Policy on Marine Research in the EEZ
  • October 8th, 2020 — by Philip Lott — Category: Miscellaneous

  • On September 9, 2020, President Trump signed Presidential Proclamation 10071 revising the United States’ Marine Scientific Research policy. The proclamation revises the policy with respect to the United States (US) exercising its right to regulate, authorize, and conduct marine scientific research within its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Previously, the United States had declined to exercise jurisdiction over marine research in the EEZ. The proclamation now aligns the US with the provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.


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  • Meet New NSGLC Law Fellow: Olivia Deans
  • September 17th, 2020 — Category: Miscellaneous

  • The National Sea Grant Law Center (NSGLC) is pleased to announce that we’ve hired a second law fellow, Olivia Deans. Olivia received her J.D. from Vermont Law School in 2020 and a B.S. in Biological Sciences from Michigan Technological University in 2016. During her time at NSGLC, Olivia will focus on fisheries management and water law. We asked Olivia a few questions to get to know her better. Welcome, Olivia!


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  • Meet the 2020 NSGLC Summer Intern: Madeline Doten
  • May 27th, 2020 — Category: Miscellaneous

  • Each summer, the National Sea Grant Law Center hires a full-time research associate. This summer’s Research Associate is Madeline Doten, a rising 2L at Stetson University College of Law. We asked Madeline several questions to get to know her better.


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  • NSGLC Provides COVID-19 Resources
  • April 16th, 2020 — by Catherine Janasie — Category: COVID-19 Miscellaneous

  • COVID-19 has affected all of our lives in a multitude of ways. It can be difficult to navigate Congress’ efforts to ease the impact on Americans, such as the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (or “CARES”) Act. As a result, the National Sea Grant Law Center (NSGLC) has received numerous questions from both the National Marine Fisheries Service and Sea Grant programs throughout the country on what relief is available to fishermen, aquaculture farms, and the larger seafood industry.


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  • U.S. Supreme Court Rules in Blackbeard Shipwreck Copyright Case
  • April 2nd, 2020 — by Terra Bowling — Category: Miscellaneous

  • In 1996, Intersal, Inc., a marine salvage company, discovered Blackbeard’s sunken pirate ship off the coast of North Carolina. Blackbeard had seized the French slave ship in 1717, renaming it the Queen Anne’s Revenge. He navigated the vessel through the Caribbean and up the North American coast. The vessel’s tenure as a pirate ship was cut short in 1718 when Blackbeard ran it aground on a sandbar off the coast of Beaufort, North Carolina. Under state and federal law, the wreck belongs to the state. The state contracted with Intersal to recover the shipwreck. Intersal contracted with Allen to document the operation. Allen made videos and photos of the recovery efforts, registering copyrights for his works.


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  • Houston Aquarium and OSHA Argue Scientific Diving Exemption at University of Mississippi School of Law
  • March 13th, 2020 — by Zachary Klein — Category: Miscellaneous

  • Do feeding and cleaning dives at the Houston Aquarium qualify as “scientific” for purposes of commercial diving regulations? This question was front and center in Houston Aquarium, Inc. v. OSHRC, one of several Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals cases argued at the University of Mississippi School of Law during the first week of March. Although most Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals cases are heard in New Orleans, where the court is based, it occasionally convenes at other cities and law schools throughout Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. The Fifth Circuit has visited Ole Miss every three years since 1984.


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  • Time and Tide Wait for None: Tribal Communities in Alaska and Louisiana Submit Climate-Forced Displacement Complaint to the United Nations
  • January 31st, 2020 — by Philip Lott — Category: Environmental Law Flooding Miscellaneous

  • The Alaska Institute for Justice recently filed a complaint with the United Nations (UN) on behalf of five Tribal communities located in Alaska and Louisiana. The complaint alleges that the United States (US) government is responsible for human rights violations as a result of its failure to protect the Tribes from climate-caused land loss.


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  • Sea Grant Law Diversity Internship Program – Internship Announcement
  • November 7th, 2019 — by Terra Bowling — Category: Miscellaneous

  • The National Sea Grant Law Center (NSGLC) is seeking applicants for the Sea Grant Law Diversity Internship Program (SGLDIP) for the summer of 2020. The internship seeks to provide experiential learning opportunities to a law school student from a diverse background in the field of ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes law, with an emphasis on issues facing underrepresented or indigenous communities.


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  • Meet the 2019 NSGLC Summer Intern
  • June 13th, 2019 — Category: Miscellaneous

  • Each summer, the National Sea Grant Law Center hires a full-time research associate. This summer’s Research Associate is Bryce Burgwyn, a rising 2L at Harvard Law School. We asked Bryce several questions to get to know her better.


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  • Climate Change, Coasts & Communities Symposium held at Monmouth University- Papers to be Published in the Sea Grant Law & Policy Journal
  • April 18th, 2019 — by Catherine Janasie — Category: Miscellaneous

  • The National Sea Grant Law Center, through the Sea Grant Law & Policy Journal, is partnering with the Urban Coast Institute at Monmouth University in New Jersey to publish papers from the institute’s Climate Change, Coasts & Communities Symposium. The New Jersey coast has been facing increased storm events, flooding, sea level rise, and coastal erosion, all of which will present daunting adaptation challenges in the future for the state. The symposium, which took place April 17-18, 2019, featured leading experts in climate change adaptation law and science to discuss lessons learned from other states and countries to assist New Jersey in navigating these challenges in the future.


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  • Sea Grant Law & Policy Journal- Spring 2019 Article Submission Update
  • March 8th, 2019 — by Catherine Janasie — Category: Miscellaneous

  • The Sea Grant Law & Policy Journal (SGLPJ) has some exciting things planned for the Spring. First, we have out a call for student papers. We are currently seeking submissions from law students for papers addressing coastal, ocean, and Great Lakes law and policy issues. The chosen papers will be published in a Summer 2019 edition of the SGLPJ. Submissions must be received by 5 p.m. central time on Friday, March 15, 2019 and should be emailed to cjanasie@olemiss.edu.


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  • NSGLC’s Summer Research Associate Program
  • February 28th, 2018 — by Terra Bowling — Category: Miscellaneous

  • Each summer, the National Sea Grant Law Center at the University of Mississippi School of Law in Oxford, Mississippi hires a full-time paid research associate. During the 8-week position, the research associate functions as an integral component of the Law Center’s staff, assisting with publications, preparation of memorandum of law, and ongoing projects. Previous Research Associates have assisted with research on shellfish permitting, invasive species, and other legal issues related to our oceans and coasts. Associates also write at least one article for publication in the Law Center’s quarterly newsletter, The SandBar.


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