News The US States Department has announced an intention to increase the size of the US, by increasing sea territory size around Alaska.

[Amol S.]

The move will in theory increase the size of the United States, and the area that is to be added is said to be bigger than the size of the California. The only thing stopping this is that a bill needs to be passed by 2-3rds to recognize a United Nations Treaty that deals with the sea.

U.S. preparing to claim new ocean territory off Arctic Alaska and in central Bering Sea | Alaska Beacon

Maps of extended continental shelf territory that the U.S. is seekign to claim include an Arctic Ocean area bigger than California.

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As U.S. prepares to claim new ocean territory off Arctic Alaska and in Bering Sea, there’s a catch

The U.S. Senate hasn’t ratified the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, the treaty under which such claims are adjudicated. Both Sen. Lisa Murkowski and former Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell have argued in favor of ratification.

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[cytg111]

We just made a deal with Canada… guess we wont be swapping snaps and whiskey anymore .

 

[IronWing]

The loss of Canadian whiskey! Oh no! Anyway…

 

[Drach]

The loss of Canadian whiskey! Oh no! Anyway…

Hey now. I like whiskey without the barbecue flavor.

 

[cytg111]

The loss of Canadian whiskey! Oh no! Anyway…

Yea. Cause Moscow Mitch John Daniels am I right?

 

[portal_in_life]

The move will in theory increase the size of the United States, and the area that is to be added is said to be bigger than the size of the California. The only thing stopping this is that a bill needs to be passed by 2-3rds to recognize a United Nations Treaty that deals with the sea.

U.S. preparing to claim new ocean territory off Arctic Alaska and in central Bering Sea | Alaska Beacon

Maps of extended continental shelf territory that the U.S. is seekign to claim include an Arctic Ocean area bigger than California.

alaskabeacon.com

As U.S. prepares to claim new ocean territory off Arctic Alaska and in Bering Sea, there’s a catch

The U.S. Senate hasn’t ratified the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, the treaty under which such claims are adjudicated. Both Sen. Lisa Murkowski and former Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell have argued in favor of ratification.

www.adn.com

Who cares? What gain do we as civilians get from this?

 

[cytg111]

Who cares? What gain do we as civilians get from this?

You cant possibly be this.

 

[feralkid]

You cant possibly be this.

Oh yes he can.

 

[brycejones]

Who cares? What gain do we as civilians get from this?

You’re right it probably sucks for your home country of Russia.

 

[Moonbeam]

All your seafood are belong to us.

 

[Tsinni Dave]

Well this is a surprise for me. This is worrying if this results in a loss of fishing territory from us up here. This initial proposal wouldn't affect us as far as I can tell, but the as yet unspecified area "off the pacific and atlantic coast" sounds suspish. I hope we'd stand some kind of chance in court against the U.S., especially with the Haida presence here and in Alaska as well, but yet another decades long court case would suck.
If properly implemented this may potenially be a good thing with the Russians looking up there as well, however. But if this is just a bunch of "drill, baby, drill" nonsense or scouring the last dregs of fucking sealife I'm going to be even more pissed off than I usually am with living next door to a mentally unstable, myopic giant.