Resources of the Continental Shelf

Abstract

On September 28, 1945, the President of the United States issued two important proclamations and executive orders relating to the national exploitation of the resources of the continental shelf and the national regulation of contiguous fisheries. The claims therein made on behalf of the United States have important international repercussions. They also have an impact on the Constitutional question as to who, as between state and nation, controls these resources within and outside the three-mile limit.