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In considering off-shore resources one needs a few basic facts. What are the off-shore resources? Clearly they are oil and gas, hydrocarbons and coal which exist in mineable quantities with the same geological formations, often overlying the oil-bearing ones. These are essentially the resources of the continental shelf, and possibly of the continental slope, and to date that is the area where development has been concentrated. There are also resources further afield, particularly the minerals that we may obtain from manganese modules in the deeper waters of the oceans. These are the subject of exploration rather than development and their exploitation is very much united to the ratification of the Law of the Sea treaty. This is a world-wide issue rather than a strictly coastal one.
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Larminie, F.G. (1984). Britain’s Offshore Resource Industries. In: Till, G. (eds) The Future of British Sea Power. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-07617-8_8
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