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In maritime law, a sea protest is a notarized statement obtained after a ship enters port after a rough voyage. Its purpose is to protect the ship's charterer or owner from liability for damage to the cargo, the ship or to other ships in a collision, where this was caused by the perils of the sea (for example, bad weather).
Marine conservation activism is the efforts of non-governmental organizations and individuals to bring about social and political change in the area of marine conservation. Marine conservation is properly conceived as a set of management strategies for the protection and preservation of ecosystems in oceans and seas.
In 1982, at the height of U.S. intervention in the Central American Crisis, Concord Naval Weapons Station was the site of daily anti-war protests against the shipment of weapons to Central America, including white phosphorus.
This incident was followed by a protest of 10,000 Okinawans calling to stop all military activities on the island. [6] In June 2016, estimates of 65,000 Okinawans protested the rape and murder of a 20-year-old woman by a former U.S. Marine. Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga vouched for the removal of U.S. forces as a result of the incident. [8]
Anti-whaling action is a part of both environmental activism and marine conservation. [61] Forms of expression may include but are not limited to protest as demonstration and direct action, outreach through media, and political maneuvering. [62]
USS Graham County beached at Vieques, Puerto Rico, 1964. The Department of the Navy started searching for a location to situate a naval base during the 1940s. Land was sold at a fair price to wealthy land owners at a fixed price while other smaller native land owners and tenant farmers were sometimes not compensated for their land, and relocated elsewhere on the island or forced to leave.
A draft version of the resolution brought by Mayor Steven Meiner sought to crack down on the phrase “from the river to the sea” before the language was edited out.
American marines and Caribbean soldiers clashing during a riot control training exercise in 2011. Riot control measures are used by law enforcement, military, paramilitary or security forces to control, disperse, and arrest people who are involved in a riot, unlawful demonstration or unlawful protest.