News items and documents

• News & media
  • The French islands of St Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic are fighting for a slice of oil-rich ocean floor they believe was taken from them, but their struggle could land France in rough diplomatic waters. - By Bill Law, BBC Radio 4's Crossing Continents
  • France eyes oil-rich Atlantic seabed - Thu, 17 Nov 2005 CBC News
  • France looks beyond 'the baguette' - New offshore claim - St. Pierre, Miquelon seek valuable sea oil
• Parliamentary records
  • Session ordinaire de 2005-2006 - 29ème jour de séance, 67ème séance, SÉANCE DU JEUDI 17 NOVEMBRE 2005
  • Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon :zone économique  exclusive et droits de pêche 12 éme  législature. Question écrite n° 19721 posée par M.  Christian COINTAT (représentant les Français établis  hors de France - UMP)
• Territorial claims
  • THE FRENCH ISLANDS OF SAINT-PIERRE ET MIQUELON: A CASE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A DISCONTINUOUS JURIDICAL CONTINENTAL SHELF? (PDF) - Marc Plantegenest, Conseil Général de Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, Michael Iosipescu, Legal Research Council, Halifax NS, Canada, Ron Macnab, Watermark Geoscience Inc. Dartmouth NS
• Natural resources
  • ConocoPhillips clears Atlantic exploration hurdle , May 2004
  • Canada and France sign exploration accord for hydrocarbons in Canada
    05.18.2005
  • Oil giants eye Maritime basin - End of 40-year hiatus: ConocoPhillips, Murphy, BHP join for seismic surveys
  • Le Canada et la France travaillent ensemble dans les eaux de l’Atlantique, 17 mai 2005
  • Discours de Brigitte Girardin, ministre de l'Outre-Mer, lors de la signature de l'accord entre la France et le Canada
  • Canada unveils modern licenses for sub-basin; sets exploration in motion
  • High risk, high potential

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ANONYME, 1971 - St-Pierre- Miquelon agreement [re fishing zones] In Canadian Fisherman & Ocean Science, August, Vol. 57(4), p. 39.

ANONYME, 1978 - St-Pierre & Miquelon boundary subject of new negotiations. In Canadian Fisherman & Ocean Science, November, Vol. 64(10), p. 4.

BLAKESLEE, M. R., 1991 - The distant island problem: the arbitration on the the delimitation of the maritime zones around the French Collectivite Territoriale of St.-Pierre-and-Miquelon. Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law, vol. 21, p. 359-385.

COURT OF ARBITRATION on delimitation of the Maritime Boundary between Canada and France, 1991 - Delimitation of the maritime boundary between Canada and France : transcript of the Canadian pleadings = Délimitation de la frontière maritime entre le Canada et la France : transcription des plaidoiries du Canada

COURT OF ARBITRATION on Delimitation of the Maritime Boundary between Canada and France, 1991 ? - Court of Arbitration delimitation of the maritime areas between Canada and France : counter-memorial submitted by Canada 1 February 1991. : s.n., 1991?]

DAY, D., 1989 - Defining another Canadian Maritime Boundary : St-Pierre & Miquelon Dispute goes to International Settlement. The Operational Geographer, Canada, vol. 7, no 3, pp. 12-16.

DAY, D., 1990 - The St. Pierre and Miquelon Maritime Boundary Case: Origin, Issues, Implications. in GRUNDY-WARR, Carl (dir.) International Boundaries and Boundary Conflict Resolution, Durham, Boundaries Research Press, p. 151-174. (Actes d'un colloque de l'International Boundaries Research Unit qui a eu lieu à la University of Durham, du 14 au 17 septembre 1989).

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McDORMAN, T. L., 1990 - The Canada-France Maritime Boundary Case: Drawing a Line Around St. Pierre and Miquelon. American Journal of International Law, vol. 84, no 1, p.157-189.

McDORMAN, T. L., 1994 - The Search for Resolution of the Canada-France Ocean Dispute Adjacent to St. Pierre and Miquelon. Dalhousie Law Journal, vol. 17, no 1, p. 35-60.