The Bureau of Oceans is part of the Ministry of Landscape.
The Bureau of Oceans manages Vekllei’s territorial waters and the exclusive economic zones (EEZ) around its 83 republics. Because the republics are distributed across the Atlantic from the Arctic to the Southern Ocean, the combined EEZ is among the largest in the world. The bureau sets the policy framework for how these waters are used – fishing rights, undersea resource claims, hydrographic charting and marine environmental standards – though operational enforcement at sea is conducted by the Littoral Service under the Ministry of Defence.
The bureau administers fishing quota frameworks in coordination with the Bureau of Fisheries under the Ministry of Industry, which handles production and fleet operations. The Bureau of Oceans sets the ecological limits; the Bureau of Fisheries manages within them. Disputes over quota allocation are common and are typically resolved through joint committee or interwork detachment.
Constituents
- Hydrographic Office of Vekllei: Charting, surveying and publication of hydrographic data for Vekllei’s territorial and adjacent waters.
- Commonwealth Fisheries Quota Board: Independent body that sets sustainable catch quotas by species and region in consultation with the Bureau of Fisheries.
- Marine Resources Authority: Licences and monitors exploitation of undersea resources including minerals, hydrocarbons and deep-sea extraction.
Departments
- Department of Hydrography & Charting: Surveys and maintains navigational charts, tide tables and oceanographic records for Vekllei waters.
- Office of Chart Production
- Office of Tidal & Oceanographic Data
- Office of Deep Sea Survey
- Department of EEZ Management: Administers Vekllei’s exclusive economic zones, including foreign access agreements and boundary disputes.
- Office of EEZ Policy
- Office of Foreign Access & Licensing
- Office of Boundary Affairs
- Department of Marine Resources: Sets policy for the extraction of marine resources, including fishing, aquaculture and undersea extraction.
- Office of Fisheries Policy
- Office of Aquaculture Management
- Office of Undersea Resources
- Department of Ocean Environment: Monitors ocean health within Vekllei’s jurisdiction and enforces marine pollution standards.
- Office of Water Quality
- Office of Pollution Response
- Office of Marine Scientific Research