Written in response to the increasing interest in the making of ocean policy, this collection of original articles surveys the history of U.S. ocean policy, oce

This book provides a timely analysis of the role that information-particularly scientific information-plays in the policy-making and decision-making processes i

This open access book summarizes peer-reviewed articles and the abstracts of oral and poster presentations given during the YOUMARES 9 conference which took pla

The United States is about to embark on the most thorough reconsideration of its ocean policy in more than three decades. With 1998 designated as the Internatio