OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENTOcean & Coastal Management is an international journal published 12 times per year dedicated to the study of all aspects of ocean and coastal management at international, national, regional, and local levels.

Sustainable development and conservation of ocean and coastal resources requires the insights of a number of monodisciplinary, multidisciplinary as well as integral studies and approaches. The different disciplines may range from the natural and physical sciences to the social sciences, policy analysis, economics, and law.

Articles from all relevant disciplines are invited, but all contributions must make clear the explicit link between fundamental concepts and the central improvement of management practice.

Comparative studies (e.g. sub-national, cross-national, to other policy areas) are encouraged, as are studies assessing current management approaches. Articles involving analytical approaches, development of theory, and improvement of management practice are especially welcome.

Examples of topics covered by the journal include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Interactionsamongvariousoceanandcoastaluses

• Resolutionofmultiple-useconflicts;alternativemanagementregimesandinstitutionalarrangementsforintegratedmanagementofoceanandcoastalareas;governanceofresourcesandusesinExclusiveEconomicZones

• DevelopmentsrelatedtotheLawoftheSeaConventionandtotheUnitedNationsConferenceonEnvironmentandDevelopment(UNCED),andconsiderationof legal regimes for theconservationanddevelopmentofocean resourcesbeyond the limitsofnational jurisdiction

• Environmentalimpactsresultingfromdevelopmentofoceanandcoastalareas;specificshorelinemanagementissuessuchascoastprotection policies, accelerated sea level rise, public access, waterfront redevelopment, public education and participation, port management,andmarineprotectedareas;resourceevaluationforsuchactivitiesasaquaculture,commercialfisheries,offshoremining, shipping and navigation; energy facilities; coast-dependent industries; marine parks; recreational development andconservation

• Physical constraints and natural hazards affecting resource use and development; economic, political, and social constraints;technological solutions to problems of resource demand and supply

• Ethical aspects related to management options where human benefits are clearly driving the agenda and the environmentalconsequencesdonotgetsufficientattention.Wethusonlyacceptanethicaldiscussionwhenit isstrictlyrelatedtotheaboveindicated disciplines and study examples and thus not on its own

Editor-in-Chief

Victor N. de JongeBlauforlaet 22, 9284 XH Augustinusga,

The Netherlands

Associate Editor

J.C. Marques Universidade de Coimbra,

Coimbra, Portugal

Founding Editor

Biliana Cicin-Sain

M.N. Andalecio UniversityofthePhilippinesintheVisayas, Miag-ao,Iloilo,Philippines

J.S. Antunes do CarmoUniversidadedeCoimbra,Coimbra,Portugal

P. ArceoUniversidadVeracruzana,Veracruz,Mexico

P. BalaguerSpain

S. Belfiore IntergovernmentalOceanographicComm.IOC,Paris,France

B. Bischof FloridaStateUniversity,Tallahassee,FL,USA

J. BlayUniversityofCapeCoast,CapeCoast,Ghana

R.E. Bowen UniversityofMassachusettsatBoston, Boston,MA,USA

A. Borja MarineResearchDivision,Pasaia,Spain

Y-C. ChangNationalSunYat-SenUniversity,KaohsiungCity,Taiwan,ROC

W.-Y. Chiau NationalTaiwanOceanUniversity,Keelung,Taiwan,ROC

L.C. Cullen-UnsworthCardiff,UK

D. De Freitas UniversityofWollongong,Wollongong,NSW,Australia

T. Edwards HumberInca,BartonuponHumber,NorthLincolnshire,UK

S. Ferreira da Silva Caeiro UniversidadeAberta,Lisbon,Portugal

M. Gleason TheNatureConservancyinCaliforniaMonterey,CA,USA

A. GunerogluKaradenizTechnicalUniversity,Turkey

R.A. KenchingtonUniversityofWollongong,Wollongong,Australia

J.T. MasagcaCatanduanesStateColleges&PacifictechVirac,Virac,Catanduanes,Philippines

B. McCay RutgersUniversity,NewBrunswick,NJ,USA

Y. Mikhaylichenko MinistryofEconomicDevelopmentoftheRussianFederation,A-47,Moscow,GSP-3,125993, RussianFederation

M.R. OhtmanUniversityMalaysiaTerengganu(UMT), Terengganu, Malaysia

S. Pullen Emsworth,UK

A. Sánchez-ArcillaUniversitatPolitecnicadeCatalunya(UPC), Barcelona,Spain

W-T. ShinUNDP/GEF,Ansan-siGyeonggi-do,SouthKorea

J. Side Heriot-WattUniversity,Orkney,UK

J.L Suárez-de ViveroUniversityofSeville,Seville,Spain

D. Suman UniversityofMiami,Miami,FL,USA

D. VanderZwaag DalhousieUniversity,Halifax,NS,Canada

Y. Zhou EastChinaNormalUniversityShanghai, China