A collection of 18 essays by leading thinkers in the area of marine and environmental management. The focus falls on the world's coastal seas, where stakeholders compete for intensely sought-after resources - not only fisheries, harbours, shipping and defense infrastructure, but also culturally important places and traditional ways of life. This book includes a foreword by Elizabeth Dowdeswell (UNEP) and an introduction by Lynton Caldwell. Other authors include Mark Sagoff, Michael Thompson, Robert Nelson, and Stephen Kellert.