America's ocean and coastal regions—which provide wildlife habitat, commercial fish stocks, mineral reserves, travelways, recreation, and more—are under increasing pressure as more and more people exploit marine resources, leaving environmental damage in their wake.
Striking a Balance responds to the urgency for sound decision-making in the management of marine resources. An expert committee proposes principles, goals, and a framework for marine area governance, including new governance structures at the federal and regional levels and improvements for existing governing and regulatory systems.
Recommendations include using tools—such as zoning and liability—for resolving conflicts between users, controlling access to marine resources, and enforcing regulations. The book describes the wide-ranging nature and value of marine resources, evaluates their current management, and explores three in-depth case studies. It also touches on the implications of newer, more flexible, less hierarchical approaches to organizational behavior.
Striking a Balance will be of interest to everyone concerned about marine resource management, especially federal and state marine managers and regulators, marine scientists and policy analysts, companies and organizations with interests in marine and coastal resources, and advocacy groups.
Table of Contents |
skim chapter | |
|---|---|---|
| Front Matter | i-xiv | |
| Executive Summary | 1-7 | |
| 1. Introduction | 8-16 | |
| 2. The Way Things Are Now | 17-47 | |
| 3. Lessons Learned | 48-70 | |
| 4. Organizational and Behavioral Issues | 71-86 | |
| 5. Improving Marine Governance | 87-102 | |
| 6. Improving Marine Management | 103-116 | |
| 7. Conclusions and Recommendations | 117-120 | |
| References | 121-126 | |
| Acronyms | 127-128 | |
| Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members | 129-135 | |
| Appendix B: Background Paper: Issues in Marine Area Governance and Management | 136-156 | |
| Appendix C: Participants in Committee Meetings | 157-160 | |
| Appendix D: Financing Options | 161-168 | |
| Index | 169-177 | |
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