Science, information, and policy interface for effective coastal and ocean management / edited by Bertrum H. MacDonald, Suzuette S. Soomai, Elizabeth M. De Santo, Peter G. Wells.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chapter 1: Introduction-- Chapter 2: Understanding the Science–Policy Interface in Integrated Coastal and Ocean Management-- Chapter 3: Exploring the Role of Science in Coastal and Ocean Management: A Review-- Chapter 4: Science Information and Global Ocean Governance-- Chapter 5: Risk Refined at the Science–Policy Interface: The International Risk Governance Framework Applied to Different Classes of Coastal Zone Risks-- Chapter 6: Governing the Marine Environment through Information: Fisheries, Shipping, and Tourism-- Chapter 7: Inducing Better Stakeholder Searches for Environmental Information Relevant to Coastal Conservation-- Chapter 8: When Scientific Uncertainty Is in the Eye of the Beholder: Using Network Analysis to Understand the Building of Trust in Science-- Chapter 9: Designing Usable Environmental Research-- Chapter 10: The Balancing Act of Science in Public Policy-- Chapter 11: Measuring Awareness, Use, and Influence of Information: Where Theory Meets Practice-- Chapter 12: What Do Users Want from a State of the Environment Report? A Case Study of Awareness and Use of Canada’s State of the Scotian Shelf Report-- Chapter 13: The Environmental Effects of Ocean Shipping and the Science–Policy Interface-- Chapter 14: Just Evidence: Opening Health Knowledge to a Parliament of Evidence-- Chapter 15: Information Matters: The Influence of the Atlantic Coastal Zone Information Steering Committee on Integrated Coastal and Ocean Management in Atlantic Canada-- Chapter 16: A Career-Based Perspective of Science–Policy Linkages in Environment Canada: The Role of Information in Managing Human Activities in Our Ocean Spaces-- Chapter 17: Bridging the Science–Policy Divide to Promote Fisheries Knowledge for All: The Case of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations-- Chapter 18: Informing and Improving Fisheries Management Outcomes: An Atlantic Canadian Large Pelagics Case Study by the Ecology Action Centre-- Chapter 19: Does Information Matter in ICOM? Critical Issues and the Path Forward

This book provides a timely analysis of the role that information-particularly scientific information-plays in the policy-making and decision-making processes in coastal and ocean management. It includes contributions from global experts in marine environmental science, marine policy, fisheries, public policy and administration, resource management