Growing pressure from increasingly diverse human activities coupled with climate change impacts threaten the functional integrity of coastal ecosystems around the globe. A multi-disciplinary approach towards understanding drivers, pressures and impacts in the coastal zone requires effective integration of data and information in policy and management, combining expertise from nature and social science, to reach a balanced and sustainable development of the coastal zone. This important book comprises the proceedings of The International Symposium on Integrated Coastal Zone Management, which took place in Arendal, Norway between 3-7 July 2011. The main objective of the Symposium was to present current knowledge and to address issues on advice and management related to the coastal zone. The major themes of papers included in this book are: Coastal habitats and ecosystem services Adaptation/mitigation to change in coastal systems Coastal governance Linking science and management Comprising a huge wealth of information, this timely and well-edited volume is essential reading for all those involved in coastal zone management around the globe. All libraries in research establishments and universities where marine, aquatic and environmental sciences, and fisheries and aquatic sciences are studied and taught will need copies of this important volume on their shelves.

Table of Contents:
About the Editors vi Contributors vii Referees xi Preface xiii Chapter 1 The Role of Science in the Transition to Sustainability: the Systems Approach Framework for Integrated Coastal Zone Management 1 Tom Sawyer Hopkins and Denis Bailly Section 1 Coastal Habitats and Ecosystem Services Chapter 2 The Norwegian Programme for Mapping of Marine Habitats – Providing Knowledge and Maps for ICZMP 21 Trine Bekkby, Frithjof E. Moy, Heidi Olsen, Eli Rinde, Torjan Bodvin, Reidulv Bøe, Henning Steen, Ellen S. Grefsrud, Sigurd H. Espeland, Are Pedersen and Nina M. Jørgensen Chapter 3 Monitoring Ecological Quality of Coastal Waters by the Nature Index (NI) – an Integrated Measure of Biodiversity 31 Eivind Oug, Gro I. van der Meeren, Gregoire Certain and Signe Nybø Chapter 4 The Scomberomorus brasiliensis Gill-net Production System in Northern Brazil; an “Invisible” and Mismanaged Small-scale Fishery 49 Victoria J. Isaac, Roberto V.E. Santo, Bianca S. Bentes, Keila R.M. Mour˜ao and Flavia Lucena-Fredou Chapter 5 A Combination of Seagrass and Macroalgal Beds Enhances Survival of Young-of-the-Year Rockfish Sebastes Cheni 61 Yasuhiro Kamimura and Jun Shoji Section 2 Adaptation/Mitigation to Change in Coastal Systems Chapter 6 Natural Resource Potential of Macroalgae Harvesting in the Baltic Sea—Case Study Trelleborg, Sweden 71 Emma Risen, Joseph Santhi Pechsiri, Maria E. Malmstrom, Nils Brandt and Fredrik Grondahl Chapter 7 Conserving Mangrove Ecosystem for Climate Change Adaptation in the Ganges Basin 85 M. Shahadat Hossain Chapter 8 Monitoring Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) Behaviour in a Highly Urbanised Coastline: Gold Coast, Australia 101 Jan-Olaf Meynecke, Silje Vindenes and Daniella Teixeira Section 3 Coastal Governance Chapter 9 An Overview of the Implementation of SAF Methodology Regarding the Stakeholder Response, in the Mussel-Farming Area of Chalastra, Thermaikos Gulf 117 Zoi I. Konstantinou and Yannis N. Krestenitis Chapter 10 Knowledge Issues in ICZM and EBM Applied on Small Geographic Scales: Lessons from a Case Study in Risør, Norway 127 H°akan T. Sandersen, Eirik Mikkelsen, Erlend Moksness and Jon Helge Vølstad Chapter 11 Governance Systems for Marine Protected Areas in Ecuador 145 Vincent Gravez, Robert Bensted-Smith, Pippa Heylings and Taylor Gregoire Wright Chapter 12 The Battle for Space – the Position of Norwegian Aquaculture in Integrated Coastal Zone Planning 159 Bjørn Hersoug Section 4 Linking Science and Management Chapter 13 Integrated Coastal Zone Management – Preview and Evaluation of its Application on the Coast of Cyprus 171 Nicholas Kathijotes and Athina Papatheodoulou Chapter 14 Framing a ‘Post-Normal’ Science–Policy Interface for Integrated Coastal Zone Management 179 Scott Bremer Chapter 15 Co-Learning in Marine Protected Areas for Integrated Coastal Zone Management 192 Mohammad A.L. Siddique, S. Zafrin, S. Myers, T. Smith, R. Babcock, and R.W. (Bill) Carter Chapter 16 Reflexively Mapping the Science–Policy Interface for Coastal Zones 206 Anne Blanchard and Scott Bremer Chapter 17 Bridging the Science–Policy Divide in the Coastal Zone: Is There a Role for Learning Processes? 218 Melissa Nursey-Bray and Nick Harvey Chapter 18 Perspectives of Social and Ecological Systems 229 Paul Tett, Audun Sandberg, Anne Mette, Denis Bailly, Marta Estrada, Thomas Sawyer Hopkins, Maurizio Ribera d’Alcala and Loraine McFadden Index 245 Colour plates appear between pages 48 and 49