Managing a Sea

Marine management and fish conservation are now high on the international and economic research agenda. This interdisciplinary volume examines via a range of methods and techniques (nutrient budgets and simulation models, GIS, economic analysis and policy analysis) the causes, consequences and importance of pollution in the Baltic Sea. The book analyses the causes of Baltic Sea degradation; evaluates management and strategy policies; identifies and estimates cost-effective strategies via a simulation model; uses valuation experiments to examine the benefits of pollution reducing strategies. Academic researchers and students, as well as readers working in the policy formulation and implementation process, at various levels of governance, will find this a useful resource.

Fredrik Wulff is professor of marine biology at the Department of Systems Ecology, University of Stockholm.