SUSTAINABILITY:
Resolving Mismatches in U.S. Ocean Governance
L. B. Crowder, 1* G. Osherenko,2 O. R. Young,3 S. Airamé,2 E. A. Norse,4 N. Baron,5 J. C. Day,6 F. Douvere,7 C. N. Ehler,7 B. S. Halpern,5 S. J. Langdon,8 K. L. McLeod,9 J. C. Ogden,10 R. E. Peach,11 A. A. Rosenberg,12 J. A. Wilson13
Problems in ocean resource management derive from governance, not science. Ocean zoning would replace mismatched and fragmented approaches with integrated regulatory domains.
1Center for Marine Conservation, Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University Marine Laboratory, Beaufort, NC 28516, USA.
2Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-6150, USA.
3Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-5131, USA.
4Marine Conservation Biology Institute, Bellevue, WA 98004, USA.
5National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, USA.
6Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Townsville, QLD 4810, Australia.
7Man and the Biosphere Program, UNESCO, 75732 Paris Cedex 15, France.
8Department of Anthropology, University of Alaska, Anchorage, AK 99508, USA.
9Department of Zoology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.
10Florida Institute of Oceanography, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, USA.
11Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
12Institute for the Study of the Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, USA.
13School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, USA.
*Author for correspondence. E-mail: lcrowder{at}duke.edu
