Reviews key developments in the field of marine science and technology and focuses on the long term issues - such as the disposal of industrial waste - that these developments raise.

The last two decades have seen unprecedented developments in marine science and technology. Large scale, international long-term scientific programmes have emerged for monitoring the state of the ocean environment and the rapid development of the offshore oil industry has provided the technological means for a range of other maritime developments. The purpose of this book is to review key developments in this field. Three major themes are developed throughout the book: the key importance of technical developments in ocean management; the application of these developments to specific sea uses ranging from fish farming to the deep sea disposal of industrial waste; and the long term general issues raised - and to some extent solved - by science and technology.

1. Introduction H.D. Smith PART I TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENTS 2. Fish Charting for Trawlers and Fishermen K. Knox 3. Integration of Digital Navigation Information into Multiple Use Databases G.L. Haskins 4. Database Management in the Production of Climatic Oceanography P. Wainwright, C.S. Barr 5. Oceanographic Modelling J.M. Huthnance PART II THE MANAGEMENT OF INDIVIDUAL USES: BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT 6. Marine Fish Farming in the UK - a Challenge for the l990s A.G. Hopper, M.J.S. Gillespie 7. Deep Abyssal Plains: Do They Offer a Viable Option for the Disposal for Large Bulk, Low Toxicity Waste? M.V. Angel 8. The Law of Marine Nature Conservation in the United Kingdom J.N.K. Gibson PART III THE MANAGEMENT OF INDIVIDUAL USES: MINERAL RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT 9. Management of UK Marine Dredging F.G. Parrish l0. A Regional Extraction Plan for the Dutch Part of the Continental Shelf P.G.J. Davies 11. Research
and Technology Requirements for the Evaluation of the Potential of Deep Sea Polymetallic Sulphate Deposits J. Yates PART IV DEVELOPMENTS IN GENERAL MANAGEMENT: STRATEGIC
DECISION MAKING 12. Technology Strategy in Ocean Management A.F. Richards 13. The Canadian Coastal Sediment Study: A Review of a Major Scientific, Research and Engineering Programme D.A. Huntley 14. The Management of Data
Gathering Programmes K.R. Deeming PART V DEVELOPMENTS IN GENERAL MANAGEMENT: REGIONAL CONTEXTS 15. The Integration of Coastal and Sea Use Management J.E. Halliday, H.D. Smith l6. Sea Use Planning and Fish Farms in Scotland: a Case Study R. Earll, A. Ross, S. Gubbay l6. Integrated Fisheries Management Models: Understanding the Limits to Marine Resource Exploitation J. McGlade, R. McGarvey