Edited by Justin Alger, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne, Australia and U. Rashid Sumaila, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries and the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia, Canada

• ContentsPART I Setting the stage1 Future research for a healthy ocean 3Justin Alger and U. Rashid Sumaila2 The human conquest of the Earth and oceans 15Daniel PaulyPART II Ocean justice3 Ocean governance and the protection of ocean defenders 25Philippe Le Billon, Dyhia Belhabib, Nathan J. Bennett, IrmakErtör, Rocío López de la Lama, Elisa Morgera, Lina M.Saavedra-Díaz and Paula Satizábal4 Original instructions for the World Ocean: an Indigenistresearch agenda 39Peter J. Jacques5 Making justice explicit in decision-making fortransformative ocean governance 51Laura M. Pereira, Tomas Chaigneau and Rafael Almeida MagrisPART III Governing fisheries6 Managing the high seas to achieve Infinity Fish 65U. Rashid Sumaila7 Governance of high seas fisheries 71Elizabeth R. DeSombre8 Researching IUU: a fishy category? 83J. Samuel Barkin and Chris T. Langevin9 Learning from the unexpected: informing better policiesfrom a past reform of fisheries subsidies 93Fernando Aranceta-Garza and Andrés Cisneros-MontemayorPART I Ocean governance and international regimes10 Institutional integration: addressing overlaps and gaps inocean governance 109Oran R. Young11 Systemic integration, the law of the sea, and courts:constraints and opportunities for ocean governance 121Margaret A. Young12 Drivers and mechanisms of change in UNCLOS: aninternational relations research agenda 135Elizabeth Mendenhall13 The global politics of marine protected areas 149Justin AlgerPART Advancing practice14 Five actions to close the gap between marine spatialplanning research and practice 163Julie M. Reimer, Rodolphe Devillers, Natalie C. Ban, MaxineWesthead and Joachim Claudet15 Rethinking cost–benefit analysis for sustainable marinespatial planning 175Ibrahim Issifu, Ilyass Dahmouni, Iria García–Lorenzo and U.Rashid Sumaila16 Evaluating climate risk at the right scale: local lessons fromthe limate and Ocean Risk ulnerability Initiative (ORI) 185Sally Yozell, Tracy Rouleau, Natalie Fiertz and Carolyn Gruber17 Understanding the ocean within the aquatic system forsustainable fisheries 201Shehu Latunji Akintola, Isa Olalekan Elegbede, AbdulwakilOlawale Saba, Olanrewaju Femi Olagunju, AkinkunmiSunday Ojo, Isaac Kofi Osei and Denis Worlanyo Aheto18 Toward sustainable ocean governance: research forinclusive and equitable development in Indonesia 215Umi Muawanah, Zamroni Salim and Agus Eko NugrohoPART I Emerging themes19ringing visitors to the ocean world? Emerging issues indeep sea exploration and tourism 231John Hannigan and Greg Richards20 Identifying knowledge gaps in the politics of marine plasticpollution 245Babet de Groot, Justin Alger and Peter Dauvergne

‘This important work lays bare the institutions and worldviews that currently constrain effective ocean governance, and suggests tangible ways to engage in what many of the authors call the difficult discussions needed to transform the status quo, including the research needed to base governance on holistic ecology with justice and equity at its core. Practical guidance on using tools such as MPAs, MSP, as well as existing treaties is given, with an emphasis on iterative, organic governance enhancements and on finding ways to ensure that the perfect is not the enemy of the good.’