Marine Policy is the leading journal of ocean policy studies. It offers researchers, analysts and policy makers a unique combination of analyses in the principal social science disciplines relevant to the formulation of marine policy. The journal publishes papers with an explicit policy focus and covers: international, regional and national marine policies; institutional arrangements for the management and regulation of marine and coastal activities, including fisheries, aquaculture, coastal management and shipping; conflict resolution; marine pollution and environment; conservation and use of marine resources. We do not publish technical economic or scientific papers without a clear policy focus, and recommend that these are submitted to more appropriate journals.