Specialists in maritime law and governance discuss coastal and ocean management, regional oceans governance, polar oceans governance, renewable energy, and maritime transport. Among their topics are the legalization of maritime spatial planning in the European Union and its implications for maritime governance, conventional environmental governance in the Mediterranean and its evolving institutional and fiduciary aspects in a pragmatic perspective, Norwegian and Russian law concerning compensation for harm to the marine natural environment caused by petroleum spills in the Barents Sea, the mutual accommodation of offshore wind farms and international navigation and and shipping, and port sophistication and country economic status: seaports as indicators of economic development. Other contributors review recent relevant books. Annotation ©2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)