Ekeland (U. Paris-Dauphine, France), Fessler, Lasry, and Lautier assemble nine papers from the symposium ＂The Ocean: Green Shipping and Sustainable Energy,＂ held in Paris in April 2011, which
aimed to address issues regarding the ocean as a global ecosystem, the marine transportation system, the energy system, and the global regulation system. Papers discuss the current state and
future of fisheries, including the effects of overfishing, subsidies in the sector and World Trade Organization negotiations about reducing them, and the role of science and technology
cooperation in rebuilding healthy fisheries; energy-related maritime activities, with discussion of sources of marine renewable energy, the role of the ocean in the energy system and the
effects of recent changes, and the relationship between the oceans and the energy market; and the global perspective on these issues, such as interactions between humans and the oceans, the
governance of maritime activities focusing on fisheries, and challenges like the poor state of marine ecosystems and current and potential uses of the ocean. Paper authors specialize in
economics, finance, fisheries, and physics in the US, France, and Canada. There is no index. Distributed by International Publishers Marketing (IPM). Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland,
OR (booknews.com)
