Advances In The Science And Technology Of Ocean Management (ocean Management And Policy)

Advances in the science and technology of ocean management The last two decades have seen unprecedented developments in marine science and technology. Large-scale, international and 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. Hance D.Smith is a senior lecturer in Maritime Studies at the University of Wales College of Cardiff. He is a specialist in teaching and research on ocean management, with particular reference to integrated management approaches. His publications include The North Sea: Sea Use Management and Planning and Oceans and Seas. © 1992 Hance D.Smith Ocean management and policy series Edited by H.D.Smith Development and Social Change in the Pacific Islands Edited by A.D.Couper Marine Mineral Resources Fillmore C.F.Earney The Development of Integrated Sea Use Management Edited by Hance D.Smith and Adalberto Vallega forthcoming World Ocean Management H.D.Smith and C.S.Lalwani © 1992 Hance D.Smith Advances in the science and technology of ocean management Edited by Hance D.Smith London and New York © 1992 Hance D.Smith First published 1992 by Routledge 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2002. Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge a division of Routledge, Chapman and Hall, Inc. 29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001 © 1992 Hance D.Smith All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Advances in the science and technology of ocean management. 1. Ocean. Use of technology I. Smith, Hance D. 623.87 ISBN 0-415-03817-0 (Print Edition) Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Advances in the science and technology of ocean management/[edited by] Hance D.Smith. p. cm. “Proceedings of the Challenger Society/Society for Underwater Technology Conference, UWIST, Cardiff, 12–13 April 1988” — Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-415-03817-0 (Print Edition) 1. Marine Resources—Congresses. 2. Ocean engineering—Congresses. I. Smith, Hance D. II. Challenger Society. III Society for Underwater Technology. GC1015.2.A36 1991 91–9516 333.91′6515–dc20 CIP ISBN 0-203-01857-5 Master e-book ISBN ISBN 0-203-20010-1 (Glassbook Format) © 1992 Hance D.Smith Contents List of illustrations List of tables List of contributors Preface Acknowledgements Part I Technical developments 1 The integration of digital navigation information into multiple-use data bases Geoffrey L.Haskins 2 Data base management in the production of climatic oceanography P.Wainwright and C.S.Bar