Ocean Governance

Ocean Governance is a subfield of global environmental governance that specifically encompasses the institutional frameworks, legal mechanisms, and political processes through which state and non-state actors collectively manage and regulate human activities in marine environments to ensure ecological sustainability, equitable resource use, and the conservation of oceanic ecosystems.

3.8K

Publications

183.7K

Citations

8.4K

Authors

2.3K

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

1.3K

Parents

Environmental PoliticsGlobal Governance

Children

Coral Reef GovernanceDeep-sea Mining GovernanceInternational Ocean InstitutionsOcean Acidification GovernanceOcean DiplomacyOcean JusticeOcean Risk GovernanceTransboundary Marine Resource Governance

Publications

3.8K

A Global Map of Human Impact on Marine Ecosystems

Benjamin S. Halpern, Shaun Walbridge, Kimberly A. Selkoe et al. · Science · 2008 · 6.4K citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Ecology, Marine Sciences +17

The corrupting sea: a study of Mediterranean history

Choice Reviews Online · 2000 · 1.6K citations

Humanities, History, Law Of The Sea +10

Spatial and temporal changes in cumulative human impacts on the world’s ocean

Benjamin S. Halpern, Melanie Frazier, John Potapenko et al. · Nature Communications · 2015 · 1.5K citations · Full text

Natural Resources, Environmental Management, Fisheries +17

Did the Atlantic Close and then Re-Open?

J. Tuzo Wilson · Nature · 1966 · 1.3K citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Oceanography, Air-sea Interaction +10

Do regimes matter? Epistemic communities and Mediterranean pollution control

Peter M. Haas · International Organization · 1989 · 980 citations

Social Sciences, International Relations, Political Science +17

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Authors

8.4K

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Kristina M. Gjerde
International Union for Conservation of Nature (United States), United States
30 publications · 3K citations
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Nathan Bennett
University of British Columbia, Canada
24 publications · 2.5K citations
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Larry B. Crowder
Stanford University, United States
23 publications · 4.3K citations
20
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U. Rashid Sumaila
University of British Columbia, Canada
20 publications · 2.1K citations
18
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J.P.M. van Tatenhove
Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands
23 publications · 1.3K citations
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Institutions

2.3K

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Venues

Marine Policy
587 publications · 28.2K citations
79
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Ocean & Coastal Management
199 publications · 9.4K citations
49
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Frontiers in Marine Science
79 publications · 4.5K citations
35
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Choice Reviews Online
CRO · 61 publications · 5.2K citations
33
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The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law
99 publications · 2.8K citations
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