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Theses/Dissertations from 2011

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On the Management of Blue Marlin and White Marlin in the Atlantic: Implications for Foreign Longlining and Domestic Sportsfishing, Tundi M. Agardy

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An Analysis of a Management Case: Green Hill Beach Development of the Rhode Island Coastal Zone, John R. Braddon

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Comparative Costs of Competitive Shipping, Stephen E. Donlon

Theses/Dissertations from 1996

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Applying the Concept of Recreational Specialization to Rhode Island Alliance Anglers, Eric Asadorian

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A Partnership for Coral Reef Protection: A Case Study of the International Coral Reef Initiative, Karla M. Boreri

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Sacrificing Conservation for Pesos: An Analysis of Select Marine Fisheries in the Political Environment of Mexico, Sephen W. Bourgeois Jr.

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International Organizations and Tuna Management; Problems and Future Prospects, Yuh-chen Chern

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Limits to Private Aquaculture on Cape Cod, Kevin Robert Cute

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Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Programs: An Assessment of Public Participation as a Means of Fostering Environmental Stewardship, Christopher Damon

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Maritime Fisheries Enforcement Analysis of the NMFS Northeast Region, John Thomas Davis

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A Policy Analysis of the Commercial Fishing Industry Vessel Safety Act of 1988, Peter DeCola

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The Cumulative Impacts of Management Decisions on Nitrogen Loading to the Rhode Island Salt Ponds, Laura M. Ernst

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The Role of the Federal Aid in Sportfish Restoration Program in Promoting State Marine Artificial Reef Development Activities, Loren Clark Evans

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The Evolution of International Fisheries Management in the North Pacific Ocean and Prospects for the Future, Paul Augustus Flynn

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Shoreline Setbacks vs. Regulatory Takings Law in Massachusetts, Deborah Fraize

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The Expanding Role of State Government in Oil Pollution Prevention Through Regulation of the Coastal Tug and Barge Industry, Elise Erica Golden

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Federal Legislation Needed to Improve Towing Vessel Safety, Paul J. Keenan Jr.

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Democratization of Ocean Research: A Model for the Post-Cold War Era?, Maureen A. Kennelly

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Integration of Natural Hazard Mitigation into Municipal Harbor Management Plans in the United States, Frank J. McNeilly

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Public Health Hazards Associated with the Consumption of Molluscan Shellfish in the State of Rhode Island, Jeffrey F. Nussbaum

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Protection of Marine Fish Habitat: Towards an Integrated Approach to Management, Andrea L. Oliver

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Trends in Abundance of the Gulf of Maine Population of Harbor Porpoise, Paula Ann Olson

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Massachusetts Angler Typologies: The Recreation Specialization Approach, Jonathan S. O'Neil

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The Influence of Sea Power Upon Oceanography: A Historical and Policy Analysis of Governmental Support for Marine Science, Daniel Stuart Schwartz

Theses/Dissertations from 1995

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Management of the Omani Abalone Haliotis mariae: An Integrated Policy, Kadhim M. Al-Bahrani

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The National Marine Sanctuary Designation Process and its Impact on Naval Operations, Gregory E. Bolan

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Dispersants for Oil Spill Response: Issues, Policy, and Planning Considerations, Tina M. Burke

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The Rhode Island Marine Fisheries Council: Stewardship in Need of Goals and Objectives, Robert Censabella

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Community Participation in the Management of Pulau Seribu National Marine Park, Indonesia, Darmawan

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International Management of the Western Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fishery: Is There a Need for a CITES Listing?, Jennifer Elling-Dodge

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Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Management, Jeffrey C. Fisher

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Assessing the Impact of Amendment 2 to the Summer Flounder Fishery Management Plan: Implications of State-by-State Quotas for Vessel Operators, Karen Ellis Greene

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Environmental Messages in Boating Magazines: A Content Analysis of Recreational Power Boating Articles, Robert S. Holtzman

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The National Estuary Program's Watershed Protection Approach: An Analysis of Local Governments, constituency Organizations and Watershed Residents in Addressing Nonpoint Source Pollution in the Buzzards Bay Project, Paula Renier Jewell

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The Use of Targeting in Port State Control, Mary E. Landry

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Implementation of Harbor Management Plans: The Next Generation of Mooring Management Incorporates GPS and GIS, Tracy E. Lang

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Liability Issues in the Development of Electronic Chart Display Information Systems, Daniel R. Martin

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An Assessment of the Safety of Navigation: The Malaysian Perspective in the Straits of Malacca, Amir Bin Murad

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Rapid Rural Appraisal of Household Adaptations to the Coastal Zone of Ecuador, Jennifer A. Pereira

U.S. International Trade Law and Practice: Is It Consistent With GATT: The U.S.-Norwegian Salmon War, Mark Peterson

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The Ocean Research Vessel Act of 1965: An Inequitable Result Suggests Reevaluation, Philip Alan Sacks

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North American Sea Urchin Fishery Management Strategies: Their Applicability to the Maine Green Sea Urchin Fishery, Kate Sullivan

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Managine for Effectiveness and Efficiency in Oil Spill Response, Peter A. Tebeau

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Ocean Transport of Containerized Liner Cargo in the United States-Mexico Trade, Carl Joseph Williams

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The New Certificates of Financial Responsibility: Environmental Progress or National Economic Disaster?, Paul R. Younes

Theses/Dissertations from 1994

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A Marina Leasing Proposal for the State of Rhode Island, William A. Archambault

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Port Development at Port Canaveral, Florida, Sergio A. Cartaya

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The Evolving "Takings" Doctrine: The Supreme Court Poses a Challenge for Coastal Zone Management, Catherine L. Chase

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Strategic Sealift and National Security: Effects of a Declining Merchant Marine and Problematic MARAD-Administered Reserve Forces, Michael J. Colston

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Towing Vessel Safety: Analysis of Congressional and Coast Guard Investigative Response to Operator Involvement in Casualties Where a Presumption of Negligence Exist, Paul J. Cormier

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The Providence River Shipping Channel Dredge Project: Its Best Chance for Success is Through Risk Communication, Elizabeth R. DeBlois

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Base Realignment and Closure - 93: Impacts on Western Aquidneck Island an Opportunity for Enrichment, Frank W. Garcia Jr.

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Public Understanding of Science: Science Literacy and Its Implications for Effective Public Policy Formulation, Sara C. Hickox

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Population Growth in North Carolina: Implications on Coastal Wastewater Management, Carol Anne Kinder

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Incorporating Local Community Attitudes, Beliefs and Values, Into Coastal Zone Management Solutions: A Case Study Samana Bay, Dominican Republic, Jennifer McCann

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The Persian Gulf Oil Spill: A Case Study of Emerging International Law on Environmental Damages During Hostilities, Esther J. McClure

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Fresh Water to Arabia by VLCC-Fact or Folly?, Joseph P. Power

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Conservation and Management of Sri Lanka's Coastal Resources Through the Experience of Other Countries, K.W.P. Thilakaratna

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The Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy: A Comparison with the Approach of the UNEP Regional Seas Programme, Vinton Valentine

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State Imposed Anchorage Laws: Legitimate Practice, or Unconstitutional Restriction of Navigation?, George Yatrakis

Theses/Dissertations from 1993

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The Role Played by Semisubmersible Exploratory Drilling Platforms as a Vector in Marine Biological Introductions, Sean S. Bercaw

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Implications of Soviet and Russian Nuclear Waste Dumping in the Arctic Marine Environment, Jeffrey L. Canfield

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Applications of Gaming Techniques to Coastal Zone Problems, Robert Adam Drews

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The Kuril Islands Dispute: An Obstacle in Russo-Japanese Relations, Roderick J. Fraser Jr.

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Analysis of Factors Contributing to Environmental Activism: A Case Study of Beach Clean-Up Participants, Elizabeth Ann Fuller

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Nonpoint Source Pollution from Agricultural Runoff: An Analysis of Problems, Solutions, and the Remedial Action Plan Process for the St. Louis River Basin, Thomas V. Giddings

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User Perceptions of the Environmental Quality and Governance System of Narragansett Bay, Mary-Beth Gadzik Hart

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The Dilemma of Dredging and Dredged Material Disposal in the Aquatic Waters of Rhode Island and Its Impact on the Regional Marina Industry, Darryl J. Keith

The 1993 Federal Relicensing of Hydroelectric Dams, Stephen J. Maher

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Five Marine Resource Management Programs: Innovations and Common Themes, Louisa Rand Moore

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Linking Management and Markets: The Northwest Atlantic Sea Herring Industry and the Case for "Regional" Quotas, Peter Jessup Moore

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Towards a Regional Coastal Zone Management Program in the OECS, Keith E. Nichols

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Conflicts in Use: The Impacts of the Oil and Gas Industry on the Herring Fishery in the North Sea, Cornelia Ann Pasche

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Marine Safety and Pollution Prevention: The Role of the Port State, Jonathan Douglas Sarubbi

Gentrification of the Inshore Finfisheries, David Hagan Taylor

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The Rise and Fall of New Bedford Whaling, as Documented by the Whalemen's Shipping List and Merchants' Transcript, Michael J. Tighe

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Study of an Endangered Species Enhancement Program in Coastal Wetlands: Public Perceptions and Management Strategies, Virginia Marueen Witkowski

Theses/Dissertations from 1992

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Effects of the Hol Chan Marine Reserve (Belize) on Associated Coral Reef Finfish Populations, Pamela Barrick Baker

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Rhode Island Marine Debris Pilot Project, Christina L. Beal

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Problems of fisheries management on the Patagonian shelf: A Decade After the 1982 Falklands (Malvinas) Conflict, Gustavo A. Bisbal

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Sea Level Rise and Its Impact on Bangladesh, Carlos Alfredo Castro Ortiz

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Fisheries Under the Extended Jurisdiction of Sri Lanka, Hewawasan S.G. Fernando

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Restoration, Nourishment and Stabilization at Browning Beach, South Kingstown, Rhode Island, Robert Lee Gass

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Shipping Conferences: Their Future in the Face of Political and Technological Changes, Timothy J. Helbling

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The International Regulation of the Maritime Transportation of Hazardous Cargo, Philip M. Henry

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The Potential Loss of Coastal Open Space Due to the Utilization of Privately Owned Wastewater Treatment Facilities: A Case Study in Gloucester, Massachusetts, Eric W. Hutchins

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Mitigation Banking: A Potential Tool for Port Planners, Laura Kelley

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Achieving Total Compensation for Injuries to Coastal and Marine Resources: The Evolution of Current Valuation and Compensation Methodologies, Marian Toon McPhaul-Chester

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Implications of the 1969 International Convention for the Tonnage Measurement of Ships on Small Vessels of the United States, Michael McPherson Millar

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Merchant Vessel Crew Levels: An American Perspective, Douglas A. Nemeth

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Marine Spill Response Corporation (MSRC): How it Hopes to Fill the Oil Recovery Requirements of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, Gerald P. O'Reilly

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Harnessing of Offshore and Deep Sea Fishery Resources in the Exclusive Economic Zone of Sri Lanka, Ginigaddarage Piyasena

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Sea-Surface Temperature Related Fisheries and Resource Markets, Jeffrey Michael Rasinski

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Contemporary Piracy and Maritime Terrorism: Towards An Effective International Legal Response, David L. Scott

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NETC Tank Farm Five Hazardous Waste Cleanup: An Investigation and Evaluation of Cleanup Practices for Waste Oil Tanks at NETC, Newport, RI, David J. Sisson

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The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990: Implications for the Manning, Operation and Construction of U.S. Commercial Vessels, Steven M. Stancliff

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The Politics of Tidelands: A Case Study of the Massachusetts Chapter 91 Program, Jane McNally Wright

Theses/Dissertations from 1991

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The Oil Pollution Act of 1990: A Solution or a Problem?, Kevin M. Carey

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Striped Bass Management in Rhode Island, Thomas N. Fetherston II

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Mariculture Management for Pohnpei State, Federated States of Micronesia, Kevin Brooks Foster