Peter Clancy is a senior research professor in the Department of Political Science at St. Francis Xavier University. Among his numerous publications are Freshwater Politics in Canada, Offshore Petroleum Politics: Regulation and Risk in the Scotian Basin, and Micropolitics and Canadian Business: Paper, Steel, and the Airlines. Mario Levesque is an associate professor of Canadian politics and public policy in the Department of Politics and International Relations at Mount Allison University. His work has been published in Canadian Public Policy, Canadian Public Administration, and the Journal of Parliamentary and Political Law, among other journals.

• Part 1: Introduction1 The Gulf of St. Lawrence as a Field of Study2 Politics and GovernancePart 2: Gulf Environment Subsectors3 Marine Infrastructure4 Fisheries5 Offshore Oil and Gas6 Coastal and Shoreline Protection7 Ship Ballast and Invasive Species8 Aquaculture9 Large Ocean Management and GOSLIM10 Marine Protected Areas11 Indigenous Peoples and Gulf GovernancePart 3: Interpretations12 Policy Networks13 Polycentric Governance14 Civil Society15 Reimagining Gulf GovernanceReferences; Index

Peter Clancy is a senior research professor in the Department of Political Science at St. Francis Xavier University. Among his numerous publications are Freshwater Politics in Canada, Offshore Petroleum Politics: Regulation and Risk in the Scotian Basin, and Micropolitics and Canadian Business: Paper, Steel, and the Airlines. Mario Levesque is an associate professor of Canadian politics and public policy in the Department of Politics and International Relations at Mount Allison University. His work has been published in Canadian Public Policy, Canadian Public Administration, and the Journal of Parliamentary and Political Law, among other journals.

• Part 1: Introduction1 The Gulf of St. Lawrence as a Field of Study2 Politics and GovernancePart 2: Gulf Environment Subsectors3 Marine Infrastructure4 Fisheries5 Offshore Oil and Gas6 Coastal and Shoreline Protection7 Ship Ballast and Invasive Species8 Aquaculture9 Large Ocean Management and GOSLIM10 Marine Protected Areas11 Indigenous Peoples and Gulf GovernancePart 3: Interpretations12 Policy Networks13 Polycentric Governance14 Civil Society15 Reimagining Gulf GovernanceReferences; Index

Peter Clancy is a senior research professor in the Department of Political Science at St. Francis Xavier University. Among his numerous publications are Freshwater Politics in Canada, Offshore Petroleum Politics: Regulation and Risk in the Scotian Basin, and Micropolitics and Canadian Business: Paper, Steel, and the Airlines. Mario Levesque is an associate professor of Canadian politics and public policy in the Department of Politics and International Relations at Mount Allison University. His work has been published in Canadian Public Policy, Canadian Public Administration, and the Journal of Parliamentary and Political Law, among other journals.

• Part 1: Introduction1 The Gulf of St. Lawrence as a Field of Study2 Politics and GovernancePart 2: Gulf Environment Subsectors3 Marine Infrastructure4 Fisheries5 Offshore Oil and Gas6 Coastal and Shoreline Protection7 Ship Ballast and Invasive Species8 Aquaculture9 Large Ocean Management and GOSLIM10 Marine Protected Areas11 Indigenous Peoples and Gulf GovernancePart 3: Interpretations12 Policy Networks13 Polycentric Governance14 Civil Society15 Reimagining Gulf GovernanceReferences; Index