For the paper "Analysis of Public Perceptions of Canadian Coastal and Ocean Management Policy and Practice", based on the Canadian Ocean Assessment, click here. Please e-mail comments via the link below. I am a fisheries and marine environment specialist based in Halifax, Canada, with an interdisciplinary background in marine affairs and marine environmental science. My 15 years of career experience in Canada, Niue (South Pacific), Somalia, and the United Kingdom have been in fisheries and shellfish aquaculture development, management, and research, marine affairs project management, and oceans policy research. I have worked for the following organizations: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Halifax and Dartmouth International Centre for Ocean Development, Halifax (defunct) International Ocean Institute, Halifax Marine Affairs Program, Dalhousie University, Halifax Government of Niue on a United Nations Development Programme Project, Niue, South Pacific Ocean Yearbook, Dalhousie University, Halifax Oceans Institute of Canada, Halifax Saint Mary's University, Halifax United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Geneva E-Mail: Scott Coffen-Smout Updated: 10 November, 1998