The Role of Science in the Transition to Sustainability: the Systems Approach Framework for Integrated Coastal Zone Management, Tom Sawyer Hopkins and Denis Bailly; Coastal Habitats and Ecosystem Services; The Norwegian Programme for Mapping of Marine Habitats – Providing Knowledge and Maps for ICZMP, Trine Bekkby, Frithjof E. Moy, Heidi Olsen, Eli Rinde, Torjan Bodvin, Reidulv Bøe, Henning Steen, Ellen S. Grefsrud, Sigurd H. Espeland, Are Pedersen and Nina M. Jørgensen; Monitoring Ecological Quality of Coastal Waters by the Nature Index (NI) – an Integrated Measure of Biodiversity, Eivind Oug, Gro I. van der Meeren, Gregoire Certain and Signe Nybø; The Scomberomorus brasiliensis Gill-net Production System in Northern Brazil; an “Invisible” and Mismanaged Small-scale Fishery, Victoria J. Isaac, Roberto V.E. Santo, Bianca S. Bentes, Keila R.M. Mour˜ao and Flavia Lucena-Fredou; A Combination of Seagrass and Macroalgal Beds Enhances Survival of Young-of-the-Year Rockfish Sebastes Cheni, Yasuhiro Kamimura and Jun Shoji; Adaptation/Mitigation to Change in Coastal Systems; Natural Resource Potential of Macroalgae Harvesting in the Baltic Sea—Case Study Trelleborg, Sweden, Emma Risen, Joseph Santhi Pechsiri, Maria E. Malmstrom, Nils Brandt and Fredrik Grondahl; Conserving Mangrove Ecosystem for Climate Change Adaptation in the Ganges Basin, M. Shahadat Hossain; Monitoring Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) Behaviour in a Highly Urbanised Coastline: Gold Coast, Australia, Jan-Olaf Meynecke, Silje Vindenes and Daniella Teixeira; Coastal Governance; An Overview of the Implementation of SAF Methodology Regarding the Stakeholder Response, in the Mussel-Farming Area of Chalastra, Thermaikos Gulf, Zoi I. Konstantinou and Yannis N. Krestenitis; Knowledge Issues in ICZM and EBM Applied on Small Geographic Scales: Lessons from a Case Study in Risør, Norway, H°akan T. Sandersen, Eirik Mikkelsen, Erlend Moksness and Jon Helge Vølstad; Governance Systems for Marine Protected Areas in Ecuador , Vincent Gravez, Robert Bensted-Smith, Pippa Heylings and Taylor Gregoire Wright; The Battle for Space – the Position of Norwegian Aquaculture in Integrated Coastal Zone Planning, jørn Hersoug; Linking Science and Management; Integrated Coastal Zone Management – Preview and Evaluation of its Application on the Coast of Cyprus, Nicholas Kathijotes and Athina Papatheodoulou; Framing a ‘Post-Normal’ Science–Policy Interface for Integrated Coastal Zone Management, Scott Bremer; Co-Learning in Marine Protected Areas for Integrated Coastal Zone Management, Mohammad A.L. Siddique, S. Zafrin, S. Myers, T. Smith, R. Babcock, and R.W. (Bill) Carter; Reflexively Mapping the Science–Policy Interface for Coastal Zones, Anne Blanchard and Scott Bremer; Bridging the Science–Policy Divide in the Coastal Zone: Is There a Role for Learning Processes?, Melissa Nursey-Bray and Nick Harvey; Perspectives of Social and Ecological Systems, Paul Tett, Audun Sandberg, Anne Mette, Denis Bailly, Marta Estrada, Thomas Sawyer Hopkins, Maurizio Ribera d’Alcala and Loraine McFadden