Acknowledgements

The author wishes to express heartfelt thanks to Oregon State University Extended Campus, and particularly to Ms. Dianna Fisher, Director of Open Oregon State, and her staff; to Professor Denise Lach and Ms. Sherry Faller-Crowson of the School of Public Policy, and Professor Selina Heppell and Ms. Ann Leen of the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife for their support and for the opportunity to provide this open educational resource for non-lawyers and future marine management professionals. Finally, thanks to my ocean law colleagues worldwide, students present and former, and my generous mentor Professor Richard Hildreth, Frank E. Nash Professor and Director of the Ocean and Coastal Program, University of Oregon School of Law, a distinguished authority on ocean law for whose encouragement the author is grateful.