FrontMatter -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Challenges of Achieving Stewardship of Oceans and Coasts -- 3 Growing Capacity for Stewardship of Oceans and Coasts: A Work in Progress -- 4 Moving Toward Effectiveness: Identifying Barriers to and Constraints on Effective Capacity-Building -- 5 What Aspects of Capacity-Building Need More Emphasis? -- 6 Building Capacity in Ocean and Coastal Governance -- 7 The Path Ahead: Strategic and Long-Term Approaches to Capacity-Building -- References -- Appendixes -- Appendix A: Committee and Staff Biographies -- Appendix B: Panamá Conference 2006: Are We Meeting the Challenges of Capacity-Building for Managing Oceans and Coasts? -- Appendix C: Major Changes in Capacity-Building Since 1969 -- Appendix D: Acronyms.