Contents -- Statement from the Vice President's Office -- Foreword -- Preface -- About the Editors -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 - The Vision -- Blueprint 2050 -- A System of Eight Networks -- Ecological Protection -- Poverty Alleviation -- Financial Sustainability -- Institutional Robustness -- Next Steps -- Chapter 2 - Ecological Protection -- Introduction -- Exploring some Concepts - An Ecologist Speaks -- Point of Departure -- Goals of a System -- Scale, Precaution and Adaptiveness -- Some Alternatives -- Eight Networks - Seven Core Priorities and the EEZ -- The Role of Science -- Ecological Endpoint -- Chapter 3 - Poverty Alleviation -- Introduction -- Managing Perceptions - A Sociologist Speaks -- Recognizing Impoverishment - Are Coastal Populations the Poorest of the Poor? -- Using AIGAs to Improve Incomes and Reduce Vulnerability -- Developing Meaningful Adaptive Co-Management -- Social Endpoint -- Chapter 4 - Financial Sustainability -- Introduction -- Exploring some Concepts - An Economist Speaks -- Point of Departure -- Some Case Studies -- Synopsis -Towards a Marine Legacy Fund -- Financial Endpoint -- Chapter 5 - Institutional Robustness -- Introduction -- Point of Departure -- Harmonization -- Gaps -- Co-management Revisited - A Lawyer Speaks -- Institutional Endpoint -- Chapter 6 - Fulfilling Expectations -- Managing Expectations - The Stakeholders Speak -- Priority Near-term Actions -- A Closing Word -- Endnotes -- Sources -- Figures -- Figure 1.1 Map of Priority Areas for MPA and MMA Networks -- Figure 1.2 Map of Tanzania's territorial waters -- Figure 2.1 Map of ocean currents in the Western Indian Ocean -- Figure 3.1 Frequency of seaweed farming in Tanzania coastal villages -- Figure 3.2 A 1966 plan of coastal sites of archaeological and historical interest -- Figure 4.1 Source of funds of protected areas in Zanzibar.

Figure 4.2 Cost and revenue projections for Mnazi Bay - Ruvuma Estuary Marine Park, 2003-2012 -- Figure 4.3 Financial sustainability indicators for three Tanzania mainland sites -- Tables -- Table 1.1 Country information:Tanzania -- Table 1.2 Protected and managed marine areas in the URT -- Table 3.1 Poverty measures in Tanzania coastal villages -- Table 3.2 Distance to social services and infrastructure -- Table 3.3 Poverty headcounts by household main activity in Tanzania coastal communities -- Table 3.4 Resource-based household subsistence and employment activities -- Table 4.1 Tanzania Marine Park (MP)and Marine Reserve (MR)fee structure, 2003 -- Table 4.2 Estimated annual operational costs for protected areas in Zanzibar, 2003 -- Table 4.3 Estimated allocations of project expenditures in protected areas in Tanzania mainland, 2003.