Dennis W. Nixon is professor emeritus of Marine Affairs at the University of Rhode Island. Michael J. Daly is a trial lawyer practicing in Providence, RI. Susan E. Farady is associate professor at the University of New England in Biddeford, ME. Read D. Porter is deputy general counsel for environment within the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Julia B. Wyman is the director of the Marine Affairs Institute at Roger Williams University School of Law and the Rhode Island Sea Grant legal program.