This book is a collection of articles by experts, addressing different aspects of the Indian Ocean such as Drugs from the Sea, Marine Instrumentation, Harnessing of Ocean Thermal Energy, Marine Hazards, Continental Margins of India, etc. The last chapter is the Vision Document developed by the Department of Ocean Development, based on three basic questions which were debated in the beginning of 2001: (1) what should we know about the Indian Ocean; (2) how much of ...