You are bidding on a new hard cover book with dust cover called Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota: Volume II, Ocean and Coastal Economy , ISBN-10: 1603440860 by John W. Tunnell Jr. . This is 9” x 11” with 110 pages from 2009 . The second volume provides information and baseline data useful for assessing the goals of economic and environmental sustainability in the Gulf. In five chapters, economists, political scientists, and ecologists from Florida, California, Louisiana, Texas, Maine, and Mexico cover topics such as: the idea of the Gulf as a transnational community; the quantitative value of its productivity; a summary of the industries dependent on the Gulf, including shipping, tourism, oil and gas mining, fisheries, recreation, and real estate; the human uses and activities that affect coastal economies; and the economic trends evident in Mexico's drive toward coastal development . This is in excellent condition.