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Using Europe as a case study, this book discusses the protection of regional seas. It outlines a number of aspects of the complex institutional background of marine governance in Europe. In the face of such institutional complexity, seven core threats to marine security are outlined: (1) dumping at sea; (2) fisheries and biodiversity protection; (3) landbased sources of pollution; (4) shipping; (5) oil and gas exploration and extraction, (6) coastal development; and (7) climate change. The paper discuses ways to build Europe's institutional capacity to deal with these challenges in a number of regional contexts.