A workshop on Coastal and Ocean Environmental Management Policy Policy, organized by Coastal and Ocean Management Institute (COMI), Xiamen University and Korea Maritime Institute (KMI), Republic of Korea was held in Room 220, Songen Building, Xiamen University on the morning of Nov. 6th. More than 100 experts and scholars from research institutes, including Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA), KMI, the PEMSEA Network of Local Governments for Sustainable Coastal Development (PNLG) and COMI, gathered together and discussed coastal and ocean environmental management policy.