Marine Pollution Bulletin is concerned with the rational use of maritime and marine resources in estuaries, the seas and oceans, as well as with documenting marine pollution and introducing new forms of measurement and analysis. A wide range of topics are discussed as news, comment, reviews and research reports, not only on effluent disposal and pollution control, but also on the management, economicaspects and protection of the marine environment in general.
A distinctive feature of Marine Pollution Bulletin is the number of different categories of articles which are published.
'Research Papers' form the core of the journal, with a maximum of 10000 words. Guidelines for the preparation of such papers are given under the section "preparation (hyperlink to the section)" below. 
'Baselines' document measurements which are expected to have value in the future. Baseline manuscripts are less than 5000 words, contain an abstract and keywords, brief introductory remarks and discussion but do not have sections or subsections. 
'Short communication' are short research papers of less than 4000 words, and a maximum of 3 Figures or Tables.
'Reviews' / 'Short reviews' are generally invited by the editors on subjects which cross traditional lines, but suggestions for topics are welcomed. There are less than 20000 words (Reviews) or 8000 words (short reviews).
'Viewpoints' are a less formal forum for scientists to comment freely on matters of relevant national and international importance. 
Other sections of the bulletin include 'News', 'New Products', 'Conference Reports', 'Conference Diary', 'Correspondence' and 'Book Reviews'. 
Two volumes are published annually, one of which contains a series of special issues on topics of particular current interest. The importance and influence of these special issues, which address the major marine environmental concerns of our time, is increasingly being recognised not just by the wider scientific community, but also by environmental policy makers at national and international level.

Research Papers
Baselines
Short communication
Reviews / Short reviews
News
New Products
Conference Reports
Conference Diary
Correspondence
Book Reviews

Editors-in-Chief
Francois Galgani
French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea, 92138, Bastia, Corsica, FranceEmail Francois Galgani
Pat Hutchings
Australian Museum, 1, William Street, Sydney NSW 2010, Australia Email Pat Hutchings
Victor Quintino
University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal Email Victor Quintino
Gui-Peng Yang
Ocean University of China, 266100, Qingdao, China Email Gui-Peng Yang
Baseline Editor
B.J. Richardson
City University of Hong Kong Department of Biology and Chemistry, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong Email B.J. Richardson
News Editor
P. Kingston
Email P. Kingston
Associate Editor
P. Boehm
Exponent, Massachusetts, United States
J. Burt
New York University - Abu Dhabi Campus, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
P. Chakraborty
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
R.A. Hauser-Davis
Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Environmental Health Promotion and Evaluation Laboratory, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
K. Koop
New South Wales, Australia
K. Schiff
Southern California Coastal Water Research Project, Costa Mesa, California, United States
P.K.S. Shin
City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
S. Vizzini
University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
Editorial Board
M Ateweberhan
Coventry, United Kingdom
A. Borja
Pasaia, Spain
J.C. Dauvin
Wimereux, France
M. Elliott
Hull, United Kingdom
D.A. Holdway
Melbourne, Australia
K.M.Y. Leung
Pokfulam, Hong Kong
M. Martin
Marposa, California, USA
B. Morton
London, United Kingdom
J.W. Readman
Plymouth, United Kingdom
R.S. Tjeerdema
Davis, California, United States
A. Turner
Plymouth, United Kingdom
R.K.F. Unsworth
Swansea, United Kingdom
V. Wepener
Potchefstroom, South Africa