Prof.Dr. Erdal Özhan, MEDCOAST’s Founder and Chairman, receives the “Coastal Zone Management 2006 Award”. given by the Coastal Zone Foundation ( California , USA ), in “recognition of outstanding contribution to advancement of coastal zone management and sustained professional leadership as Founder and Chairman of MEDCOAST”. The award was presented to Prof. Özhan during the Closing Ceremony of the 7th International EMECS Conference, 9-12 May 2006, Caen , France .