Program on Bottom Trawling this Sunday
1 Comments Published by CBEMN on Friday, January 26, 2007 at 4:44 PM.
Watch Land and Sea at 12:30 pm this Sunday, if you get the chance. It will be about Bottom Trawling and will have many local people on the program.
Your Case Study assignment was discussed and instructions handed out in class today. I will be periodically posting useful items related to that assignment here.
This site could be a useful resource for your Case Study.
This site could be a useful resource for your Case Study.
Thursday, February 1st:
Communities, Coasts & Crises: "Managing Together on a Blue Planet"7:00pm Sobey 255Dr. Tony Charles, Pew Fellow in Marine Conservation, Saint Mary's University. Threats to the world's oceans, due to environmental damage and fishing pressure, are becoming widely publicized. What is less known are the many steps being taken, in coastal communities around the world, to protect the sea and its resources, and by so doing, ensure the livelihoods of those living along the coast. This presentation tells the story of the local initiatives underway to deal with global problems of the sea – how people in developing regions around the globe (and here in Atlantic Canada) are developing innovative ways to manage their local fishery resources and maintain healthy ocean environments.
Communities, Coasts & Crises: "Managing Together on a Blue Planet"7:00pm Sobey 255Dr. Tony Charles, Pew Fellow in Marine Conservation, Saint Mary's University. Threats to the world's oceans, due to environmental damage and fishing pressure, are becoming widely publicized. What is less known are the many steps being taken, in coastal communities around the world, to protect the sea and its resources, and by so doing, ensure the livelihoods of those living along the coast. This presentation tells the story of the local initiatives underway to deal with global problems of the sea – how people in developing regions around the globe (and here in Atlantic Canada) are developing innovative ways to manage their local fishery resources and maintain healthy ocean environments.
And now for something a little lighter...
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$5 million for 35 days of fishing surveillance
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Class Cancelled: Tues., Jan.16
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Lecture is cancelled today, but there are still things that you can do...
There is a hand-out in the black wall folder outside my CBEMN office (B204) that provides you with more detail regarding the "show what you know by what you do" assignment. You can also review the powerpoint lecture for today's class that is on the p:drive.
Comment here or send me an e-mail if you have any questions or concerns.
Cathy
There is a hand-out in the black wall folder outside my CBEMN office (B204) that provides you with more detail regarding the "show what you know by what you do" assignment. You can also review the powerpoint lecture for today's class that is on the p:drive.
Comment here or send me an e-mail if you have any questions or concerns.
Cathy
"In 39 years, I have never written these words in a movie review, but here they are. You owe it to yourself to see this film."
Roger Ebert, ChicagoSun-Times
Join the Ecology Action Centre for a public screening of "An InconvenientTruth": January 23, 7:00-9:30 PMMcNally Theater Auditorium,Saint Mary's University
A discussion on energy issues and climate change in Nova Scotia will follow.
Pay what you can - suggested $2-5 donation. This is a great opportunity to engage a friend, family member, or colleague in the most important envrironmental issues facing us today. Please visit http://ecologyaction.ca/energy_issues/energy_issues.shtm for a complete listing of province-wide screenings. If you would like to help organize a public or school screening please contact Andrea Flowers,andrea@ecologyaction.ca.
Suggested reading mentioned in Today's Class:
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Canada’s Coasts and Oceans: Identifying the Issues: An OMRN Discussion Paper
(Source: OMRN, Network Secretariat)
(Source: OMRN, Network Secretariat)
This site could provide you with some ideas for the "show what you know by what you do" assignment.
Master Minds Lecture: Have humans wrecked our coasts?
When: Fri 02-Feb-2007 10:30 AM
Where: McCain Arts & Social Sciences Building, Scotia Bank Auditorium"6135 University Avenue, Halifax, NS B3H 4P9
Description: Estuaries and coastal seas are hotspots of diversity and productivity that have attracted people for settlement and resource use since earliest times. Thus, human influences on the near-shore ocean are as old as civilization yet have dramatically accelerated over the past 150-300 years. Dr. Lotze will acquaint us with the history of human-induced changes in 12 estuaries and coastal seas in Europe, North America and Australia using palaeontological, archaeological, historical, fisheries, and ecological data to reconstruct changes in marine mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, invertebrates, seafloor habitats, and water quality through time.
Presented by Heike K. Lotze, Canada Research Chair in Marine Renewable Resources, Department of Biology, Dalhousie University. Dr. Lotze is a marine biologist with strong interest in the human impact on marine species and ocean ecosystems. Her research tries to reconstruct the history of human-induced changes in coastal seas, to disentangle the cumulative effects of multiple human activities, and to analyze the consequences of changes on the structure and functioning of ecosystems. Dr. Lotze has received her PhD in biological oceanography from Kiel University in Germany and came to Dalhousie in 1999 as a post-doctoral fellow. She was awarded the Canada Research Chair in Marine Renewable Resources in 2006.
Cost: No charge. RSVP appreciated.Contact: Burgess, Shawna 902-494-6051
When: Fri 02-Feb-2007 10:30 AM
Where: McCain Arts & Social Sciences Building, Scotia Bank Auditorium"6135 University Avenue, Halifax, NS B3H 4P9
Description: Estuaries and coastal seas are hotspots of diversity and productivity that have attracted people for settlement and resource use since earliest times. Thus, human influences on the near-shore ocean are as old as civilization yet have dramatically accelerated over the past 150-300 years. Dr. Lotze will acquaint us with the history of human-induced changes in 12 estuaries and coastal seas in Europe, North America and Australia using palaeontological, archaeological, historical, fisheries, and ecological data to reconstruct changes in marine mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, invertebrates, seafloor habitats, and water quality through time.
Presented by Heike K. Lotze, Canada Research Chair in Marine Renewable Resources, Department of Biology, Dalhousie University. Dr. Lotze is a marine biologist with strong interest in the human impact on marine species and ocean ecosystems. Her research tries to reconstruct the history of human-induced changes in coastal seas, to disentangle the cumulative effects of multiple human activities, and to analyze the consequences of changes on the structure and functioning of ecosystems. Dr. Lotze has received her PhD in biological oceanography from Kiel University in Germany and came to Dalhousie in 1999 as a post-doctoral fellow. She was awarded the Canada Research Chair in Marine Renewable Resources in 2006.
Cost: No charge. RSVP appreciated.Contact: Burgess, Shawna 902-494-6051
Thursday, January 11, 2007
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Today we are going to be spending some time talking about Canada's Oceans Strategy. You can read all about it here.
