The Faculty and Students of the Marine Affairs Program invite you to a
seminar:
"Regional Tuna Management in the Western and Central Pacific"
Don Aldous, MMM
Monday, November 3, 2008
12:30 - 1:30 PM
Room 3089
Kenneth C. Rowe Management Building
6100 University Avenue, Dalhousie University Campus
Abstract
The Western and Central Pacific is home for over 40% of the world's tuna resources and the Pacific Islands have traditionally been on the leading edge of cooperative management in the fishery. They were the first to recognize their individual weakness but collective strength with the opening of the Forum Fisheries Agency in 1984. They were the first to develop what has become known as a "positive list of fishing vessels" in implementing the Regional Register in 1986. They were the first to challenge the US tuna Fleet in their courts. Now they are embarking on an ambitious plan to control the fishing effort of the Distant Water Fishing Nations tuna purse seine fleet. The Vessel Day Scheme has no precedent at the international level and poses some difficult issues for the Pacific Islands as they struggle to gain maximum benefit from their resources while ensuring the stocks are sustainable.
Bio
Don Aldous is a fisheries management consultant based in Nova Scotia who has built a career in the global tuna fishery. He spent 12 years with Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans and the last 16 years as an independent consultant. He has been a government fisheries manager, an ICCAT Commissioner and advisor to governments in the Pacific Islands. He is also a graduate of Dalhousie's Marine Affairs program having completed his MMM in 2006. Currently he is working with Pacific organizations and governments as they implement a new regional strategy for controlling fishing effort in the entire Western and Central Pacific.
For more information, contact the Marine Affairs Program, Marine.Affairs@dal.ca, 494-3555

So when I came across this article, it was very relevant to what we will be discussing.
This is the same Paul Watson of the Sea Shepherd Society in Sharkwater.

The Sackville Rivers Association will be stocking Baby Atlantic Salmon (called fall parr), and they NEED some volunteers. If you are able to participate, show up this Friday at 10 am, 24 Oct. Meet at Tim Horton's at Downsview Mall--476-6276.

In cooperation with Transport Canada, the DFO and Habitat and the Oceans Management Research Network are delighted to invite you to the sixth session of the Oceans Dialogue Series. This session will take the form of a scoping workshop (presentation followed by a panel discussion) on ocean noise with presenter Dr. Leila Hatch, Regional Marine Bioacoustic Coordinator, US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and panelists, Paul Topping, TC; Camille Mageau, DFO; Hugh Bain, DFO; and, Jim Theriault, Defense Research and Development Canada.

For more details, please see attached flyer and/or visit the News and Events section found on the home page of the OMRN’s website: http://www.omrn-rrgo.ca

We have been watching Sharkwater in class this past week and I told you that I would post some links and further information and reading: so here it is! -Probably more than you need or want but the post is always here if you ever want to refer back to it for information sources. And who knows, maybe one of you will go on to work in Shark Protection, research or management!

Saving Sharks is dedicated to shark conservation: their site provides some really useful ideas about things you can do to help save sharks.

The Centre for Ocean Awareness, Research and Education (COARE) is based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Its' purpose is to study our oceans and increase public awareness of the earth's marine environment through educational programs and outreach. They have a shark education and awareness program.

IEMANYA OCEANICA is a non-profit organization, dedicated to the conservation of sharks, rays and their habitats. IEMANYA is an international organization of scientists, educators and environmentalists committed to protecting marine life, especially sharks and rays, while addressing the socio-economic repercussions of conservation within the communities that depend on marine resources.I.E.M.A.N.Y.A stands for Research, Education, Management, and Advisory. They are also named after Yemanjá, the celebrated Afro-Brazilian Goddess and guardian of the sea, and mother of all life.

Bite Back: Formed in 2002, Bite-Back continues to be the UK's only organisation dedicated to the protection of sharks by reducing consumer demand for its meat and fins.

Pretoma is based in Costa Rica: you might find it interesting to learn about what they are doing there, given the significance of Costa Rica in the film.

The Shark Trust: is a UK charity dedicated to promoting the study, management and conservation of sharks, skates and rays.

The Shark Research Institute: is a multi-disciplinary non-profit scientific research organization, created to sponsor and conduct research on sharks and promote the conservation of sharks. Founded in 1991 at Princeton, New Jersey, USA, SRI has field offices in Canada, the Galapagos Islands, Honduras, Mexico, South Africa, Taiwan and the Seychelles. A new data collecting site has been established in Australia.

The Shark Alliance is a not-for-profit coalition of non-governmental organizations dedicated to restoring and conserving shark populations by improving European fishing policy. Because of the influence of Europe in global fisheries and the importance of sharks in ocean ecosystems, these efforts have the potential to enhance the health of the marine environment in Europe and around the world. Take a look at their "take action" site: there might be some inspiration for the "show what you know" assignment here. You'll learn that Oct.11-19 is European Shark Week!

Shark Savers was founded in 2007 by a group of divers who care deeply about the environment and the oceans and sharks in particular. We think the need to increase awareness of sharks and the danger they are in is critical.

And finally, CNN's Planet in Peril Series did a segment on Shark Finning. Take a look at it!

P.S. Just because it's a really great site: take a look at obviously.ca. Why? Obviously...

I recently learned about Google's move towards establishing their computer infrastructure on boats at sea and utilizing the energy harnessed from the ocean to power their systems. Read about it here and here and here and watch the video below. What do you think about this?

While doing some of my own research for a paper I am presently writing for the journal Biological Conservation on the global "Citizen Science" movement, I came across the "Reef Environmental Education Foundation" or REEF. What a great initiative this is! You might want to take a quick look through their site to see some of things that this group is doing.