• This Week's Comment

    Posted on November 30th, 2009

    Written by jseda

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    Ecological Restoration: History, services and rebuilding

    Ecological Restoration: History, services and rebuilding

    A number of government agencies and conservation institutions around the world are underscoring the importance of restoration as a tool to protect habitats and ecosystems, and perhaps bring them to an acceptable functioning condition that resembles a previous historical condition.  Restoration requires science, experimentation, political will, funding and societal participation in the design and implementation [...]

  • This Week's Comment

    Posted on November 9th, 2009

    Written by jseda

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    NOAA’s Efforts for Ecosystem Management

    NOAA’s Efforts for Ecosystem Management

    McFadden, K. W. and Barnes, C. (2009). The implementation of an ecosystem approach to management within a federal government agency. Marine Policy 33: 156-163.

    Summary
    The implementation of ecosystem management of marine natural resources is considered a challenge despite the overall consensus that it is essential to understand the complexity of these ecosystems at both ecologic and [...]

  • Activities

    Posted on November 5th, 2009

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    Landing Data – a Priority for SEDAR

    Landing Data – a Priority for SEDAR

    Our team attended the SouthEast Data, Assessment, and Review (SEDAR) meeting held in San Juan on January 26-29, 2009.  Reports from the meeting are currently available online (http://www.sefsc.noaa.gov/sedar/). One of SEDAR’s main goals is to improve the scientific quality and reliability of fishery stock assessments and encourage the participation of important stakeholders in the assessment [...]

  • Activities

    Posted on November 5th, 2009

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    CaRA’s Efforts for Coastal Management in PR and USVI

    CaRA’s Efforts for Coastal Management in PR and USVI

    We attended the Workshop on Ocean Observing in Support of Coastal Management sponsored by the Coastal States Organization (CSO) and the Caribbean Regional Association (CaRA) on Sept 3 and Oct 1, 2008 at the Embassy Suites Hotel & Casino in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The main goal of CaRA is to “establish and administer a [...]

  • Activities

    Posted on November 4th, 2009

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    Shore and Beach Preservation

    Shore and Beach Preservation

    The annual meeting of the Florida Shore and Beach Preservation Association (FSBPA) was held at the Tradewinds Hotel (St. Petersburg Beach, Florida). The conference started during the afternoon of February 18th and ended Friday morning, February 20th, 2009. The meeting brought together professionals specializing in ocean engineering, coastal modeling, environmental evaluation, mitigation, and rehabilitation. A [...]

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