Don’t miss the great opportunity to tune into the online LIVE broadcast of Dr. John Agard (University of the West Indies) on “The Caribbean Sea as a Special Area in the Context of Sustainable Development”. Read this post for more details on this exciting activity to be held on Thursday, February 2, 2012!
Do you participate in research/studies associated with benthic ecology?
Then, don’t miss out on the 41st Benthic Ecology Meeting on March 21-24, 2012 in Norfolk, Virginia at the Waterside Marriott Hotel! This meeting is “one of the of the largest scientific meetings for marine biologists in the USA.” It will be hosted by the Old Dominion University. Read this post for more information!
Fish populations play a critical role in the feeding habits of seabirds. Healthy populations of fish provide subsistence to many species of birds, some of which are threatened, or in dire straits. Read about Dr. Valdés-Pizzini’s comments on a recent article in Science that mentions the importance of sustaining bird populations by ecosystem-based management and how a UPR Sea Grant-funded study on seabirds from the Monito Islet, Mona Channel, Puerto Rico described their foraging habits!
A federal funding announcement has been made for the NOAA Sea Grant Aquaculture Research Program 2012! It “is part of the overall plan to support the development of environmentally and economically sustainable ocean, coastal, or Great Lakes aquaculture. Aquaculture that occurs in the Great Lakes or its coastal zone is considered marine aquaculture for this competition.” Don’t miss out on this great opportunity to submit your preproposal for environmentally-friendly and sustainable aquaculture practices! Read more about it in this post!
The 2005 publication of “Caribbean Marine Biodiversity: The known and the unknown” presents a general description of the major marine ecosystems and species found (“knowns”) and the studies that must be addressed in each country (“unknowns”) to better understand the its present and future status of Caribbean marine biodiversity in order to establish better resources management practices in the region. In a more recent publication (2010) by Miloslavich and a team of 16 other experts, the regional estimates and distribution patterns of marine biodiversity were re-evaluated based on major activities conducted by the Census of Marine Life Program. Read more about whether advances in characterizing marine biodiversity has changed since 2005 and how our assessment coincides with some of their conclusions!
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Synopsis: The U. S. Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) plans to seek proposals from small business firms for participation in Phase I of the Fiscal Year 2012 NOAA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program. Phase I of the SBIR program implements the Small Business Innovation [...]
The Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium (MASGC) is pleased to announce a request for pre-proposals for the 2011 Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic Region Dolphin Conservation. Interested? Read this post for more info!
If you’ve recently been diving in St. Thomas, you may have stumbled upon some strange purple orbs and wondered if aliens deposited their giant eggs for incubation on our reefs. Or maybe you thought you had discovered a new species of algae ripe for naming after yourself (or maybe you thought had indigestion and were [...]
The 2nd International Marine Conservation Congress – “Making Marine Science Matter” was held on 14-18 May 2011 at the University of Victoria. This conference provided an exciting opportunity for scientists and experts worldwide to share their knowledge on marine conservation. It also gave us the opportunity to identify the current trends, gaps and information needed to better management and conservation strategies. Interestingly, this year’s IMCC explored other issues that highlighted the importance of incorporating a historical perspective when assessing the state of the marine environment and the need to communicate to key audiences about marine conservation.
CariCOOS (http://www.caricoos.org/drupal) is the observing arm of the Caribbean Regional Association for Integrated Coastal Ocean Observing (CaRA; http://cara.uprm.edu/). This effort, funded by the NOAA IOOS office, is one of eleven coastal observing systems and regional associations, which along with federal agencies constitute the national coastal component of the US Integrated Ocean Observing System.
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For a more detailed description of the objectives of our project and several key questions that we seek comment on, please read our informational brochure here. |
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