• This Week's Comment

    Posted on March 14th, 2010

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    New, Free Online Training Course for Reef Managers (TNC)

    New, Free Online Training Course for Reef Managers (TNC)

    As posted in Coral-List:
    The Nature Conservancy, in partnership with NOAA and with support from MacArthur Foundation, is offering a new virtual training program on Reef Resilience to provide coral reef managers, trainers, and policymakers guidance on building resilience to climate change into the design of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and daily management activities.
    The course incorporates [...]

  • Activities

    Posted on February 11th, 2010

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    Funds and Baselines – Major Concerns for Caribbean FMC

    Funds and Baselines – Major Concerns for Caribbean FMC

    The Caribbean Fisheries Management Council (CFMC; http://www.caribbeanfmc.com), a regional agency involved in establishing important regulations on commercial and recreational fisheries in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands, held its last regular general meeting on December 15-16, 2009 at El Conquistador Hotel in Fajardo, PR. Approximately 30 attendees from public and private sectors participated. Among [...]

  • Activities

    Posted on January 25th, 2010

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    Enhancing Products and Services – CaRA

    Enhancing Products and Services – CaRA

    On December 1, 2009, we participated in the General Assembly “Coastal data and information, a vital need in our islands” sponsored by the Caribbean Regional Association (CaRA, http://cara.uprm.edu)  at the Nautical Club in San Juan, PR. Several speakers were invited to present updates on products and services to CaRA members and participants, which approximated 50 [...]

  • This Week's Comment

    Posted on November 30th, 2009

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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

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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 [...]

  • This Week's Comment

    Posted on September 30th, 2009

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    Community-Based MPAs: Case study in Puerto Morelos, Mexico

    Community-Based MPAs: Case study in Puerto Morelos, Mexico

    Rodríguez-Martínez, R. E. “Community involvement in marine protected areas: The case of Puerto Morelos reef, México.” Journal of Environmental Management 88.4 (2008): 1151-60.

    Summary
    Using marine protected areas (MPAs) as a management tool for conservation can be effective, especially when local stakeholders, government agencies and communities take an active role in the planning and decision-making processes. [...]

  • This Week's Comment

    Posted on September 3rd, 2009

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    Why Conserve our Marine Ecosystems?

    Why Conserve our Marine Ecosystems?

    Owens, Susan. 2008. Why conserve marine environments? (Comment). Environmental Conservation 35(1):1-4.

    Summary
    The urgency to promote the conservation of marine environments is analyzed by Owens (2008) as a moral injunction that involves acknowledging the right or wrong in using these systems for human benefit. The majority of the literature addressing this subject is in agreement that [...]

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