Browsing Marine Affairs Program, Graduate Projects by Title
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The application of the ecosystem approach and future directions for the international management of migratory sharks in the Northwest Atlantic [graduate project].
(2016)Sharks have existed on Earth for over 400 million years. However, many shark populations have declined and show only slow to no signs of recovery. Many sharks are apex predators and therefore play crucial roles in maintaining ... -
Applications of Coral Bio-Optics to Coral Reef Management
(2012-09-20)The unabated decline of coral reefs has led to criticisms of both coral reef monitoring and management: monitoring data provides management with a limited capacity to detect current sources of stress acting on the reef, ... -
Applying Adaptive Management Approaches to Data Limited Fisheries: The Case of Bermuda’s Shallow Water Snapper Species [graduate project].
(2015-11-23)The sustainable management of ecosystems, marine resources, and resource users is essential to ensure ecosystem health and resilience. A vast majority of global fish stocks lack adequate data to determine fish stock health ... -
APPLYING AN ECOSYSTEM-BASED RISK MANAGEMENT APPROACH TO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EELGRASS BEDS AND OYSTER AQUACULTURE AT MULTIPLE SPATIAL SCALES IN EASTERN NEW BRUNSWICK, ATLANTIC CANADA.
(2014-02-17)Both eelgrass beds (Zostera marina) and the American Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) are indigenous to Atlantic Canadian coastal waters and are equally recognized as ecological engineers. However, recent eelgrass cover ... -
Applying Socio-Ecological Thinking to Canadian Regional Assessment
(2023-12)Regional assessments inform the planning and management of a proposed developments impact to society and nature. They are the broadest tool in the impact assessment process and are designed to consider the impacts of human ... -
Applying the Concept of Sustainable Consumption to Seafood: How Product Loss Through Post-Harvest Seafood Supply Chains Undermines Seafood Sustainability commitments
(2013-10-03)To date, efforts towards seafood sustainability have almost exclusively focused on ‘improvement on the water’, wherein the focus is to make the production systems more eco-efficient. Significant achievements have been made ... -
Are Atlantic Leatherback Turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) at Risk of Plastic Pollution in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean?
(2020-12)The production of plastic has greatly increased since the early 20th century resulting in an overwhelming abundance on land and in the sea. The solid waste pollution found in the ocean poses sublethal to lethal threats to ... -
Assessing and managing the ecological risk to leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) from marine oil pollution in Atlantic Canada
(2012-09-20)The critically endangered leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) migrates annually into Canadian waters. The species has been listed under the Canadian Species at Risk Act (2002) since 2003. The act legally requires ... -
Assessing and Valuing Damage to the Marine Environment in Accordance with the Polluter Pays Principle for the Practical Purpose of Compensation after Ship-Source Oil Spills
(2016)The objective of this study is to evaluate how marine environmental damage caused by a ship-source oil spill is assessed intergovernmentally and nationally for the practical purposes of determining compensation. A comparative ... -
Assessing Appropriate Conservation Strategies for Carpet Sharks
(2023-05-30)Although there is considerable momentum for expanding protected area coverage under the 30x30 paradigm, there is key criticism of the existing targets in that they are not linked to conservation outcomes and marine ... -
Assessing the current and future risk of ballast-sourced species invasions in Canada’s eastern Arctic under a climate change scenario. [graduate project].
(2016)The use of ballast water is an important and globally accepted method for maintaining vessel stability, as well as a major pathway for nonindigenous species (NIS) introduction. Canada has responded to this threat in the ... -
Assessing the potential of ecolabels to improve social acceptance within Nova Scotia’s finfish aquaculture industry: A stakeholder approach [graduate project].
(2016)While aquaculture has grown exponentially in recent years and has been promoted for its economic benefits and potential to contribute to improved food security, conflicts over public health, land use, and environmental ... -
Assessment of Grand Cayman’s George Town Landfill and Application of Integrated Coastal Management for Improved Environmental Sustainability [graduate project].
(2015-03-03)Grand Cayman’s George Town Landfill [GTLF] is located approximately 1km from the coast, is surrounded by tidal canals, and is unlined, uncovered, and unenginered. The close proximity of GTLF to the coast and tidal canals, ... -
An Assessment of the Socio-economic and Marine Environmental Impacts Associated with the St. Kitts and Nevis Geothermal Energy Project [Graduate Project].
(2015-03-03)Caribbean islands, St. Kitts and Nevis inclusive, are suffering from high fuel cost to produce electricity. The cost of electricity has been stifling economic development and standard of living. Fortunately St. Kitts and ... -
Barriers to Implementing a Bottom-Up Management Approach to Coastal MPAs: a Canadian Case Study
(2018-12)Marine protected areas (MPAs) are employed as a conservation strategy across the world, protecting species and habitats and helping to rebuild declining populations. However, proposals for coastal MPAs are often met with ... -
Better Planning from Better Understanding: Incorporating Historically Derived Data into Modern Coastal Management Planning on the Halifax Peninsula
(2012-09-20)As the terrestrial and marine effects of climate change continue to intensify, the value of native habitats like coastal wetlands is becoming clear. A sound understanding of how these ecosystems work is of vital importance ... -
Blowing it out of the water: How breaking down illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing can contribute to its effective management in Indonesia using an area based approach. [graduate project].
(2016)Fisheries are declining on a global scale. While some of this decline has been attributed to mismanagement of fisheries leading to overcapacity and overfishing, illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing should ... -
Bottom-Up Engagement Increases Marine Protected Area Effectiveness
(2018-12)Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) have been shown to provide benefits for biodiversity conservation within marine habitats, by reducing direct human impacts and restoring fish populations that provide critical ecosystem ... -
Bycatch 22: Regulatory pressures of selective fishing on commercial salmon fishers and impacts of handling on chum salmon (Onchorhynchus keta) released from purse seine fisheries in Northern British Columbia. [graduate project].
(2015-11-23)In Canadian Pacific salmon fisheries, a policy of selective fishing practices was introduced to reduce impacts on salmon populations of conservation concern while allowing fisheries to continue on species that can withstand ... -
Canada's Ocean Policy: Assessing enabling governance conditions for implementation of a national blue economy strategy
(2021-12)The world has reached an international consensus regarding the need for sustainable ocean management practices to ensure the health and wealth of our global ocean. Such practices can be implemented through various marine-based ...