Browsing Marine Affairs Program, Graduate Projects by Title
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Making the switch: Assessing the potential for catch-and-release in Nova Scotia’s recreational shark derbies [graduate project].
(2015-03-03)Many shark populations are regionally and globally threatened by overfishing and bycatch, often aggravated by the practice of shark finning. While most conservation efforts have been aimed at enforcing sustainable quotas, ... -
Managing Canada's Endangered: An Analysis of Canada's Efforts to Mitigate Shipping Impacts on North Atlantic Right Whales
(2018-12)North Atlantic Right Whales are vulnerable to anthropogenic impacts from commercial shipping and fishing practices. After the 2017 NARW season, that left 17 NARWs killed in Canadian and U.S waters, the U.S defined the ... -
Managing the Groundfish Industry on Sensitive Benthic Areas of Interest for Marine Protected Area Network Establishment in the Scotian Shelf Bioregion
(2020-12)Increases to the number and extent of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in recent decades is been critical for the conservation of coastal and marine environments. Canada has met its original target of conserving 10% of their ... -
Marine Mammal Mitigation Procedures in the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN)
(2014-12-12)Anthropogenic noise in the world’s oceans has the potential to adversely impact marine mammals. Much research has gone into determining these impacts but the specifics are subject to some debate. Noise emitted by the oil ... -
Marine Microplastic and Nanoplastic Litter in Nova Scotia: Confronting the Rising Tides of Plastics in our Marine Waters, Coastlines and Organisms. [graduate project].
(2016)According to Moore (2008), "plastics are now one of the most common and persistent pollutants in ocean waters and beaches worldwide" (p. 131). Significant increases in plastic production is a considerable driver in the ... -
The Marine Stewardship Council’s Influence in the Indian Ocean: Lessons of Sustainability from the Maldives Pole-and-Line Skipjack Tuna Fishery
(2023-12)The Maldives pole-and-line fishery has sustainably harvested skipjack tuna for millennia. In 2012, this fishery achieved conditional certification with the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC). To achieve this eco-standard, ... -
Marine transport activity in the vicinity of the St Anns Bank area of interest: potential impact on conservation objectives
(2012-09-20)The St Anns Bank area of interest (AOI) on the Eastern Scotian Shelf was announced in June 2011 and will be designated as the next marine protected in Atlantic Canada. The AOI is intersected by dense commercial vessel ... -
Marine-Based Research in a Changing Climate: Lessons and Methods for Community Engagement from Nunatsiavut Canada
(2023-05-30)Historically, Arctic-based research has corresponded to extractive methods that provide little benefit for local communities. To amend the effects of this history, researchers are increasingly encouraged to focus their ... -
Media perspectives of salmon aquaculture over time in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland
(2019-12)In Canada, Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) aquaculture has been growing rapidly and is consistently being promoted for its potential to support economic growth and employment opportunities. However, salmon aquaculture is a ... -
A Method for Assessing Coastal Vulnerabilities to Climate Change within an Arctic Community: The Example of Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories
(2013-10-03)Climate change is posing problems to people throughout the world, but due to the biophysical and socioeconomic characteristics of indigenous Arctic communities, they are some of the most vulnerable in the world. Vulnerability ... -
Mobilizing Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit in narwhal management through community empowerment: A case study in Naujaat, Nunavut [graduate project].
(2015-11-23)This research examines the relationship between government wildlife management regulations and the use of Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (IQ) through a case study focusing on narwhal harvesting in the community of Naujaat, Nunavut. ... -
Mobilizing values: Using perceptions of barachois ponds in Cape Breton to advance informed management
(2018-12)Barachois ponds or tidal lagoons are highly dynamic, incredibly productive, yet poorly understood wetlands across Nova Scotia, Canada. Defined by the partial or complete enclosure of a sand or gravel barrier forming a pond, ... -
Modelling fishing effort displacement in the Southern Gulf of St Lawrence snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio) fishery: quantifying management measures for North Atlantic Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis) entanglement prevention
(2018-12)Anthropogenic mortality is the leading factor inhibiting the recovery of the endangered North Atlantic right whale (NARW), in which 85% of human-induced deaths are caused by entanglement in commercial fishing gear. In 2017, ... -
Monitoring and evaluation of Canada’s Oceans Act marine protected areas: Recommendations for governance, socio-cultural and socio-economic indicators.
(2013-10-03)Marine protected areas are becoming an increasingly popular tool in marine resource management but often monitoring programs are overlooked or are last minute additions opposed to being integral components of the management ... -
Monitoring elasmobranchs in marine protected areas: A Canadian case study of the Laurentian Channel.
(2019-12)Scientific support for the application of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) for shark and ray (herein elasmobranchs) conservation varies widely in current literature. Several MPAs around the globe have been created with the ... -
Monitoring of Sea Otters (Enhydra lutris) to Inform Future Population Management Actions on the Coast of Vancouver Island
(2023-05-30)Sea otter populations on the coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia (BC) have been greatly impacted by human actions spanning centuries. Historical records suggest that sea otters were abundant in the region prior ... -
A multi-stakeholder assessment on shipping risk governance: A case study on the proposed ban on the use and carriage of heavy fuel oil by ships in the Arctic.
(2019-12)Global interest in Arctic shipping is increasing as a result of melting sea ice and climate change. The potential risks of increased emissions, oil spills, and noise pollution can substantially affect coastal communities ... -
Multiaxial Shark Conservation: How vertical distribution can inform marine management
(2023-12)Understanding how sharks are spatially and temporally distributed is critical to formulating effective conservation and management strategies. Many shark species are threatened around the world, and knowledge on diving ...