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Drivers of Social Acceptability for Bivalve Aquaculture in Atlantic Canadian Communities
(2020-12)Aquaculture is a growing sector in Canada; while salmon remains Canada’s largest export, bivalve aquaculture production is increasing due to its perceived sustainability. Despite similar environmental effects of bivalve ... -
Identifying institutional barriers to marine fisheries development projects in Bangladesh
(2020-12)Marine waters of Bangladesh are amongst the most biologically diverse in the world. With financial and technical support from international organisations, several large-scale projects have been implemented to support the ... -
Influences on advice and decision-making in the DFO Maritimes Region: Opportunities for improving integrated coastal and ocean management (ICOM)
(2020-12)Integrated coastal and ocean management (ICOM) is an approach used by marine managers and practitioners to balance ecosystem health and preservation with the sustainable development of multiple ocean activities. In Canada, ... -
Fostering Ocean Literacy through Formal Education in Quebec, Canada: A Case Study of Saving a Coastal School
(2020-12)Protecting coastal ecosystems, livelihoods, and identities require the active engagement of ocean literate citizens. Ocean literacy, or the understanding of the ocean’s influence on us and our influence on the ocean, can ... -
Regional Response Planning (RRP) for Ship-Source Oil Spills in Canada: Assessing the Implementation Status of Recommendations and Integration into an RRP Framework
(2020-12)In 1995, the National Oil Spill Preparedness and Response Regime (NOSPRR) was established by Transport Canada. Although there has not been a major spill in Canadian waters since NOSPRR was implemented, experts have ... -
Leaving Space to Roost: An Examination of Human Disturbances to Shorebirds in the Minas Basin, Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia.
(2020-12)Every year, up to 1.4 million shorebirds, such as the Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla), use the Bay of Fundy and the Minas Basin as a stopover site before continuing their transoceanic migration to their southern ... -
Consideration of marine non-indigenous species in the planning, management, and monitoring of Canadian marine protected areas
(2020-12)Marine protected areas (MPAs) are an important tool for protecting marine environments. They can help conserve biodiversity, protect endangered species and critical habitats, regulate human activities, and preserve social, ... -
Electrically stimulated artificial mussel (Mytilus edulis) reefs to create shoreline protection and coastal habitat in St. Margaret’s Bay, Nova Scotia.
(2020-12)Infrastructure designed to protect coastal environments, such as seawalls, can have adverse effects on the area they are supposed to protect. Hard shore armouring can be expensive, disrupt hydrodynamic processes, eventually ... -
Exploring traceability in small-scale fisheries: from harvest to landing
(2020-12)As consumers and governments demand to know the origins of seafood products, there is a push for transparency across the seafood supply chain. However, for many small-scale fisheries (SSF), this growing demand for ... -
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 ... -
Understanding the ecological linkages between salt marsh ecosystems and nearshore fisheries
(2020-12)Salt marshes are some of the most productive ecosystems on the planet however they continue to experience severe threats from human activities. These ecosystems have been increasingly recognized for their capacity to ... -
An Impact Assessment on Shipping in the Canadian Eastern Arctic: A Baffinland Mine Case Study – Phase 2 Project Proposal
(2020-12)Sea ice is melting at an unprecedented rate, improving access to the Arctic and greatly increasing development opportunities such as mining. The Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation Phase 2 project proposal aims to expand ... -
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 ... -
Identification of tools for implementing an ecosystem-based approach to species recovery under the Species at Risk Act
(2020-12)The objective of the Species at Risk Act (SARA) is to protect and recover at-risk species and their habitat. However, limitations have been identified for its implementation with aquatic species. These include taxonomic ... -
FACTORS AFFECTING IMTA (INTEGRATED MULTI-TROPHIC AQUACULTURE) IMPLEMENTATION ON ATLANTIC SALMON (SALMO SALAR) AQUACULTURE FARMS
(2020-12)Aquaculture operations are currently the fastest-growing food production industry, increasing output over 20 times in the past few decades alone. Waste management on “fed” aquaculture farms, like Atlantic Salmon, is a ... -
Metamorphism of Metabasites from Parry Island, Georgian Bay, Ontario
(1992-04-15)A garnet amphibolite body in the Parry Island shear zone, Central Gneiss Belt, Grenville Province, shows textural and mineralogical evidence of retrograde metamorphism to amphibolite facies. Garnets with plagioclase coronas, ... -
Addressing Food Waste and Food Security Through the Diversion of Avoidable Food Waste on Dalhousie’s Studley Campus
(2020-04)The main objective of this research project was to find out whether a food diversion program would be feasible on Dalhousie University’s Studley campus. Such a program would redistribute uneaten food to Dalhousie’s student ... -
Curriculum Audit: How Dalhousie University is integrating sustainability into its non-environmental undergraduate programs
(2020-04)Interdisciplinary education is a trend in post-secondary education across the world (Bear & Skorton, 2019). Climate change, and other issues of social and environmental sustainability are increasingly relevant and pressing ... -
Ethical and Sustainable Coffee Consumption on Studley Campus, Dalhousie University
(2020-04)This research investigates the prevalence of ethical coffee consumption among Dalhousie University’s undergraduate student population. We analyse how individual perspectives on the impacts of coffee production influence ...
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