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Integrated Ocean management - Making local global: the role of monitoring in reaching national and international commitments
(2013-10-03)
With a global effort to manage the ocean’s resources and regulate the different uses, there are many international conventions and treaties. Ideally, participating counties will have their own ocean management plans either ...
Exploring the Potential for Performance Zoning Within the Practice of Marine Spatial Planning
(2013-10-03)
The practice of zoning, long employed on land, has more recently been applied to the marine environment to regulate where and when human activities can or cannot occur. Zoning is employed to minimize conflicts between ...
Improving eel fishery management through the incorporation of indigenous knowledge into policy level decision making – A case study in Eskasoni, Cape Breton.
(2015-04-22)
As the world continues to transform due to factors such as to climate change, and the expansion of our towns and cities there will continue to be negative consequences for the ecosystems that support our natural resources, ...
Cetacean Conservation in the Age of Oil and Gas: Minimizing Acoustic Disturbance to the Northern Bottlenose Whale (Hyperoodon ampullatus) through Spatio-temporal Mitigation
(2015-04-22)
Offshore oil and gas exploration activities are becoming increasingly common within Canadian waters. As cetacean species rely on sound for a variety of critical life functions, it is poorly understood how sound generated ...
The use of ecosystem service valuation in environmental sensitivity analysis for ship-source oil spill preparedness and response planning in Chedabucto Bay, Nova Scotia
(2015-03-09)
A recent decision was made by the Government of Canada to bring its national ship-source oil spill preparedness and response regime up to world-class standards. This signaled the movement away from an approach that uses ...
MAP Matters - August 2013
(2013-08-23)
features a summary of the internships undertaken by the 2012-13 MMM Class
Developing and implementing a research framework to determine the overall use and influence of a long-term marine environmental monitoring program: A Case Study on Gulfwatch in Nova Scotia [graduate project].
(2015-03-03)
Chemical contamination of marine environments can pose numerous risks to both ecosystem and human health. Monitoring trends of chemical contaminants over time and space can provide managers and decision-makers the information ...
Opportunities for the Reduction of Skate Bycatch in Atlantic Canada Trawl Fisheries: A Case Study of two Innovative Trawl Gear Designs [graduate project]
(2015-03-03)
Skates are fish under the Subclass of elasmobranchii, typically found in temperate or arctic waters. Catch of skates pose a number of issues for fishers as bycatch including increased handling effort, reduced value of ...
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, ...
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 ...