Browsing Marine Affairs Program, Graduate Projects by Title
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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 ... -
The Canadian Maritime Sector's Perception of the International Maritime Organization's (IMOs) short-term measures for Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions
(2021-12)In April 2018, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) adopted the Initial Strategy (IS) on reduction of greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions, contributing to global climate efforts under the Paris Agreement. The Strategy ... -
Certifications and traceability in the Nunavut seal market: Implications for Inuit rights
(2019-12)As recognized in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), to which Canada is a signatory, Inuit have the right to food, culture, and economic opportunities. Seal hunting is a long-standing ... -
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 ... -
Charting Future Ocean Law And Policy Directions; Examining Canada's Tools for Marine Protection Through Two Pacific Coast Case Studies
(2022-07-18)Much of Canada’s identity has been shaped by the important socio-cultural, economic, and recreational opportunities offered by the Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic oceans. However, continual growth in these areas are increasing ... -
A Climate Change Vulnerability and Data Gap Assessment of Arctic Marine Species in the Tallurutiup Imanga National Marine Conservation Area
(2021-12)Arctic ecosystems are warming at twice the rate of oceans worldwide, resulting in a loss of sea ice and available habitat for many marine species. While new conservation policies are required to protect the increasingly ... -
Coastal Adaptation and Vulnerability Assessment (CAVA) on the Tourism Industry for Sea-Level Rise in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
(2023-05-30)Climate change and associated Sea-Level Rise (SLR) are impeding threats to the future of small coastal tourism communities. Although the perception of vulnerability to climate change within the tourism industry is becoming ... -
Coastal and Marine Tourism in the Blue Economy: An Assessment of Strategies in Latin America and the Caribbean
(2022-07-18)The blue economy (BE) aims to support tourism opportunities that provide economic development and marine conservation objectives, as well as social equity. For the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region, coastal and ... -
Coastal Infrastructure and its Effects on Local Social-Ecological Systems: A Case Study of Ashton Lagoon, Union Island, St. Vincent and the Grenadines
(2018-05)Coastal infrastructure is extensively in place across coastlines throughout a variety of geographical regions around the globe, with the rate of coastal development projects predicted to increase in the future. Oftentimes, ...