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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 ...
Incorporating concerns of coastal communities in planning and management: The case study of Port Joli and lessons learned from the Eastport Marine Protected Areas
(2012-09-20)
Marine environment and resources are experiencing the degradation in Canada. Since Oceans Act was established in 1996, the Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) has tried to engage a broader view of participatory governance. ...
Incorporating Participatory Approaches into the Management of Musquash Estuary Marine Protected Area
(2013-10-03)
Participatory approaches to marine protected area (MPA) management have the potential to offset management costs while promoting a sense of stewardship among communities. This study investigated the enhancement of participatory ...
A critical assessment and gap analysis of existing recovery strategies for the Atlantic Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) [graduate project]
(2017)
The leatherback sea turtle (Dermocheyls coriacea) is the fourth largest and most widely distributed species of reptile. There are three distinct populations in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. The leatherback is ...
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 ...
The Polar Invasion: An Examination of Canadian Policy Perspectives Associated with Arctic Governance
(2014-02-17)
The effects of climate change on Arctic sea ice have created unprecedented international interest in accessing the Northwest Passage as a cost efficient alternative for shipping between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. ...
The standard dilemma: A comparative analysis of global salmon aquaculture standards
(2014-02-17)
Aquaculture has been the fastest growing food production method over the last several decades. In order to achieve its potential to feed a growing global population, however, salmon aquaculture must be able to overcome the ...
Improving resources to assess climate change coastal vulnerability: a pre-assessment criteria of the socio-economic values of working waterfront infrastructures in Nova Scotia
(2012-10-26)
The scientific community has stated that coastal zones will be among the zones that would suffer major negative consequences in terms of climate change effects. Nova Scotia, as a coastal province, is not absolved of such ...