Browsing Marine Affairs Program, Graduate Projects by Title
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Key players in the Grieg NL Placentia Bay Atlantic Salmon Aquaculture Project: a social network analysis
(2018-12)Global aquaculture is one of the fastest growing food industries, accounting for approximately half of all finfish and invertebrate production as of 2016. In Canada, both the federal and provincial governments are pushing ... -
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 ... -
Limited Options in Canada’s Regulatory Tools for Addressing Underwater Noise
(2023-05-30)Over the last two decades, underwater noise has been recognized as a significant threat to marine ecosystems. With an accelerating blue economy and industrial expansion, human-generated noise continues to increase, deepening ... -
Linking Human Impacts to Recent Declines in Coral Reef Fish Communities in the Bay Islands
(2021-12)The Bay Islands of Honduras are home to hundreds of species of fishes, and vast areas of coral reefs, seagrass, and mangroves. While protection for the area was nationally established in 2003 and in 2010; numerous anthropogenic ... -
Linking people to places: evaluating the methodology of collecting human-use data from conservation and protection officers for coastal marine protected area planning in Nova Scotia
(2011-10-21)Nova Scotia’s coastal habitats and marine resources are vital to the province’s economy, identity, and well-being. Increasing human populations and associated pressures, however, are threatening these resources. A key ... -
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, ...