towards an ocean governance framework and national ocean policy
... ocean governance framework and an integrated national ocean policy. Part I explores the main ocean governance and ocean policy concepts established by academics and specialists. Part II analyzes the Canadian and Australian approaches to implement a national ocean policy in order to establish how the ...
... ocean governance framework and an integrated national ocean policy. Part I explores the main ocean governance and ocean policy concepts established by academics and specialists. Part II analyzes the Canadian and Australian approaches to implement a national ocean policy in order to establish how the ...
White Paper on National Environmental Management of the Ocean
... management. This shift is made possible by building better understanding amongst role-players of the benefits of improved environmental information and knowledge to inform environmental planning. Environmental spatial-planning relies on improved knowledge of the South African ocean environment and i ...
... management. This shift is made possible by building better understanding amongst role-players of the benefits of improved environmental information and knowledge to inform environmental planning. Environmental spatial-planning relies on improved knowledge of the South African ocean environment and i ...
marine sediments in GE v3
... are the dominant types of sediment on the sea floor, mixed lithologies are also common; these are represented by colored “open” circles in the Google Earth database that you will work with. Note also that lithologies can change within the stratigraphic interval represented in a core. For example, th ...
... are the dominant types of sediment on the sea floor, mixed lithologies are also common; these are represented by colored “open” circles in the Google Earth database that you will work with. Note also that lithologies can change within the stratigraphic interval represented in a core. For example, th ...
Australian Sea Turtles
... Australian fishers, researchers, managers and others have worked together to collection information on turtle bycatch and ways to reduce it since the early 1990s As a result of this Turtle Excluder Devices (TEDs) are compulsory in all Australian tropical prawn trawl fisheries. TEDs reduce the bycatc ...
... Australian fishers, researchers, managers and others have worked together to collection information on turtle bycatch and ways to reduce it since the early 1990s As a result of this Turtle Excluder Devices (TEDs) are compulsory in all Australian tropical prawn trawl fisheries. TEDs reduce the bycatc ...
An Indian Ocean Observing Strategy
... regional or even global in distribution. Their trans-national nature becomes even more striking when several nations share common sea areas, as in the Mediterranean or the North Sea. Oceanic and coastal circulations also actively transport pollutants across geopolitical boundaries, with sources and ...
... regional or even global in distribution. Their trans-national nature becomes even more striking when several nations share common sea areas, as in the Mediterranean or the North Sea. Oceanic and coastal circulations also actively transport pollutants across geopolitical boundaries, with sources and ...
iaea tecdoc series - IAEA Publications
... The IAEA was requested by the Contracting Parties to the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (London Convention) and the 1996 Protocol (London Protocol) to develop and maintain an inventory of radioactive material entering directly into the ocean fr ...
... The IAEA was requested by the Contracting Parties to the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (London Convention) and the 1996 Protocol (London Protocol) to develop and maintain an inventory of radioactive material entering directly into the ocean fr ...
Marine Ecosystem-based Management in Practice: Scientific and
... importance of krill to predators, with the result that the recommended rates of removal are 25% lower than if predators were not considered (CCAMLR 2006). A second example of the ecosystem-based fishery approach is evident in the CCAMLR's management of fisheries bycatch. Limits on the incidental mor ...
... importance of krill to predators, with the result that the recommended rates of removal are 25% lower than if predators were not considered (CCAMLR 2006). A second example of the ecosystem-based fishery approach is evident in the CCAMLR's management of fisheries bycatch. Limits on the incidental mor ...
Review of the Southern Ocean Sanctuary: Marine Protected Areas in
... a ‘shotgun’ approach to conservation, whereby a large area is protected with little apparent rationale for boundary selection and management prescriptions within the sanctuary. While a vast array of ecosystem-level and precautionary conservation benefits have been invoked for the establishment of th ...
... a ‘shotgun’ approach to conservation, whereby a large area is protected with little apparent rationale for boundary selection and management prescriptions within the sanctuary. While a vast array of ecosystem-level and precautionary conservation benefits have been invoked for the establishment of th ...
European Strategy on Marine Research Infrastructure
... the sustainable use of Europe’s marine resources for the betterment of society and the environment. Given the size and economic importance (€110-190 billion/annum, EuroGOOS 1996) of the European marine resource and the suite of global issues (e.g. climate change, safety of navigation, state of the e ...
... the sustainable use of Europe’s marine resources for the betterment of society and the environment. Given the size and economic importance (€110-190 billion/annum, EuroGOOS 1996) of the European marine resource and the suite of global issues (e.g. climate change, safety of navigation, state of the e ...
Hydrography shapes bacterial biogeography of the deep
... identified on the basis of their salinity–temperature characteristics (McLaughlin et al., 2004; Rudels et al., 2004; Tang et al., 2004). Samples from the Baffin Bay and Canada Basin (Figure 1) were collected from the Canadian icebreaker CCGS Louis St Laurent as part of the International Polar Year s ...
... identified on the basis of their salinity–temperature characteristics (McLaughlin et al., 2004; Rudels et al., 2004; Tang et al., 2004). Samples from the Baffin Bay and Canada Basin (Figure 1) were collected from the Canadian icebreaker CCGS Louis St Laurent as part of the International Polar Year s ...
NJ Ocean Acidification Charge Question
... been very low for several years. A few decades ago, such natural upwelling events were not as acidic as they are today and generally were only a minor concern. Now hatcheries in the Pacific Northwest are having difficulty rearing larval oysters because of problems with shell formation. There has bee ...
... been very low for several years. A few decades ago, such natural upwelling events were not as acidic as they are today and generally were only a minor concern. Now hatcheries in the Pacific Northwest are having difficulty rearing larval oysters because of problems with shell formation. There has bee ...
Georgia
... revenues for state and local treasuries. The ability to ensure these benefits for current and future generations will depend on bold steps now to support sustainable development while conserving coastal and ocean ecosystems long recognized as vital areas of our state. The USCOP Report's four guidepo ...
... revenues for state and local treasuries. The ability to ensure these benefits for current and future generations will depend on bold steps now to support sustainable development while conserving coastal and ocean ecosystems long recognized as vital areas of our state. The USCOP Report's four guidepo ...
Redefining the Territorial Sea in the Clean Water Act
... develop a consistent, codified law of the sea. The First U.N. Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS I) was held in 1958 and resulted in the 1958 Geneva Conventions on the Law of the Sea which included the adoption of four treaties: the Convention on the Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone; the Co ...
... develop a consistent, codified law of the sea. The First U.N. Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS I) was held in 1958 and resulted in the 1958 Geneva Conventions on the Law of the Sea which included the adoption of four treaties: the Convention on the Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone; the Co ...
37th session of the Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects
... Global assessment of (micro)-plastics (WG 40): In light of the successful “GESAMP Workshop on Plastic Particles as a Vector in Transporting Persistent, Bio-accumulating and Toxic Substances (PBTs) in the Oceans”, held at UNESCO-IOC Headquarters in Paris in June 2010, (see the proceedings in GESAMP R ...
... Global assessment of (micro)-plastics (WG 40): In light of the successful “GESAMP Workshop on Plastic Particles as a Vector in Transporting Persistent, Bio-accumulating and Toxic Substances (PBTs) in the Oceans”, held at UNESCO-IOC Headquarters in Paris in June 2010, (see the proceedings in GESAMP R ...
BIG SCIENCE - Ocean Networks Canada
... What the Blob is telling us about ocean warming. In the fall of 2012, a season or two before the Blob showed up, the Arctic Ocean had the lowest summer sea ice extent on record. Because of the open water, a significant amount of heat was released into the atmosphere that weakened the polar vortex a ...
... What the Blob is telling us about ocean warming. In the fall of 2012, a season or two before the Blob showed up, the Arctic Ocean had the lowest summer sea ice extent on record. Because of the open water, a significant amount of heat was released into the atmosphere that weakened the polar vortex a ...
understanding seabirds at sea
... also provide significant information about the marine environment, because seabirds have attributes that make them important as indicator species. They spend nearly all of their time at or above the sea surface, and so they are among the easiest marine organisms to observe. Identification to species ...
... also provide significant information about the marine environment, because seabirds have attributes that make them important as indicator species. They spend nearly all of their time at or above the sea surface, and so they are among the easiest marine organisms to observe. Identification to species ...
Chapter 46 – Hydrothermal vents and cold seeps
... Chemosynthetic communities are functionally distinct from other marine communities, with many open questions about their distribution, diversity, functioning and environmental features that limit the ability to estimate ecosystem services (Armstrong et al., 2012). Nevertheless, deep-sea vents and se ...
... Chemosynthetic communities are functionally distinct from other marine communities, with many open questions about their distribution, diversity, functioning and environmental features that limit the ability to estimate ecosystem services (Armstrong et al., 2012). Nevertheless, deep-sea vents and se ...
A Mediterranean Forecasting System for deep and coastal areas
... stratified) were less important than local wind effects and tidal forcing in the region. While this can be true for the Northern European shelf areas, it is not true for the remaining parts of the north-eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and other regions of the global ocean where deep ocean effect ...
... stratified) were less important than local wind effects and tidal forcing in the region. While this can be true for the Northern European shelf areas, it is not true for the remaining parts of the north-eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and other regions of the global ocean where deep ocean effect ...
Rationale: Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations have
... Measurements made of carbonate system parameters along side those of hydrodynamic and biogeochemical state so that both direct understanding and prognostic modelling expertise is improved by the availability of the new data sets. ...
... Measurements made of carbonate system parameters along side those of hydrodynamic and biogeochemical state so that both direct understanding and prognostic modelling expertise is improved by the availability of the new data sets. ...
National Strategy
... meet the challenges for the promotion, growth and competitiveness of the maritime economy, in particular, the important changes to the political and strategic framework at both European and Worldwide levels. Portugal's return to the sea depends on the implementation of a strategy based on knowledge ...
... meet the challenges for the promotion, growth and competitiveness of the maritime economy, in particular, the important changes to the political and strategic framework at both European and Worldwide levels. Portugal's return to the sea depends on the implementation of a strategy based on knowledge ...
Protecting Marine Spaces
... conservation of marine biodiversity and ecosystems. The general provisions that it includes on protection of the marine environment are primarily in Article 192 which establishes that “States have the obligation to protect and preserve the marine environment,” and Article 194(5), which primarily out ...
... conservation of marine biodiversity and ecosystems. The general provisions that it includes on protection of the marine environment are primarily in Article 192 which establishes that “States have the obligation to protect and preserve the marine environment,” and Article 194(5), which primarily out ...
Exploration Technologies for the Utilization of Ocean Floor Resources
... countries in accordance with EEZ. In order to investigate which sea areas of Japan satisfy the above-mentioned conditions, investigations of the delineation of continental shelf are being made by combining various kinds of seafloor exploration technologies. The investigation of geographical and geol ...
... countries in accordance with EEZ. In order to investigate which sea areas of Japan satisfy the above-mentioned conditions, investigations of the delineation of continental shelf are being made by combining various kinds of seafloor exploration technologies. The investigation of geographical and geol ...
on circulation, phosphate-phosphorus content, and zooplankton
... and of warm water poleward in the western boundary currents). The gyres are relatively narrow zonal features, and therefore the temperature variation within each gyre is small compared with the differences between adjacent gyres. Each of the gyres also acts in a way to hold a substantial part of the ...
... and of warm water poleward in the western boundary currents). The gyres are relatively narrow zonal features, and therefore the temperature variation within each gyre is small compared with the differences between adjacent gyres. Each of the gyres also acts in a way to hold a substantial part of the ...
Antifungal and Cytotoxic Activities of Some Marine Sponges
... geographic pattern, Science. 1981; 185: 951-953. Brusca R.C., Brusca G.J. Phylum Porifera: The sponges, in ...
... geographic pattern, Science. 1981; 185: 951-953. Brusca R.C., Brusca G.J. Phylum Porifera: The sponges, in ...
oceans, seafloor, and continental margins
... years primarily from the accumulation of skeletal remains and secretions of corals and certain species of algae. • Coral Reefs and Atolls occur in warm, sunlit waters usually in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Corals only live in waters above 65o F. and in the photic zone above 150 ft depth ...
... years primarily from the accumulation of skeletal remains and secretions of corals and certain species of algae. • Coral Reefs and Atolls occur in warm, sunlit waters usually in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Corals only live in waters above 65o F. and in the photic zone above 150 ft depth ...
Marine debris
Marine debris, also known as marine litter, is human-created waste that has deliberately or accidentally been released in a lake, sea, ocean or waterway. Floating oceanic debris tends to accumulate at the centre of gyres and on coastlines, frequently washing aground, when it is known as beach litter or tidewrack. Deliberate disposal of wastes at sea is called ocean dumping. Naturally occurring debris, such as driftwood, are also present.With the increasing use of plastic, human influence has become an issue as many types of plastics do not biodegrade. Waterborne plastic poses a serious threat to fish, seabirds, marine reptiles, and marine mammals, as well as to boats and coasts. Dumping, container spillages, litter washed into storm drains and waterways and wind-blown landfill waste all contribute to this problem.