This publication is an inventory of printed and audio-visual material on marine resources that is available from the six western universities participating in the Pacific Sea Grant Advisory Program.
Background. Ampelisca eschrichtii Krøyer, 1842 of the Sakhalin Shelf of the Okhotsk Sea, Far Eastern Russia, comprise the highest known biomass concentration of any amphipod population in the world and are a critically important prey source for western gray whales. Growth and reproduction in this population has not been apparent...
Background. Ampelisca eschrichtii Krøyer, 1842 of the Sakhalin Shelf of the Okhotsk Sea, Far Eastern Russia, comprise the highest known biomass concentration of any amphipod population in the world and are a critically important prey source for western gray whales. Growth and reproduction in this population has not been apparent...
The motivation of this paper is to detail the application of Markov chains in
simulating fleet dynamics in Australia's Northern Prawn Fishery (NPF).
The Markov chains are enhanced through the use of the multinomial logit
(MNL) and Seemingly Unrelated Regressions (SUR) models to explain
transition probabilities. The terms MNL Markov...
Small-scale fisheries play an important role in generating employment, income and livelihood to the
fisherfolk. It constitutes 81 per cent of the total fisheries sector in India. But, this sector remains neglected
and the fisherfolk are socially and economically backward. Even after six decades of planned
development nearly 62 per...
In 1992, amendments to the Fishing and Aquaculture Law required rural communities
to organize into syndicates or cooperatives and to create resource management plans.
Once the Chilean Fisheries Service (SERNAP) approves these plans, villages could manage designated subtidal and intertidal areas. In response to these amendments, two villages, Puerto Aldea...
Conservation and management of North American West Coast fisheries
encompass a broad array of issues including the economic, spatial, and
temporal relations between the coastal pelagic species live bait fishery and
the highly migratory species recreational fishery. For the better part the
century, the live bait fishery has supplied live...
Throughout the Indo-Pacific region, communities are increasingly
empowered with the ability and responsibility of working with national
governments to make decisions about their marine resources. In some
instances, co-management arrangements have been successful at
conserving marine resources by developing locally appropriate rules to
limit overexploitation. These examples have often prompted...
As a part of my graduate program in Marine Resource Management
(MRM) at Oregon State University, I was fortunate to be able to
pursue my interest in marine and coastal policy. I spent fifteen
months as a Sea Grant intern in the United States Congress, challenged
in ways I could...
This document contains transcripts of Joel Hedgpeth’s series of lectures delivered over KPFA radio in Berkeley, California. These passionate lectures described the uses of oceanography, attempted to differentiate between oceanography and marine science, and encouraged students to pursue oceanography. Joel Hedgpeth was a director of the Hatfield Marine Science Center.
In his report the economics of
ecosystems and biodiversity, P. Sukhdev compared the valuation of
ecosystem services and biodiversity to a compass which helps decision
makers to engage in the conservation of environment and against the loss
of biodiversity. Following this road, the authors present the results of an
economic...
Based on empirical studies carried out in Reunion Island, Moheli
(Comoros) and Madagascar, this communication deals with the non
biological productions of MPAS as a major driver of the marine resources
conservations governance. Three types of productions can be drawn for
each type of stakeholders: territorial, behavioural and economic. Firtly,...
This dissertation focuses on science relevant to the design and implementation of marine reserves. The chapters explore a range of topics related to among-site variation in population, community, and ecosystem dynamics. My results demonstrate the value and feasibility of integrating this knowledge into more comprehensive conservation and management approaches. While...
The purpose of Oregon's Nearshore Research Inventory (NRI) project was to inventory and map the current and future use of Oregon's nearshore environment by the scientific research community for use in Oregon's marine spatial planning process. Spatial and qualitative data on the use of Oregon's ocean and coast by the...
The objective of this thesis is to show that by separating the two major anthropogenic changes caused in riverine input to the north shore of the Black Sea, it is possible to describe distinct linkages between ongoing ecological changes in the Black Sea, and 1) flow reduction, and 2) nutrient...