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...
Oregon's ocean waters are a potential source of wind, wave, and tidal energy; of interest to renewable energy entrepreneurs and to the U.S. government as it seeks to bolster energy security. In order to install technology to capture this energy, however, it may be necessary to mitigate conflict with existing...
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...
The push for ecosystem based management has opened up not only for including more of the natural
systems when managing fish resources, but also a broader perspective on the human systems, and the
diverse activities in the sea. This is reflected for instance in the EU Maritime Policy where fisheries...
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...