Download or read book The Scotian Shelf in Context written by Atlantic Coastal Zone Information Steering Committee and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book State of the Scotian Shelf Report 2013 written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The State of the Scotian Shelf Report written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Scotian Shelf is a rich ecosystem characterized by a diversity of marine life, communities and habitats. There are a variety of human activities that occur on the shelf, some year-round and others on a seasonal basis. The State of the Scotian Shelf Report provides information on priority issues for environmental management, decision-making and education. The report is a modular document made up of a context document and a series of theme papers. The context document provides an introduction to the natural and socio-economic environment, providing an overview of the Scotian Shelf. The theme papers provide a more in-depth look at important issues. The themes were selected based on priorities identified through the Eastern Scotian Shelf Integrated Management Initiative. Theme papers will be updated on a regular basis. This technical report is a compilation of the context document and the theme papers completed to date"--
Download or read book Proceedings of the 4th Eastern Scotian Shelf Integrated Management ESSIM Forum Workshop Halifax Nova Scotia 26 27 November 2008 written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Eastern Scotian Shelf Integrated Management ESSIM Initiative electronic Resource Development of a Collaborative Management and Planning Process written by Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Maritimes Region. Oceans and Coastal Management Division and published by Dartmouth, N.S. : Fisheries and Oceans Canada. This book was released on 2001 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This document describes the development of a collaborative management & planning process for the Eastern Scotian Shelf Integrated Management (ESSIM) Initiative. Part I provides background on the Initiative and places it within the emerging context for Canada's national & regional oceans policy. It also highlights work undertaken to date in defining & assessing the Eastern Scotian Shelf Oceans Management Area, identifying management issues & requirements, and engaging stakeholders in the Initiative. Part II is designed to stimulate & guide discussion on the future structure & process for integrated oceans management & planning. Based on dialogue & input gained through the Initiative to date, a collaborative management & planning process & structure called the ESSIM Forum is proposed. The document also discusses the steps & key activities involved in the development, implementation, & operation of the future Eastern Scotian Shelf Oceans Management Plan.
Download or read book Overpressures in Petroleum Exploration written by Alan Mitchell and published by Editions TECHNIP. This book was released on 1998 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Shifting Baselines written by Jeremy B.C. Jackson and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2012-06-22 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shifting Baselines explores the real-world implications of a groundbreaking idea: we must understand the oceans of the past to protect the oceans of the future. In 1995, acclaimed marine biologist Daniel Pauly coined the term "shifting baselines" to describe a phenomenon of lowered expectations, in which each generation regards a progressively poorer natural world as normal. This seminal volume expands on Pauly's work, showing how skewed visions of the past have led to disastrous marine policies and why historical perspective is critical to revitalize fisheries and ecosystems. Edited by marine ecologists Jeremy Jackson and Enric Sala, and historian Karen Alexander, the book brings together knowledge from disparate disciplines to paint a more realistic picture of past fisheries. The authors use case studies on the cod fishery and the connection between sardine and anchovy populations, among others, to explain various methods for studying historic trends and the intricate relationships between species. Subsequent chapters offer recommendations about both specific research methods and effective management. This practical information is framed by inspiring essays by Carl Safina and Randy Olson on a personal experience of shifting baselines and the importance of human stories in describing this phenomenon to a broad public. While each contributor brings a different expertise to bear, all agree on the importance of historical perspective for effective fisheries management. Readers, from students to professionals, will benefit enormously from this informed hindsight.
Download or read book Optical Chemical and Biological Oceanographic Conditions on the Scotian Shelf and in the Eastern Gulf of Maine in 2012 written by C. Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Atlantic Zone Monitoring Program (AZMP) was implemented in 1998 with the aim of increasing Fisheries and Oceans Canada's (DFO's) capacity to understand, describe, and forecast the state of the marine ecosystem, and quantifying the changes in ocean physical, chemical, and biological properties. A critical element in the observational program of AZMP is an annual assessment of the distribution and variability of nutrients and the plankton they support. Herein, the optical, chemical, and biological oceanographic (lower trophic levels) conditions observed in 2012 in the Maritimes Region, including the Georges Bank/Gulf of Maine/Bay of Fundy system and the Scotian Shelf are reviewed. In the context of record warm conditions in 2012, this report focused on evaluating changes in phytoplankton and zooplankton annual production cycles and community composition.--Document.
Download or read book Marine Protected Area Network Planning in the Scotian Shelf Bioregion written by M Westhead and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Eastern Scotian Shelf Integrated Management ESSIM Initiative Development of a Collaborative Management and Planning Process written by Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Maritimes Region. Oceans and Coastal Management Division and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This document describes the development of a collaborative management & planning process for the Eastern Scotian Shelf Integrated Management (ESSIM) Initiative. Part I provides background on the Initiative and places it within the emerging context for Canada's national & regional oceans policy. It also highlights work undertaken to date in defining & assessing the Eastern Scotian Shelf Oceans Management Area, identifying management issues & requirements, and engaging stakeholders in the Initiative. Part II is designed to stimulate & guide discussion on the future structure & process for integrated oceans management & planning. Based on dialogue & input gained through the Initiative to date, a collaborative management & planning process & structure called the ESSIM Forum is proposed. The document also discusses the steps & key activities involved in the development, implementation, & operation of the future Eastern Scotian Shelf Oceans Management Plan.
Download or read book Regional Oceans Plan Scotian Shelf Atlantic Coast Bay of Fundy written by and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book State of the Scotian Shelf Report 2013 written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of the Law of the Sea written by Donald R. Rothwell and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2015-03-26 with total page 850 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human activities have taken place in the world's oceans and seas for most of human history. With such a vast number of ways in which the oceans can be used for trade, exploited for natural resources and fishing, as well as concerns over maritime security, the legal systems regulating the rights and responsibilities of nations in their use of the world's oceans have long been a crucial part of international law. The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea comprehensively defined the parameters of the law of the sea in 1982, and since the Convention was concluded it has seen considerable development. This Oxford Handbook provides a comprehensive and original analysis of its current debates and controversies, both theoretical and practical. Written by over forty expert and interdisciplinary contributors, the Handbook sets out how the law of the sea has developed, and the challenges it is currently facing. The Handbook consists of forty chapters divided into six parts. First, it explains the origins and evolution of the law of the sea, with a particular focus upon the role of key publicists such as Hugo Grotius and John Selden, the gradual development of state practice, and the creation of the 1982 UN Convention. It then reviews the components which comprise the maritime domain, assessing their definition, assertion, and recognition. It also analyses the ways in which coastal states or the international community can assert control over areas of the sea, and the management and regulation of each of the maritime zones. This includes investigating the development of the mechanisms for maritime boundary delimitation, and the decisions of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. The Handbook also discusses the actors and intuitions that impact on the law of the sea, considering their particular rights and interests, in particular those of state actors and the principle law of the sea institutions. Then it focuses on operational issues, investigating longstanding matters of resource management and the integrated oceans framework. This includes a discussion and assessment of the broad and increasingly influential integrated oceans management governance framework that interacts with the traditional law of the sea. It considers six distinctive regions that have been pivotal to the development of the law of the sea, before finally providing a detailed analysis of the critical contemporary issues facing the law of the sea. These include threatened species, climate change, bioprospecting, and piracy. The Handbook will be an invaluable and thought-provoking resource for scholars, students, and practitioners of the law of the sea.
Download or read book Selected Water Resources Abstracts written by and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Large Marine Ecosystems of the North Atlantic written by K. Sherman and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2002-04-16 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book to provide assessments of multidecadal changes in resources and environments of the Large Marine Ecosystems (LMEs) of the North Atlantic. Using the case study method, researchers examine the forces driving the changes and actions underway aimed at turning the corner from declining trends in biomass yields, toward recovery of depleted species populations and improvements in ecosystem integrity. Recently a distinguished group of 24 scientists argued eloquently that a new Sustainability Science was emerging that was focused on "meeting fundamental human needs while preserving the life support systems of planet Earth". The contributions contained in this volume are at the cutting edge of Sustainability Science and the results presented by the contributors are pertinent to one of the core questions: "How are long-term trends in environment and development, including consumption and population, reshaping nature-society interactions in ways relevant to sustainability?" (Science Vol. 292, 27 April 2001). The case studies demonstrate the utility of an ecosystem-based approach to the assessment and management of biomass yields and species sustainability. Movements toward ecosystem-based management have emerged from the case studies on the initiation of recoveries of several depleted groundfish stocks of the US Northeast Shelf LME; the collapse of the Newfoundland-Labrador Shelf cod; the assessment of physical and biological changes on the Scotian Shelf, West Greenland Shelf, Iceland Shelf LME, and the Faroe Plateau, the North Sea, and the Barents Sea LMEs. Uncertainties, with regard to environmental and human-generated forcing, are addressed in assessment of the states of the Iberian Coastal and Biscay-Celtic LMEs, and in broad-scale studies of the influences at the base of the food chain of climatic variability on the productivity and biodiversity of plankton communities of the North Atlantic. The volume concludes with an insightful perspective on the approaches used and the results reported by the eminent marine scientist and former President of ICES, Professor Gotthilf Hempel.
Download or read book Ecosystem Based Management for the Oceans written by Karen McLeod and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2012-09-26 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conventional management approaches cannot meet the challenges faced by ocean and coastal ecosystems today. Consequently, national and international bodies have called for a shift toward more comprehensive ecosystem-based marine management. Synthesizing a vast amount of current knowledge, Ecosystem-Based Management for the Oceans is a comprehensive guide to utilizing this promising new approach. At its core, ecosystem-based management (EBM) is about acknowledging connections. Instead of focusing on the impacts of single activities on the delivery of individual ecosystem services, EBM focuses on the array of services that we receive from marine systems, the interactive and cumulative effects of multiple human activities on these coupled ecological and social systems, and the importance of working towards common goals across sectors. Ecosystem-Based Management for the Oceans provides a conceptual framework for students and professionals who want to understand and utilize this powerful approach. And it employs case studies that draw on the experiences of EBM practitioners to demonstrate how EBM principles can be applied to real-world problems. The book emphasizes the importance of understanding the factors that contribute to social and ecological resilience —the extent to which a system can maintain its structure, function, and identity in the face of disturbance. Utilizing the resilience framework, professionals can better predict how systems will respond to a variety of disturbances, as well as to a range of management alternatives. Ecosystem-Based Management for the Oceans presents the latest science of resilience, while it provides tools for the design and implementation of responsive EBM solutions.
Download or read book 2001 Conservation Requirements for Scotian Shelf and Bay of Fundy Groundfish Stocks and Redfish Stocks written by Fisheries Resource Conservation Council (Canada) and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report makes recommendations for the 2001 groundfish fishery in eastern Canada, based on assessment of fishery resources in specified areas. The recommendations are presented by species and area, and include a history of previous recommendations, a summary of consultations held with fishery industry representatives, and a stock analysis. Species considered include cod, haddock, pollock, wolffish, cusk, flatfishes, hake, skates, Atlantic halibut, and redfish.
