Podcasts about marine policy

O SciCast mergulhou no universo fascinante dessas espécies que encantam pessoas ao redor do mundo. No entanto, por trás dessa beleza, há um custo ecossocial significativo. A exploração desenfreada, a falta de reprodução em cativeiro e o impacto na biodiversidade são temas urgentes que precisam ser discutidos. Conversamos como a aquariofilia afeta os ecossistemas de água doce e salgada, além de explorar as condições de trabalho das comunidades envolvidas na coleta desses peixes. Além disso, discutimos o papel dos governos e o que pode ser feito para tornar essa indústria mais sustentável. Patronato do SciCast: 1. Patreon SciCast 2. Apoia.se/Scicast 3. Nos ajude via Pix também, chave: contato@scicast.com.br ou acesse o QRcode: Sua pequena contribuição ajuda o Portal Deviante a continuar divulgando Ciência! Contatos: contato@scicast.com.br https://twitter.com/scicastpodcast https://www.facebook.com/scicastpodcast https://instagram.com/scicastpodcast Fale conosco! E não esqueça de deixar o seu comentário na postagem desse episódio! Expediente: Produção Geral: Tarik Fernandes e André Trapani Equipe de Gravação: Tarik Fernandes, Bruno Saito, Caio Ferreira, Rita Kujawski, Marcelo Pedraz Citação ABNT: Scicast #643: Peixes Ornamentais e Aquarismo. Locução: Tarik Fernandes, Bruno Saito, Caio Ferreira, Rita Kujawski, Marcelo Pedraz. [S.l.] Portal Deviante, 10/05/2025. Podcast. Disponível em: https://www.deviante.com.br/podcasts/scicast-643 Imagem de capa: Referências e Indicações Agostinho, A. A. (2010). Fisheries management in the Upper Paraná River. Aquatic Veterinary Society. (2021). Aquatic animal health: Challenges and solutions. Balon, E. K. (1975). Reproductive guilds of fishes. Chapman, L. J., Chapman, C. A., & Kaufman, L. (2006). Hypoxia tolerance in African fishes. Journal of Fish Biology, 68(1), 1-22. Environmental Science & Technology. (2020). Ecotoxicology of heavy metals in freshwater ecosystems. Environmental Science & Technology, 54(12), 12345-12356. IBAMA. (2022). Relatório de monitoramento de fauna silvestre. Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis. IUCN. (2023). Red List of Threatened Species. International Union for Conservation of Nature. https://www.iucnredlist.org Marine Ecology Progress Series. (2019). Cyanide fishing and its impacts on coral reefs. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 621, 1-15. Marine Policy. (2020). Cyanide fishing in the Indo-Pacific: Impacts and solutions. Marine Policy, 118, 103987. Nature Genetics. (2018). The zebrafish genome project. Nature Genetics, 50(3), 345-356. Projeto Piaba. (2023). Dados de manejo comunitário no Rio Negro. https://www.projetopiaba.org Revista FAPESP. (2021). O mercado de peixes ornamentais no Brasil. Revista FAPESP, 300, 45-50. Statista. (2023). Global ornamental fish market size. https://www.statista.com Transparência Brasil. (2023). Ligações entre parlamentares e exportadores de peixes ornamentais. https://www.transparencia.org.br University of Florida. (2021). Mortality rates in ornamental fish trade. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health, 33(2), 123-134. WWF. (2021). Ornamental fisheries and sustainable practices. World Wildlife Fund. https://www.worldwildlife.org Zootaxa. (2021). Taxonomic challenges in ornamental killifishes. Zootaxa, 5000(1), 1-20. Sugestões de filmes: Wild Caught: Aquarium Fish Trade of Amazon A saga do Piabeiro The Dark Hobby Into the Amazon - Discovering Wild Fish The End of The Line See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Endangered species protection in Ontario is under threat as the provincial government proposes Bill 5, repealing the Endangered Species Act in favor of weaker legislation. Host Andrew Lewin breaks down what these changes mean for biodiversity, habitat protection, and public accountability, and shares how Ontarians can respond through the Environmental Registry. Climate action in Hawaii is taking a bold step forward with a new tourism climate fee aimed at offsetting ecological damage from visitors. Meanwhile, an ancient species—the frilled shark—has been spotted off the coast of Chile, raising fascinating questions about changing ocean ranges. Finally, tensions escalate between the U.S. and the International Seabed Authority over proposals to mine the deep sea, revealing global disagreements over governance of our ocean commons. Links: Rollback of Environmental Regs: https://thenarwhal.ca/ontario-endangered-species-act-repealed/?utm_source=chatgpt.com Environmental Defence Canada Bill-5: https://environmentaldefence.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Bill-5-V2-Backgrounder-May-2025.pdf Frilled Shark in Chile: https://www.forbes.com/sites/melissacristinamarquez/2025/04/19/pigment-disorder-found-in-deep-sea-shark/ Follow a career in conservation: https://www.conservation-careers.com/online-training/ Use the code SUFB to get 33% off courses and the careers program.   Do you want to join my Ocean Community? Sign Up for Updates on the process: www.speakupforblue.com/oceanapp   Sign up for our Newsletter: http://www.speakupforblue.com/newsletter   Facebook Group: https://bit.ly/3NmYvsI Connect with Speak Up For Blue: Website: https://bit.ly/3fOF3Wf Instagram: https://bit.ly/3rIaJSG TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@speakupforblue Twitter: https://bit.ly/3rHZxpc YouTube: www.speakupforblue.com/youtube  

Kiti v rekah, mroži na evropskih obalah, delfini v pristaniščih – tudi v koprskem, na primer. Morski sesalci se vse pogosteje pojavljajo daleč od svojih običajnih domovanj. Zakaj? Mednarodna skupina znanstvenikov je v nedavni obsežni študiji, ki jo je vodila organizacija OceanCare, raziskovala prav to nenavadno vedenje. Sodelovalo je tudi slovensko društvo Morigenos. Razlogi so zapleteni, a med glavnimi vzroki izstopata podnebna kriza in človekov vpliv. Študija, ki jo je marca objavila priznana znanstvena revija Marine Policy, pa prvič prinaša tudi jasna priporočila – kako se odzvati, ko morski sesalci zaidejo v kraje, kjer jih ne bi pričakovali. Kako zaščititi njih in ljudi, več o tem je Lei Širok povedal dr. Tilen Genov.

Deep sea mining is making headlines as the United States considers allowing operations within its boundaries. In this episode, Andrew Lewin dives into a recent development involving a Canadian company, The Metals Company, that is pushing to mine the deep sea in US territory. What does this mean for the environment, international law, and ocean conservation? The US government's stance on deep sea mining could shift the global conversation around ocean resource extraction. Andrew explores the political, environmental, and legal implications of this move, the role of the International Seabed Authority, and how listeners can take action to protect the ocean before it's too late. Links: Southern Fried Science Article: https://www.southernfriedscience.com/the-metals-company-has-a-jones-act-problem/ Carissa Cabrera's TikTok post: https://www.tiktok.com/@carissaandclimate/video/7487726688885935402?lang=en Follow a career in conservation: https://www.conservation-careers.com/online-training/ Use the code SUFB to get 33% off courses and the careers program.   Do you want to join my Ocean Community? Sign Up for Updates on the process: www.speakupforblue.com/oceanapp   Sign up for our Newsletter: http://www.speakupforblue.com/newsletter   Facebook Group: https://bit.ly/3NmYvsI Connect with Speak Up For Blue: Website: https://bit.ly/3fOF3Wf Instagram: https://bit.ly/3rIaJSG TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@speakupforblue Twitter: https://bit.ly/3rHZxpc YouTube: www.speakupforblue.com/youtube  

Are OECMs (Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures) just as effective as Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in protecting biodiversity? In this episode of How to Protect the Ocean, we break down the differences, benefits, and challenges of OECMs, particularly in Canada's conservation strategy. Learn how fisheries closures and Indigenous-led conservation initiatives contribute to marine biodiversity and whether they should be counted toward Canada's 30x30 target.  

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The shark meat trade is a multi-billion dollar industry. But it receives relatively little attention, and remains understudied. This week, we sit down with conservation scientists Dr Divya Karnad and Dr Trisha Gupta, who have collaborated on research that aims to better understand the drivers and complexities of this trade. Using India as a case study, they are looking for ways to encourage more responsible and sustainable actions at all stages of the supply chain – from source to consumer. The papers mentioned in this episode are: Karnad, D., Narayani, S., Kottillil, S., Kottillil, S., Gupta, T., Barnes, A., Dias, A. and Krishna, Y.C., 2024. Regional hotspots and drivers of shark meat consumption in India. Conservation Science and Practice, 6(1), p.e13069. Gupta, T., Karnad, D., Oyanedel, R., Booth, H., Abhiram, T., Gaonkar, H. and Milner-Gulland, E.J., 2025. Identifying leverage points for sustainability in India's shark supply chains. Marine Policy, 173, p.106580. You can find out more about InSeason Fish here: https://www.inseasonfish.com/ or on Instagram (@inseasonfish) You can follow Trisha on Instagram (@trisha0405), twitter (@Trisha_0405), and Bluesky (@trisha04.bsky.social). You can also find the shownotes for this episode, and much more sharky fun over at www.saveourseas.com/worldofsharks      

Join host Norbert Wilson and co-host Kerilyn Schewel in the latest episode of the Leading Voices in Food podcast as they dive deep into the world of small-scale fisheries with two distinguished guests: Nicole Franz from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and John Virdin from Duke University's Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment, and Sustainability. Discover the significant role small-scale fisheries play in food security, economic development, and community livelihoods. Learn about the unique challenges these fisheries face, and how community-led climate adaptation alongside top-down national policies can help build resilience. This episode also highlights collaborative efforts between academia and organizations like FAO, painting a comprehensive picture of the state and future of small-scale fisheries. Interview Summary Kerilyn - So, Nicole, let's begin with you. Why is your work at the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization focused on small-scale fisheries and fishing communities? And could you share with us how they are different from fisheries more broadly? What's unique about them and their role in food production? Nicole - Yes. Let me start with the latter question. And I think the first thing is to clarify actually what are small-scale fisheries, no? Because sometimes if you think about small-scale fisheries, what most people will have in mind is probably that of a man in a small boat fishing. But in reality, it's a sector that is much more diverse. There are, for example, women in Indonesia that are collecting clams by foot. Foot fishers. Or we have examples from small-scale fisheries that are fishing boats in Norway, which are comparably small, but if you compare them, for example, with how small-scale fishing looks in a place like Mozambique, it's a very different scale. But all of that, however, is comprised in what we understand as small-scale fisheries. It is also important to understand that when we talk about small-scale fisheries in FAO, we don't only limit it to what is happening in the water, the harvesting part, but we also include what happens once the fish is out of the water. So, once it's processed, then, and when it's traded. So, so it's a whole supply chain that is connected to that small-scale fisheries production that we understand as being small-scale fisheries. And with Duke University, with John who is present here, and other colleagues and other colleagues from World Fish, we did a global study where we tried to estimate the global contributions of small-scale fisheries to sustainable development. And what we found was that at least 40 percent of the global catch is actually coming from inland and marine small-scale fisheries. And that's, that's enormous. That's a huge, huge amount. More important almost is that, that 90 percent of all the people that are employed in capture fisheries are in small-scale fisheries. And that is the human dimension of it. And that's why the community dimension is so important for the work. Because it is that big amount of people, 61 million people, that are employed in the value chains. And in addition to that, we estimated that there are about 53 million people that are actually engaging in small-scale fisheries for subsistence. So, if we consider those people that are employed in small-scale fisheries, plus those that are engaging for subsistence, and all their household members, we're actually talking about close to 500 million people that depend at least partially on small-scale fisheries for their livelihoods. We also looked at the economic dimensions of small-scale fisheries, and we found that the value from the first sale of small-scale fishery products amounts to 77 billion. So, these numbers are important. They show the importance of small-scale fisheries in terms of their production, but also in terms of the livelihood [00:05:00] dimension, in terms of the economic value that they generate. And, last but not least, we also looked at the nutritional value from small-scale fisheries. And we estimated that the catch from small-scale fisheries would be able to supply almost 1 billion women globally with 50 percent of the recommended omega 3 fatty acid intake. So, I think with all of these numbers, hopefully, I can convey why the focus on small-scale fish is, in the context of food security and poverty eradication in particular, is of fundamental importance. Kerilyn - Thanks, Nicole. That's really helpful to get a kind of global picture. If I could follow up to ask, what regions of the world are small-scale fisheries more common, or do economies rely on them? And in what regions do you see them disappearing? Are they common in countries like the US, for example? Well, they're certainly more common in what is often considered as a Global South. In Asia in particular, we encountered the largest total numbers, absolute numbers, in terms of people involved in terms of production. But also in Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean. In the Pacific, obviously, they play a crucial role. They are more and more disappearing in the US, for example, in Europe. We see that it is a livelihood that is no longer very common. And one of the features we see there that it's an aging sector, it's a shrinking sector, for a number of reasons. But they still define the characteristic of certain areas where they really are part of the identity and of the local culture, even in the U.S. or in many, many places in Europe. Norbert - Nicole, this is really fascinating. Thank you for sharing this broad overview of what's happening and who are small-scale fishers. What are some of the common challenges that these small-scale fishers and fisheries face? And what is FAO's response to those challenges? Nicole - Well, where to start? There are so many challenges. I think one fundamental challenge that is common across all regions is securing access to fishing grounds. But not only to fishing grounds, but also to the coastal areas where operations, where they land the boats, where they, where the process of fish, where the fishing villages and communities are located. In many areas around the world, we see expansion of tourism, expansion of urban areas and coastal areas. The increase of other industries that are competing for the space now, and that are often stronger economically more visible than small-scale fisheries. So, the competition over space in those areas is quite an issue. But there are also many challenges that are more outside of the fishing activity directly. For example, often small-scale fishing communities lack access to services. We had basic services such as education or health services, social protection. And in many cases, women are particularly disadvantaged in relation to access to these services. For example, women that are involved in harvesting or in processing of fish in small-scale fisheries, they often do not know where to leave their children while they are at work because there's no childcare facility in many of these villages. And there are 45 million women that are engaged in small-scale fisheries around the world. Another set of challenges relates to the value chains and the markets. Often there's limited infrastructure to connect to markets. The processing and storage facilities are not adequate to bring the product to the market in a state that allows it to then fetch good prices and to benefit from the value chain. Often small-scale fishers and fish workers are also not well organized. So, they become more subject to power imbalances along the value chain where they have to be price takers. Now they have to accept what is offered. That also relates often to a lack of transparency in relation to market information. And of course, then we have another set of challenges that are coming from climate change that are becoming more and more important. And from other types of disasters also. One thing that brings together all these challenges, or makes them worse, is often the lack of representative structures and also institutional structures that allow for participation in relevant decision making or management processes. So that small-scale fishers and fish workers don't even have an opportunity to flag their needs or to propose solutions. So, FAO has facilitated a process to develop Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-scale Fisheries in the Context of Food security and Poverty Eradication. Quite a mouthful of a name. In short, we call them small-scale fisheries guidelines. In which all the major challenges in a way are compiled in one document together with guidance on how to address them. And these guidelines are the result of a participatory development process. So, they are really informed by the involvement of fishing communities from around the world, but also other stakeholders. And they have been agreed on and have been endorsed by the almost 200 members of the FAO. We are now working with countries, with the small-scale fishing communities around the world, with other partners, including Duke University, to help implement these small-scale fisheries guidelines. Norbert - Oh, this is really fascinating and it's important work. I'm intrigued with the participatory process. How are small-scale fisher organizations involved in this? Are you working with different organizations? Or is this more individuals who are just interested in this issue coming to the fore? This is through organizations at all levels. Be it at the national level where we are, for example, facilitating the formation of new women organizations in a number of African countries. Be it at the regional level, in particular in Africa, there are existing structures in the context of the African union, which has established so called non state actor platforms for fisheries and aquaculture, which we are supporting in order to bring their voice into the processes and to facilitate peer learning. And then there's a number of global social movements and producer organizations for small-scale fisheries that we are working with and using them as a facilitator to involve as many as possible. And gather as much insight that is coming from the membership of those organizations to then bring into global, regional, national processes from our side. Norbert - This is really important to hear how different forms of governance and at different levels are playing a part in developing these guidelines. Thank you for sharing that, Nicole. I'd like to turn to you, John. You have more than 20 years of experience in studying and advising government policies to regulate human use of the oceans. With a particular focus on marine conservation practices. How has your thinking about marine conservation changed over the last 20 years? John - Yeah, it's changed a bit. As you mentioned, my interest in work has been on ocean conservation and how it can alleviate poverty. A lot of times that has meant managing fisheries to address poverty. And I think in the past, that meant that I was really focused on what governments could do to increase the efficiency of fisheries. The economic efficiency. How do we increase incomes, how do you increase revenues for communities? All very important, but for all the reasons that Nicole mentioned, I spend a lot more time now thinking about the process rather than the outcomes, and thinking about what institutions are in place, or can be created, to help empower small-scale fishing communities to have much more of a voice in the decisions that affect them. In how the resources are used. How the space is used. And Nicole outlined really well a lot of the challenges that are facing communities from increased industrialization of ocean use to the squeeze from climate change and the effect on resources. And even the fact that climate change may be driving people to the oceans. I mean, as farms and agricultures maybe fail or face challenges, oceans are often open access, and can even be a sink for people to make a livelihood. And so, yet more pressures coming from outside these fisheries. How can fishers have a greater voice in making the decisions that impact them and safeguarding their livelihoods? Norbert - Thank you for that. I'm interested in understanding how do these fisher folks, who are trying to organize and are organizing, how does that interact with sort of larger markets? I mean, I would imagine a number of these folks are catching fish and other seafood that goes into global markets. What's the interaction or challenges that may happen there? John - As Nicole mentioned, because small-scale fisheries are so diverse you have markets in many places. These may be located near an urban center where you can have easy access. You can get fresh fish in a cooler and put it on a plane and off it goes to an export market. We found that, what may be surprised us, is a significant number of small-scale fishers are exporting in some cases. So, then that can be challenging because you might get higher prices, which is a good thing. But it might drive, for example, more fishing effort. It might drive higher levels of exploitation. It might change traditional practices, traditional rules for fisheries. It might really change how fishers organize in a given place. So, the access to export markets, even say an island setting, has kind of scrambled past fisheries management in some places and can be an outside force. Kerilyn - John and Nicole, I want to ask you both a question now about painting a picture of these communities that you're working with. You both mentioned how diverse small-scale fisheries can be. I was wondering if you could just share what one community in particular looks like that you've worked with? What are the challenges that a particular community faces, or alternatively, where do you see things actually working well? So Nicole, could I ask you to respond first? Nicole - I'm working more with global processes and the global level. So, through that, I have the privilege of working with representatives from many, many communities. So maybe what I can share is the feedback that I'm getting through that, in terms of the change that we can observe, and that is affecting fishing communities around the world. I think one thing that is being brought up as a concern by many is what I mentioned before. It's a process of aging in fishing communities and often a lack of capacity to retain young people in the sector. And that has different reasons. Now there are all of these challenges that small-scale fisheries have to face and that are difficult to overcome. So, that often drives people, in particular young men, to leave the communities. Or within the communities, to look for other alternative livelihoods now and not to take on the skills of fishermen or getting engaged in small-scale fisheries more broadly. So, in some cases, yes, it's not only other activities within the community, but really leaving the community and leaving in some cases also the country. What we see there is that sometimes people that have the skills, maybe still as a fisher, they have tried to fish. So, they have a knowledge of fishing. They emigrate out into other countries. And in some cases they are then hired into industrial fisheries where they work on industrial boats that go out fishing for longer periods of time. But where they at times end up in situations that can be called slave labor, basically, that are subject to serious violations of human rights. And that is in a way generated by this vulnerability to the poverty that is still there in those communities. The lack of being able to make a living, a decent work in the fishing community. So, that is something that we have seen is happening. We have also seen that in some cases, there's an involvement of fishers into say more illegal activities, be it in drug trafficking, be it also into the trafficking of people. I'm thinking even about the Mediterranean. I'm working out of Italy, Rome. We have a lot of immigration from North African countries, for example, coming through that route. And oftentimes it happens that the transport of migrants is actually carried out by fishers and their boats because they have the skill to navigate the sea. And they make a better living by transporting illegal migrants than going fishing. So, those are some of the challenges we hear. And the other one is there in relation to what is now a concept that is getting more and more traction. It's often known as the blue economy, which is, in a way, looking at the ocean as the last frontier for economic development. And that includes on the one hand, the expansion of previously existing industries, such as tourism. But also the expansion of newer sectors such as alternative energy production. Think wind parks now in coastal areas. So, what happens here is that in many cases, this adds again, additional pressure on the available maritime space. In the water and on the land. The expansion of marine aquaculture is another example. So, that also is something that we hear is becoming an issue for small-scale fishing communities to defend the space that they need to maintain their lifestyle. Kerilyn - John, is there anything you'd like to add on this question of how fisheries are changing? John - Very, very briefly. Taking the example in West Africa where I've spent some time over the years, you certainly have some communities there where it actually doesn't seem as if the fisheries are changing as much in the sense it's quite static and stagnant. And this could be caused by a lot of the reasons that Nicole mentioned, but the community, the economy, the fisheries aren't growing. People, young people may be leaving for a number of reasons, but it doesn't have to be that way either. I mean, there are positive examples. I was in Liberia last week, and there, from the numbers that the government has, small-scale fishing communities are growing. The number of fishers are growing. They've actually made a conscious effort to protect a certain area of the ocean just for small-scale fisheries. And to prohibit trawling and to give the communities more space to grow and operate in the 20 years since the conflict ended there. So, again, it doesn't have to be sort of stagnant or grinding on in some of these communities as they cope with competition for resources, for example, competition for space from others. Where they were given that space, in some cases in Liberia, they've grown. That may have its own challenges but. Kerilyn - Interesting. In the back of my mind, when thinking about these communities and aging and migration of younger generations away from these livelihoods, you know, as someone who studies the relationship between migration and development, I think it's a common trend where, you know, as countries develop, young people leave traditional economic activities. They get more educated, they move to cities, they move abroad. To what degree is this somehow just part of these countries' development? Should we expect young people to be leaving them? And to what degree might we think differently about development in a way that would enable more young people to stay? And I think, John, you mentioned a really interesting point about how protecting the space For these small-scale fisheries to operate is one thing that seems to have kept people engaged in this livelihood. I'd be curious if there's other things that come up for you. Other ways of thinking about enhancing the capability to stay in small-scale fishing livelihoods. John - Sure, and I'd be curious what Nicole's seeing from her perspective. I think, to some extent, it's a different question if small-scale fisheries are economically viable. And so, what I think Nicole and I are referring to in many cases is where for a lot of these external pressures upon them, they may not be as viable as they once were. And that has its own push on people, whereas where fishers are empowered, they have more of a voice in what happens to the fisheries and controlling those spaces and resources, and it can be more economically viable in these fisheries. That presents a different set of choices for young people then. So that's where we've really focused is: okay, what is the process by which small-scale fishing communities have their voices heard more, have much more of a say and much more power in the use of the fisheries, the use of the coastal areas, the things that affect those fisheries and their livelihoods? And then we can see what those choices might look like. But Nicole, I'm not sure if that's consistent with what you've seen in a number of places. Nicole - Yes, and maybe to also rebalance a bleak picture I painted before. Like John said, there are obviously good examples. I think an important condition is probably a linkage to markets. Non-economic viability in many ways does play a role. And there are examples of how that can happen in different ways. For example, in Morocco, the country has made quite a significant investment to build a whole series of ports for small-scale fisheries. Specifically, along the entire coastline of Morocco where they are providing a port that is not just a landing site for small-scale fisheries, but it provides like a system of integrated services. There's an auction hall. So, the fish comes in, it's immediately kind of weighted. They get the information, the label for what they have brought in, then it goes into an auction that has set rules and everybody is tied to. But in that same area, for example, there's also a bank or there is an office that helps with the access to social protection services, for example. So, it's a whole integrated service center, and that really makes a difference to help make the sector more efficient. But at the same time, also really keep the tradition. So, it's not only economic efficiency, but by having all these different centers, it allows to maintain many people employed and to also maintain the characteristics of each of those different lending sites. That's one example. I was in Korea last year and there, they were doing something similar. They are reviving some of their traditional fishing villages where they are also investing in those fishing communities and providing them with funding to set up, for example, restaurants that are run directly by those involved in the fishery. Those are particular places that are close to cities. In my case, I was in Busan. So, it's very closely connected to the consumers now that come out there. They are focusing on certain products in these villages that they are famous for traditionally. They have little shops and they're starting e-commerce for some of the products. So, the way they package, and the label has become much, much wider than before. So again, that has revived a bit those communities. In Italy, it's a country that's famous for its food, you know. And they are in the region that's called the Amalfi coast. There's a tiny village and it's famous for the production of a value-added product made from tiny sardines that are fished by the small-scale fisheries boats. And they are processed in a very particular way. And there is like a label of geographic origin of this product, and it can only come from that village. And it has a high price and has it's like a high-end product, so to say. And in a way these are also approaches that provide dignity to this profession. And a sense of pride which is really important and should not be underestimated in also increasing the willingness, for example, of young people to be part of that and maintain the viability of the sector. John – I'd like to just add, I think that's a really important point on the dignity and pride and the importance of these fisheries in so many places and cultures. I mean, I'll never forget talking to a minister of finance in one country and starting to try to make the economic case for supporting small-scale fisheries. He cut me off in about 30 seconds and started talking about growing up fishing in the village and going back home for vacations, and just the importance to the entire community of fishing to him and just how much it was a part of the fabric of the culture. Kerilyn - I love that. That does seem so important and wonderful to hear those very specific examples that do give some hope. It's not just a bleak future. Norbert - You know, it's great to hear how government policy is helping shape and reshape these fisheries in a way that allow for economic viability and also these are opportunities to connect communities to these traditions. And so, I find that really fascinating. I want to kind of push a little bit beyond that and bring back the idea of how to deal with climate that was mentioned earlier. And also change our focus from government policy to sort of what's happening within these small-scale fisheries and fishery organizations. So Nicole, a lot of your work focuses on building more inclusive policy processes and stakeholder engagement. And so, from your perspective, how does community-led climate adaptation, rather than top down adaptation agendas, lead to different outcomes? Nicole - Well, I think one way that seems quite obvious, how community-led adaptation can lead to different outcomes is simply that in that case, the traditional and the indigenous knowledge that is within those communities will be considered much more strongly. And this is something that can be really critical to crafting solutions for that very site-specific context. Because the impact of the climate change can be very different in every region and every locality not due to that specific environment that it's encountering there. And holding the knowledge and being able to observe the changes and then adapt to them is something that certainly a community-based approach has an advantage over something that would be a coming from a more centralized top down, a little bit more one-size-fits-all approach. And this can then imply little things like, for example, if the water temperature changes, we see a change in the fish behavior. Now we see how certain stocks start to move to different environments and others are coming in. So, the communities obviously need to adapt to that. And they do that automatically. Now, if it changes, they adapt their gear, they adapt to the new species that is there. So, in many cases, there are solutions that are already happening, and adaptations that are already happening that may not carry that label, that name. But if you look at it, it is really what is happening, no? Or you can see in some cases, that for example, there are initiatives that are coming also spontaneously from the communities to replant mangrove forests, where you can observe that there is a rising seawater level that is threatening the communities and where they have their houses, where they have their daily lives. Now, you can see that through NGOs and often there is support projects for that. But you can also see it happening more spontaneously when communities observe that change. So, the top-down approaches often they lack that more nuanced, site-specific considerations in their approaches and the consideration of that specific knowledge. On the other hand, it needs to be said though, that the top-down approaches can also play an important role. For example, countries develop their national adaptation plans. And those plans are usually, you know, developed at a higher level, at the central level. And often fisheries and aquaculture are not necessarily included in those plans. So that is something where the top-down level can play a very important role and really make a difference for small-scale fisheries by ensuring that fisheries and aquaculture are included in a sector. So, I guess that in the end, as always, it's not black and white. No, it's something that we need to take into account both of it and have any climate change adaptation approach to small-scale fisheries being grounded in both. And have a way to bridge the top down and the bottom-up approaches. Norbert - I really like this idea of bridging between the top down and the bottom-up approaches, understanding the local knowledge that's there. I would imagine that's also knowledge that when used to make decisions makes it easier for people to stick with those decisions, because it's a part of their voice. It's who they are. And then the other side, it's critical to make sure that those plans are a part of a larger national move, because if the government is not involved, if those higher-level decision makers are not involved, they can easily overlook the needs of those communities. I really appreciate hearing that. I think sometimes we hear this tension. It needs to be one or the other. And you're making a really compelling point about how it has to be integrated. John, I'm really intrigued to see from your perspective. How do you see this top down versus bottom-up approach working in the work you've done? John - I'll do what I typically do is echo and agree with Nicole, but just to give an example that I love. I teach this one in my classes. There's an old paper by Bob Johannes, a marine ecologist. And the standard practice in managing fisheries as government scientists is you count the fish, you then set limits for them, often from the top down. And his point was in the case of Indonesia, if you look at the reef fisheries that go through most of the communities, one tool to assess the fish stocks is to do a visual census. You swim transects along the reefs and you count the fish. So, he did a back of the envelope estimate and he said, well, if you're going to do that through all the reefs throughout Indonesia, it would probably be finished in about 400 years. And that would give you one snapshot. So, he's saying you can't do this. You have to rely on the local knowledge in these communities. I don't want to romanticize traditional knowledge too much, but I just can't imagine how policies would effectively support adaptation in these communities without building upon this traditional ecological knowledge. Kerilyn - John, since coming to Duke from the World Bank, you've regularly collaborated with non-academic partners like the FAO as well as the UN environmental program. Can you tell us more about how your partnership with the FAO and your work with Nicole more specifically began? John - Sure. I think more than anything, I got really lucky. But when I first came to Duke, I started working with a colleague, Professor Xavier Basurto at the Marine Lab, who I think is one of the world's leading scholars on how communities come together to manage common resources like fish stocks. We organized a workshop at Duke on small-scale fisheries. We got talking to Nicole, invited her and some of her colleagues at FAO to that workshop, together with others, to think about a way forward for small-scale fisheries for philanthropy. And I think from those conversations started to see the need to build a global evidence base on how important these fisheries are in society. And Nicole could probably say it better, but from there, she and colleagues said, you know, maybe you all could work with us. We're planning to do this study to build this evidence base and maybe we could collaborate. And I think we're very fortunate that Duke gives the space for that kind of engaged research and allows us to do it. I don't think we knew how long it would be when we started, Nicole. But over five years and 800 researchers later, we - Javier, Nicole, myself, and so many others - concluded with this global study that we hope does have a little bit clearer picture on the role of these fisheries in society. Kerilyn - Nicole, from your side, what does an academic partner bring to the table? What's your motivation for partnering with someone like John or Duke University more specifically. Well, I think as FAO, we like to call ourselves a knowledge organization, but we're not an academic institution. We don't conduct research ourselves, no? So, we need to partner around that. We work with the policy makers though. So, one of our roles, in a way, is to build that. To broker and improve the science policy interface. So, this is why collaboration with academia research for us is very important. And what we experienced in this particular collaboration with Duke University to produce this study called Illuminating Hidden Harvest, the Contributions of Small-scale Fisheries to Sustainable Development was really that first we realized we have a shared vision, shared objectives. And I think that's fundamental. Now, you need to make sure that you have the same values, how you approach these things. And in this case, it aligned very well that we really wanted to take in a way, a human-centered and multidimensional approach to look at small-scale fisheries. And then it was also very important to understand what every partner brings to the table, no? The different strengths that we have. And then based on that, define the roles and what everybody's doing in a project. And the added value for us was certainly the capacity from the Duke University side to help develop the method that we develop for the country case studies that we conducted in 58 countries. And not only to develop that method, but then we had a postdoc at Duke University for this project, who was actually then engaging with all of the people. People in these 58 countries. And, and she was. coaching them in that methodology, actually in three languages, which was quite amazing. It was very, very thorough. We could not have done that. And we had a lot of other students from Duke University that helped us once we had the data gathered. To then screen that data, harmonize that data, clean that data, obviously under the leadership of John, Xavier and other colleagues, no? So that was really something that was adding a lot of value and actually also helped us to get to know a lot of the students from Duke. And some of those then ended up also becoming consultants working with us more broadly on small-scale fisheries. So that was certainly great, great value for FAO as collaboration. BIOS Nicole Franz, Equitable Livelihoods Team Leader, Fisheries and Aquaculture Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN. Nicole is a development economist with 18 years of experience in intergovernmental organizations. She holds a Master in International Cooperation and Project Design from University La Sapienza, Rome and a Master in Economic and Cultural Cooperation and Human Rights in the Mediterranean Region. From 2003 to 2008 she was a consultant for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). In 2009-10 she was Fishery Planning Analyst at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris, focusing on fisheries certification. Since 2011 she works for the FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Division where she coordinates the implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (SSF Guidelines) with a focus on inclusive policy processes and stakeholder empowerment. Since 2021 she leads the Equitable Livelihoods team.  John Virdin is director of the Oceans Program at the Duke University Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability. He has a total of over twenty years' experience in studying and advising government policies to regulate human use of the oceans, particularly marine conservation policies to reduce poverty throughout the tropics. His focus has been largely on managing fisheries for food and livelihoods, expanding to broader ocean-based economic development policies, coastal adaptation and more recently reducing ocean plastic pollution. He directs the Oceans Program at the Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability, aiming to connect Duke University's science and ideas to help policymakers solve ocean sustainability problems. He has collaborated in this effort with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization and the United Nations Environment Program, as well as regional organizations such as the Abidjan Convention secretariat, the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States, the Sub-Regional Fisheries Commission of West Africa and the Parties to the Nauru Agreement for tuna fisheries management in the Western Pacific. He co-created and teaches an introductory course for undergraduate students to understand the role of ocean policy in helping solve many of society's most pressing development challenges on land. His work has been published in books, edited volumes and a number of professional journals, including Nature Ecology and Evolution, Ecosystem Services, Environment International, Fish and Fisheries and Marine Policy, as well as contributing to China Dialogue, The Conversation, the Economist Intelligence Unit, and The Hill.    

By Jared Samuelson Dongkeun Lee joins the program to discuss an article he's written for the September issue of Marine Policy entitled, “Influences behind the development of South Korea's shipbuilding industry from the 1960s to the 2000s.” Dongkeun is a PhD candidate at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre (SDSC) at the Australian National University, … Continue reading Sea Control 536 – Development of the South Korean Shipbuilding Industry with Dongkeun Lee →

Links1. "Influences behind the development of South Korea's shipbuilding industry from the 1960s to the 2000s," by Dongkeun Lee, Marine Policy, September 2024. 

The vital research marine science undertakes in our ocean is underpinned by intricate and detailed policy and global governance frameworks to enable sustainable use and support the protection of the ocean. NOC's Head of Marine Policy, Alan Evans, joins the podcast in our season finale to talk about the significance of policy and laws - including the historic High Seas Treaty, amongst other ocean governance frameworks. Learn more about the High Seas Treaty - https://noc.ac.uk/news/noc-comments-new-high-seas-treaty The European Marine Board - https://www.marineboard.eu/ Follow us on social media to keep up to date with new episode releases and latest news - https://linktr.ee/nocnews CORRECTION: At 13:23 Alan states that the High Seas Treaty negotiations started in September 2018. They actually started a year prior, in September 2018.

This is the first episode in a new series on the Future of Fisheries Management (FFM), conducted in collaboration with the Mercatus Center at George Mason University as well as the Center for Governance and Markets at the University of Pittsburgh. In this episode, Michael speaks with Elizabeth Mendenhall, Associate Professor of Marine Affairs at the University of Rhode Island. Elizabeth is an expert in international marine policy with a particular emphasis on the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Law of the Sea, or UNCLOS. During the conversation, she speaks with Michael about the origins of this policy, the elements of it that she admires, and the promise and challenges it presents for helping states deal with their shared environmental problems. At the end of the interview Michael and Elizabeth discuss the workshop on fisheries policy where they met, co-hosted by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University as well as the Center for Governance and Markets at the University of Pittsburgh.   Elizabeth's website: http://www.elizabeth-mendenhall.com/ References: Mendenhall, Elizabeth. 2023. “Making the Most of What We Already Have: Activating UNCLOS to Combat Marine Plastic Pollution.” Marine Policy 155 (September): 105786.  Mendenhall, Elizabeth, and Kahlil Hassanali. 2023. “The BBNJ Agreement and Liability.” Marine Policy 150 (April): 105549. Mendenhall, Elizabeth, Cullen Hendrix, Elizabeth Nyman, Paige M. Roberts, John Robison Hoopes, James R. Watson, Vicky W. Y. Lam, and U. Rashid Sumaila. 2020. “Climate Change Increases the Risk of Fisheries Conflict.” Marine Policy 117 (July): 103954.  Mendenhall, Elizabeth, Rachel Tiller, and Elizabeth Nyman. 2023. “The Ship Has Reached the Shore: The Final Session of the ‘Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction' Negotiations.” Marine Policy 155 (105686): 105686.

We discuss the need for marine eco policies and "sustainable fishing" policies to move toward a non-industrial discourse that treats fish as subjects and as ecological beings rather than primarily objectifying them as human food/stock/seafood – basically sustainable fisheries rhetoric should stop reducing fish and other aquatic animal species to mere economic resources to be 'sustainably managed'. Dr. Jennifer Jacquet, Professor of Environmental Science and Policy at Univ of Miami, explains her rationales for why a change in our discussion of fish (and relationship with fish) is warranted and ecologically beneficial, in this 25-minute podcast with host Carrie Freeman.  This is based on an provocative perspective piece that Dr. Jennifer Jacquet recently co-authored with Dr. Daniel Pauly, published in the journal PLOS Biology, titled "Reimagining Sustainable Fisheries" that challenges the bias toward industrial fishing and economic commodities in our fisheries and marine environmental policies. She also unpacks the excuse that we need managed industrial fishing with quotas to "feed people" or for "food security" when so much caught fish just goes to feed farmed animals (including farmed fish) and to feed wealthier consumer market demands when these consumers often have more sustainable food options (like plant-based). She explains why sustainable fisheries policies need to focus on subsistence fishing (not industrial) and especially protecting marine habitats to help aquatic animals begin to thrive free of harassment/harm. The move to reimagine whales as beings not commodities can be a model for cultural and political change toward other marine animals. See https://ali.fish/blog/reimagining-sustainable-fisheries  The photo of free/wild fish in the Maldives is by Sebastian Pena Lambarri on Unsplash.  In Tune to Nature is a long-time weekly show airing on Wednesdays from 6:30-7pm EST on Atlanta indie station WRFG (Radio Free Georgia) 89.3FM hosted by Carrie Freeman or Melody Paris. Please consider donating to support this 50-year old independent, non-commercial, progressive Atlanta radio station at https://wrfg.org/   Remember to take care of yourself and others, including other species, like those who live underwater.

In this episode of the Sentient Media Podcast, host Ana Bradley interviews Dr. Jennifer Jacquet about the controversial topic of octopus farming. Dr. Jacquet discusses the reasons behind the resistance to octopus farming in the 21st century and the ethical implications of mass-producing a beloved animal species. They explore the current status of proposed octopus farms in different countries, including the world's first factory farm for octopuses in Gran Canaria. Dr. Jacquet shares insights into what an octopus factory farm might look like and the potential impact on the animals' well-being. They also discuss the reasons for choosing a land-based facility for octopus farming and the public's response to this issue. This episode provides valuable perspectives on the challenges and ethical considerations surrounding octopus farming.Dr. Jennifer Jacquet is a professor in Department of Environmental Science and Policy at the University of Miami. She is the recipient of a 2015 Alfred P. Sloan research fellowship and a 2016 Pew fellowship in marine conservation. Along with Becca Franks, Peter Godfrey-Smith and Walter Sanchez-Suarez, she published an article on “The Case Against Octopus Farming” in 2019. 

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To celebrate International Women's Day 2023, this month Taylor welcomes back the first three-time guest on The Ocean Decade Show - Alison Clausen, Ocean Decade-expert and Programme Specialist, Marine Policy & Regional Coordination Section, at the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission. Taylor and Alison chat about gender and the Ocean Decade, re-live big highlights from 2022, look ahead to all that's in store for during 2023, and drop an exciting pre-announcement of the next Ocean Decade Conference in April 2024!

Um Umwelt und Klima zu schützen, versuchen einige Länder von fossilen Energien wegzukommen. Sie wollen Strom immer mehr mit erneuerbaren Energien erzeugen. Doch dafür werden auch immer mehr Metalle benötigt. Tiefseebergbau könnte Abhilfe schaffen und eine Alternative zum umweltschädigenden Bergbau an Land sein - das sagen zumindest die Player in der Rohstoffindustrie. Einige Firmen planen, diesen großen Schatz zu heben, der unten am Boden der Tiefsee schlummert. Bisher ist das Zukunftsmusik. Bald schon könnte ein kommerzieller Abbau von marinen Rohstoffen allerdings Realität werden. Doch dabei würden riesige Flächen bisher unberührten Meeresbodens zerstört werden, warnen Umweltschützer*innen und auch Forschende.  Im Gespräch mit Host Lucie Kluth erklärt Wissenschaftsjournalistin Yasmin Appelhans, welche Auswirkungen der Abbau von Rohstoffen wie Mangan hätte und wie sich das Ökosystem Tiefsee dadurch verändern würde. Sie hat mit Forschenden gesprochen, die genau diesen Fragen mit ihren Experimenten auf den Grund gehen wollen. Wie läuft ihre Forschung ab? Und haben ihre Forschungsergebnisse überhaupt Einfluss auf die Entscheidung, ob und wie am Grund der Ozeane bald Metall gefördert werden darf? • Website mit Werbevideos von The Metals Company | Home Page - The Metals Company. https://metals.co/ [Aufgerufen am 23. Januar 2023]. • Informationen über Manganknollen | Manganknollen: World Ocean Review. https://worldoceanreview.com/de/wor-3/mineralische-rohstoffe/manganknollen/ [Aufgerufen am 28. Januar 2023]. • Eigenschaften von Mangenknollen | Calvert SE. Iron-manganese nodules. In: Sedimentology. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 1978. p. 607–611. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-31079-7_118 • Informationen über Kobaltkrusten | Kobaltkrusten: World Ocean Review. https://worldoceanreview.com/de/wor-3/mineralische-rohstoffe/kobaltkrusten/ [Aufgerufen am 28. Januar 2023]. • Die Internationale Meeresbodenbehörde | International Seabed Authority. https://isa.org.jm/ [Aufgerufen am 15. Februar 2023]. • Pressemitteilung der Bundesregierung zu Pause von Sponsoring | Schutz der Meere: Deutschland unterstützt bis auf Weiteres keinen Tiefseebergbau. bmuv.de. https://www.bmuv.de/PM10314 [Aufgerufen am 15. Februar 2023]. • Ökosysteme in mittlerer Wassertiefe auch von Tiefseebergbau betroffen | Drazen JC, Smith CR, Gjerde KM, Haddock SHD, Carter GS, Choy CA, et al. Midwater ecosystems must be considered when evaluating environmental risks of deep-sea mining. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2020;117(30): 17455–17460. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2011914117 • Statement von Forschenden zu Tiefseebergbau | Deep-Sea Mining Science Statement. Deep-Sea Mining Science Statement. https://www.seabedminingsciencestatement.org [Aufgerufen am 23. Januar 2023]. • Aufruf zu Moratorium von WWF unterstützt von großen Firmen | No Deep Seabed Mining. https://www.noseabedmining.org/ [Aufgerufen am 30. Januar 2023]. • Gespensteroktopus ist von Manganknollen abhängig | Purser A, Marcon Y, Hoving HJT, Vecchione M, Piatkowski U, Eason D, et al. Association of deep-sea incirrate octopods with manganese crusts and nodule fields in the Pacific Ocean. Current Biology. 2016;26(24): R1268–R1269. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.10.052 • Blogartikel über Projekt von Meeresbiologin Sabine Gollner mit Bildern | SO295 MiningImpact - Restoring the deep sea after mining - would it work?. 2022. https://www.oceanblogs.org/SO295-MiningImpact/2022/12/12/restoring-the-deep-sea-after-mining-would-it-work/ [Aufgerufen am 30. Januar 2023]. • Sedimentwolken beim Tiefseebergbau | Weaver PPE, Aguzzi J, Boschen-Rose RE, Colaço A, de Stigter H, Gollner S, et al. Assessing plume impacts caused by polymetallic nodule mining vehicles. Marine Policy. 2022;139: 105011. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2022.105011

Um Umwelt und Klima zu schützen, versuchen einige Länder von fossilen Energien wegzukommen. Sie wollen Strom immer mehr mit erneuerbaren Energien erzeugen. Doch dafür werden auch immer mehr Metalle benötigt. Tiefseebergbau könnte Abhilfe schaffen und eine Alternative zum umweltschädigenden Bergbau an Land sein - das sagen zumindest die Player in der Rohstoffindustrie. Einige Firmen planen, diesen großen Schatz zu heben, der unten am Boden der Tiefsee schlummert. Bisher ist das Zukunftsmusik. Bald schon könnte ein kommerzieller Abbau von marinen Rohstoffen allerdings Realität werden. Doch dabei würden riesige Flächen bisher unberührten Meeresbodens zerstört werden, warnen Umweltschützer*innen und auch Forschende.  Im Gespräch mit Host Lucie Kluth erklärt Wissenschaftsjournalistin Yasmin Appelhans, welche Auswirkungen der Abbau von Rohstoffen wie Mangan hätte und wie sich das Ökosystem Tiefsee dadurch verändern würde. Sie hat mit Forschenden gesprochen, die genau diesen Fragen mit ihren Experimenten auf den Grund gehen wollen. Wie läuft ihre Forschung ab? Und haben ihre Forschungsergebnisse überhaupt Einfluss auf die Entscheidung, ob und wie am Grund der Ozeane bald Metall gefördert werden darf? • Website mit Werbevideos von The Metals Company | Home Page - The Metals Company. https://metals.co/ [Aufgerufen am 23. Januar 2023]. • Informationen über Manganknollen | Manganknollen: World Ocean Review. https://worldoceanreview.com/de/wor-3/mineralische-rohstoffe/manganknollen/ [Aufgerufen am 28. Januar 2023]. • Eigenschaften von Mangenknollen | Calvert SE. Iron-manganese nodules. In: Sedimentology. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 1978. p. 607–611. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-31079-7_118 • Informationen über Kobaltkrusten | Kobaltkrusten: World Ocean Review. https://worldoceanreview.com/de/wor-3/mineralische-rohstoffe/kobaltkrusten/ [Aufgerufen am 28. Januar 2023]. • Die Internationale Meeresbodenbehörde | International Seabed Authority. https://isa.org.jm/ [Aufgerufen am 15. Februar 2023]. • Pressemitteilung der Bundesregierung zu Pause von Sponsoring | Schutz der Meere: Deutschland unterstützt bis auf Weiteres keinen Tiefseebergbau. bmuv.de. https://www.bmuv.de/PM10314 [Aufgerufen am 15. Februar 2023]. • Ökosysteme in mittlerer Wassertiefe auch von Tiefseebergbau betroffen | Drazen JC, Smith CR, Gjerde KM, Haddock SHD, Carter GS, Choy CA, et al. Midwater ecosystems must be considered when evaluating environmental risks of deep-sea mining. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2020;117(30): 17455–17460. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2011914117 • Statement von Forschenden zu Tiefseebergbau | Deep-Sea Mining Science Statement. Deep-Sea Mining Science Statement. https://www.seabedminingsciencestatement.org [Aufgerufen am 23. Januar 2023]. • Aufruf zu Moratorium von WWF unterstützt von großen Firmen | No Deep Seabed Mining. https://www.noseabedmining.org/ [Aufgerufen am 30. Januar 2023]. • Gespensteroktopus ist von Manganknollen abhängig | Purser A, Marcon Y, Hoving HJT, Vecchione M, Piatkowski U, Eason D, et al. Association of deep-sea incirrate octopods with manganese crusts and nodule fields in the Pacific Ocean. Current Biology. 2016;26(24): R1268–R1269. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.10.052 • Blogartikel über Projekt von Meeresbiologin Sabine Gollner mit Bildern | SO295 MiningImpact - Restoring the deep sea after mining - would it work?. 2022. https://www.oceanblogs.org/SO295-MiningImpact/2022/12/12/restoring-the-deep-sea-after-mining-would-it-work/ [Aufgerufen am 30. Januar 2023]. • Sedimentwolken beim Tiefseebergbau | Weaver PPE, Aguzzi J, Boschen-Rose RE, Colaço A, de Stigter H, Gollner S, et al. Assessing plume impacts caused by polymetallic nodule mining vehicles. Marine Policy. 2022;139: 105011. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2022.105011

Divya Karnad is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at Ashoka University in India. The focus of her work is marine conservation and fisheries management. She won the global Future for Nature Award in recognition for her work with InSeason Fish, a sustainable seafood initiative that she founded.  Divya is published in scientific journals like Ambio, Biological Conservation, Conservation Biology, Marine Policy and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science and offers a unique perspective on fishing and fishing communities.Support the showClick here for your copy of the "Scuba for Beginners" ebookGet your copy of my FREE guide "Be a Marine Biologist WITHOUT the degree"Join my email newsletterCheck out the @marinebio.life Instagram

Links1. "Iceberg sovereignty," by Corine Wood-Donnelly, Marine Policy, Volume 143, September 2022.2. Dr. Corine Wood-Donnelly personal website.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Some Ketchikan parents have sued the school district over using tribal values at a school. The Anchorage economic future looks rosy, if enough workers can be found. And Alaska Universities will begin a program for a Marine Policy degree.

There was palpable excitement at the 40th annual Bristol Bay Fishtival celebration in Naknek for the arrival of a historic wooden sailboat, which took a 300-mile journey from Homer; and starting this month, University of Alaska Fairbanks and University of Alaska Southeast will be offering a new graduate degree in Marine Policy.

We here at Futureproof don't need to tell you that biodiversity is in crisis. This is true in our seas as much as in our oceans, and despite that, only 2% of our waters are designated "Marine Protected" areas but a national campaign called 'Fair Seas' is trying to change that. Joining Jonathan to discuss is Regina Classen, Marine Policy and Research Officer with the Irish Wildlife Trust and co-author of the 'Fair Seas' report, 'Revitalising Our Seas'.

Links:1." Survival of the Richest, not the Fittest: How attempts to improve governance impact African small-scale marine fisheries," by Ifesinachi Okafor-Yarwood, Nelly I. Kadagi, Dyhia Belhabib, and Edward H. Allison, Marine Policy, Volume 135, January 2022.

In today's episode, Felicia talks with Emma Korein, a first year Marine Policy Ph.D. student at the University of Delaware. Emma explains that her studies in different academic disciplines proved valuable to the community engagement and outreach work she did across the world on wildlife conservation and management issues. Her curiosity in new topics and aspiration to find sound, just, and equitable solutions to coastal and marine social-environmental-economic issues led her to continue her academic path in marine policy and offshore renewable energy. Learn more about Emma and how to contact her by checking out the American Shoreline Podcast Network/Rising Sea Voices webpage. We hope you will enjoy this episode and join us monthly to discover new guests and their work!

Dr. Apollonya Porcelli talks about how water and climate change are connected and ways in which we can help restore our waters to their peak health.  You can find Dr. Porcelli published work in academic journals including Marine Policy, DuBois Review, Geoforum, and Environmental Sociology. 

By Jared Samuelson Dr. Alin Kadfak and Dr. Anna Antonova join us to discuss their article from the October issue of Marine Policy, “Sustainable Networks: Modes of Governance in the EU's External Fisheries Policy Relations Under the IUU Regulation in Thailand and the SFPA with Senegal.” Download Sea Control 294 – EU Fisheries Governance with … Continue reading Sea Control 294 – EU Fisheries Governance with Dr. Alin Kadfak and Dr. Anna Antonova →

Links1. "Sustainable Networks: Modes of governance in the EU's external fisheries policy relations under the IUU Regulation in Thailand and the SFPA with Senegal," by Alin Kadfak and Anna Antonova. Marine Policy, Vol. 132, October 2021.

How are the world's oceans governed? What are the legal and policy implications of large-scale ocean energy developments? How can we manage fish stocks more sustainably? These are the type of questions that are discussed in this special episode dedicated to the World's Ocean Day. We invited Klaudija Cremers and Glen Wright, who are research fellows at IDDRI and work on various aspects of international ocean governance and marine policy. Also, Glen and Klaudija explain the 'high seas', the EU's Common Fisheries Policy, marine spatial planning, and ocean energy futures. Check out Glen's and Klaudija's profiles: https://www.iddri.org/en/about-iddri/team/glen-wright https://www.iddri.org/en/about-iddri/team/klaudija-cremers

With a focus on "Memorializing the Middle Passage on the Atlantic seabed in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction” (published in the journal of Marine Policy in October 2020), episode host, Stephanie Hillsgrove interviews two of the authors from the paper - Dr. Phillip Turner, Duke University Alumni and Dr. Cindy Van Dover, Professor of Biological Oceanography at Duke University.

In the sixteenth episode of the Ocean Governance Podcast Aron and David discuss two articles that aim to analyse complexity, either in terms of how law is nested in an affected by social realities and ‘materiality', or in the form of a multitude of policy instruments and their potential inconsistency. Complexity seems to be a perpetual challenge in marine management. Ecosystems are in need of delineation and simplification to be manageable, and the same goes for social systems. Both the regulatory structures that have been intentionally designed to pursue various policy objectives and address management challenges, and the multiple way in which laws and other regulatory structures affect and are affected by social structures and processes in the surrounding society are challenging to fully comprehend. The articles discussed in this episode are: O'Donnell, T., Coastal Lawscape: A framework for understanding the complexities of climate change adaptation, Marine Policy 129 (2021), 104532, doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104532 Rouillard, J., Lago, M., Abhold, K., Roeschel, L., Kafyeke, T., Klimmek, H., Mattheiß, V., Protecting and Restoring Biodiversity across the Freshwater, Coastal and Marine Realms: Is the existing EU policy framework fit for purpose?, Environmental Policy and Governance 28 (2017), 114-128, doi.org/10.1002/eet.1793 If you want to comment on the content or otherwise communicate with us, please do so by sending an email to: aron.westholm@law.gu.se. We hope that you will enjoy listening!

No episódio dessa semana, Cris fala um pouco sobre memória cultural e arqueológica da diáspora africana no Oceano Atlântico,  e estratégias de conservação dessa memória cultural. Referência: Turner, P.J.; Cannon, S.; DeLand, S.; Delgado, J.P.; Eltis, D.; Halpin, P.N.; Kanu, M.I.; Sussman, C.S.; Varmer, O.; Van Dover, C.L. Memorializing the Middle Passage on the Atlantic seabed in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction. Marine Policy. 2020.

In the second half of a two-episode conversation, Marie and Natalya continue their discussion with Dr. Trinidad Rico and Dr. Victoria Ramenzoni about the ways in which heritage conservators, environmental conservators, and critical heritage professionals approach overlapping issues, such as balancing stakeholder needs. Victoria shares thoughts on the use of the term “restoration” when referring to landscape preservation and Trinidad contextualizes this notion in regards to preserving community monuments for the present. The speakers expand on the political nature of the way institutions define and interact with heritage and share advice on how to move forward collaboratively. Full speaker bios: Victoria Ramenzoni is an environmental anthropologist specialized in human behavioral ecology, community based approaches to conservation, and marine and coastal policies. Through a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods, she studies how socio-ecological factors shape communities adaptation to climate change and extreme events, the impact of environmental uncertainty on decisions about resource use among coastal households, and the development of more inclusive participatory policies for coastal environments. Her work is concentrated in Indonesia (Flores and Kalimantan), Cuba, and the U.S. where she recently studied the impacts of COVID across northeastern fisheries. Dr. Ramenzoni received a BA in Anthropology from the Universidad de Buenos Aires, and a Ph.D. from the University of Georgia Department of Anthropology in 2014. She was awarded a prestigious Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, where she served for over a year and a half in the integration of social science methods across the agency. After working as an Associate Research Scientist and International Engagement Officer at the Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, for over three years, Dr. Ramenzoni joined the Department of Human Ecology at Rutgers University in 2018 as an Assistant Professor in Marine Policy. Trinidad Rico is Associate Professor and Director of the Cultural Heritage and Preservation Studies Program in the department of art history at Rutgers University, but this year she is an ACLS Burkhardt Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. At Rutgers, she is also Associate Graduate Faculty in the departments of anthropology, landscape architecture, history, georgraphy, and the school of planning and public policy, which reflects the interdisciplinary nature and impact of her work. Dr Rico holds a BA in Archaeology from the University of Cambridge, an MA in Principles of Conservation from University College London, and a PhD in Anthropology from Stanford University. Her work examines the global rise of heritage industries, its civil societies, and discourses, and she is currently writing a monograph about cultures of preservation across the Muslim world. To share feedback on this content, please reach out to Natalya and Marie at: ECPN.AIC.digitalplatforms@gmail.com

In the first of a two part episode, Natalya and Marie talk to two professors at Rutgers University, Dr. Trinidad Rico and Dr. Victoria Ramenzoni, about the overlap in heritage and environmental conservation. Victoria shares her thoughts on the complexity of defining and creating sustainable protocols, Trinidad reflects on how her early training in art conservation affects her current practice in critical heritage studies, and Marie and Natalya reflect on highlights of their two answers. Full speaker bios: Victoria Ramenzoni is an environmental anthropologist specialized in human behavioral ecology, community based approaches to conservation, and marine and coastal policies. Through a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods, she studies how socio-ecological factors shape communities adaptation to climate change and extreme events, the impact of environmental uncertainty on decisions about resource use among coastal households, and the development of more inclusive participatory policies for coastal environments. Her work is concentrated in Indonesia (Flores and Kalimantan), Cuba, and the U.S. where she recently studied the impacts of COVID across northeastern fisheries. Dr. Ramenzoni received a BA in Anthropology from the Universidad de Buenos Aires, and a Ph.D. from the University of Georgia Department of Anthropology in 2014. She was awarded a prestigious Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, where she served for over a year and a half in the integration of social science methods across the agency. After working as an Associate Research Scientist and International Engagement Officer at the Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, for over three years, Dr. Ramenzoni joined the Department of Human Ecology at Rutgers University in 2018 as an Assistant Professor in Marine Policy. Trinidad Rico is Associate Professor and Director of the Cultural Heritage and Preservation Studies Program in the department of art history at Rutgers University, but this year she is an ACLS Burkhardt Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. At Rutgers, she is also Associate Graduate Faculty in the departments of anthropology, landscape architecture, history, georgraphy, and the school of planning and public policy, which reflects the interdisciplinary nature and impact of her work. Dr Rico holds a BA in Archaeology from the University of Cambridge, an MA in Principles of Conservation from University College London, and a PhD in Anthropology from Stanford University. Her work examines the global rise of heritage industries, its civil societies, and discourses, and she is currently writing a monograph about cultures of preservation across the Muslim world. To share feedback on this content, please reach out to Natalya and Marie at: ECPN.AIC.digitalplatforms@gmail.com

Links1. "Beyond static spatial management: Scientific and legal considerations for dynamic management in the high seas," by Guillermo Ortuño Crespo et al, Marine Policy, Vol. 122, December 2020.2. "An ocean of surprises - Trends in human use, unexpected dynamics and governance and challenges in areas beyond national jurisdiction," by Andrew Merrie et al, Global Environmental Change, Vol 27, July 2014.

In this episode Michael spoke with Josh Stoll, an assistant professor of Marine Sciences at the University of Maine. Josh spoke with Michael about the trends in and relationship between wild catch fisheries and aquaculture in Maine. He also spoke about his professional identity, place attachment to Maine, and his oyster farm that he manages. Finally, they discussed the Local Catch Network that Josh co-founded to strengthen community-based fishing systems.   Links: Josh's website: https://joshua-stoll.com/ Local catch website: https://localcatch.org/   References: Stoll, J. S., H. M. Leslie, M. L. Britsch, and C. M. Cleaver. 2019. Evaluating aquaculture as a diversification strategy for Maine's commercial fishing sector in the face of change. Marine Policy 107:103583.

You're listening to the Westerly Sun's podcast, where we talk about news, the best local events, new job postings, obituaries, and more. First, a bit of Rhode Island trivia. Today's trivia is brought to you by Perennial. Perennial's new plant-based drink “Daily Gut & Brain” is a blend of easily digestible nutrients crafted for gut and brain health. A convenient mini-meal, Daily Gut & Brain” is available now at the CVS Pharmacy in Wakefield. Did you know that The Newport Gulls are a wooden-bat, summer collegiate summer baseball team based in Newport, Rhode Island? They're a member of both the New England Collegiate Baseball League and the NECBL's Southern Division. Since 2001, the Gulls have played at Cardines Field and have won 11 divisional titles. Now, we turn our feature story…. A recent study headed by a professor of marine affairs at the University of Rhode Island shows that recreational boaters prefer to avoid the five wind turbines that comprise the Block Island wind farm. Published in the December 2020 journal “Marine Policy,” the study also found that recreational fishermen were more likely to take their boats close to the turbines because fish tend to congregate near the turbines' foundations. Tracey Dalton and her team, which included students and faculty and a staff biologist from the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, surveyed 680 recreational fishermen in 2018. The study was funded by Rhode Island Sea Grant. Dalton told us: “It was kind of done in phases. First we held focus groups with boaters to build the survey, and once the survey was created, we sent out mail invitations, because we only had mailing addresses, and participants could take the survey by mail or they could take it online.” Participants were given four months to fill out and return the surveys and were limited to owners of boats 26 feet and longer because those vessels are registered with the United States Coast Guard. “The findings are really specific to people with U.S. Coast Guard-documented vessels, which are generally 26 feet or larger,” she said. “We needed to focus in on one particular user group. These are people that would be going out to the wind farm and even some of the newer wind farms that are being proposed offshore.” Extensive wind energy development is planned for 1.7 million acres off the East Coast over the next 10 years. The introduction to the study stresses the importance of understanding the impacts offshore wind farms will have on the people who use those waters: “There are currently fifteen active commercial offshore wind leases in US federal waters at the time of this writing. These projects will advance state and federal goals to increase renewable energy development in the United States. However, there is limited knowledge on the potential impacts of wind farms on individuals that have historically used areas where wind farms are proposed, and only a few studies have investigated the perceptions and preferences of these water-based users.”  The objective of the survey was to gauge the impacts the Block Island wind farm might have on people's recreational boating experiences. The results showed that boaters tended to remain at a distance from the turbines. “We gave them some scenarios and asked them which scenarios they preferred,” Dalton explained. “On average, boaters were hesitant to get close to the turbines. They didn't mind seeing them far off in the distance, or being out on the water with the turbines a mile away, but it was once they got within 100 feet — they were a little bit more hesitant to do that.” The results of the study were eye-opening, Dalton said. “Going into the study, we weren't sure at all what direction the findings would go, whether boaters would want to get close to the turbines or not get close to the turbines, so I guess the end findings were just interesting to see that on average they kind of preferred to stay away,” she said. “I think the other finding that's important is that boaters are not a homogeneous group and some boaters might want to get closer to turbines; some might not.” Additional studies will be conducted in the coming years to determine whether people's perceptions of wind farms change over time and as more offshore wind farms are built. The proposed wind farms will be much farther offshore than the Block Island wind farm. To read the latest on this story, head over to westerleysun.com.  There are a lot of businesses in our community that are hiring right now, so we're excited to tell you about some new job listings. Today's Job posting comes from the Shelter Harbor Golf Club in Charlestown. They're looking for food servers and locker room attendants. Ideally, you have experience, are great with people, and can be an ambassador for the club's standards. Pay is up $15.00-$17.00 per hour. If you're interested and think you'd be a good fit for the role you can apply using the link in our episode description. https://www.indeed.com/jobs?l=Westerly%2CRI&mna=5&aceid&gclid=Cj0KCQiApsiBBhCKARIsAN8o_4geJyS6n79TwQG2ktZAmKcsmb2le2ia051w7_jX4xxoVYxGqcIf8SQaAlFrEALw_wcB&advn=1786755355857305&vjk=36fd6c6c1b23bcde Today we're remembering the life of Mark Cook of Pawcatuck, CT who passed away unexpectedly at the age of 53. Mark was born in Westerly and was married to his wife, Rebecca of 22 years, Rebecca. He is survived by his wife, children, and family. Mark was a 1985 graduate of Stonington High School in Pawcatuck and spent all his years working in roofing and construction, many of those making his own way with his business Cook's Roofing and Construction. Independent, fiery and a rough exterior with a generous heart, Mark powered through each day. He walked on the rooftops he repaired without fear. Mark's construction friends have so many stories about him shimmying along a rooftop, helping with a tough job or dropping onto a ladder with some "grace". Mark never stopped, powered by his incredible work ethic and his love for his family. In lieu of flowers, donations in Mark's memory can be made to the PKD Foundation. Thank you for taking a moment today to remember and celebrate Mark's life. That's it for today, we'll be back next time with more! Also, remember to check out our sponsor Perennial, Daily Gut & Brain, available at the CVS on Main St. in Wakefield! 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The fourteenth episode of the Ocean Governance Podcast is dedicated to governance of the marine Arctic and its resources. To discuss this topic, Aron and David are joined by Gabriela Argüello who as a post doc at the School of Business Economics and Law at Gothenburg university studies Arctic governance from a legal and institutional perspective. The Arctic is subject to much political as well as scholarly attention and increasing levels of human activities. This applies not least to many marine areas in the Arctic which are becoming increasingly attractive due to climate change and a receding ice cover. This opens for shipping and fishing in areas where such activities have hardly been possible before. Increased access to previously unexploited areas gives rise to many challenges, including how fragile Arctic ecosystems can be protected against pollution and resource depletion. Although much of the marine Arctic falls under the national jurisdiction of the five Arctic coastal states (Canada, Denmark/Greenland, Norway, Russia, and the United States) there are still large areas, including the Central Arctic Ocean (CAO) that count as areas beyond national jurisdiction. In respect to these areas, is it urgent to ensure that new opportunities for resource utilisation do not result in an unregulated race to capture as much as possible of resources of which little is still known. Against this backdrop, the 2018 Agreement to Prevent Unregulated High Seas Arctic Fisheries, entered into by the five arctic coastal states and some important non-Arctic states as well as the European Union is a promising sign that states are able to pursue common long-term interests in the Arctic. In no way, however, does it mean that all the legal and political challenges associated with ensuring a sustainable and precautious approach to Arctic resource management have been overcome. The episode discusses two recent articles that look at this situation from slightly different perspectives, providing important pieces of knowledge to understand the increasingly complex jigsaw puzzle of Arctic marine governance. The articles discussed in this episode are: Y. Tanaka, Changing Paradigms in the Law of the Sea and the Marine Arctic, 35:3 The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law (2020), 439–467, doi.org/10.1163/15718085-BJA10012 A. N. Vylegzhanin, O. R. Young, P. A. Berkman, The Central Arctic Ocean Fisheries Agreement as an element in the evolving Arctic Ocean governance complex, 118 Marine Policy (2020), 104001, doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2020.104001. If you want to comment on the content or otherwise communicate with us, please do so by sending an email to: aron.westholm@law.gu.se. We hope that you will enjoy listening!

The thirteenth episode of the Ocean Governance Podcast looks at maritime boundaries and the challenges that maritime delimitation and the zoning system face in a time of rising sea levels and intensified demand for maritime resources. How come that more than half of all maritime boundaries have not been finally agreed by the states concerned, and what demands do rising sea levels place on the law and policy of maritime delimitation and zoning? In discussing this, Aron Westholm and David Langlet are aided by a guest, Snjólaug Árnadóttir. Among other things, Snjólaug is a member of the International Law Association’s Committee on International Law and Sea Level Rise and has written extensively on maritime boundaries. In the episode, we discuss two very recent texts. One looks in some detail at the legal options for preventing the dramatic shrinking or complete disappearance of maritime zones due to rising sea levels. The other takes a broader historical and functional approach to the topic of maritime boundaries, querying why maritime boundaries are so frequently disputed and how to understand the legal and political principles that frame endeavours to settle such disputes. The articles discussed in this episode are: Alfred H.A. Soons, ‘The Effects of Sea Level Rise on Baselines and Outer Limits of Maritime Zones’, in Tomas Heidar (ed), New Knowledge and Changing Circumstances in the Law of the Sea (Brill 2020), 358-381. Andreas Østhagen, ‘Maritime boundary disputes: What are they and why do they matter?’, 120 Marine Policy (2020) 104118. Also mentioned in this episode is P.E. Steinberg, The Social Construction of the Ocean, Cambridge University Press, 2001. If you want to comment on the content or otherwise communicate with us, please do so by sending an email to: aron.westholm@law.gu.se. We hope that you will enjoy listening!

Dr Carole Durussel tells the story of her work in marine policy and governance, and what got her interested in the marine world in the first place! We talk about the importance of the ocean, languages, science, the complexities of managing a large worldwide system, and really so much more. It's a fascinating story, so enjoy! - - You can find Rachel Villani on Twitter @flyingcypress, and Storytellers of STEMM on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/storytellersofSTEMM/ for more info! You can also find Carole Durussel on Twitter @caroledurussel. Recorded on 5 July 2020.

Links:1. Safe Seas Network Homepage2. Professors Christian Bueger and Timothy Edmunds, "Blue crime: Conceptualising transnational organized crime at sea," Marine Policy, Vol. 119, September 2020.

The theme of the twelfth episode of the Ocean Governance Podcast is fishing and more specifically issues relating so called IUU fishing, i.e. illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. As usual, we approach the theme by discussing a couple of recently published articles. This time both articles approach the theme from a developing country perspective and look at the particular challenges associated with regulating, controlling and enforcing fisheries regulation in relation to small scale or subsistence fishing. The first article problematizes the application of the IUU concept to small-scale fisheries practices and points to ways in which large scale attempts to combat IUU fishing, including by the imposition of trade restrictive measures, could be better adjusted to the particular needs and challenges of small scale fisheries. The second article looks at the complexities of addressing illegal fishing in the small-scale fisheries sector in South Africa and the potential roles of criminal law and human rights-based approaches. In this episode, Aron and David are joined by Nkeiru Scotcher who as a post doc researcher is studying the legitimacy of regional approaches to ocean governance with a particular focus on Africa's Integrated Maritime Strategy. The articles discussed in this episode are: A. M. Song, J. Scholtens, K. Barclay, S. R. Bush, M. Fabinyi, D. S. Adhuri, M. Haughton, Collateral damage? Small‐scale fisheries in the global fight against IUU fishing, Fish and Fisheries, published online 22 April 2020, https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12462 M. Isaacs and E. Witbooi, Fisheries crime, human rights and small-scale fisheries in South Africa: A case of bigger fish to fry, Marine Policy 105 (2019) 158–168. If you want to comment on the content or otherwise communicate with us, please do so by sending an email to: aron.westholm@law.gu.se. We hope that you will enjoy listening!

Robert Steneck, Ph.D is a professor of Oceanography, Marine Biology and Marine Policy in the School of Marine Sciences at the University of Maine. He's a marine ecologist whose laboratories include coastal zones in the Gulf of Maine and the Caribbean, and his lifetime of marine research is prolific, with topics ranging from coral reefs to lobsters to marine ecosystem dynamics and more. We sat down with Bob on the front porch of his seaside cottage for this conversation on ocean ecology, the management of ocean fisheries, and his hope for a community-based fisheries management model in the future. View full show notes, including links to resources from this episode here: https://www.wild-fed.com/podcast/022

For the third oceans episode, Marta sat down with Dr. Hauke Kite-Powell from WHOI, Melissa Baldino from Duke, Sally Dowd from Berkeley, and Maddie Schumm from UT Austin to discuss marine policy and marine resource management and the research that goes into it. Listen in to learn about ecosystem services, economic models for fisheries, ecosystem models for aquaculture, and animal behavior in a noisy ocean. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The theme of this episode of the Ocean Governance Podcast is blue growth. We discuss two articles that approach this topical concept with different intentions. One aims to aid the achievement of blue growth, understood as ‘an ambitious framework for ocean management’ by proposing a pragmatic, goal-oriented approach to ocean management and science. The article elaborates five rules of thumb to build such an approach. The second article instead deals with assessment of blue growth strategies. Having noted that the focus of reports and initiatives on blue growth tend to be predominantly on economic growth, the authors elaborate a methodology for assessing if blue growth is achieved, and if so to what extent it covers the range of objectives encompassed by SDG 14 on conservation and sustainable use the oceans, seas and marine resources. Both articles give rise to questions of how blue growth can be understood and what, if anything, it adds to pre-existing management concepts like sustainable development, and how to deal with the complexities of natural as well as social systems. Data also takes centre stage in the discussion. Both the potential of getting more out of already available data, and the need for being cautious about what specific data can actually tell us, irrespective of how we aggregate it. The two articles discussed in this episode are: M. G. Burgess, M. Clemence, G. R. McDermott, C. Costello, S. D. Gaines, Five rules for pragmatic blue growth, 87 Marine Policy (2018) 331–339, dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2016.12.005 W. Rickels, C. Weiganda, P. Grasse, J. Schmidt, R. Voss, Does the European Union achieve comprehensive blue growth? Progress of EU coastal states in the Baltic and North Sea, and the Atlantic Ocean against sustainable development goal 14, 106 Marine Policy (2019), doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2019.103515. Other articles mentioned: G.G. Singh, A.M. Cisneros-Montemayor, W. Swartz, W. Cheung, J.A. Guy, T.-A. Kenny, et al., A rapid assessment of co-benefits and trade-offs among Sustainable Development Goals, 93 Marine Policy (2018) 223–231. W. Rickels, J. Dovern, J. Hoffmann, M.F. Quaas, J.O. Schmidt, M. Visbeck, Indicators for monitoring sustainable development goals: an application to oceanic development in the European Union, 4 (5) Earth's Future (2016) 252–267. If you want to comment on the content or otherwise communicate with us, please do so by sending an email to: aron.westholm@law.gu.se. We hope that you will enjoy listening!

Alice Belin is a Senior Marine Policy Officer for Seas At Risk, an umbrella organisation of environmental NGOs from across Europe that work to help drive European and international marine and maritime policies in a more sustainable direction.Jack Connor spoke with Alice about a multitude of different marine environmental issues from overfishing to underwater noise and what is needed to maintain healthy marine ecosystems that can mitigate the problems of climate change.All our podcasts are available on our Website What's Your StoryMidoricast is a project initiated by "transforma bxl" & "The Podcast Factory Org" (NPO-ASBL-VZW). Synergy :  RCF Radio.

I had the pleasure of interviewing James Nikitine for this episode. James is a Marine Conservationist with a specialization in Marine Policy and Science Communication.  James and I discuss how he got to where he is today and what his production company, Manaia Productions, is going to do for marine conservation. He also discusses his recent move with the family to New Zealand and how this will help his business and Marine Conservation. Links for James Nikitine: Manaia Productions: http://manaiaproductions.com/ James On Twitter: https://twitter.com/jamesnikitine James On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesnikitine/ What form of Science Communication do you prefer the most? Share your thoughts in the Speak Up For Blue Facebook Group: http://www.speakupforblue.com/group. Want to get started on living for a better Ocean? Sign up for the Grove Collaborative and get a free gift: http://www.speakupforblue.com/goocean. Check out the new Speak Up For The Ocean Blue Podcast App: http://www.speakupforblue.com/app. Speak Up For Blue Instagram Speak Up For Blue Twitter

Zakiyyah finishes up covering the Root Skills Conference with an emphasis on Maine’s Hurricane Island Foundation. Here are our interviewees:Dee Azubuike Johnson Dee Wells – Co-Founder of Future Focus Media CooperativeWebsite: https://futurefocusmedia.org In 2011, Dee co-founded Future Focus Media Co-op & Youth Training Institute, a photography and film production company that works with clients such as UMASS, Main South CDC, and the Environmental Justice League of Rhode Island, to name a few, while teaching youth video production skills.Camelle Scott Mujahid – Training Director at CTCORE-OrganizeNowWebsite: http://www.ctcore-organizenow.org/staffCamelle Scott-Mujahid, has been organizing in New Haven for the past ten years. She moved to New Haven from El Paso, Texas in 2003 to attend Yale University. During her time at Yale, Camelle found community and a political home in New Haven’s activist and organizing community engaging in direct action, grassroots organizing, and coalition building. Camelle has organized around a range of issues, including Immigrants Rights, Police Accountability, and Education Equity.Robin Chernow – Science Education Manager at Hurricane IslandWebsite: http://www.hurricaneisland.net/Robin is originally from Chester, NJ. Before coming to Maine, she worked at Philadelphia’s FirstHand Lab, facilitating hands-on science labs for middle school students at the University City Science Center. Robin earned a B.S. in Geology from Haverford College, where she was a student leader of Haverford’s Public Observing Astronomy program and a teaching assistant. Teaching marine science outdoors is "the coolest job she can imagine," and after working as a seasonal employee in 2016, she is thrilled to join Hurricane's year-round staff.Phoebe JekielekWebsite: http://www.hurricaneisland.net/ Phoebe originally hails from Punxsutawney, PA, Home of the Groundhog! She received a BA in Biology from Boston University in 2003. She lived her love for the ocean and education for 5 years as a marine science instructor, aquarist and Assistant Program Director for the Catalina Island Marine Institute in southern California. She then returned to Maine to pursue her love of science and complete her Dual Masters in Marine Science and Marine Policy at the University of Maine in 2012. Anna SomoMusic:Lessazo “Soleil D’Hiver” – http://altermusique.org/Lessazo/ Imperial Tiger Orchestra "Ethic Event #1" – http://imperialtigerorchestra.blogspot.com Jesse Spillane “Art of Presentation – https://jessespillane.bandcamp.com Kevin MacLeod "Quasi Motion"Support the show (http://urbanislanders.org)

In this episode of the Ocean Governance Podcast, we return to a core challenge for research endeavours that wish to assess or contribute to the development of complex governance mechanisms. Namely how to balance the need for analytical precision with the wish to contribute to the practical management of multifaceted problems that encompass many related aspects which all call for attention. In this case the mechanisms or processes at issue are respectively marine spatial planning as a tool for advancing ‘blue energy’ and development of strategic environmental goals and objectives for environmental regulation of deep seabed mining. A subtheme in the discussion is how conclusions (should) relate to the preceding analyses. The two articles discussed in this episode are: P.Q. García, J. García Sanabria, J. A. C. Ruiza, The role of maritime spatial planning on the advance of blue energy in the European Union, Marine Policy 99 (2019) 123–131 V. Tunnicliffe, A. Metaxas, J. Lec, E. Ramirez-Llodrad, L. A. Levin, Strategic Environmental Goals and Objectives: Setting the basis for environmental regulation of deep seabed mining Marine Policy, available online 20 November 2018 doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2018.11.010 If you want to comment on the content or otherwise communicate with us, please do so by sending an email to: aron.westholm@law.gu.se. We hope that you will enjoy listening!

To get your free 30-day trial of CuriosityStream, go to https://curiositystream.com/minute and use the code "minute". Just like the names of products and companies, animals' names can affect how we feel about them...and changing the name of a species might actually help us save it. Thanks also to our Patreon patrons https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth and our YouTube members. ___________________________________________ Subscribe to MinuteEarth on YouTube: http://goo.gl/EpIDGd Support us on Patreon: https://goo.gl/ZVgLQZ And visit our website: https://www.minuteearth.com/ Say hello on Facebook: http://goo.gl/FpAvo6 And Twitter: http://goo.gl/Y1aWVC And download our videos on itunes: https://goo.gl/sfwS6n ___________________________________________ Credits (and Twitter handles): Script Writer, Video Director & Narrator: Kate Yoshida (@KateYoshida) Video Illustrator: Arcadi Garcia With Contributions From: Henry Reich, Alex Reich, Ever Salazar, Peter Reich, David Goldenberg Music by: Nathaniel Schroeder: http://www.soundcloud.com/drschroeder Image Credits: Hong Kong's Golden Beach Dolphin Plaza by Wikimedia user WiNg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HK_Golden_Beach_Dolphin_Plaza.jpg African Wild Dog by Mathias Appel https://www.flickr.com/photos/mathiasappel/25233930273 Family Dog by Richard Elzey https://www.flickr.com/photos/elzey/6307525340/ Sloth by Régis Leroy https://www.flickr.com/photos/regilero/8727491349 Racoon Just Checking the Trash by Julie Corsi https://www.flickr.com/photos/corsinet/2967516964/ Scorpion by Steve Slater https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildlife_encounters/11026569913/ Snake by Photo by Jessica Bolser/USFWS https://www.flickr.com/photos/usfwsmidwest/11193222776/ ___________________________________________ References: Jacquet, J. L. and Pauly, D. (2008) Trade secrets: renaming and mislabeling of seafood. Marine Policy 32: 309-318. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308597X07000760 Karaffa, P.T., M.M. Draheim, and Parsons, E.C.M. (2012) What’s in a name? Do species’ names impact student support for conservation? Human Dimensions of Wildlife 17: 308-310. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10871209.2012.676708?journalCode=uhdw20 Parsons, E.C.M., personal communication, October 2018. Rasmussen, G.S.A. (1999) Livestock predation by the painted hunting dog Lycaon pictus in a cattle ranching region of Zimbabwe: a case study. Biological Conservation 88: 133–139. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0006320798000068?via%3Dihub Sarasa M., Alasaad S., and Pérez J.M. (2012) Common names of species, the curious case of Capra pyrenaica and the concomitant steps towards the 'wild-to-domestic' transformation of a flagship species and its vernacular names. Biodiversity and Conservation 21:1–12. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10531-011-0172-3 Scott, C. (2015) Otter social science research: An evaluation of the general public’s knowledge of otter species. (Master’s thesis) George Mason University, Fairfax, VA. Retrieved from digilib.gmu.edu/ xmlui/handle/1920/10282 Wright, A., Veríssimo, D., Pilfold, K., Parsons, E. C. M., Ventre, K., Cousins, J., et al. (2015). Competitive outreach in the 21st Century: why we need conservation marketing. Ocean & Coastal Management 115: 41–48. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0964569115001829

Will the approach to Marine Policy be different now that the House is controlled by the Democrats? I explore this questions with the help of the listeners in the Facebook Group and in my Facebook contacts.  I asked people this morning whether they thought Marine Policy will change now the that house was dominated by Democrats. Most were positive and hopeful realizing that policies may not be able to be reversed. However, they also realize that certain policies that are bad for the Ocean may not go through. I discuss the comments in this episode, but I would love to hear your thoughts in the Facebook Group. Enjoy the Podcast!!! Discuss the Election and how it will affect the Ocean in the Facebook Group: http://www.speakupforblue.com/group Get quality household cleaning products from the Grove Collaborative by visiting: http://www.speakupforblue.com/eco

In this the third episode of the Ocean Governance Podcast, we discuss two articles which, although dealing with different issues both raise questions relating to the role of legal and social sciences scholarship in contributing to coherence, policy integration and systems perspectives while at the same time highlighting the challenges of dealing with details and finding the best level of analysis when pursuing an integrating perspective. Although very different in their approach, the two articles share a common focus on space-based governance instruments; marine spatial planning and area-based management tools, respectively. The two articles discussed in this episode are: M. Ntona and E. Morgera, Connecting SDG 14 with the other Sustainable Development Goals through Marine Spatial Planning, 93 Marine Policy (2018) 214-222. E. M. De Santo, Implementation challenges of area-based management tools (ABMTs) for biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ), 97 Marine Policy (2018) 34–43. If you want to comment on the content or otherwise communicate with us, please do so by sending an email to: aron.westholm@law.gu.se. We hope that you will enjoy listening!

In this second episode of the Ocean Governance Podcast, we discuss two articles which can both be said to assess or analyse a legal or governance framework – in one case relating to high seas fisheries management and in the other to the regulation of GHG emissions from international shipping. However, they do so in strikingly different ways and take very different approaches overall to the use and account of scientific method. The two articles discussed in this episode are: B. Pentz, N. Klenk, S. Ogle, J. A.D. Fisher, ‘Can regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs) manage resources effectively during climate change?’ 92 Marine Policy (2018) 13-20 Y. Shi, W. Gullett, ‘International Regulation on Low-Carbon Shipping for Climate Change Mitigation: Development, Challenges, and Prospects’ 49:2 Ocean Development & International Law (2018) 134-156. Other articles referred to in the episode are: S. Cullis-Suzuki, D. Pauly, ‘Failing the high seas: a global evaluation of regional fisheries management organizations’ 34 Marine Policy (2010) 1036–1042. Y. Tanaka, ‘Regulation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from International Shipping and Jurisdiction of States’ 25:3 RECIEL (2016) 333-346. If you want to comment on the content or otherwise communicate with us, please do so by sending an email to: aron.westholm@law.gu.se. We hope that you will enjoy listening!

In this first episode of the Ocean Governance Pod, we discuss two articles which both may be said to address the importance of language, the terminology that is used for communication and the way in which principles and objectives are defined and understood. The two articles in this episode are: Jonathan G. Odom, Navigating Between Treaties and Tweets: How to Ensure Discourse about Maritime Freedom Is Meaningful, 49:1 Ocean Development & International Law (2018) 1-51. Leyre Goti-Aralucea et al., Overarching sustainability objectives overcome incompatible directions in the Common Fisheries Policy, 91 Marine Policy (2018), 49–57. We hope that you will enjoy listening!

In this episode we explore public sentiment about offshore wind farms and the importance of community engagement in shaping it. My guest is Dr. Jeremy Firestone, Director of the Center for Carbon-Free Power Integration and Professor of Marine Policy at the University of Delaware. His research on public sentiment about the Block Island Wind Farm in Rhode Island serves as the basis for our conversation. References:  Wind in the sails or choppy seas?: People-place relations, aesthetics and public support for the United States’ first offshore wind project, by Firestone, Bidwell, Gardner & Knapp (Available for free download until April 26, 2018. Afterwards you may contact the author.) Block Island Wind Farm  This is the first of two interviews I recorded at the 2018 International Offshore Wind Partnering Forum, or IPF, hosted by the Business Network for Offshore Wind earlier this month in Princeton, New Jersey. Recorded: April 5, 2018. Published: April 16, 2018. Sign up for email news and updates from More Power To You.  Thank you to our sponsor! The Business Network for Offshore Wind is the first and largest non-profit organization devoted solely to advancing the US offshore wind industry and its supply chain. If you're interested in US offshore wind, the Network has what you need. It hosts a variety of training and networking events throughout the year and brings together industry leaders and stakeholders to grow the industry. Its flagship event is the International Offshore Wind Partnering Forum, or IPF -- the industry's top venue to establish and grow the relationships so critical to a project's success. Mark your calendars now for next year's IPF from April 9-11, 2019 in New York City!

Shark finning, the act of removing a shark's fin at sea and discarding their mangled body overboard for them to die, is a terrible act and the reason why many marine conservation organizations are trying to ban finning and fins in many countries around the world, including in the US.  There is a proposed bill that is in Congress right now that is proposing the possession and sale of shark fins in the US. It seems as though its a good plan, right? Well, at least two shark scientists think its a bad idea. How could they you ask? Take a listen to the podcast to find out what they wrote in a peer reviewed journal article in Marine Policy. Also on the show, I talk about a cool adaptation of the electric eel and how it wards off hungry predators like crocodiles and cats. Enjoy the Podcast!!! Let me know what you think of the episode by joining our Facebook Group for the Podcast. Support Speak Up For Blue's Efforts to create a free pr=resource program for Ocean Citizen Scientists to help move Marine Science and Conservation forward by collecting information for various Citizen Science program. Contribute to our Patreon Campaign  

Alan Lovewell comes from a Cape Cod fishing family that dates back to whaling times. He grew up out on the water surfing, diving and sailing as often as possible. He move west to attend UC Santa Cruz, and upon graduating went to teach sailing on the Sea of Cortez with the National Outdoor Leadership School. There he witnessed illegal fishing practices by huge international trawlers. These damaging practices were not only bad for the environment, but he noticed the impact it had on the small coastal communities. Local fishermen were struggling to feed their families and make a living.   He returned to California to study Marine Policy and earned a Masters in International Environmental Policy at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. Drawn to fisheries as he saw a unique opportunity to reconnect our communities to our oceans as our last wild food source. He realized that the health of the environment is deeply tied to food production and what we eat.  He founded Real Good Fish (formerly Local Catch Monterey Bay in 2012) as a solution to reconnect our communities to the ocean and local fisheries. Alan has spent time working with The Nature Conservancy and Conservation International in Indonesia. He was a Sea Grant Fellow with The West Coast Governors Alliance for Ocean Health at NOAA's Northwest Fisheries Science Center and Southwest Fisheries Science Center. In 2014, he won “Entrepreneur of the Year” in Monterey County. Get full access to Writing by Kyle Thiermann at thiermann.substack.com/subscribe

Alan Lovewell comes from a Cape Cod fishing family that dates back to whaling times. He grew up out on the water surfing, diving and sailing as often as possible. He move west to attend UC Santa Cruz, and upon graduating went to teach sailing on the Sea of Cortez with the National Outdoor Leadership School. There he witnessed illegal fishing practices by huge international trawlers. These damaging practices were not only bad for the environment, but he noticed the impact it had on the small coastal communities. Local fishermen were struggling to feed their families and make a living.   He returned to California to study Marine Policy and earned a Masters in International Environmental Policy at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. Drawn to fisheries as he saw a unique opportunity to reconnect our communities to our oceans as our last wild food source. He realized that the health of the environment is deeply tied to food production and what we eat.  He founded Real Good Fish (formerly Local Catch Monterey Bay in 2012) as a solution to reconnect our communities to the ocean and local fisheries. Alan has spent time working with The Nature Conservancy and Conservation International in Indonesia. He was a Sea Grant Fellow with The West Coast Governors Alliance for Ocean Health at NOAA’s Northwest Fisheries Science Center and Southwest Fisheries Science Center. In 2014, he won “Entrepreneur of the Year” in Monterey County.

Imagine spending the last ten years (really the first 10 years) of your career trying to get a piece of Ocean protected that is managed by 24 countries with a treaty that was written in 1959. There are countries who can't win the argument to establish Marine Protected Areas within their own country, let alone getting 23 other countries to agree to your propositions. That is what happened to Cassandra Brooks with Ross Sea MPA. Cassandra followed the MPA process from every aspect possible starting as a Fisheries Biologist to a Science and Conservation Communicator then to studying a PhD in Marine Policy where she was able to sit in the MPA planning meetings during the last part of the process. Listen to the podcast to find out how she found the process and the evolution of her career. Enjoy the podcast! Are you looking to change the way you eat for a better health and environment? Start using Arbonne nutrition and health care products that are all natural and environmentally friendly. I use them all the time and their nutrition line has transformed the way I eat and my health. Email me today, andrew@speakupforblue.com to find out how you can transform your health. Looking to transform your health and wellness using Arbonne products? Learn about our starter package to get you living for a better Ocean by contacting me at andrew@speakupforblue.com.

Franca Marine, policy and government relations manager at Arthritis Australia, on the report, Counting the cost: the current and future burden of arthritis

Franca Marine, policy and government relations manager at Arthritis Australia on the report, Counting the cost: the current and future burden of arthritis

This week on The Farm Report, host Erin Fairbanks is talking scallops with Togue Brawn from Maine Dayboat Scallops. Having worked in and around Maine’s fishing and seafood industry for over 20 years, she obtained a Master of Science in Marine Policy in 2002. Basically, Togue knows what she’s talking about – the fishery, the management, and the product. Starting from the basics, Togue explains the differences between a scallop fresh out of the water versus what consumers find in the grocery store, as well as which parts of the scallop are typically used in the United States versus around the world. Togue goes on to give Erin a rundown on diving for scallops and the current market for the popular bivalve. After the break, the scallop seasonality is discussed, where Togue states that the Federal Fishery has year-round scallops, while fishermen abide by set seasons and weight limitations. Tune in for a great talk on the scallop! This program was brought to you by Brooklyn Slate. “What really matters is how quickly they [scallops] come to market and how they are treated at market.” [16:00] “Right now about 80% of the value of Maine’s fishing comes from lobster. We’re largely dependent on the lobster resource, but that’s not how it used to be.” [25:40] —Togue Brawn on The Farm Report