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Latest News and Resources for Ocean Planners and Managers

by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Feb 9, 2019

  • European Commission proposes two contingency plans for fisheries for “no-deal” Brexit
  • EU bans discard of unwanted fish
  • Climate change making ocean waves stronger
  • Industrial fisheries starving seabirds globally
  • Ocean heat content is new metric for assessing global warming; shows 2018 warmest year to date
  • Tonga drafting marine spatial plan
  • American Samoa releases ocean plan
  • Estonia releases initial marine spatial plan outline
  • US Northeast Regional Ocean Council moving regional ocean planning forward after dissolution of federal regional planning bodies
  • Bidding and prices for US offshore wind leases surge
  • Read about impacts of the recent US government shutdown on ocean management here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here
  • Contribute your knowledge and experiences to research on the impacts of the recent US government shutdown here
  • Report describes status, advantages, and limitations of ten emerging ocean energy technologies
  • Case studies describe economic benefits of European MPAs and spatial protection
  • New framework for post-graduate MSP education proposed
  • Results of practitioner survey on MSP decision support tools published
  • UNEP and partners seeking feedback on Ecosystem-based Adaptation Tool Navigator
  • News article provides an update on the Seabed 2030 project to map the entire ocean floor by 2030
  • And, finally, a good news story about the oceans: Rebuilt groundfish stocks along the US West Coast allows for increased fishing quotas

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