by John Davis | Sep 28, 2013
By Chris Cvitanovic [Editor’s note: Chris Cvitanovic is a marine and social scientist for the Climate Adaptation Flagship of CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency.] Like a lot of people reading this, the sea has always been a big part of my life....
by John Davis | Sep 28, 2013
Scotland releases plan for network of MPAs Scotland’s Government has released a proposed plan to manage all activity in Scottish waters, from energy production to conservation and more. The plan includes a network of 33 proposed MPAs that together would cover...
by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Aug 28, 2013
Dear MEAM: The last issue of MEAM included an interesting case of trade-offs between food production (in the form of food safety) and in-stream/watershed engineering for biodiversity conservation barriers in the Salinas Valley, California ("Integrated...
by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Aug 28, 2013
It makes intuitive sense that if a given area of ocean offers several types of seafloor habitat, and if commercially targeted fish populations prefer one habitat over the others (particularly at different life stages), then stock assessments should account for the...
by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Aug 28, 2013
Human activities in upland ecosystems – farming, forestry, development, and so on – typically have impacts downstream as well, in coastal or even offshore areas. Recognizing the connections between land and sea systems is a central part of coastal and...
