by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Oct 12, 2013
MSP process launched for NZ's Hauraki Gulf In September 2013, New Zealand launched a project (Sea Change) to develop a marine spatial plan for the Hauraki Gulf, a 12,000-km2 body of water adjacent to the city of Auckland. To be delivered in 2015, the plan will...
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...
by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Aug 28, 2013
By Tundi Agardy, MEAM Contributing Editor. tundiagardy@earthlink.net There are certain undeniable facts about effective marine management: We know enough to recognize we should adopt an EBM approach and manage more comprehensively; Despite this knowledge, we often...
