The Skimmer on Marine Ecosystems and Management
Perspective: Radical MSP can solve social and environmental problems, not just facilitate industrialization
Radical MSP can solve social and environmental problems.
How genetics can improve marine conservation and management: What practitioners should know (and do)
How genetic analysis can be used in marine conservation and management
Do big and sudden actions distract us from nurturing effective EBM?
Do big and sudden actions distract us from nurturing effective EBM?
Latest News and Resources for Ocean Planners and Managers
Latest news and resources for ocean planners and managers
Get your research off the shelf and into policy: Writing reports and briefs that influence decision making
How to write reports and briefs that influence decision making
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The Skimmer: The Latest on Ocean Plastic in Just a Few Minutes
The Skimmer is a new MEAM feature where we review the latest news and research on a particular topic. For our first Skimmer, we’re covering plastic in the ocean and its implications for management. We don’t know about you, but we can barely keep up with the dizzying array of…
A Parable about Plastics
By Tundi Agardy, Contributing Editor, MEAM. Email: tundiagardy@earthlink.net What we are beginning to understand about the impact that plastics have on marine life (and, by extension, all life) is a parable for how humans impact the oceans in other ways. Recent research that looks beyond the accumulation of debris and…