Sentences with phrase «ocean resources»

The blue economy is the concept for sustainable use of ocean resources, aiming for economic growth, livelihoods improvement, and ocean ecosystem health.

Marine protected areas, although the picture is complicated, have the potential to serve as nurseries sustaining fisheries for nearby communities dependent on ocean resources.

Backing off on the humpback hunt today is a small part of a larger effort to push to the limit on using ocean resources.

Judy Skog, program director in the National Science Foundation's Division of Earth Sciences, which funded the research, said the findings should be incorporated into decisions about how we manage ocean resources like fisheries.

Over forty years, under both parties, we have developed a national system that protects ocean resources while providing sustainable recreational and economic benefits to our citizens and visitors to the California coastline.

A growing body of research shows that significant increases in fish populations could come with the expansion of marine reserves, more careful oversight of shared ocean resources like bluefin tuna, and education of fishing communities around coral reefs.

Congressman Lance has consistently supported policies that protect coastal and ocean resources while enabling economic growth.

DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos announced the release of the final Ocean Action Plan, the first - ever comprehensive 10 - year blueprint to guide the protection and conservation of New York's ocean resources from environmental threats such as ocean acidification due to climate change.

The new proposed model could allow a better quantification of the impacts that will likely occur under changing climate and could be considered in future ocean resources and land use management.

To reach his current position Leppan had to pay his dues, working in the areas of food security, community - based resource management, and sustainable ocean resource development in both Canada and abroad (including a 6 - year stint in South Africa).

One large study of America's ocean waters, published in May by the Pew Oceans Commission, noted that U.S. policies have for decades focused on developing ocean resources rather than emphasizing conservation.

«This data has proved crucial in preserving and utilizing ocean resources,» said Hiroshi Komiyama, a chemical engineer and former president of University of Tokyo who chaired the prize selection committee.

Two of NOAA's four mission goals are to «protect, restore, and manage the use of coastal and ocean resources through an ecosystem approach to management,» and to «understand climate variability and change to enhance society's ability to plan and respond.»

Articles on issues and prospects, ocean governance, living resources of the ocean, non-living ocean resources, transportation and communications, environment and coastal management, maritime security, military activities, regional developments, training and education, and ocean polar issues will be considered for Volume 33.

Initially established in 1807 under another name (The Survey of the Coast), this agency focuses on understanding and preserving ocean resources, including fisheries, protecting marine mammals (from seals to whales), studying the seafloor and probing the upper atmosphere.

Scientists with NOAA, which studies ocean resources and works to preserve them, presented their findings on June 20.

There exists incontrovertible data from studies of the Global Science Report launched by UNESCO Director - General, Dr. Irina Bokova that «records for the first time where and how existing ocean science capacities are empowering society and generating knowledge to conserve ocean resources.»

Growing human populations of the world are only part of the Problem and are not necessarily indicative of ending up with depleted Ocean Resources...

I've written off and on about research revealing that ocean resources today are a pale shadow of the extraordinary abundance of just a few generations ago, and I touch on this theme again in a Science Times feature this week on new maps of human impacts on the sea.

Senator Schatz has worked hard to gain Committee assignments that enable him to fight for his constituents and their vital ocean resources.

If that wasn't enough, Hawaii is surrounded by yet - underexploited ocean resources.

As coastal populations and demand for ocean resources have grown, more and more human activities now overlap and interact in the marine environment.

The method has become integral to the European Union's approach to assessing ocean resources.

The formation of lasting and effective partnerships through the fostering of international relations form one of the three pillars of IOI's institutional architecture and underpins the delivery of training and capacity development for the sustainable management of ocean resources and services.

«She maintains a balanced approach to managing ocean resources to ensure that Hawaii can enjoy and benefit from healthy oceans both today and in the future.»

Though there will never be 100 % agreement, this has been a consensus - seeking process and the Council aimed to balance current and future needs to use ocean resources.

The California Marine Sanctuary Foundation advances the understanding and protection of the Monterey Bay and Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuaries and other coastal and ocean resources in California.

«New York State strongly opposes the Department of the Interior's National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program as it poses an unacceptable threat to New York's ocean resources, to our economy and to the future of our children,» Cuomo said in announcing the exclusion request.

March 9 (Reuters)- New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Friday said he had formally asked for the state to be excluded from a federal offshore drilling program that he said would threaten its ocean resources and endanger efforts toward a cleaner energy economy.

«The long - term health of New York's economy is inextricably linked to protecting our ocean resources,» Cuomo wrote in his letter to Zinke.

March 9 - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Friday said he had formally asked for the state to be excluded from a federal offshore drilling program that he said would threaten its ocean resources and endanger efforts toward a cleaner energy economy.

As part of this policy, an Implementation Plan was formed to address some of the most pressing challenges facing our ocean resources, guidelines for which are currently being drafted.

Cuomo said in a letter to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke that offshore drilling «poses an unacceptable threat» to New York's ocean resources and economy.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's primary research arm, which investigates weather, climate and ocean resources, would be cut 32 percent.

Better knowledge of what governs the patterns of life at deep - sea vents will enable responsible decisions about how to manage these deep - ocean resources

Led by Nancy Sutley, chair of the White House's Council on Environmental Quality, the task force is currently working to draft a framework for sustainable management of American coastal and ocean resources.

Future studies might compare the ocean resources available to each loggerhead population, as has been done elsewhere [42], and examine their influence on population dynamics.

OceanObs ’19 seeks to improve response to scientific and societal needs of a fit - for - purpose integrated ocean observing system, for better understanding the environment of the Earth, monitoring climate, and informing adaptation strategies as well as the sustainable use of ocean resources.

This incident reminded me of how important it is to educate my student divers so we can all be aware of how our actions impact our environment and take steps to be proactive in conservation of our ocean resources.

The natural environment and ocean resources of the Monterey Peninsula draw millions of visitors from around the world each year, including more than 65,000 scuba divers drawn by the area's easy access, variety of wildlife, and kelp forests.

The natural beauty and ocean resources of the Monterey Peninsula draw millions of visitors from around the world each year, including more than 65,000 scuba divers drawn by the area's easy access, variety of wildlife, and massive kelp forests.

The natural environment and ocean resources of the Monterey Peninsula draw millions of visitors from around the world each year, including more than 65,000 scuba divers drawn by the area's easy access, wildlife, and kelp forests.

We are in the process of creating a related project geared toward community development and sustainable surf tourism management in Waitabu, Fiji, which will be a longer - term participatory action research project supporting local communities in ownership of their ocean resources vis - a-vis surf tourism and development.»

During a stop near Sydney, Australia, mainly framed around urging young people to join the Church, Pope Benedict XVI on Friday also spent time describing nature's wonders and wounds — «scars which mark the surface of our earth, erosion, deforestation, the squandering of the world's mineral and ocean resources in order to fuel an insatiable consumption.»

So far, I don't see lots of evidence that conservation campaigners (you are one on ocean resources) have found a way to accept this kind of good news and / or incorporate it in their prescriptions for sustaining a rich and variegated biological sheath on Earth.