Sentences with phrase «sea ecosystem management»

The CCZ serves as a model for how future deep - sea ecosystem management could unfold.

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Efforts include but are not limited to: developing and implementing marine habitat protection and restoration strategies, conducting ongoing coral reef research, training individuals in marine ecosystem research and management, as well as animal husbandry, the rescue, rehabilitation and release of marine wildlife including sea turtles, manatees and dolphins, creating programs to heighten public awareness of the ocean and its inhabitants and delivering marine education programs to communities and schools.

A consultation of deep - sea stakeholders spanning academia, industry and NGOs has identified deficiencies in basic knowledge of deep - sea systems which, if not addressed, could hinder ecosystem - based management of the deep sea and in turn limit the sustainability of the emerging deep blue economy.

«The management of ecosystems such as the Baltic Sea therefore needs to take area - specific factors into account,» Dr. Werner advises.

By having more information on what processes are active in the different parts of the Baltic Sea, such models can likely be refined, leading to better predictions and in the long run better ecosystem management.

Quantitative fisheries ecology, fisheries ecosystem dynamics, population dynamics modeling, fisheries stock assessment and management, trophic dynamics, Bayesian statistics, American and spiny lobsters, groundfish, sea urchin, and sea cucumber.

A fantastic sharing of skills as part of a common effort for the management and conservation of the living resources of the high seas: the first observations uncover Walters Bank as a remarkable ecosystem with a summit zone covered with coralligenous algae.

Recalling the concern reflected in the outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, entitled «The future we want», 1 that the health of oceans and marine biodiversity are negatively affected by marine pollution, including marine debris, especially plastic, persistent organic pollutants, heavy metals and nitrogen - based compounds, from numerous marine and land - based sources, and the commitment to take action to significantly reduce the incidence and impacts of such pollution on marine ecosystems, Noting the international action being taken to promote the sound management of chemicals throughout their life cycle and waste in ways that lead to the prevention and minimization of significant adverse effects on human health and the environment, Recalling the Manila Declaration on Furthering the Implementation of the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land - based Activities adopted by the Third Intergovernmental Review Meeting on the Implementation of the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land - based Activities, which highlighted the relevance of the Honolulu Strategy and the Honolulu Commitment and recommended the establishment of a global partnership on marine litter, Taking note of the decisions adopted by the eleventh Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity on addressing the impacts of marine debris on marine and coastal biodiversity, Recalling that the General Assembly declared 2014 the International Year of Small Island Developing States and that such States have identified waste management among their priorities for action, Noting with concern the serious impact which marine litter, including plastics stemming from land and sea - based sources, can have on the marine environment, marine ecosystem services, marine natural resources, fisheries, tourism and the economy, as well as the potential risks to human health; 1.

To establish scientific cooperation focusing on: (a) Monsoon and ocean variability, climate change and sea level variations, (b) Marine ecosystem studies, including algae blooms and (c) Coastal zone management including impact on society.

Klein is currently working on several land - sea conservation planning projects in which she is studying how such land - based activities as farming, mining, and coastal development impact marine ecosystems and using the information to inform marine and terrestrial management decisions.

But while the industry and its regulators might be focused on good management, Greenpeace argued that krill fishing is placing unnecessary pressure on sensitive ecosystems in a part of the world's oceans already greatly threatened by melting sea ice and rising ocean temperatures.

Extending this approach to other shelf - sea models would help quantify the uncertainty in more biogeochemical simulations, a step that would ultimately improve the models» ability to inform better management of sea - shelf ecosystems, the source of more than 90 % of the world's fishing catches.