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Marine Science Lesson Plans about the Pacific Marine National Monuments: Options for Enhancing Ocean Literacy in the 7th through 12th Grade Classroom

Nelson, Laura Kathryn

The ocean is one of the Earth's defining features; it provides our world with variety of beneficial services like regulating climate, providing food, and is a source of wonder and inspiration. However, despite its size and ...
Marine Science Lesson Plans about the Pacific Marine National Monuments: Options for Enhancing Ocean Literacy in the 7th through 12th Grade Classroom

Nelson, Laura Kathryn

The ocean is one of the Earth's defining features; it provides our world with variety of beneficial services like regulating climate, providing food, and is a source of wonder and inspiration. However, despite its size and ...
Marine Spatial Planning for Offshore Wind Energy Projects in the North Sea: Lessons for the United States

Blake, Kara Mia (2013-07-23)

Addressing spatial conflicts among offshore wind energy (OWE) projects and other resource users is a new issue in the United States as proposals for renewable energy projects transition from theoretical to actual installations ...
Natural Resource Based Campaigns: The Coalition to Protect Bristol Bay from Pebble Mine

Veerhusen, Brett

Public policies are created through an intricate network of advocacy coalitions and policy brokers within public and private networks who seek to change or enhance current policy. The focus of this thesis research is a ...
Natural Resource Based Campaigns: The Coalition to Protect Bristol Bay from Pebble Mine

Veerhusen, Brett

Public policies are created through an intricate network of advocacy coalitions and policy brokers within public and private networks who seek to change or enhance current policy. The focus of this thesis research is a ...
On the Edge: Redevelopment Projects at the Urban-Marine Interface in Vancouver, BC

Sharma, Ian Alexander Narasimha (2013-04-17)

This thesis looks at three urban waterfront redevelopment projects along Vancouver, British Columbia's False Creek that were developed beginning in the 1970s. It seeks to determine to what degree such projects have actually ...
Pacific Fishery Management Council Implementation of Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management

Young, Erik (2013-07-25)

Eight Regional Fishery Management Councils, together with the National Marine Fisheries Service, are responsible for Federal fisheries management in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone. They do so in accordance with many ...
Potential for Unintended Consequences in an Ecuadorian Hook Exchange Program

Mizrahi, Mark Daniel (2013-02-25)

The central question of this case study asks if circle hook use in Ecuador is motivated by a desire to catch more sharks. Circle hooks are a conservation technology that limits the by-catch of sea turtles. In 2004, the ...
The Role of Expert-based Information in Maritime Oil Spill Prevention Policy in the Puget Sound: How Risk Assessments Reflect the Larger Political Context

Leahy, JD Ross (2014-02-24)

Oil spills and their prevention have been political issues in Washington State and the Puget Sound area since the Prudhoe Bay oil discoveries on Alaska's North Slope. In an attempt to improve both the process and outcome ...
The Role of Prioritization in Funding Habitat Restoration Projects for Salmon Recovery in the Puget Sound Basin

Bates, Erica (2013-04-17)

Salmon populations in Washington have suffered severe declines in numbers leading to the listing of many as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Populations in Puget Sound are especially ...
Shellfish Aquaculture in Puget Sound in Light of Washington's Coastal Marine Spatial Planning

Cardinal, Kara Mia (2012-09-13)

The shellfish growing industry in the Puget Sound region of Washington State greatly depends on the health of the marine waters, and is therefore considerably invested in coastal management issues and protection of state ...
Spatial pattern in the Eastern Bering Sea: An application of spatial analysis to groundfish abundance along the Bering Sea outer continental margin

Wigand, Laura (2012-09-13)

As place-based frameworks are increasingly applied to fisheries management, researchers are faced with the need to define ecosystem units and collect data in a manner that will meet this management need. Place-based ...
Spatial patterns and habitat associations of targeted reef fish in and around a marine protected area in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands

Kilgo, Jamie (2013-02-25)

As marine protected areas (MPAs) become an increasingly popular method to address global declines of coral reef ecosystems, understanding how to gauge no-take reserve effectiveness through both simple metrics and spatially ...
Spring Fever? Climate Change And Water Quality In Our Local Lakes

Woodward, Natalia E. (2014-04-30)

Eutrophication, a state in which a body of water becomes over-enriched with nutrients, remains one of the biggest water quality problems both in the United States and globally. Although nutrient pollution that causes ...
Stakeholder Engagement in the Designation Process of the Marine Protected Areas in Taiwan: A Social-Ecological System Perspective

Huang, Meihui

There are many islands in the ocean surrounding Taiwan which can provide rich resources for the people such as fisheries. However, Taiwan is facing environmental issues from increasing human activities and the functions ...
Strategic habitat restoration: Maximizing both ecological and social value in the Lower Duwamish River

Brandon, Tess Brooke

The Lower Duwamish River (LDR) estuary is an 11-mile stretch of river that contains the core of industrial activity in the Seattle area. As Seattle's only river, it is also habitat for many of the region's valued fish ...
U.S. Development of Offshore Aquaculture: Regulatory, Economic, and Political Factors

Buck, Lisa E. (2013-02-25)

University of Washington Abstract U.S. Development of Offshore Aquaculture: Regulatory, Economic, and Political Factors Lisa E. Buck Chair of the Supervisory Committee: Professor Thomas Leschine School of Marine and ...
U.S. Navy Sonar and Marine Mammals: A Recommendation of Additional Marine Mammal Mitigation Measures in the Northwest Testing and Training (NWTT) Study Area

Corcoran, Meegan Brianna (2014-04-30)

National security and environmental health have been at odds in America for decades. An example is the competing interests regarding Navy active sonar and marine mammal impacts. Navy sonar is essential for submarine ...
The Utilization and Effectiveness of Sediment Recontamination Prevention Measures at Superfund Sites: The Lower Duwamish River Waterway Early Action Area Terminal 117, Seattle, Washington

Peterson, Railin Melissa (2013-07-25)

Large aquatic Superfund sites often have sediment recontamination issues due to difficulties with pollutant source control, dynamic natural environments and shortfalls in the regulatory systems. The Lower Duwamish Waterway ...
Utilization of a spatial decision-support tool for the restoration of Chinook salmon in the Columbia River

Good, Molly J. (2014-02-24)

Managers, policy-makers, and practitioners often utilize spatially-explicit decision-support tools for assistance and guidance in managing highly dynamic and spatially diverse environmental systems. Here I explore the use ...

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