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U.S. Development of Offshore Aquaculture: Regulatory, Economic, and Political Factors
(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
(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 ... -
Understanding Information Needs for Adapting Reef Ecosystem Management to a Changing Climate
A Reef Manager’s Guide to Coral Bleaching was created as a collaborative effort of the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration’s Coral Reef Conservation Program, the Australian Government’s, Great Barrier Reef Marine ... -
Understanding Tribal Participation in Collaborative Restoration: An Exploration of the Qwuloolt Estuary Restoration Project
Large-scale collaborative estuary restoration in the Puget Sound region of Washington State represents a unique opportunity to further salmon recovery efforts and meet regional habitat restoration targets while engaging ... -
The Utilization and Effectiveness of Sediment Recontamination Prevention Measures at Superfund Sites: The Lower Duwamish River Waterway Early Action Area Terminal 117, Seattle, Washington
(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
(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 ... -
Values, Ideologies, and Preferences: exploring their influence on support for rights-based fisheries management
Individual Transferable Quota (ITQ) is an actively investigated form of fisheries management that stems from neoclassical economic theory. First implemented in the 70s in Iceland, Canada, and New Zealand this form of ... -
Variation in Carbon Sediment Storage Across Salish Sea Eelgrass Habitats
Seagrasses are marine flowering plants that are found globally in coastal habitats. Seagrass meadows serve as valuable carbon sink habitats by trapping and storing carbon within the sediment. The ability of these habitats ... -
Volunteer and Sea Turtle Tourism: A Case Study of a Social-Ecological Conservation Project in Matapalo Beach, Costa Rica
(2012-09-13)University of Washington Abstract Volunteer and Sea Turtle Tourism: A Case Study of a Social-Ecological Conservation Project in Matapalo Beach, Costa Rica Meredith Leigh Barnard Chair of the Supervisory Committee: Professor ... -
Wading Past Assumptions: Gender Dimensions of Climate Change Adaptation in Coastal Communities of the Philippines
Climate change is expected to have a broad range of impacts on social and ecological systems. Common discourse asserts that women in developing countries are more vulnerable to climate change than men, and perpetuates ... -
Washington Maritime Blue and the Blue Economy: using diversity and inclusion to advance social justice in the maritime industry
The Blue Economy movement is gaining global traction among marine resource stakeholders, but the concept is defined in multiple ways and some emerging initiatives are inconsistent in their adherence to one of the core ... -
Washington Shellfish Aquaculture: Assessment of the Current Regulatory Frameworks
The Washington shellfish aquaculture regulatory framework is a complex instrument with numerous permits and high agency involvement. Shellfish business owners, industry officials and policy-makers look to simplify the ... -
Whale Watching in the Salish Sea: A Case Study of On-board Interpretation and Willingness to Protect the Marine Environment
This study presents findings on the information provided in the interpretation on whale watching tours in the Salish Sea, on the western coast of the United States, and examines its influence on tour passengers’ willingness ... -
Whale, what do we have here? Evidence of microplastics in top predators: analysis of two populations of Resident killer whale fecal samples.
Environmental microplastics (plastic particles less than 5 mm in size) are a growing ecological issue and are widely documented in marine life. The consequences of microplastic ingestion in top predators are poorly understood ... -
What Happens When No One is Watching? Ecological and Institutional Considerations for the Long-Term Management of Compensatory Wetland Mitigation in the Western Washington Coastal Zone
(2013-07-25)Once compensatory wetland mitigation projects meet their permit criteria they are expected to last in perpetuity and are presumed to be self-sustaining. However, once projects are beyond their period of regulatory obligation ... -
Will the Continental U.S. Lose its Tufted Puffins?
Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata) populations have experienced dramatic declines since the mid 19th century along the southern portion of the species range, leading citizen groups to petition the United States Fish and ...