Browsing Marine affairs by Subject "Marine affairs"
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A Comparative Case Study of Instream Tidal Energy Siting Locations
Instream tidal energy is a form of renewable energy that is at an early stage of development compared to other forms of energy generation. A comparative multiple-case study was conducted to evaluate stakeholder group ... -
A Framework for Assessing the Equity Impacts of Changing Access Regimes in Fisheries
This thesis outlines historic trends and current policy focus toward privatization in the ocean, provides a basis for assessing how this process is affecting access to fisheries resources, and suggests how considerations ... -
A Framework for Considering the Carbon and Health Co-Benefits of Afforestation and Avoided Forest Conversion
Ecosystem services frequently overlap. Natural climate solutions (NCS) can significantly contribute to carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) emissions reduction goals by increasing carbon storage and preventing CO2e emissions ... -
A Methodology to Determine Where Septic Systems, Flooded by Sea Level Rise, Impact Shellfish Growing Areas: An Example from Puget Sound, WA
Sea levels are projected to rise by as much as 3.3 feet in regions of Washington State by 2100 (Miller et al. 2018). Combined with extreme weather and Washington’s already large tidal amplitudes, these projections call ... -
A qualitative network model for the management and conservation of bull kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana) in Puget Sound
Significant declines in the extent and density of the canopy-forming kelp Nereocystis luetkeana (bull kelp) have been documented within the inland waters of the Salish Sea, most notably the Puget Sound. Expert focus groups ... -
A Review of Topics and Trends Across Five Decades of Coastal Management Journal
This paper provides an analysis of the topics covered by Coastal Management Journal (CMJ) over the course of its nearly five decades of publication. The analysis looks for trends and changes in the field of Coastal Management ... -
A Statistical Analysis of the Impacts of Management Decisions on the Distribution of Catch in the California Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery
Harmful algal blooms happen all along coasts around the world. During harmful algal blooms, sea life can absorb toxins emitted by the algae found in these blooms. Many of these events occur within areas of interest for ... -
A visualization and analysis of the Salmon Creek Watershed for resource managers and community outreach
Intermittent streams are low-order creeks that experience seasonal reductions in flow; upon flow reduction, pools of water are separated by dry stream bed. These residual pools are important habitat during dry months for ... -
Adaptive Capacity of the Maine Lobster Fishery: Insights from the Maine Fishermen’s Climate Roundtables
Climate change is altering the abundance and distribution of fish stocks globally, resulting in changes in catchability and availability to commercial fisheries. The Gulf of Maine in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean is ... -
Addressing Cross-scale Governance in the Alignment of Marine Fisheries Harvest and Conservation Objectives within a U.S. Community
(2012-09-13)Marine EBM in the U.S. calls for moving from sector-based governance to integrated governance. Integration at large scales reduces the potential for collective action because transaction costs may exceed the benefits of ... -
Algal Neurotoxins in Pink Salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) from Icy Strait and Icy Point, Alaska
Blooms of algae in the genera Pseudo-nitzschia and Alexandrium produce neurotoxins that have the potential to harm humans and other mammals. While the effects of these toxins are best known for causing closures of shellfish ... -
An Economic Assessment of Oil Development in the Alaskan Arctic
The Arctic has become a subject of intense political and economic interest as the effects of climate change have led to rapid losses in sea ice and a subsequent expansion of economic opportunities. The circumpolar north ... -
Angling for Insight: Examining the Recreational Fishing Community's Knowledge, Perceptions, Practices, and Preferences to Inform Rockfish Recovery Planning in Puget Sound, Washington
(2012-09-13)An ever-growing body of literature highlights the importance of understanding user groups and stakeholders in conjunction with biological information to manage and recover threatened or endangered species. Stakeholder ... -
Anthrozoology and Public Perception: Humans and Great White Sharks (Carchardon carcharias) on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA
Anthrozoology is a relatively new field of study in the world of academia. This discipline, which includes researchers ranging from social studies to natural sciences, examines human-animal interactions. Understanding what ... -
Anthrozoology, Anthropomorphism, and Marine Conservation: A Case Study of Southern Resident Killer Whale, Tahlequah, and Her Tour of Grief
University of Washington Abstract Anthrozoology, Anthropomorphism, and Marine Conservation: A Case Study of Southern Resident Killer Whale, Tahlequah, and Her Tour of Grief Jessica M. Knoth Chair of the Supervisory Committee: ... -
Assessing the feasibility of expanding dive tourism to Danajon Bank, Philippines
(2012-09-13)Danajon Bank is the only double barrier reef in the Philippines. Found off the northern coast of Bohol Island, central Philippines, Danajon expands over an area of 272 km². The Coastal Conservation and Education Foundation, ... -
Assessing the Vulnerability of Marine Mammal Subsistence Species in the Bering Sea to Climate Change
The Bering Sea is a highly productive region of the Pacific Arctic. Native Alaskan communities rely heavily on the marine resources of the Bering Sea for survival. The timing of the formation and thaw of sea ice each year ... -
Assessment of Entanglement Risk: A Vertical Line Co-occurrence Model of Large Whales and the Commercial Fixed Gear Dungeness Crab (Cancer magister) Fishery Off the U.S. West Coast
Since 2014, reports of whale entanglements have spiked along the U.S. West Coast from an average of 10 confirmed cases per year to up to 71 reported entanglements in 2016. The commercial fixed gear Dungeness crab (Cancer ... -
Beach Town Tourism: The Smooth and Striated Dynamics of Pacific Beach, California
The beach is often considered spatially homogeneous. Marine tourism, coastal zone management, and urban planning policies frequently envision the beach as a static space without recognition of the socio-culturally dynamic, ... -
Best Practices for Determining Tourism Carrying Capacity in Marine and Coastal Ecosystems
Finding the tourism carrying capacity of a given area can inform sustainable levels of tourism and management objectives. The goal of this review is to develop a framework for studying tourism carrying capacity in coastal ...