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ACZISC COASTAL UPDATE - JUNE 2007 UPCOMING ACZISC MEETINGS- 19-20 September 2007: ACZISC Meeting #52, Halifax, Nova Scotia - 23-24 January 2008: ACZISC Meeting #53, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island - 14-15 May 2008: ACZISC Meeting #54, St. John's, Newfoundland - 24-25 September 2008: ACZISC Meeting #55, Fredericton, New Brunswick For information on the meetings, email the ACZISC Secretariat. RECENT ADDITIONS TO THE ACZISC WEBSITE- A report of Coastal Activities in Atlantic Canada and the presentations associated with the ACZISC Meeting on 30-31 May 2007 in Fredericton, New Brunswick are available at http://aczisc.dal.ca/docs.htm#ACZISC. - The ACZISC 2006-2007 Annual Report is available in PDF format at http://aczisc.dal.ca/anrpt06-07.pdf. - Feedback from subscribers on the Coastal Update e-newsletter is now available at http://aczisc.dal.ca/update-feedback.htm. Please send comments to ACZISC@dal.ca. MANAGING COASTAL AND OCEAN AREAS IN NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADORFisheries and Oceans Canada and the NL Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture will work together to assess coastal and oceans issues, with the assessment providing a key part of the new Provincial Oceans Policy framework and strategic plan. The project is an issues scan of specific coastal and oceans areas of Newfoundland and Labrador and will contribute to the development of a final provincial strategy to be released in 2008 - http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2007/fishaq/0607n13.htm. RFP: IMPACTS OF TIDAL ENERGY ON THE BAY OF FUNDYNew Brunswick and Nova Scotia have committed to complete a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) the potential impacts of tidal energy on the Bay of Fundy, consisting of two main components: an Environmental and Socio-economic Impact Assessment (ESIA) report and extensive feedback and consultation with interested parties. This work is being done through Nova Scotia's Offshore Energy and Environmental Research Association - http://www.offshoreenergyresearch.ca. 29 June 2007 is the deadline to respond to the Request for Proposals for the ESIA report component of the SEA - http://www.offshoreenergyresearch.ca/Portals/0/FINAL%20RFP%20ESIA%20with%20map.pdf. RENEWING COASTAL COMMUNITIESA Workshop was held on 8-10 August 2006 in Change Islands, Newfoundland. The goal of this Changing Currents Dialogue event was to identify and assess realistic options and to examine how communities can rebuild their capacity and sustain the livelihoods and communities in which they live. The Workshop conveners' report entitled The Future of Endangered Coastal Communities: Building Capacity for Renewal is available at http://www.sfu.ca/coastalstudies/changeislands2006/ChangeIslands2006.pdf. NEW BRUNSWICK CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION PLAN 2007-2012The Plan focuses on actions to reduce or prevent greenhouse gas emissions; adaptation strategies to address the economic, social and environmental effects of the Province's changing climate; and engagement with communities and individuals to implement adaptation and GHG-reduction efforts. The Plan also includes actions in renewable energy and efficiency; transportation; waste reduction and diversion; industrial sources; adaptation; and implementation and accountability. It is available at http://www.gnb.ca/0009/0369/0015/0001-e.asp. CALL FOR PAPERS: OMRN 2007 NATIONAL CONFERENCE1 September is the deadline for submitting abstracts to the OMRN 2007 National Conference, scheduled for 24-27 October 2007 in Ottawa, Ontario. The annual conferences of the Ocean Management Research Network (OMRN) focus on the management of Canada's coasts and oceans by integrating research and policy, social science and natural science, and the human dimension. The 2007 Conference themes are: Ocean Agenda Implementation; Canada's North and the Arctic Ocean; Impacts and Adaptations of Coastal Communities; and Canada's Oceans and Climate Change - http://www.omrn-rrgo.ca/index.php?action=conference.index. 2007 FUNDING OPPORTUNITY FOR CGDI USER COMMUNITIESGeoConnections is soliciting letters of intent for projects that will account for, build, and draw upon geospatial information over the Internet. Projects will relate to one or more of four priority areas: environment and sustainable development, public health, public safety and security, and matters of importance to Aboriginal people. Projects will also facilitate information sharing in support of decision making and promote, expand, and increase the use of the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI). Multi-year funding is available. For information, access http://www.geoconnections.org/en/opportunities/fa=IAO7.xxxxx1. POTENTIALS AND LIMITATIONS OF COASTAL WEB ATLASESTwo workshops are bringing together key experts from Europe, the US and Canada to examine state-of-the-art developments and future needs in web-based coastal mapping and informatics for the coastal practitioner community. These workshops are intended to advance research in the field by providing recommendations for best practice of coastal web mapping. To download the proceedings of the 1st workshop (July 2006 in Cork, Ireland) and for information on 2nd workshop scheduled for 16-20 July 2007 at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon, access http://workshop1.science.oregonstate.edu/home. GIS, REMOTE SENSING AND MAPPING FOR MARINE AQUACULTUREThe objective of this FAO publication entitled Geographic Information Systems, Remote Sensing and Mapping for the Development and Management of Marine Aquaculture is to show how these tools can play a role in the development and management of marine aquaculture per se and in relation to competing and conflicting uses. The focus is on the ways the tools have been used for problem solving and on example applications. The document is available at http://www.fao.org/docrep/009/a0906e/a0906e00.htm. ENVISIONING THE FUTURE OF COASTAL MANAGEMENT IN THE USThe Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, in partnership with the Coastal States Organization, has begun to develop a set of core principles and specific options to consider in drafting a proposal for reauthorizing the US Coastal Zone Management Act. The initiative will be implemented in three phases: draft a discussion paper that identifies current issues, constraints and opportunities for coastal management; seek state coastal manager perspectives; and engage the broader community. For information and to download the discussion paper, access http://coastalmanagement.noaa.gov/czm/czma_vision.html. ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION AND HURRICANE PROTECTION IN LOUISIANAThe Louisiana Legislature has approved a plan for coastal restoration and hurricane protection. Entitled Integrated Ecosystem Restoration and Hurricane Protection: Louisiana's Comprehensive Master Plan for a Sustainable Coast, the plan is the first document to completely incorporate hurricane protection projects with projects aimed at rebuilding Louisiana's rapidly eroding coastal wetlands. The plan is available at http://www.lacpra.org/index.cfm?md=pagebuilder&tmp=home&nid=24&pnid=0&pid=28&fmid=0&catid=0&elid=0. OTHER DOCUMENTS, NEWSLETTERS AND WEB RESOURCES- The final guidelines for an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of the proposed construction and operation of an oil refinery and related facilities and infrastructure in east Saint John (Red Head area), New Brunswick are available at http://www.gnb.ca/0009/0377/0002/0029-e.pdf. - A multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional team has studied the specific impacts of climate change on groundwater in Prince Edward Island. The study report entitled Consequences of Climatic Changes on Contamination of Drinking Water by Nitrate on Prince Edward Island is available at http://adaptation.nrcan.gc.ca/projdb/pdf/109_e.pdf. - The UK's House of Commons Science and Technology Committee heard evidence on the Inquiry into Investigating the Oceans. The submissions to the commission are available at http://www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/science_and_technology_committee/scitechitoevidence.cfm. - The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of the Earth provides access to an online collection of astronaut photographs of the Earth. In addition to digital images, the database includes the locations and supporting data - http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/clickmap/. - GISFish was developed by FAO and collaborators as a "one stop" website to solve problems in inland fisheries and aquaculture using GIS, remote sensing and mapping - http://www.fao.org/fi/gisfish/index.jsp. - The US National Estuary Program Coastal Condition Report presents the condition of 28 estuaries covered by the National Estuary Program in the USA. The Report concludes that nationally, 37% of the NEP estuarine area is in poor overall condition. Regionally, 46% of the Northeast Coast, 46% of the Gulf Coast, 36% of the West Coast, and 23% of the Southeast Coast NEP estuaries are in poor overall condition. The Report is available at http://www.epa.gov/owow/oceans/nepccr/index.html. - The 2nd issue of the Basins and Coasts newsletter, produced by the Integrated Management of Coastal and Freshwater Systems Program is available at http://www.imcafs.org/coastsheds/index.php. The issue contains four articles relevant to the theme Environmental Security. - The IOC Strategic Plan for Oceanographic Data and Information Management (2008-2011) is the draft version that will be submitted for approval to the 24th Session of UNESCO's Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) Assembly on 19-28 June 2007 - http://www.iode.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=64. - Sustainable Energy is the theme of the Spring 2007 edition of Sustainable Development Law & Policy, a publication of the American University's Washington College of Law - http://www.wcl.american.edu/org/sustainabledevelopment/2007/07spring.pdf. - In the book entitled Marine Habitat and Cover: Their Importance for Productive Coastal Fishery Resources, the author John Caddy stresses the importance of integrating ecological and management notions into a common framework for the recovery and subsequent conservation of depleted fishery resources. He concludes that harvest controls alone are ineffective. For information, including purchasing details, access http://publishing.unesco.org/details.aspx?&Code_Livre=4538&change=E. - The reference book entitled Arc Marine: GIS for a Blue Planet, due out in late June, discusses the results of an effort to create and define a data model for marine applications, including sea floor mapping, fisheries management, marine mammal tracking, monitoring shoreline change, and water temperature analysis. To order the book and to download the data model and the Arc Marine tutorial, access http://dusk2.geo.orst.edu/djl/arcgis/book.html. - Two issues of the Marine Technology Society (MTS) Journal entitled Stemming the Tide of Coastal Disasters have been devoted to the topic of coastal inundation in the US - the winter 2006/2007 issue and the spring 2007 issue. Purchasing information for non-members is available at http://www.mtsociety.org/publications/pub_list_1.cfm. OTHER DEADLINES- 15 June is the deadline for submitting abstracts to the Oceans in the Earth System International Conference, 1-5 October 2007, Bremen, Germany - http://www.rcom.marum.de/English/GV2007.html. - 22 June is the deadline for submitting abstracts to the 34th Annual Aquatic Toxicity Workshop, 30 September - 3 October 2007, Halifax, Nova Scotia - http://www.atw.ca. - 28 June is the deadline for submitting session proposals to the 8th National Conference on Science, Policy and the Environment, 16-18 January 2008, Washington, DC. The theme is 'Climate Change: Science and Solutions' - http://www.ncseonline.org/2008conference/. - 29 June is the deadline for submitting abstracts to HYDRO 2007, the International Conference on Hydrography, 22-24 November 2007, Cairns, Australia - http://www.ahs.asn.au/hydro2007.html. - 29 June is the deadline for submitting abstracts to Water Down Under 2008, 15-17 April 2008, Adelaide, South Australia - http://www.waterdownunder2008.com. - 6 July is the deadline for submitting abstracts to the Solutions to Coastal Disasters 2008 Conference, 13-16 April 2008, Oahu, Hawaii - http://content.asce.org/conferences/cd2008. - 15 July is the deadline for submitting abstracts to ICCE 2008, the 31st International Conference on Coastal Engineering, 31 August - 5 September 2008, Hamburg, Germany - http://icce2008.hamburg.baw.de. - 16 July is the deadline for submitting abstracts to Pacem in Maribus XXXII, the conference of the International Ocean Institute, 5-8 November 2007, Malta - http://www.capemalta.net/pim2007/. - 1 August is the deadline for submitting abstracts to the 26th Annual International Submerged Lands Management Conference, 29 October - 2 November 2007, Williamsburg, Virginia - http://www.submergedlands2007.com. - 1 August is the deadline for submitting abstracts to the International Invasive Sea Squirt Conference, 2-4 October 2007, Brudenell, Prince Edward Island - http://www.whoi.edu/institutes/oli/activities/seasquirt-2007. OTHER UPCOMING CONFERENCES AND EVENTS- For a complete list of upcoming conferences and workshops, access http://aczisc.dal.ca/conf.htm. - 18-21 June 2007: Oceans '07, Aberdeen, Scotland - http://www.oceans07ieeeaberdeen.org/. - 23-27 June 2007: Ecological Integrity and a Sustainable Society Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia - http://ecologyintegrityconference.dal.ca/. - 30 June - 3 July 2007: 13th International Interdisciplinary Conference on the Environment, Portland, Maine - http://www.ieaonline.org/conference.htm. - 1-5 July 2007: 21st Annual Meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa - http://compworx.isat.co.za/scb. - 5-7 July 2007: People and the Sea IV: Who Owns the Coast?, Amsterdam, The Netherlands - http://www.marecentre.nl/people_and_the_sea_4/index.html. - 8-11 July 2007: 17th World Conference on Disaster Management, Toronto, Ontario - http://www.wcdm.org/. - 22-26 July 2007: Coastal Zone 07, Portland, Oregon - http://www.csc.noaa.gov/cz/. - 23 July - 10 August 2007: Coastal Institute Asia: Integrated Ecosystem Management Program, Bangkok, Thailand - http://www.crc.uri.edu/CI_Asia_Brochure%20FINAL.pdf. - 31 July - 3 August 2007: 2007 Conference of the International Association for the Study of the Commons, Corner Brook, Newfoundland - http://www.swgc.mun.ca/iasc2007/index.asp. - 1-5 August 2007: Nature Canada Conference, Wolfville, Nova Scotia - http://www.Nature2007.ca. - 20-24 August 2007: IPY GeoNorth 2007, the 1st International Circumpolar Conference on Geospatial Sciences and Applications for the North, held during the International Polar Year (IPY), Yellowknife, Northwest Territories - http://www.IPYGeoNorth.org. - 21-23 August 2007: 4th Annual Energy Ocean Conference, Oahu, Hawaii - http://www.energyocean.com. 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ACZISC COASTAL UPDATE - MAY 2007 CELEBRATING CANADA'S OCEANS ON WORLD OCEANS DAYThe Oceans Day website of the Ocean Management Research Network (OMRN) lists activities taking place in Canada on June 8 to celebrate World Oceans Day. The United Nations declared June 8 World Oceans Day during the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. The purpose of Oceans Day is to raise awareness about the life-sustaining role of oceans and inspire people from coast to coast to coast to take better care of the seas through activities and events that promote ocean health. UPCOMING ACZISC MEETINGS- 30-31 May 2007: ACZISC Meeting #51, Fredericton, New Brunswick (revised dates) - 19-20 September 2007: ACZISC Meeting #52, Halifax, Nova Scotia - 23-24 January 2008: ACZISC Meeting #53, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island - 14-15 May 2008: ACZISC Meeting #54, St. John's, Newfoundland For information on the meetings, email the ACZISC Secretariat. WATERSHED PLANNING ON PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDA Report on the Public Consultations on Managing Land and Water on a Watershed Basis in Prince Edward Island includes recommendations under six broad categories: Governance on a Watershed Basis; Policies, Regulations and Programs; Education/Awareness; Research and Technical Support; Organization and Structure; and Funding. The report on consultations entitled "We are all upstream, We are all downstream", the Guide to Watershed Planning on Prince Edward Island and other documents are available at http://www.gov.pe.ca/go/watershedconsultations. PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THE WHITES POINT QUARRY AND MARINE TERMINAL PROJECTThe Joint Review Panel for the Whites Point Quarry and Marine Terminal Project has announced that public hearings will begin on 16 June 2007 at the Digby Pines Conference Centre in Digby, Nova Scotia. The Panel expects to conduct hearings over a two week period. Groups or individuals interested in making a presentation at the hearings are asked to reserve a date and time by contacting the Panel Secretariat at 902-564-2759. A schedule listing the order of registered participants will be available on the opening day of hearings. For information, including operational procedures for the conduct of the public hearings, access http://www.wpq-jointreview.ca. PLACENTIA BAY 'SMARTBAY' FLY-THROUGHThe SmartBay website was established to provide simple access to data and information for Placentia Bay, located on the south coast of Newfoundland, in support of effective management and sustainable development of coastal ocean areas and the safety and security of life at sea. The SmartBay "Seabed Mapping" section has been updated with a narrated video "fly-through" simulation that depicts the undersea topography of Placentia Bay. The video was developed from multibeam survey data and is available at http://www.smartbay.ca/whatsnewFrame.html. ATLANTIC ZONE MONITORING PROGRAMMEThe annual Atlantic Zone Monitoring Programme Bulletin presents a review of the general oceanographic conditions in the Northwest Atlantic region, including the Gulf of St. Lawrence, as well as AZMP-related information concerning particular events, studies, or activities that took place during the previous year. The 2007 issue of the AZMP Bulletin is available at http://www.meds-sdmm.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/zmp/main_zmp_e.html. GEOMATICS ATLANTIC 2007 CONFERENCEThe Conference is scheduled for 4-6 June 2007 at the Marine Institute, Memorial University in St. John's, Newfoundland. Workshops will take place on 6 June. The Conference theme is Coastal and Marine Geomatics. Session topics include: Ocean Observation; Fisheries Geomatics; Coastal Zone Management; Marine Cadastre; and Offshore oil and Gas. For information, access http://www.geomaticsatlantic.com. NEW SCHOOL OF OCEAN TECHNOLOGYA new School of Ocean Technology is being established at the Marine Institute of Memorial University in St. John's, Newfoundland. The School will focus on four tailored post-secondary programs: Remotely Operated Vehicle program; Joint Diploma of Technology/Bachelor of Technology in Ocean Instrumentation; Joint Diploma of Technology/Bachelor of Technology in Acoustics and Underwater Communications; and Joint Diploma of Technology/Bachelor of Technology in Seabed Mapping and Related Underwater Technologies. For information, access http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2007/edu/0515n01.htm. GEOSPATIAL DATA AVAILABLE FROM NRCAN AT NO COSTNatural Resources Canada (NRCan) is now providing geospatial data at no cost via the GeoGratis portal at http://geogratis.gc.ca. The data are compatible with the most popular geographic information systems (GIS), with image analysis systems and the graphics applications of editing software. A number of the collections meet international geomatics standards. The collections include raster data, such as satellite images or scanned topographic maps, vector data, such as national-scale frameworks (grouped by theme), and a database of ground control points. BIO SEARCHING FOR RESEARCH ASSOCIATEThe Bedford Institute of Oceanography in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia is searching for a Postdoctoral Fellow or Research Associate to take part in a collaborative research and development program on the study of waves, winds, coastal currents, storm surge, sediment transfer and coastal erosion. The program area is the Beaufort Sea and the Arctic. For information, email Will Perrie - perriew@dfo-mpo.gc.ca. MEASURING THE PROGRESS AND OUTCOMES FOR ICOMThe Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission publication entitled A Handbook for Measuring the Progress and Outcomes for Integrated Coastal and Ocean Management provides a step-by-step guide to help users in developing, selecting and applying a common set of governance, ecological and socioeconomic indicators to measure, evaluate and report on the progress and outcomes of ICOM interventions. The Handbook proposes analytical frameworks and indicators and includes results, outcomes and lessons learned from eight pilot case studies. The handbook is available at http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001473/147313e.pdf. ADVANCING ECOSYSTEM-BASED MANAGEMENT: A DECISION SUPPORT TOOLKIT FOR MARINE MANAGERSThe aim of this toolkit is to guide managers and practitioners in the use of common tools for regional planning and to illustrate, through case studies, approaches to advance ecosystem-based management by jointly addressing multiple objectives in conservation, fisheries and coastal hazards. The toolkit provides guidance on some of the tools that help in the assessment of marine ecosystems and the identification of opportunities to enhance their conservation and management. The toolkit is available at http://www.marineebm.org. CLIMATE CHANGE 2007: MITIGATION OF CLIMATE CHANGEThe Working Group III contribution to the Climate Change 2007 Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was presented on 4 May 2007 in Bangkok. This volume analyses mitigation options for the main economic sectors in the near-term. It provides information on long-term mitigation strategies for various stabilization levels, with a focus on the implications of different short-term strategies for achieving long-term goals. It also addresses the relationship between mitigation and sustainable development. The report, figures, video webcast, etc. are available at http://www.ipcc.ch. COASTAL ZONE 0731 May is the deadline for early registration for the Conference, scheduled for 22-26 July 2007 in Portland, Oregon, USA. The theme is Brewing Local Solutions to Your Coastal Issues. The event will feature field trips, training sessions and presentations based on case studies, lessons learned, and success stories. For information, access http://www.csc.noaa.gov/cz/. FINAL APPROVAL FOR CALIFORNIA MPAsOn 13 April 2007, the California Fish and Game Commission adopted regulations to create a new suite of marine protected areas (MPAs) for the Central Coast of California, the first region considered for the State. This will launch the State's Marine Life Protection Act Program, which was designed to better conserve marine resources for their long-term sustainability while also enhancing outdoor recreation and ocean research opportunities along the coast. For information, access http://www.fgc.ca.gov/html/news.html. OTHER DOCUMENTS, NEWSLETTERS AND WEB RESOURCES- Our Waters, Our Future, the Fisheries and Oceans Canada Sustainable Development Strategy for 2007-2009, focuses on healthy and productive aquatic ecosystems; safe and accessible waterways; sustainable fisheries and aquaculture; and environmentally sustainable operations and management. It is available at http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/sds-sdd/2007-2009/index_e.htm. - A study by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) for the Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network (EMAN) focused on methodologies and practices used by monitoring practitioners for the delivery of information to decision-makers. The research was bound by a community-based monitoring framework based on the practical experiences of communities engaged in monitoring. The framework consists of four themes: community mapping, participation assessment, capacity building and information delivery. The report is available at http://www.eman-rese.ca/eman/deliver-monitoring.html. - The Resource Guide for Sustainable Tourism in Down East Maine and Southwest New Brunswick covers the marine environment, water conservation, building design, energy conservation, air pollution prevention, ecological landscaping, waste management and recycling, green purchasing and information on certification and membership programs. The guide includes several case studies. It is available at http://www.seagrant.umaine.edu/extension/coastcom/sustour.htm. - The proceedings of the 1st International Marine Protected Areas Congress held in October 2005 in Geelong, Australia are available at http://www.impacongress.org. The proceedings contain over 375 conference papers and summaries that are searchable using keywords or related topics. - A Draft Great Marsh Coastal Wetlands Restoration Plan has been published by the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management. The Draft Plan is an online website intended to help communities in the Great Marsh region identify and restore degraded and former coastal wetland habitats. The website includes maps, photos, and descriptions of 121 potential and completed salt marsh restoration sites. The Final Plan is expected to be completed early this summer - http://www.mass.gov/czm/wrp/planning_pages/gmplan/home.htm. - The report entitled Access to the Waterfront: Issues and Solutions Across the Nation contains the results of a survey of over 140 coastal managers and extension agents in the US. The survey found that recreational, commercial, and industrial users of the coast are competing for access and placing pressure on shorelines. The report also highlights the various solutions that communities are developing. It is available at http://www.seagrant.umaine.edu/comm/pr/PR20070509.htm. - NOAA's Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, in partnership with the National Estuarine Research Reserve Association, hosted the annual Ocean and Coastal Program Managers Meeting on 7-9 March 2007 in Washington, DC. The presentations from the meeting are available at http://coastalmanagement.noaa.gov/pmm/. - A paper by Ransom Myers et al entitled Saving endangered whales at no cost, published in Current Biology Vol 17 No 1, concludes that right whales as well as fishermen in the American side of the Gulf of Maine would benefit from seasonal closures and lobster trap limits at or below Canadian levels - http://myweb.dal.ca/bworm/#_Publications. - An article entitled Arctic Sea Ice Decline: Faster Than Forecast?, published in the Geophysical Research Letters, states that Arctic sea ice is melting at a significantly faster rate than projected by even the most advanced computer models. For information, access http://www.agu.org/sci_soc/prrl/2007-11.html. - An Ice-Free Arctic? Opportunities for Computational Science, published in Computing in Science & Engineering (May/June 2007), is available at http://www.computer.org/portal/cms_docs_cise/cise/2007/n3/65-74.pdf. - Ocean Forum - Breaking Waves: A Digest of Ocean News, from the World Ocean Observatory - http://www.thew2o.net/forum.html. - Environmental Impacts of Wind Energy Projects, a report of the US National Academy of Sciences, states that government guidance to help communities and developers plan wind-energy projects is lacking. The report offers an analysis of the environmental benefits and drawbacks of wind energy, along with an evaluation guide to aid decision-making about projects - http://nationalacademies.org/morenews/20070503.html. - Restoring Nature's Capital: An Action Agenda to Sustain Ecosystem Services, published by the World Resources Institute, proposes an action agenda for business, governments, and civil society to reverse ecosystem degradation - http://www.wri.org/biodiv/pubs_description.cfm?pid=4309. OTHER DEADLINES- 18 May is the deadline to submit abstracts to the 13th International Interdisciplinary Conference on the Environment, 30 June - 3 July 2007, Portland, Maine - http://www.ieaonline.org/conference.htm. - 18 May is the deadline for submitting posters and working papers to the 5th Coastal and Marine Tourism Congress, 11-14 September 2007, Auckland, New Zealand - http://nztri.aut.ac.nz/cmt2007. - 27 May is the deadline for applying to attend the Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Coastal Ocean Modeling (held every 4 years), 17-22 June 2007, New London, New Hampshire - http://www.grc.org/programs.aspx?year=2007&program=coastal. - 31 May is the deadline for submitting abstracts to Oceans 2007, 29 September - 4 October 2007 in Vancouver, British Columbia - http://www.oceans07mtsieeevancouver.org/. - 15 June is the deadline for submitting abstracts to the Oceans in the Earth System International Conference, 1-5 October 2007, Bremen, Germany - http://www.rcom.marum.de/English/GV2007.html. - 29 June is the deadline for submitting abstracts to Water Down Under 2008, 15-17 April 2008, Adelaide, South Australia - http://www.waterdownunder2008.com. - 16 July is the deadline for submitting abstracts to Pacem in Maribus XXXII, the conference of the International Ocean Institute, 5-8 November 2007, Malta - http://www.capemalta.net/pim2007/. OTHER UPCOMING CONFERENCES AND EVENTS- For a complete list of upcoming conferences and workshops, access http://aczisc.dal.ca/conf.htm. - 20-23 May 2007: 2nd US National Forum on Socioeconomic Research in Coastal Systems, New Orleans, Louisiana - http://www.cnrep.lsu.edu. - 21-24 May 2007: 5th International Conference on Marine Bioinvasions, Cambridge, Massachusetts - http://web.mit.edu/seagrant/bioinvasion2007/index.html. - 21-26 May 2007: 6th International Conference on Science and the Management of Protected Areas, Wolfville, Nova Scotia - http://www.sampaa.org. - 23-25 May 2007: Workshop on Planning for Sustainability: From Vision to Action at the Community Level, Stellarton, Nova Scotia - http://www.coalition-sgsl.ca/workshop. - 23-25 May 2007: Conference on Geomatics for Disaster and Risk Management, Toronto, Ontario - https://www.cig-acsg.ca/cig2007/english/home.htm. - 26-28 May 2007 (following the SAMPAA Conference): EMAN Ecosystem Monitoring Training Session, Wolfville, Nova Scotia - http://www.eman-rese.ca/eman/. For information, email heather.andrachuk@ec.gc.ca. - 28 May - 1 June 2007: CMOS-CGU-AMS Congress 2007, St. John's, Newfoundland - http://www.cmos2007.ca. - 4-6 June 2007: Geomatics Atlantic 2007 Conference, St. John's, Newfoundland - http://www.geomaticsatlantic.com. - 4-7 June 2007: 27th EARSeL Symposium on Geoinformation in Europe, Bolzano, Italy - http://milano.irea.cnr.it/EARSeL/index.html. - 6 June 2007 (1000-1500 hrs): Coastal Future Learning Circle, held simultaneously in five Nova Scotia Community College campuses linked by video-conferencing and distance learning technology. The focus will be on Changing Climate, Changing Coasts. For information, email coastal@ecologyaction.ca. - 6-8 June 2007: 9th GEOIDE Annual Scientific Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia - http://www.geoide.ulaval.ca/halifax_EN.html. - 7-9 June 2007: 3rd Workshop on Remote Sensing of the Coastal Zone, Bolzano/Bozen, Italy - http://las.physik.uni-oldenburg.de/workshop/. - 11 June 2007: ESIP-Climate Change Network Joint Meeting, St. Andrews, New Brunswick. Attendance is free but space is limited - http://www.gulfofmaine.org/council/committees/climate_change_network.php. - 11-14 June 2007: International Symposium on Integrated Coastal Zone Management, Arendal, Norway - http://www.imr.no/iczm/home. - 15-17 June 2007: Sustainable Social and Ecosystem Stewardship, Waterloo, Ontario - http://www.greeningofindustry.org/june2007.htm. - 18-21 June 2007: Oceans '07, Aberdeen, Scotland - http://www.oceans07ieeeaberdeen.org/. - 23-27 June 2007: Ecological Integrity and a Sustainable Society Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia - http://ecologyintegrityconference.dal.ca/. - 30 June - 3 July 2007: 13th International Interdisciplinary Conference on the Environment, Portland, Maine - http://www.ieaonline.org/conference.htm. - 1-5 July 2007: 21st Annual Meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa - http://www.nmmu.ac.za/scb/. - 5-7 July 2007: People and the Sea IV: Who Owns the Coast?, Amsterdam, The Netherlands - http://www.marecentre.nl/people_and_the_sea_4/index.html. - 8-11 July 2007: 17th World Conference on Disaster Management, Toronto, Ontario - http://www.wcdm.org/. 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ACZISC COASTAL UPDATE - APRIL 2007 RFP FOR REGIONAL-SCALE INFORMATION INTEGRATION ANALYSISGeoConnections/Natural Resources Canada has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for projects to investigate and document the process of integrating distributed local/regional-scale information using the CGDI, for use in CGDI-enabled regional atlases. Work will result in a report based on requirements gathered through interviews, workshops, and other research, and will provide best practices, data requirements, recommendations and guiding principles to achieve regional-scale data integration in a distributed web environment. To obtain a copy of the RFP, access http://www.merx.com and search for Reference Number 132261. The deadline for submissions is 14 May 2007 (1400 hrs EST). UPCOMING ACZISC MEETINGS- 30-31 May 2007: ACZISC Meeting #51, Fredericton, New Brunswick (revised dates) - 19-20 September 2007: ACZISC Meeting #52, Halifax, Nova Scotia - 23-24 January 2008: ACZISC Meeting #53, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island - 14-15 May 2008: ACZISC Meeting #54, St. John's, Newfoundland For information on the meetings, email the ACZISC Secretariat. NORTHUMBERLAND STRAIT: HABITAT AND RESOURCE PROTECTIONThe Northumberland Strait Ecosystem Initiative Working Group was established by Fisheries and Oceans Canada in response to dramatic declines in commercial fish landings in recent years in the Strait, the body of water between Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. The Working Group was tasked with preparing an ecosystem overview report, including recommendations, in the context of the physical, chemical, biological and human environments. The report is available at http://www.glf.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/os/northumberland/index-e.php. CALL FOR PAPERS: OCEAN BIODIVERSITY INFORMATICS30 April is the deadline for presenters to register for Ocean Biodiversity Informatics 2007, the International Conference on Marine Biodiversity Data Management, scheduled for 2-4 October 2007 at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. The Conference will address both application and technical issues related to biological data quality and cross-disciplinary interchange. For information, access http://www.marinebiodiversity.ca/OBI07. WORKSHOP: COMMUNITIES AND PLANNING FOR SUSTAINABILITYThe Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence Coalition on Sustainability is hosting a Workshop on Planning for Sustainability: From Vision to Action at the Community Level on 23-25 May 2007 in Stellarton, Nova Scotia. The Workshop themes are: Sea-level Rise and Coastal Erosion; Community-based Education and Action; and Planning for Sustainability. The keynote speaker is Chris Maser, a renowned author and lecturer on sustainability. For information, access http://www.coalition-sgsl.ca/workshop/program.php. TIDAL POWER DEVELOPMENT IN NOVA SCOTIAThe Government of Nova Scotia is sponsoring a Strategic Environmental Assessment to assess the social, economic and environmental effects and factors associated with potential development of renewable energy in the Bay of Fundy, with an emphasis on in-stream tidal and creating a streamlined policy framework for developers. For information, access http://www.gov.ns.ca/energy/AbsPage.aspx?siteid=1&lang=1&id=1346. ESIP-CLIMATE CHANGE NETWORK JOINT MEETINGThe event, scheduled for 11 June 2007 in St. Andrews, New Brunswick, will be hosted by the Gulf of Maine Council Ecosystem Indicator Partnership (ESIP) and the Climate Change Network. Attendance is free but space is limited. The one-day event will begin the process of answering questions about how climate change may impact ecosystems and what implications this will have for indicators and monitoring techniques. For information, access http://www.gulfofmaine.org/council/committees/climate_change_network.php. MoU FOR HABITAT MANAGEMENT IN CANADAA Memorandum of Understanding has been signed by the members of the Coalition of National/Regional Non-Governmental Conservation Organizations and Fisheries and Oceans Canada to establish a cooperative working relationship and forum to: promote the stewardship of fish habitat; provide advice on issues and policies impacting on the stewardship of fish habitat; and enable the leveraging of resources to support the stewardship of fish habitat. For information, access http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/media/newsrel/2007/hq-ac10_e.htm. ESTABLISHING NETWORKS OF MPAsThe publication Establishing Networks of Marine Protected Areas - Making It Happen concludes that networks of marine reserves will make marine species and ecosystems more resistant to threats such as climate change, overfishing or pollution. It reviews the need for MPA networks, the ecological design criteria for the Networks, the broader considerations needed to ensure that they are set in context, and the key elements needed to make MPA Networks happen and achieve their goals. The report is available at http://www.iucn.org/themes/wcpa/biome/marine/mpanetworks/networks.html. COASTAL PLANNING AND PERMITTING FOR URBAN WATERFRONTSThe document Urban Coastal Greenways Policy for the Metro Bay Region describes a new regulatory approach toward coastal vegetative buffers for the urbanized environment of northern Narragansett Bay. Urban Coastal Greenways offer a mechanism to redevelop urban waterfronts in a manner that integrates economic development, expanded public access along and to the shoreline, and provides for the management, protection, and restoration of valuable coastal habitats. The document is available at http://www.crmc.ri.gov/regulations/programs/UCG10oct06.pdf. MITIGATING SHORE EROSION ALONG SHELTERED COASTSThis US National Research Council report calls for a regional management approach that considers the environmental impacts that could accumulate if hard structures are permitted on a site by site basis. The report also recommends changing the current permitting system to encourage the use of more ecologically beneficial erosion-control methods, such as planting of marshes. The report, including the Executive Summary in PDF format, is available at http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11764. CLIMATE CHANGE 2007: IMPACTS, ADAPTATION AND VULNERABILITYThe Working Group II contribution to the Climate Change 2007 Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was presented in Brussels on 6 April 2007. The report provides a comprehensive analysis of how climate change is affecting natural and human systems, what the impacts will be in the future and how far adaptation and mitigation can reduce these impacts. It also contains chapters on specific systems, sectors and regions. The report, figures, video webcast, etc. are available at http://www.ipcc.ch. WWF PUBLICATIONS ON THE MARINE ENVIRONMENTRecent publications on or about the conservation of the marine environment include: Trade-related Measures as a Fisheries Management Tool; How is "Ecosystem Based Management" Defined in Global Environmental Agreements?; and Implementation of Ecosystem-Based Management in Marine Capture Fisheries - case studies. The reports are available at http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/what_we_do/marine/publications/index.cfm. PENALTIES FOR SHIP-SOURCE POLLUTION IN EU1 March 2007 was the deadline for transposition in the Member States for a directive of the European Parliament on ship-source pollution and on the introduction of penalties for infringements. The directive imposes criminal penalties on those responsible for environmental disasters arising not only from pollution caused by accidents involving ships carrying materials that are harmful to the marine environment, but also those arising from deliberate discharges from ships, including tank-cleaning operations and waste oil disposal at sea. For information, access http://europa.eu/scadplus/leg/en/lvb/l24123.htm. OTHER DOCUMENTS, NEWSLETTERS AND WEB RESOURCES- Guidance Document on Identifying Conservation Priorities and Phrasing Conservation Objectives for Large Ocean Management Areas, prepared by Fisheries and Oceans Canada - http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/csas/Csas/status/2007/SAR-AS2007_010_E.pdf. - Overview of Current Governance in the Bay of Fundy / Gulf of Maine: Transboundary Collaborative Arrangements and Initiatives, prepared for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans by the ACZISC Secretariat and the Marine & Environmental Law Institute of Dalhousie University - http://aczisc.dal.ca/gomrpt.pdf. - A paper by Ransom Myers et al, published in Vol 315 of the Journal Science, concludes that overfishing the great sharks on the US east coast has had major ecosystem consequences: abundances of their skate, ray, and small shark prey species have increased tremendously, and the explosion in cownose ray abundance has devastated a century-long bay scallop fishery - http://as01.ucis.dal.ca/ramweb/papers-total/Myers_etal_2007_Science.pdf. - The document Eco-Logical: An Ecosystem Approach to Developing Infrastructure Projects focuses on the advantages of an ecosystem approach; integrated planning - the first steps toward an ecosystem approach; incorporating an ecosystem approach with mitigation decisions; and adaptive management through performance measures - http://www.environment.fhwa.dot.gov/ecological/eco_toc.asp. - The Compendium of Sustainable Development Indicator Initiatives provides information on initiatives carried out at international, national, provincial/territorial/state, regional, sectoral, ecosystem and local/community levels worldwide - http://www.iisd.org/measure/compendium/. - The Winter 2007 edition of Sustainable Development Law & Policy, a publication of the American University's Washington College of Law, discusses many of the current issues within the climate law debate. Topics include: existing legal mechanisms to address oceanic impacts from climate change; strengthening multilateral agreements, such as the Montreal Protocol, to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions; the economics of climate change; and adopting a regional approach to fighting climate change - http://www.wcl.american.edu/org/sustainabledevelopment/2007/07winter.pdf. - Conclusions and Next Steps from the International Workshop on Marine Spatial Planning held at UNESCO, Paris, France on 8-10 November 2006 are now available - http://ioc3.unesco.org/marinesp/files/FinalConclusionsNextSteps_041206.pdf. - The Waterfront Communities Project is a learning network of nine cities from around the North Sea, which are rediscovering their waterfronts and striving to reconnect their cities with the sea - http://www.waterfrontcommunitiesproject.org. OTHER DEADLINES- 16 April is the deadline for submitting abstracts to the 2007 Conference of the Atlantic Coastal and Estuarine Science Society, 16-17 May 2007, Sydney, Nova Scotia - http://faculty.capebretonu.ca/mjones/access/. - 16 April is the extended deadline for submitting abstracts to INTERCOH'07, the 9th International Conference on Nearshore and Estuarine Cohesive Sediment Transport Processes, 25-28 September 2007, Brest, France - http://www.ifremer.fr/intercoh2007/. - 16 April is the deadline for submitting abstracts to MEDCOAST 2007, the 8th International Conference on the Mediterranean Coastal Environment, 13-17 November 2007, Alexandria, Egypt - http://www.medcoast.org.tr/. - 20 April is the deadline for submitting abstracts to CARICOSTAS 2007, the 3rd International Conference on Integrated Management of Coastal Zones, 9-11 May 2007, Santiago, Cuba - http://www.uo.edu.cu/centros/CEMZC/Ing/Caricosta2007.htm. - 30 April is the deadline for submitting abstracts to Oceans 2007, 29 September - 4 October 2007, Vancouver, British Columbia - http://www.oceans07mtsieeevancouver.org. - 30 April is the deadline for submitting session proposals to the 2008 Ocean Sciences Meeting, 2-7 March 2008, Orlando, Florida - http://www.aslo.org/forms/orlando2008.html. - 15 May is the deadline for non-government organizations to apply for Action Plan Grants from the Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment - http://gulfofmaine.org/council/opportunities/. - 18 May is the deadline to submit abstracts to the 13th International Interdisciplinary Conference on the Environment, 30 June - 3 July 2007, Portland, Maine - http://www.ieaonline.org/conference.htm. - 18 May is the deadline for submitting posters and working papers to the 5th Coastal and Marine Tourism Congress, 11-14 September 2007, Auckland, New Zealand - http://nztri.aut.ac.nz/cmt2007. - 16 July is the deadline for submitting abstracts to Pacem in Maribus XXXII, the conference of the International Ocean Institute, 5-8 November 2007, Malta - http://www.capemalta.net/pim2007/. OTHER UPCOMING CONFERENCES AND EVENTS- For a more complete list of upcoming conferences and workshops, access http://aczisc.dal.ca/conf.htm. - 20-21 April 2007: Coastal Communities Network Conference, Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia - http://www.coastalcommunities.ns.ca/main.php. - 2-6 May 2007: GeoHab 2007, an International Conference on Marine Benthic Habitats of the Pacific and Other Oceans, Noumea, New Caledonia - http://www.circum-pacificcouncil.org/SecondCircular.pdf. - 3-5 May 2007: Meeting of the New England Estuarine Research Society (NEERS), Boothbay Harbor, Maine - http://www.neers.org/main/meeting.htm. - 7-11 May 2007: XVIIth International Hydrographic Conference, Monaco - http://www.iho.shom.fr. - 9-11 May 2007: 10th Canadian Workshop on Harmful Algae / 10e Atelier canadien sur les algues nuisibles, Mont-Joli, Québec - http://www.osl.gc.ca/conf/tox2007/. - 9-11 May 2007: Working Waterways & Waterfronts 2007 Symposium, Norfolk, Virginia - http://www.wateraccess2007.com. - 9-11 May 2007: CARICOSTAS 2007, the 3rd International Conference on Integrated Management of Coastal Zones, Santiago, Cuba - http://www.uo.edu.cu/centros/CEMZC/Ing/Caricosta2007.htm. - 13-17 May 2007: Coastal Sediments 07, the 6th International Symposium on Coastal Engineering and Science of Coastal Sediment Processes, New Orleans, Louisiana - http://www.asce.org/conferences/cs07/. - 16-17 May 2007: 2007 Conference of the Atlantic Coastal and Estuarine Science Society, Sydney, Nova Scotia - http://faculty.capebretonu.ca/mjones/access/. - 21-24 May 2007: 5th International Conference on Marine Bioinvasions, Cambridge, Massachusetts - http://web.mit.edu/seagrant/bioinvasion2007/index.html. - 21-26 May 2007: 6th International Conference on Science and the Management of Protected Areas, Wolfville, Nova Scotia - http://www.sampaa.org. - 23-25 May 2007: Workshop on Planning for Sustainability: From Vision to Action at the Community Level, Stellarton, Nova Scotia - http://www.coalition-sgsl.ca/workshop. - 23-25 May 2007: Conference on Geomatics for Disaster and Risk Management, Toronto, Ontario - https://www.cig-acsg.ca/cig2007/english/home.htm. - 26-28 May 2007 (following the SAMPAA Conference): EMAN Ecosystem Monitoring Training Session, Wolfville, Nova Scotia - http://www.eman-rese.ca/eman/. For information, email heather.andrachuk@ec.gc.ca. - 28 May - 1 June 2007: CMOS-CGU-AMS Congress 2007, St. John's, Newfoundland - http://www.cmos2007.ca. - 4-6 June 2007: Geomatics Atlantic 2007 Conference, St. John's, Newfoundland - http://www.geomaticsatlantic.com. - 4-7 June 2007: 27th EARSeL Symposium on Geoinformation in Europe, Bolzano, Italy - http://milano.irea.cnr.it/EARSeL/index.html. - 6-8 June 2007: 9th GEOIDE Annual Scientific Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia - http://www.geoide.ulaval.ca/halifax_EN.html. - 7-9 June 2007: 3rd Workshop on Remote Sensing of the Coastal Zone, Bolzano/Bozen, Italy - http://las.physik.uni-oldenburg.de/workshop/. - 11-14 June 2007: International Symposium on Integrated Coastal Zone Management, Arendal, Norway - http://www.imr.no/iczm/home. Top of Page
ACZISC COASTAL UPDATE - MARCH 2007 CALL FOR PROPOSALS: CLIMATE CHANGEA Call for Proposals has been issued on understanding adaptation and adaptive capacity for the Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Program. The objective is to fund and promote research that contributes to understanding and enhancing adaptation and adaptive capacity in support of climate change decision-making and policy development in Canada. Proposals must be submitted electronically by the close of business on 10 April 2007. For information, access http://adaptation.nrcan.gc.ca/prop_e.php. UPCOMING ACZISC MEETINGS- 30-31 May 2007: ACZISC Meeting #51, Fredericton, New Brunswick (revised dates) - 19-20 September 2007: ACZISC Meeting #52, Halifax, Nova Scotia - 23-24 January 2008: ACZISC Meeting #53, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island - 14-15 May 2008: ACZISC Meeting #54, St. John's, Newfoundland For information on the meetings, email the ACZISC Secretariat. RECENT ADDITIONS TO THE ACZISC WEBSITE- A report of Coastal Activities in Atlantic Canada, associated with the ACZISC Meeting held in St. John's, NL (January 2007), is available at http://aczisc.dal.ca/docs.htm#ACZISC - Feedback is requested from subscribers re the usefulness of the Coastal Update e-newsletter. The comments, together with the respondent's name and affiliation, will be posted on the ACZISC website at http://aczisc.dal.ca/update-feedback.htm. Please email brief comments to ACZISC@dal.ca. CANADA'S NEWEST MARINE PROTECTED AREAThe Musquash Estuary is the first MPA designated under Canada's Oceans Act in New Brunswick. The Estuary remains an area of high biological productivity with a variety of coastal habitats. Studies have identified it as one of the last ecologically intact estuaries in the Bay of Fundy region. There are now six MPAs throughout Canada. For information, access http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/media/newsrel/2007/mar04_e.htm. WORKSHOP ON HEALTHY WATERSHEDS - HEALTHY FISHERIESThe Workshop, scheduled for 22-24 March 2007 in Fredericton, New Brunswick, provides an opportunity to learn about the policy, programs and funding mechanisms available to help community groups and organizations better succeed as stewards of New Brunswick's aquatic resources. Sessions include: Elements of a Healthy Watershed; Watershed Planning; Tools for Planning and Management; and Developing a Specific Watershed Plan. For information, access http://www.nbsalmoncouncil.com/workshop1.htm. GEOMATICS ATLANTIC 2007 CONFERENCEA call for papers has been issued for Geomatics Atlantic, scheduled for 4-6 June 2007 at the Marine Institute, Memorial University in St. John's, Newfoundland. Workshops will take place on 6 June. The theme is Coastal and Marine Geomatics. Session topics include: Ocean Observation; Fisheries Geomatics; Coastal Zone Management; Marine Cadastre; and Offshore oil and Gas. For information, email Randy Gillespie, Conference chair. DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRONIC CHARTS AND DATA IN CANADAAn agreement has been reached for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to buy back its rights from Nautical Data International for the distribution of Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS) electronic charts and data. The closing date for the agreement is 30 March 2007. Upon closing, CHS will assume responsibility for production, marketing and sales and distribution of its digital charts and data, including licensing value-added resellers and dealers. For information, access http://www.charts.gc.ca/pub/en/help/notices.asp. INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY WATERS TREATY ACT AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTThe Government of Canada proposes to add the International Boundary Waters Treaty Act to the Inclusion and the Law Lists Regulations of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act. This would ensure that environmental effects of projects are carefully considered, do not cause significant adverse environmental effects in Canada or the US, and capture projects with potential environmental effects that otherwise may not be assessed through other regulatory triggers such as the Fisheries Act and Navigable Waters Protection Act. 1 May 2007 is the deadline for the public to comment on this proposed initiative. For information, access http://www.ceaa-acee.gc.ca/013/pn070302_e.htm. INNOVATIVE LAND USE PLANNING TECHNIQUESNew Hampshire's Regional Planning Commissions, in conjunction with the NH Department of Environmental Services and others, have been working on the development of an innovative land use guide that will serve as a toolkit for municipal officials concerned with managing sustainable growth in their communities. It is anticipated that the guide, which will include a 2nd volume focusing on Water Resource Management, will be ready for release in the fall of 2007. Currently several chapters are available in their final draft form at http://www.swrpc.org/assistance/guide.htm. STRATEGIC RESEARCH PLAN TO IMPROVE HURRICANE WARNINGSHighly accurate meteorological forecasts can be used to ensure that credible hurricane warnings are issued in a timely manner. The Interagency Strategic Research Plan for Tropical Cyclones: The Way Ahead, developed by the US Joint Action Group for Tropical Cyclone Research, focuses on R&D and the transition of research to operations to meet the current and future operational needs of the forecast and warning centres. The Plan includes key findings and recommendations. It is available at http://www.ofcm.gov/p36-isrtc/fcm-p36.htm. TOOLS FOR MARINE ECOSYSTEM-BASED MANAGEMENT30 March is the deadline for submitting Letters of Intent for grant applications to the Tool Innovation Fund for Marine Ecosystem-based Management (MEBM). The Fund is a two-year initiative supported by the David & Lucile Packard Foundation to stimulate the development and dissemination of creative software tools for MEBM. The program will grant approximately $500,000 a year for two years in small competitive grants to a broad range of organizations and developers. For information, access http://mgel.env.duke.edu/mebm. COASTAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN THE CARIBBEANThe book entitled Coastal Resource Management in the Wider Caribbean: Resilience, Adaptation, and Community Diversity contains an examination of the analytical and methodological issues linked to community studies in Caribbean systems; presents comparative, thematically-oriented chapters detailing specific management issues at local levels; and, in the concluding section, questions the gap between theory and practice in coastal zone management. It is available online at http://www.idrc.ca/openebooks/223-6/. UK MARINE POLICYThe UK Government is soliciting comment on A Sea Change, a Marine Bill White Paper, and on the supporting regulatory impact assessment. Five key issues are covered: planning in the marine area; licensing activities in the marine area; marine nature conservation; modernising marine fisheries management; and a new marine management organisation. The deadline for responses is 8 June 2007. For information, access http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/marinebill-whitepaper07/index.htm. ESTABLISHING MEASURES TO COMBAT ILLEGAL FISHINGAll 131 countries attending a high level meeting on world fisheries in Rome have agreed to start a process leading to the adoption of a legally binding international agreement establishing control measures in ports where fish are landed, transhipped or processed in order to combat illegal fishing. The decision came during the 27th meeting of FAO's Committee on Fisheries - http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2007/1000508/index.html. POGO-SCOR VISITING FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME 2007The Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans (POGO) and the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) have announced the POGO-SCOR Visiting Fellowship Programme for 2007. The Programme is designed to promote training and capacity building leading towards a global observation scheme for the oceans. A number of fellowships will be awarded in developing countries for a training period of up to three months in oceanographic institutions worldwide. The deadline for application is 15 April 2007. For information, access http://ocean-partners.org/Training_Education.htm. PROTOTYPE GLOBAL SHORELINE DATAThe Office of Global Navigation of the US National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has acquired a prototype Global Shoreline Data set (satellite derived). The shoreline is an approximation of the High Water Line; it is not a Mean High Water Line since the source data have not been tide coordinated. Segments of the prototype version (shapefiles) are available at http://www.nga.mil/portal/site/nga01/index.jsp?epi-content=GENERIC&itemID=9328fbd8dcc4a010VgnVCMServer3c02010aRCRD&beanID=1629630080&viewID=Article. OTHER DOCUMENTS, NEWSLETTERS AND WEB RESOURCES- The Atlas of Bank Restoration Sites of the St. Lawrence River presents a survey of habitats disrupted by the anthropogenic activities carried out in decades past, particularly in-filling, draining, dyking and deforestation - http://www.qc.ec.gc.ca/faune/atlasderestaurationdesrivesdusaint-laurent. - The Prince Edward Island Road Atlas and the Public Land Atlas are available online in PDF format at http://www.gov.pe.ca/gis/. The Road Atlas features roads, streams, parks, forestry and wetlands. The Public Land Atlas is similar to the Road Atlas, with the addition of provincial forests, parks, wildlife management areas, natural areas and other areas of interest such as lighthouses and fishing locations. - The current issue of w2o, the newsletter of the World Ocean Observatory, focuses on Ocean Zoning. The author, Dr. Tundi Agardy, describes ocean zoning and reviews who has done or is currently using ocean zoning, why the term is rarely used, and ocean zoning as an approach to making the use of the seas more sustainable - http://thew2o.net/newsletter.html. - The March issue of MPA News includes a discussion of potential strategies, including mobile MPAs, for using marine reserves to protect highly migratory species - http://depts.washington.edu/mpanews/issues.html. - The March issue of the Hydro International newsletter includes an article on the issues that need considering when establishing a Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure (MSDI) - http://www.hydro-international.com/issues/id55-March_,_Volume_,_number.html. - The February issue of Horizons, the Journal of the Canadian Policy Research Initiative, includes an article entitled The Ecosystem Dilemma: Discordance between Nature and Culture - http://policyresearch.gc.ca/doclib/Horizons_V9N3_e.pdf. - The Workshop Adoption of Sensor Networks by Coastal Managers, held at the Australian Institute of Marine Sciences (AIMS) on 5 December 2006, was designed to address the adaptive deployment of sensor networks in the Great Barrier Reef coast and the delivery of real-time spatial information. The Proceedings are available at http://www.coastalzone.net. - A US National Research Council report entitled Analysis of Global Change Assessments: Lessons Learned reviews lessons learned from past assessments, which are intended to inform policymakers about the scientific underpinnings of critical environmental issues such as climate change, loss of biodiversity, and ozone depletion - http://www.nas.edu/morenews/20070223.html. - Two issues of the Marine Technology Society (MTS) Journal have been devoted to the topic of coastal inundation in the US - the winter 2006/2007 issue (published) and the spring 2007 issue (upcoming). The Journal is available via membership in the Society - http://www.mtsociety.org. OTHER DEADLINES- 20 March is the deadline for submitting abstracts to the European Symposium on Marine Protected Areas as a Tool for Fisheries Management and Ecosystem Conservation, 25-28 September 2007, Murcia, Spain - http://www.mpasymposium2007.eu. - 23 March is the deadline for submitting abstracts to the 2007 Conference of the International Association for the Study of the Commons, 31 July - 3 August 2007, Corner Brook, Newfoundland - http://www.swgc.mun.ca/iasc2007/index.asp. - 25 March is the deadline for submitting abstracts to INTERCOH'07, the 9th International Conference on Nearshore and Estuarine Cohesive Sediment Transport Processes, 25-28 September 2007, Brest, France -http://www.ifremer.fr/intercoh2007/. - 1 April is the deadline for submitting abstracts to CoastGIS 2007, the 8th International Symposium on GIS and Computer Mapping for Coastal Zone Management, 8-10 October 2007, Santander, Spain - http://www.coastgis07.com. - 1 April is the deadline for nominations to the Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment for visionary and volunteer awards - http://gulfofmaine.org/news/. - 8 April is the deadline for submitting abstracts to the 10th Canadian Workshop on Harmful Algae / 10e Atelier canadien sur les algues nuisibles, 9-11 May 2007, Mont-Joli, Québec - http://www.osl.gc.ca/conf/tox2007/. - 16 April is the deadline for submitting abstracts to the 2007 Conference of the Atlantic Coastal and Estuarine Science Society (ACCESS), 16-17 May 2007, Sydney, Nova Scotia - http://faculty.capebretonu.ca/mjones/access/. - 16 April is the deadline for submitting abstracts to MEDCOAST 2007, the 8th International Conference on the Mediterranean Coastal Environment, 13-17 November 2007, Alexandria, Egypt - http://www.medcoast.org.tr/. - 20 April is the deadline for submitting abstracts to CARICOSTAS 2007, the 3rd International Conference on Integrated Management of Coastal Zones, 9-11 May 2007, Santiago, Cuba - http://www.uo.edu.cu/centros/CEMZC/Ing/Caricosta2007.htm. - 30 April is the deadline for submitting abstracts to Oceans 2007, 29 September - 4 October 2007, Vancouver, British Columbia - http://www.oceans07mtsieeevancouver.org. - 18 May is the deadline to submit abstracts to the 13th International Interdisciplinary Conference on the Environment, 30 June - 3 July 2007, Portland, Maine - http://www.ieaonline.org/conference.htm. - 18 May is the deadline for submitting posters and working papers to the 5th Coastal and Marine Tourism Congress, 11-14 September 2007, Auckland, New Zealand - http://nztri.aut.ac.nz/cmt2007. OTHER UPCOMING CONFERENCES AND EVENTS- For a more complete list of upcoming conferences and workshops, access http://aczisc.dal.ca/conf.htm. - 20-21 March 2007: Ocean Connections Conference, Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia - http://www.oceanconnections.ca. - 21 March 2007 (1900-2130 hrs): Public Meeting on Sable Island, Sobey Building, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia - for information, email sable@ecologyaction.ca. - 21-23 March 2007: Coastal Summit of the American Shore & Beach Preservation Associations, Washington, DC - http://www.asbpa.org/conferences/sum_07.htm. - 21-24 March 2007: Annual Conference of Green Communities Canada, Halifax, Nova Scotia - http://www.gca.ca. - 22 March 2007 (1230-1330 hrs): Seminar on Integrated Coastal and Ocean Management in Newfoundland and Labrador, Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, Corner Brook, Newfoundland - for information, email speddle@acaphumberarm.com. - 22-26 March 2007: ICCCM'07, the International Conference on Coastal Conservation and Management in the Atlantic and Mediterranean, Hammamet, Tunisia - http://www.fe.up.pt/ihrh/icccm07. - 27-29 March 2007: GEO Inland and Nearshore Coastal Water Quality Remote Sensing Workshop, Geneva, Switzerland - http://www.earthobservations.org/meetings/workshops/Inland/Inland01.html. - 2-5 April 2007: International Marxan Best-Practices Workshop, Vancouver, British Columbia - http://www.pacmara.org/. Marxan is a conservation planning program. - 16-20 April 2007: ICS2007, the 9th International Coastal Symposium, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia - http://www.griffith.edu.au/conference/ics2007/. - 20-21 April 2007: Coastal Communities Network Conference, Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia - http://www.coastalcommunities.ns.ca. - 2-6 May 2007: GeoHab 2007, an International Conference on Marine Benthic Habitats of the Pacific and Other Oceans, Noumea, New Caledonia - http://www.circum-pacificcouncil.org/Circular-RegForm.pdf. - 3-5 May 2007: Meeting of the New England Estuarine Research Society (NEERS), Boothbay Harbor, Maine - http://www.neers.org/main/meeting.htm. - 7-11 May 2007: XVIIth International Hydrographic Conference, Monaco - http://www.iho.shom.fr. - 9-11 May 2007: 10th Canadian Workshop on Harmful Algae / 10e Atelier canadien sur les algues nuisibles, Mont-Joli, Québec - http://www.osl.gc.ca/conf/tox2007/. - 9-11 May 2007: Working Waterways & Waterfronts 2007 Symposium, Norfolk, Virginia - http://www.wateraccess2007.com. - 9-11 May 2007: CARICOSTAS 2007, the 3rd International Conference on Integrated Management of Coastal Zones, Santiago, Cuba - http://www.uo.edu.cu/centros/CEMZC/Ing/Caricosta2007.htm. - 13-17 May 2007: Coastal Sediments 07, the 6th International Symposium on Coastal Engineering and Science of Coastal Sediment Processes, New Orleans, Louisiana - http://www.asce.org/conferences/cs07/. - 16-17 May 2007: 2007 Conference of the Atlantic Coastal and Estuarine Science Society (ACCESS), Sydney, Nova Scotia - http://faculty.capebretonu.ca/mjones/access/. - 21-24 May 2007: 5th International Conference on Marine Bioinvasions, Cambridge, Massachusetts - http://web.mit.edu/seagrant/bioinvasion2007/index.html. - 21-26 May 2007: 6th International Conference on Science and the Management of Protected Areas, Wolfville, Nova Scotia - http://www.sampaa.org. - 23-25 May 2007: Conference on Geomatics for Disaster and Risk Management, Toronto, Ontario - https://www.cig-acsg.ca/cig2007/english/home.htm. - 23-25 May 2007: Workshop on Planning for Sustainability: From Vision to Action at the Community Level, Stellarton, Nova Scotia - http://www.coalition-sgsl.ca/workshop. 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ACZISC COASTAL UPDATE - FEBRUARY 2007 UPCOMING ACZISC MEETINGS- 30-31 May 2007: ACZISC Meeting #51, Fredericton, New Brunswick (revised dates) - 19-20 September 2007: ACZISC Meeting #52, Halifax, Nova Scotia - 23-24 January 2008: ACZISC Meeting #53, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island - 14-15 May 2008: ACZISC Meeting #54, St. John's, Newfoundland For information on the meetings, email the ACZISC Secretariat. NEW ADDITION TO THE ACZISC WEBSITEThe presentations made at the recent ACZISC Meeting in St. John's, Newfoundland are available at http://aczisc.dal.ca/docs.htm#ACZISC. The topics are: Integrated Coastal and Ocean Management Policy Developments in NL; an Update on the SmartBay Initiative; Canada's GeoBase Initiative and the National Hydro Network Project; Geonames/Marine Features; Progress on Large Ocean Management Areas in NL; an Update on the MPA Program in NL; One Ocean; and a COINAtlantic Status Report. GUIDE TO WATERSHED PLANNING ON PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDThe Government of Prince Edward Island has asked the Environmental Advisory Council to carry out public consultations on managing land and water on a watershed basis on the Island. The consultations were announced while releasing A Guide to Watershed Planning on Prince Edward Island, a resource for watershed groups. The Guide is available at http://www.gov.pe.ca/go/watershedconsultations. 6TH INTERNATIONAL SAMPAA CONFERENCE28 February is the deadline for submitting abstracts to the 6th International Conference on Science and the Management of Protected Areas, scheduled for 21-26 May 2007 at Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. The main theme of the Conference is 'Ecosystem Based Management: Beyond Boundaries'. Collaborative multi-authored and multi-institutional submissions are encouraged. For information, access http://www.sampaa.org/sampaa_conference.htm. WORKSHOP ON PLANNING FOR SUSTAINABILITY - FROM VISION TO ACTION AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL28 February is the deadline for submitting abstracts to the Workshop scheduled for 23-25 May 2007 in Stellarton, Nova Scotia. The Workshop is hosted by the Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence Coalition on Sustainability and will highlight community efforts to incorporate social, economic and environmental sustainability practices into local-level planning and decision-making. For information, access http://www.coalition-sgsl.ca/news.php?news=16. GULF OF MAINE COUNCIL ACTION PLAN 2007-2012The Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment Action Plan 2007-2012 describes the goals, outcomes, and activities that the Council will pursue through its committees and partnerships in the next five years. The Plan is based on three overarching, long-range goals: Coastal and marine habitats are in a healthy, productive, and resilient condition; Environmental conditions support ecosystem and human health; and Coastal communities are vibrant and have marine-dependent industries that are healthy and globally competitive. The Plan is available at http://gulfofmaine.org/actionplan/index.php. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN CANADAFederal, provincial and territorial ministers responsible for emergency management have approved An Emergency Management Framework for Canada which describes the fundamentals of emergency management. It aims to support the design, implementation and ongoing improvements of emergency management in Canada, and the harmonization of the federal approach to complement each provincial and territorial system. For information, access http://www.scics.gc.ca/cinfo07/830903004_e.html. CANADA'S PROGRESS RE ICOMA special issue of the Coastal Management journal (volume 35, issue 1) addresses the level of progress being made with regards to Integrated Coastal and Ocean Management in Canada. Each of the six articles addresses a separate issue and theme, all linked by reference to Canada's Oceans Act and the Oceans Action Plan. The article titles, list of authors and purchase information are available at http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=g764621988~db=all. OCEAN TRACKING NETWORK$35 million has been awarded by the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) for the creation of the Ocean Tracking Network (OTN). Headquartered at Dalhousie University, the OTN will integrate research in 14 key regions of the world's oceans. Research will focus on five multidisciplinary themes: ocean physics and modeling; the biology and behaviour of highly migratory marine living resources; the impact of climate change; resource management; and the international social and legal framework for oceans. For information, access http://www.innovation.ca/media/index.cfm?websiteid=487. IPCC REPORT ON SCIENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGEOn 2 February, Working Group I of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) adopted the Summary for Policymakers of the first volume of "Climate Change 2007", also known as the Fourth Assessment Report. Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis assesses the current scientific knowledge of the natural and human drivers of climate change, observed changes in climate, the ability of science to attribute changes to different causes, and projections for future climate change. The report is available at http://www.ipcc.ch. MARINE AND COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS AND HUMAN WELL-BEINGThis report is a synthesis of the findings of the Millennium Ecosystems Assessment on marine and coastal ecosystems. The report tries to provide answers to a series of questions that all stakeholders may ask: what is at stake, what is the current status of marine and coastal ecosystems, why should we care if we lose marine and coastal ecosystems, and what can be done to ensure that marine and coastal ecosystems and services are conserved? The report is available at http://www.unep.org/publications/search/pub_details_s.asp?ID=3792. STATE OF WORLD AQUACULTURE 2006Status and trends analysis and reporting on aquaculture are regular activities of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. This FAO document analyses the past trends that have led the aquaculture sector to its current status and describes its current status globally. It is available at http://www.fao.org/docrep/009/a0874e/a0874e00.htm. DYNAMICS OF INTEGRATED COASTAL MANAGEMENTThe book entitled Dynamics of Integrated Coastal Management: Practical Applications in the Sustainable Coastal Developments in East Asia describes the rationale underlying the use of the integrated management approach, and the practices used to apply sustainable development principles and international environmental instruments when undertaking ICM programs. It also provides a basic framework within which various problem-solving, management-oriented activities can be developed, and outlines the processes that can be used to guide their planning and implementation. Purchase information is available at http://pemsea.org/media/e-updates/vol8/eup1_dynamics_icm_launch.htm. 2006 US OCEAN POLICY REPORT CARDThe Joint Ocean Commission Initiative has released its US Ocean Policy Report Card for 2006. The report card provides a retrospective evaluation of progress in 2006 toward ocean policy reform consistent with the recommendations of the US Commission on Ocean Policy and the Pew Oceans Commission. It concludes that fisheries reform and state advances were notable, but funding, education, research, and international leadership needed substantial improvement. The report card is available at http://www.jointoceancommission.org. OCEAN SCIENCE IN THE USThe report entitled Charting the Course for Ocean Science in the United States for the Next Decade: An Ocean Research Priorities Plan and Implementation Strategy outlines the national ocean research priorities for the US for the next ten years. The document represents the first national effort to identify research priorities that address key interactions between society and the ocean. The report is available at http://ocean.ceq.gov/about/sup_jsost_prioritiesplan.html. OTHER DOCUMENTS, NEWSLETTERS AND WEB RESOURCES- The February issue of the EMAN Monitor includes a summary of the 2006 Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network (EMAN) National Science Meeting held last November in Winnipeg, Manitoba - http://eman-rese.ca/eman/reports/newsletters/monitor/vol_5_num_1/page1.html. - Ebb & Flow, the newsletter of the Atlantic Coastal Action Program (ACAP), aims to serve as a communications tool for those involved in ACAP, as well the general public. The Winter 2007 issue is available at http://atlantic-web1.ns.ec.gc.ca/community/acap/default.asp?lang=En&n=085FF7FC-1. - Dr. Grant Murray, Canada Research Chair in Coastal Resource Management at Malaspina University-College in British Columbia, will be studying the environmental history and the impact of a variety of industries on Vancouver Island coastal communities - http://www.mala.ca/mainly/page.asp?Story=Top%20Story&ID=1022. - Proceedings are now available for a workshop on Using Metadata Standards to Achieve Data Interoperability for integrated and ecosystem-based management, held on 13-14 June 2006 at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. The Workshop was organized into three sessions on metadata: Relevance and Application; Discovery and Interoperability; and Authority and Accessibility. The proceedings are available at http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/csas/Csas/Proceedings/2006/PRO2006_023_E.pdf. - The Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System (GoMOOS) has announced a pilot web-based Regional Habitat Monitoring Data System to enable sharing, integration, and use of coastal habitat monitoring data. The system, initially developed for salt marsh and seagrass vegetation data, ultimately will serve as a tool for other coastal habitat data - http://www.gomoos.org/gomc/map. - The February issue of MPA News includes an article on Educating Stakeholders about MPAs. MPA News is available at http://depts.washington.edu/mpanews/issues.html. - Participants at the 2006 Conference on Ocean Literacy focussed on laying the groundwork for developing a national strategy for creating an ocean-literate society. A Conference report has been prepared with suggestions for fulfilling the vision, including creating ocean-literate students, linking marine laboratories and minority-serving institutions, and improving communication with the media - http://www.nmsfocean.org/chow2006/cool.html. - A US National Research Council report concludes that new digital, high-resolution land elevation maps -- created using remote-sensing laser technology -- are needed to support the US Federal Emergency Management Agency's effort to modernize floodplain maps. The report, including a press release and the Executive Summary in PDF format, is available at http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11829.html. OTHER DEADLINES- 28 February is the deadline for submitting abstracts to the CMOS-CGU-AMS Congress 2007, 28 May - 1 June 2007, St. John's, Newfoundland - http://www.cmos2007.ca. - 28 February is the deadline for submitting abstracts to Oceans 2007, 29 September - 4 October 2007, Vancouver, British Columbia - http://www.oceans07mtsieeevancouver.org. - 28 February is the deadline for submitting abstracts to the 5th International Conference on Marine Bioinvasions, 21-24 May 2007, Cambridge, Massachusetts - http://web.mit.edu/seagrant/bioinvasion2007/index.html. - 28 February is the deadline for submitting proposals/abstracts to Sustainable Social and Ecosystem Stewardship, an International Conference of the Greening of Industry Network, 15-17 June 2007, Waterloo, Ontario - http://www.greeningofindustry.org/june2007.htm. - 1 March is the deadline for submitting abstracts to CoastGIS 2007, the 8th International Symposium on GIS and Computer Mapping for Coastal Zone Management, 8-10 October 2007, Santander, Spain - http://www.coastgis07.com. - 1 March is the deadline to submit abstracts to the 10th Canadian Workshop on Harmful Algae, 9-11 May 2007, Mont-Joli, Québec - http://www.osl.gc.ca/conf/tox2007/. - 1 March is the deadline to apply for the position of Director of the Marine Affairs Program, Faculty of Management at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. For information on the position and the Program, access http://marineaffairsprogram.dal.ca/MAP_Director_Search/index.php. - 16 March is the deadline for titles of presentations and posters and 16 April is the deadline for abstract submission to the 2007 Conference of the Atlantic Coastal and Estuarine Science Society (ACCESS), 16-17 May 2007, Sydney, Nova Scotia - http://faculty.capebretonu.ca/mjones/access/. - 23 March is the deadline for submitting abstracts to the 2007 Conference of the International Association for the Study of the Commons, 31 July - 3 August 2007 in Corner Brook, Newfoundland - http://www.swgc.mun.ca/iasc2007/index.asp. - 31 March is the deadline for submitting abstracts to Oceans 2007, 29 September - 4 October 2007, Vancouver, British Columbia - http://www.oceans07mtsieeevancouver.org. - 31 March is the deadline for submission to Ocean Yearbook - Volume 22 of the International Ocean Institute. 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 - http://www.dal.ca/law/melaw/oyb. - 1 April is the deadline for nominations to the Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment for visionary and volunteer awards - http://gulfofmaine.org/news/. OTHER UPCOMING CONFERENCES AND EVENTS- For a more complete list of upcoming conferences and workshops, access http://aczisc.dal.ca/conf.htm. - 20-21 February 2007: Earth Observation Workshop on the St. Lawrence Ecosystem, Saint-Hubert, Québec - http://www.space.gc.ca/asc/eng/events/2007/eo_workshop.asp. - 22 February 2007 (1800 hrs): Public Forum on Nova Scotia's Offshore Renewable Energy Potential, including Tidal Power, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia - for information, email academy@acadiau.ca. - 26 February - 2 March 2007: Aquaculture 2007, San Antonio, Texas - http://www.was.org/meetings/ConferenceInfo.asp?MeetingCode=AQ2007. - 27 February 2007 (0900-1200 hrs): Ocean Science & Technology Partnership (OSTP) Workshop to present results of an OSTP Strategy Study and a market study on Global Markets for Ocean Observing Systems (OOS), Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. To register (free) and for information, email Brad Fay at bfay@hfx.eastlink.ca. - 28 February - 2 March 2007: Rural Policy Forum, Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia - http://www.database.coastalcommunities.ns.ca/rpf07/rpfdefault.aspx. - 1 March - 29 June 2007: Online short course on Integrated Coastal Zone Management, offered by UNESCO-IHE - http://www.unesco-ihe.org/education/ilearning.htm. - 5-8 March 2007: Coastal GeoTools '07, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina - http://www.csc.noaa.gov/geotools/. - 5-9 March 2007: CARIS 2007, the 11th International User Group Conference and Educational Sessions, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - http://www.caris.com/conferences/caris2007/. - 6-7 March 2007: Climate Change in High Definition: Scenarios for Impacts and Adaptation Assessments, Vancouver, British Columbia - http://ontario.ccsn.ca/conference/index.php. - 14-15 March 2007: Workshop on Atlantic Canada Climate, Weather and Risk Forecasting, Moncton, New Brunswick - http://www.agr.gc.ca/pfra/drought/Moncton_livesite/atlantic_workshop/atl_index_e.html. - 14-15 March 2007: Conference on Mapping European Seabed Habitats, Dublin, Ireland - http://www.marine.ie/home/community/events/MESHConference.htm. - 21-24 March 2007: Annual Conference of Green Communities Canada, Halifax, Nova Scotia - http://www.gca.ca. - 22-26 March 2007: ICCCM'07, the International Conference on Coastal Conservation and Management in the Atlantic and Mediterranean, Hammamet, Tunisia - http://www.fe.up.pt/ihrh/icccm07. - 27-29 March 2007: GEO Inland and Nearshore Coastal Water Quality Remote Sensing Workshop, Geneva, Switzerland - http://www.earthobservations.org/meetings/workshops/Inland/Inland01.html. - 2-5 April 2007: International MARXAN Best-Practices Workshop, Vancouver, British Columbia - http://www.pacmara.org/. 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ACZISC COASTAL UPDATE - JANUARY 2007 MANAGING LAND AND WATER ON A WATERSHED BASIS IN PEIThe Government of Prince Edward Island has asked the Environmental Advisory Council to carry out public consultations on managing land and water on a watershed basis on the Island. The consultations were announced while releasing A Guide to Watershed Planning on Prince Edward Island, a resource for watershed groups. Five public meetings will be held across PEI from 29 January to 13 February. Individuals unable to attend a public meeting may also send comments by email, with a deadline of 14 February. For information, access http://www.gov.pe.ca/go/watershedconsultations. UPCOMING ACZISC MEETINGS- 24-25 January 2007: ACZISC Meeting #50, St. John's, Newfoundland - 30-31 May 2007: ACZISC Meeting #51, Fredericton, New Brunswick (revised dates) - 19-20 September 2007: ACZISC Meeting #52, Halifax, Nova Scotia - 23-24 January 2008: ACZISC Meeting #53, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island For information on the meetings, email the ACZISC Secretariat. COASTAL ACTIVITIES IN ATLANTIC CANADAA report of coastal activities in Atlantic Canada and the presentations associated with the ACZISC Meeting held in Charlottetown, PEI (September 2006) are available at http://aczisc.dal.ca/docs.htm#ACZISC. GOVERNANCE IN THE BAY OF FUNDY AND GULF OF MAINEThe study entitled Overview of Current Governance in the Bay of Fundy/Gulf of Maine: Transboundary Collaborative Arrangements and Initiatives reviews current collaborative transboundary governance structures, mechanisms and initiatives in the region. The section topics are: Marine Environmental Protection and Conservation; Regional Cooperation on Acid Rain, Mercury Pollution, Climate Change and Ocean Initiatives; Fisheries and Shellfish Sanitation; Science Programs; Informatics and Geomatics; Non-Governmental Organizations; and Shipping and Security. The study is available at http://aczisc.dal.ca/gomrpt.pdf. TAKING ACTION ON ADAPTATION IN CANADA'S COASTAL ZONE: RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ACHIEVING EFFECTIVE & TANGIBLE RESULTSThe report summarizes the highlights of the Canadian Climate Impacts and Adaptation Research Network (C-CIARN) Coastal Zone activities over the past five years and lists the major climate change impacts anticipated in the Canadian coastal zone. It also describes some of the challenges faced in engaging the public and suggests new ways to focus future C-CIARN initiatives. The report is available at http://c-ciarn.bio.ns.ca/documents_e.php. CALL FOR PAPERS: 6TH INTERNATIONAL SAMPAA CONFERENCE28 February 2007 is the deadline for submitting abstracts to the 6th International Conference on Science and the Management of Protected Areas, scheduled for 21-26 May 2007 at Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. The main theme of the Conference is 'Ecosystem Based Management: Beyond Boundaries'. Collaborative multi-authored and multi-institutional submissions are encouraged. For information, access http://www.sampaa.org/sampaa_conference.htm. RESTORING SALT MARSHES- A Workshop on Restoring Maritime Salt Marshes is scheduled for 1-2 February 2007 in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. The Workshop will review accomplishments in Bay of Fundy salt marsh restoration, key lessons learned and how efforts have contributed to overall ecological improvement of Maritime marshes. Workshop sessions will focus on knowledge and information gaps, obstacles to implementation, and priorities for future research and action. For information, access http://www.ecologyaction.ca/coastal_issues/saltworkshop.html. - A workshop on Salt Marsh Restoration as a Community Adaptation to Climate Change and Sea Level Rise in Maritime Canada was held at Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick in June 2006. The workshop report is available at http://www.mta.ca/rstp/pdf/RSTP_MACWI_Salt_Marsh_Restoration_Workshop_Report_2006_final.pdf. INFORMATION AND MAPPING SYSTEMS FOR COMMUNITIESThe Governments of Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia have implemented information systems designed to support decision-making for the benefit of community planning initiatives and government programs. The websites provide single-point access to comprehensive socio-economic data and maps and allow comparisons of community resources. The NL system "Community Accounts" is available at http://www.communityaccounts.ca. The NS system "Community Counts" is available at http://www.gov.ns.ca/communitycounts. GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION NEEDS FOR INTEGRATED LAND/MARINE MANAGEMENTThis workshop report examines the future role of the existing information-sharing mechanisms, and more specifically of the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI), in supporting integrated land/marine management. It also identifies priorities to focus on in order to overcome the barriers for data sharing and to facilitate integrated land, water and marine planning. The report is available at http://policyresearch.gc.ca/doclib/SD/SR_SD_GeoConnexions_200610_e.pdf (English) and http://policyresearch.gc.ca/doclib/SR_SD_GeoConnexions_200610_f.pdf (French). COASTAL MANAGEMENT SURVEY RESULTSResults from the 2006 Coastal Resource Management Customer Survey are available on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Coastal Services Center website at http://www.csc.noaa.gov/survey. Data from this periodic survey is used by NOAA and other organizations to better understand the issues and needs of the US coastal management community, which includes state regulatory and natural resource management agencies, coastal and marine protected areas, emergency managers, and others concerned with the management of coastal resources. NUTRIENT POLLUTION INCREASING ALONG MID-ATLANTIC AND NEW ENGLAND COASTSA NOAA research project in the US shows nutrient pollution in estuaries, bays and harbours from the mid-Atlantic to New England is on the rise, indicating that excess nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus are a threat to coastal water quality. The socio-economic impacts of pollution in coastal watersheds were also evaluated. The study's findings are compiled in the report entitled Improving Methods and Indicators for Evaluating Coastal Water Eutrophication: A Pilot Study in the Gulf of Maine. The report is available at http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2006/s2764.htm. OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCHThe Centre for Offshore Oil and Gas Environmental Research (COOGER) was established by Fisheries and Oceans Canada to coordinate the Department's nation-wide research into the environmental and oceanographic impacts of offshore petroleum exploration, production and transportation. For information on COOGER and its research projects, access http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/science/cooger-crepge/research_e.htm. REDUCING THE IMPACTS OF URBAN FLOODING IN THE UKFifteen new projects will consider how to reduce the impacts of urban drainage flooding in towns and cities across England and how best to adapt to the consequences of climate change. The studies will pinpoint areas at risk, identify the causes and consider the best ways of managing urban drainage to reduce future flooding. For information, access http://www.defra.gov.uk/news/2007/070115b.htm. REVAMPING FISHERIES MANAGEMENT IN THE USA bill has been passed in the US to revamp management of marine fisheries and to strengthen protection against overfishing of dwindling stocks. It requires the use of annual catch limits and enhances the authority of eight regional fishery management councils. The bill reauthorizes the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, the main law guiding fishery management in US waters between three miles and 200 miles offshore. The bill (HR 5946) is available at http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:H.R.5946:. OTHER DOCUMENTS, NEWSLETTERS AND WEB RESOURCES- The fall 2006 issue of the Sustainable Development Law & Policy journal focuses on Ocean and Fisheries Law. It is available at http://www.wcl.american.edu/org/sustainabledevelopment/. - The December issue of MPA News includes the results from the MPA News Reader Poll on the Relationship between MPAs and Ecosystem-Based Management. MPA News is available at http://depts.washington.edu/mpanews/issues.html. - A US National Research Council report recommends ways to increase and improve the use of geospatial data and tools in disaster management and urges greater investment in the training of personnel, coordination of agencies, sharing of data, planning and preparedness, and the tools themselves. The report, including the Executive Summary in PDF format, is available at is available at http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11793.html. - NOAA's Restoration Monitoring Planner provides the basic steps for developing a science-based monitoring plan, including hypothesis testing and assessment of a habitat's structure and function - http://habitat.noaa.gov/restoration/rmp. The Restoration Portal includes information on restoration techniques. Sections include: Living Shorelines, Oyster Reefs, Riverine/Riparian Restoration, and educational tools - http://www.restoration.noaa.gov. - The report on coral reefs entitled Our Precious Coasts: Marine Pollution, Climate Change and Resilience of Coastal Ecosystems was prepared by a team led by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) - http://www.unep.org/Documents.Multilingual/Default.asp?DocumentID=486&ArticleID=5392&l=en. OTHER DEADLINES- 19 January is the deadline for submitting abstracts to the 5th International Conference on Marine Bioinvasions, 21-24 May 2007, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts - http://web.mit.edu/seagrant/bioinvasion2007/index.html. - 20 January is the deadline for submitting proposals to host the 33rd International Conference on Coastal Engineering in 2012. For information, email Robert A. Dalrymple at rad@jhu.edu. The Policies and Procedures for hosting conferences are available at http://www.coastal.udel.edu/coastal/icce/cerc.html. - 26 January is the deadline for submitting abstracts to the 2007 Benthic Ecology Meetings, 21-25 March 2007, Atlanta, Georgia - http://www.biology.gatech.edu/bem2007/. - 31 January is the extended deadline to submit abstracts to Oceans '07, 18-21 June 2007, Aberdeen, Scotland - http://www.oceans07ieeeaberdeen.org. - 31 January is the deadline for submitting abstracts to GeoHab 2007, an international conference on Marine Benthic Habitats of the Pacific and Other Oceans, 2-6 May 2007, Noumea, New Caledonia - http://www.circum-pacificcouncil.org/Circular-RegForm.pdf. - 5 February is the deadline to submit abstracts to the 3rd Workshop on Remote Sensing of the Coastal Zone, 7-9 June 2007, Bolzano/Bozen, Italy - http://las.physik.uni-oldenburg.de/workshop. - 15 February is the deadline for submitting abstracts to the CMOS-CGU-AMS Congress 2007, 28 May - 1 June 2007, St. John's, Newfoundland - http://www.cmos2007.ca. - 16 February is the deadline to submit abstracts to the 10th Canadian Workshop on Harmful Algae, 9-11 May 2007, Mont-Joli, Québec - http://www.osl.gc.ca/conf/tox2007/. - 19 February is the deadline for submitting abstracts to IPY GeoNorth 2007, the 1st International Circumpolar Conference on Geospatial Sciences and Applications for the North, 20-24 August 2007, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories - http://www.IPYGeoNorth.org. - 1 March is the deadline to apply for the position of Director of the Marine Affairs Program, Faculty of Management at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. For information on the position and the Program, access http://marineaffairsprogram.dal.ca/MAP_Director_Search/index.php. - 16 March is the deadline for titles of presentations and posters and 16 April is the deadline for abstract submission to the 2007 Conference of the Atlantic Coastal and Estuarine Science Society (ACCESS), 16-17 May 2007, Sydney, Nova Scotia - http://faculty.capebretonu.ca/mjones/access/. - 31 March is the deadline for submitting abstracts to Oceans 2007, 29 September - 4 October 2007, Vancouver, British Columbia - http://www.oceans07mtsieeevancouver.org. OTHER UPCOMING CONFERENCES AND EVENTS- For a more complete list of upcoming conferences and workshops, access http://aczisc.dal.ca/conf.htm. - 16-17 February 2007: Fishermen and Scientists Research Society 14th Annual Conference, Truro, Nova Scotia - http://www.fsrs.ns.ca. - 19-24 February 2007: International Conference on Environment: Survival and Sustainability, Nicosia, Northern Cyprus - http://www.neuconference.org. - 26 February - 2 March 2007: Aquaculture 2007, San Antonio, Texas - http://www.was.org/meetings/ConferenceInfo.asp?MeetingCode=AQ2007. - 28 February - 2 March 2007: Rural Policy Forum, Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia - http://www.database.coastalcommunities.ns.ca/rpf07/rpfdefault.aspx. - 1 March - 29 June 2007: Online short course on Integrated Coastal Zone Management, offered by UNESCO-IHE - http://www.unesco-ihe.org/education/ilearning.htm. - 5-8 March 2007: Coastal GeoTools '07, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina - http://www.csc.noaa.gov/geotools/. - 5-9 March 2007: CARIS 2007, the 11th International User Group Conference and Educational Sessions, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - http://www.caris.com/conferences/caris2007/. - 14-15 March 2007: MESH Conference: Mapping European Seabed Habitats, Dublin, Ireland - http://www.marine.ie/home/community/events/MESHConference.htm. - 22-26 March 2007: ICCCM'07, the International Conference on Coastal Conservation and Management in the Atlantic and Mediterranean, Hammamet, Tunisia - http://www.fe.up.pt/ihrh/icccm07. - 27-29 March 2007: GEO Inland and Nearshore Coastal Water Quality Remote Sensing Workshop, Geneva, Switzerland - http://www.earthobservations.org/meetings/workshops/Inland/Inland01.html. - 2-5 April 2007: International Marxan Best-Practices Workshop, Vancouver, British Columbia - http://www.pacmara.org/. - 16-20 April 2007: ICS2007, the 9th International Coastal Symposium, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia - http://www.griffith.edu.au/conference/ics2007/. 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