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ACZISC COASTAL UPDATE - JUNE 2009 UPCOMING ACZISC MEETINGS- 23-24 September 2009: ACZISC Meeting #58, St. John's, Newfoundland - 20-21 January 2010: ACZISC Meeting #59, Fredericton, New Brunswick - 12-13 May 2010: ACZISC Meeting #60, Halifax, Nova Scotia - 6-7 October 2010 (revised dates): ACZISC Meeting #61, 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, based on discussions at the ACZISC Meeting held on 13-14 May 2009 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, and the presentations made at the meeting, are available at http://aczisc.dal.ca/docs-ACZISC.htm. 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 articles concerning particular events, studies, or activities that took place in the Canadian Atlantic Zone during the previous year. AZMP Bulletin No 8 (March 2009) and previous issues are available at http://www.meds-sdmm.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/zmp/main_zmp_e.html. GEOSPATIAL RISK CHARACTERIZATIONParticipants of the Geospatial Risk Characterization Workshop, held on 17-18 September 2008 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, shared their experiences in the use of various tools for geospatial analysis in support of integrated planning and management initiatives. The Workshop report provides an overview of principles and techniques relevant to the geospatial representation of ecosystem components and, to some extent, the social, cultural, economic and regulatory components that also need to be taken into consideration in decision-making - http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/Library/336523.pdf. CALL FOR PAPERS: OMRN CONFERENCE9 September is the deadline for submitting abstracts to the 2009 National Conference of the Ocean Management Research Network (OMRN), scheduled for 21-24 October 2009 in Ottawa, Ontario. The Conference will focus on: Integrated Management and Coastal Areas Management; Arctic Ocean, TEK, and Northern Development; Oceans Valuation; and State of the Oceans Reporting - http://www.omrn-rrgo.ca/conf2009/conference2009.html. INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT ON THE PACIFIC NORTH COASTThe Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area (PNCIMA) Initiative held its inaugural Forum on 26-27 March 2009 in Richmond, British Columbia. The goal of the Forum was to engage people and organizations in the development of an integrated approach to oceans management for the PNCIMA region. This integrated approach aims to preserve ecological diversity and function while also ensuring sustainable human use. The Forum proceedings, videos and presentations are available at http://www.pncima.org/forumproceedings.html. US WEST COAST GOVERNORS' AGREEMENT ON OCEANHEALTH The Governors of California, Oregon and Washington have announced the West Coast Governors' Agreement on Ocean Health. The Agreement seeks to advance the goals of: clean coastal waters and beaches; healthy ocean and coastal habitats; effective ecosystem-based management; reduced impacts of offshore development; increased ocean awareness and literacy among the region's citizens; expanded ocean and coastal scientific information, research, and monitoring; and sustainable economic development of coastal communities - http://westcoastoceans.gov. WORLD DATABASE ON MARINE PROTECTED AREASThe World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA), created by the United Nations Environment Programme and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature IUCN), is an authoritative and globally comprehensive list of marine and terrestrial protected areas. This WDPA has been developed to allow users to view information on marine protected areas in their web browser, to visualise them in Google Earth, to download data, to bring together other important data such as species and ecosystem information into the same portal and more - http://www.wdpa-marine.org. MANAGING DEEP-SEA FISHERIESFAO's International Guidelines for the Management of Deep-sea Fisheries in the High Seas were developed through a participatory process. The Guidelines are designed to provide guidance on management factors ranging from an appropriate regulatory framework to the components of a good data collection programme. They include the identification of key management considerations and measures necessary to ensure the conservation of target and non-target species, as well as affected habitats - http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/newsroom/docs/i0816t.pdf. OTHER DOCUMENTS, NEWSLETTERS AND WEB RESOURCES- The report entitled Taking Stock 2005, released by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation, focuses on pollution reporting from North American industrial facilities. The CEC report states that ninety percent of the 5.5 billion kilograms of toxic pollutant releases and transfers reported can be traced to about 30 substances from 15 industrial sectors across the US, Canada and Mexico - http://www.cec.org/news/details/index.cfm?varlan=english&ID=2826. - US President Obama has issued a Presidential Memorandum Establishing an Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force to: within 90 days, deliver recommendations for a National Policy for the Oceans, Coasts, and Great Lakes; and, within 180 days, to develop a recommended framework for coastal and marine spatial planning - http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Presidential-Proclamation-National-Oceans-Month-and-Memorandum-regarding-national-policy-for-the-oceans/. - The report of the seminar Arctic Shipping: Planning for Emergencies, convened on 21-22 April 2009 in Halifax, Nova Scotia by the Company of Master Mariners of Canada (CMMC), is available at http://www.mastermariners.ca. - The European Maritime Day Stakeholders Conference was held on 19-20 May 2009 in Rome, Italy. Participants considered the EU's Integrated Maritime Policy in general and in relation to the Mediterranean in particular, as well as the importance of clusters as a means of boosting the economies of maritime regions. Workshops focused on cross-policy issues as they affect the sea. The Conference documents are available at http://ec.europa.eu/maritimeaffairs/maritimeday/conference_in_rome_en.html. - The Practitioner's Toolkit for Marine Conservation Agreements (MCAs) has been launched by The Nature Conservancy with the assistance of partners. The Toolkit provides information for conservation organizations to help them determine: what MCAs are; when MCAs can help abate threats to ocean and coastal species, habitats, and ecosystems; and how to plan and proceed with MCA projects - http://www.mcatoolkit.org. - MPA News features international news and analysis on Marine Protected Areas. The June 2009 issue includes news from the International Marine Conservation Congress and the 2nd International Marine Protected Areas Congress held on 19-24 May in Washington, DC - http://depts.washington.edu/mpanews/issues.html. - Since 1978, satellites have monitored sea ice growth and retreat, and they have detected an overall decline in Arctic sea ice. Image pairs show Arctic sea ice for the month of September and the following March for a time series beginning in September 1999 and ending in March 2009 - http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/WorldOfChange/sea_ice.php. - New research indicates that, if Greenland ice melts at moderate to high rates, ocean circulation by 2100 may shift and cause sea levels off the coastlines of New York, Boston, Halifax, and other cities in the northeastern US and Canada to rise more than in other coastal areas by about 30 to 50 centimetres (12 to 20 inches) - http://www.agu.org/sci_soc/prrl/2009-17.html. - A joint statement issued by the InterAcademy Panel on International Issues calls for world leaders to explicitly recognise the direct threats posed by increasing atmospheric CO2 emissions to the oceans and its profound impact on the environment and society - http://www.interacademies.net/CMS/8900.aspx. - The US National Science Foundation has released the report entitled Solving the Puzzle: Researching the Impacts of Climate Change Around the World. The report devotes chapters to the sky, sea, ice, land, life and people components of Earth's climate system - http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=114811&org=OLPA&from=news. - Climate Literacy: The Essential Principles of Climate Sciences, prepared by several science agencies in the US, includes information on climate, impacts of climate change, and approaches for adapting and mitigating change. The guide can also be used to teach climate science - http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/Literacy/default.php. - Recent publications of the United Nations Environment Programme include The Natural Fix?: The Role of Ecosystems in Climate Mitigation and Marine Litter: A Global Challenge - http://www.unep.org/publications. - The statement from the Global Ocean Policy Day held at the World Ocean Conference (11-15 May 2009, Manado, Indonesia), where climate and oceans issues were discussed, was presented at the side event on Climate and Oceans: Addressing Oceans, Coasts, and Islands Issues in the Climate Negotiations during the Climate Change talks (1-12 June 2009, Bonn, Germany) - http://www.globaloceans.org. - The May 2009 issue of the Canadian Ocean Science newsletter includes an article on the concluding activities of GLOBEC, the Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics program. The results of GLOBEC will be presented at the Open Science Meeting on 22-26 June 2009 in Victoria, British Columbia - http://www.cmos.ca/scor/newsletters.htm. - The European Commission has taken steps towards a European Marine Observation and Data Network in order to improve access to high quality data. The document entitled Building a European marine knowledge infrastructure: Roadmap for a European Marine Observation and Data Network indicates why the EU needs such a Network and explains the steps that will be taken to set one up - http://ec.europa.eu/maritimeaffairs/emodnet_en.html. - The Ocean Studies Board of the US National Research Council hosted the Oceanography in 2025 workshop in January 2008. The Workshop focussed on research and technology needs, trends, and barriers that may impact the field of oceanography over the next 16 years, and highlighted specific areas of interest - http://books.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12627. - An article on Data Integration for Coastal Surveying - Combining Laser Scanner and Bathymetric Sensor appears in the June 2009 issue of Hydro International - http://www.hydro-international.com/issues/articles/id1078-Data_Integration_for_Coastal_Surveying.html. - The Inter-American Development Bank has released a new Tourism Sustainability Scorecard, an interactive tool developed to ensure that the IDB's investments in private sector tourism projects maximize social, economic, cultural and environmental benefits for local communities and destinations - http://www.iadb.org/news/detail.cfm?lang=en&id=5426. OTHER DEADLINES- 15 June is the extended deadline for submitting abstracts to CoastGIS '09, the 9th International Symposium on GIS and Computer Cartography for Coastal Zone Management, 30 September - 2 October 2009, Santa Catarina, Brazil - http://www.coastgis.com.br/index.php. - 15 June is the deadline for submitting abstracts to the 4th European Conference on Coastal Lagoon Research, 14-18 December 2009, Montpellier, France - http://www.ecolag.univ-montp2.fr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=205&Itemid=121&lang=en. - 22 June is the deadline for submitting abstracts to the 2009 Headwaters to Oceans (H2O) Conference, 27-29 October 2009, Long Beach, California - http://www.coastalconference.org. - 30 June is the deadline for filing written submissions with the Prince Edward Island Commission on the Land and Local Governance, established to identify concerns and recommend changes in the provincial approach to land use planning, municipal structures, and municipal governance, in order to better protect water resources, agricultural lands, undeveloped areas, forests, the coastline, heritage sites and viewscapes, particularly in coastal areas - http://www.gov.pe.ca/landandlocalgovernance. - 13 July is the deadline to comment on the UK's draft Strategy for Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), Delivering Marine Conservation Zones and European Marine Sites. The strategy documents how existing obligations for MPAs will deliver an ecologically coherent network by 2012 - http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/marine-conservation-zones/index.htm. - 15 July is the deadline for submitting proposals for community-level projects focusing on local experiences with climate change impacts and adaptation. The call for proposals has been issued by the Frontlines Forum, launched by UNESCO in partnership with other organizations - http://www.climatefrontlines.org/en-GB/node/191. - 15 July is the deadline to submit papers for a special theme issue of the Coastal Society's (http://www.thecoastalsociety.org) Coastal Management Journal. The theme is Dimensions of Leadership in Coastal Management. For information, email Dr. Betsi Beem at b.beem@usyd.edu.au or Dr. Paul Ticco at paul.ticco@noaa.gov. - 31 July is the deadline for submitting abstracts to ColacMarCuba 2009, 26-30 October 2009, Havana, Cuba - http://www.colacmarcuba2009.com. - 31 July is the deadline for submitting proposals to the 6th International Conference on Marine Waste Water Discharges and Coastal Environment, 25-29 October 2010, Langkawi, Malaysia - http://www.mwwd.org/site/page.asp?dsy_id=3331. OTHER UPCOMING CONFERENCES AND EVENTS- For a complete list of upcoming conferences and workshops, access http://aczisc.dal.ca/conf.htm. - 16-17 June 2009: Sustainable Ocean Summit, Belfast, UK - http://www.oceancouncil.org/site/events.php. - 16-18 June 2009: 6th Annual EnergyOcean Conference and Expo, Rockport, Maine - http://www.energyocean.com/2009/. - 18-20 June 2009: 4th Workshop on Remote Sensing of the Coastal Zone, Chania (Crete), Greece - http://www.earsel.org/SIG-CZ/4th-workshop. - 22-26 June 2009: 3rd GLOBEC Open Science Meeting, Victoria, British Columbia - https://www.confmanager.com/main.cfm?cid=1345&nid=9839. - 22-26 June 2009: 30th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing, Lethbridge, Alberta - http://www.casi.ca/canadiansymposiumremotesensing.aspx. - 23-26 June 2009: 6th Coastal and Marine Tourism Congress, Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa - http://www.cmt2009.com. - 2-3 July 2009: Workshop on Key Principles for Maritime Spatial Planning, S. Miguel, Azores, Portugal - http://ec.europa.eu/maritimeaffairs/msp/workshop_020709_en.html. - 6-11 July 2009: 7th International Conference on Geomorphology, Melbourne, Australia - http://www.geomorphology2009.com. - 8-10 July 2009: 7th International Conference on Ecosystems and Sustainable Development, Chianciano Terme, Italy - http://www2.wessex.ac.uk/09-conferences/ecosud-2009.html. - 9-11 July 2009: People and the Sea V, Amsterdam, The Netherlands - http://www.marecentre.nl/people_and_the_sea_5/index.html. - 10 July 2009: Conference on Valuing Maine's Beaches, South Portland, Maine - http://www.maine.gov/doc/nrimc/mgs/explore/marine/beach-conference/beaches-2009.htm. - 11-14 July 2009: ESRI Education User Conference, San Diego, California - http://www.esri.com/events/educ/index.html. - 19-23 July 2009: Coastal Zone 09, Boston, Massachusetts - http://www.csc.noaa.gov/cz/index.html. - 19-29 July 2009: MOCA-09, Montréal, Québec. MOCA-09 is the Joint Assembly of the International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences, the International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Oceans and the International Association for the Cryospheric Sciences - http://www.moca-09.org. - 23-24 July 2009: 2nd Conference on Coastal Environmental Sensing Networks, Boston, Massachusetts - http://www.cesn.org/events/cesn09.php. - 2-7 August 2009: 94th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Albuquerque, New Mexico - http://esa.org/albuquerque/. - 24-27 August 2009: 6th International Conference on Marine Bioinvasions, Portland, Oregon - http://www.clr.pdx.edu/mbic/. - 2-4 September 2009: New Zealand Marine Sciences Society Annual Conference, Auckland, New Zealand - http://nzmss.rsnz.org/conference.html. - 7-11 September 2009: 6th International Conference on Coastal Dynamics, Tokyo, Japan - http://www.coastaldynamics.org. - 9-11 September 2009: 5th International Conference on Sustainable Water Resources Management, Malta - http://www2.wessex.ac.uk/09-conferences/water-resources-management-2009.html. - 13-17 September 2009: International Conference on Ecology and Transportation, Duluth, Minnesota - http://www.icoet.net/ICOET2009.asp. - 14-16 September 2009: 3rd International Conference on Estuaries & Coasts, Sendai, Japan - http://donko.civil.tohoku.ac.jp/icec2009/index.html. - 15-18 September 2009: 12th International Conference on Shellfish Restoration, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island - http://www.gov.pe.ca/shellfishconf. 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ACZISC COASTAL UPDATE - MAY 2009 ELISABETH MANN BORGESE OCEAN LECTUREThe Ocean Lecture Series commemorates and celebrates the life and work of Elisabeth Mann Borgese, founder of the International Ocean Institute and its interdisciplinary training programmes. Dr Rob Huebert, the 2009 lecturer, will be speaking on Canada and the Circumpolar World: The Coming Blizzard at 1900hrs on June 8th, World Oceans Day. The public lecture will be held in the Dalhousie Law School, 6061 University Avenue, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Details are available at http://internationaloceaninstitute.dal.ca/emblecture.html. UPCOMING ACZISC MEETINGS- 23-24 September 2009: ACZISC Meeting #58, St. John's, Newfoundland - 20-21 January 2010: ACZISC Meeting #59, Fredericton, New Brunswick - 12-13 May 2010: ACZISC Meeting #60, Halifax, Nova Scotia - 6-7 October 2010 (revised dates): ACZISC Meeting #61, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island For information on the meetings, email the ACZISC Secretariat. ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE NOVA SCOTIA OCEAN SECTORThe report entitled Economic Impact of the Nova Scotia Ocean Sector 2002-2006 shows that the ocean sector's contribution to the provincial GDP increased from 14.5 to 15.5 per cent between 2001 and 2006. Ocean activity created nearly 30,000 direct jobs in 2006 and, with spin-off effects, the number doubled to over 60,000 jobs or 13.9 per cent of total employment in the Province. The report is available at http://gov.ns.ca/econ/publications/oceanindustries/default.asp. PEI GOVERNMENT TO STOP ISSUING SAND MINING PERMITSFollowing the review of a study that looked at the impact of sand mining on erosion around the West Point lighthouse in Prince Edward Island, the Government has decided that it can no longer allow the removal of sand from Island beaches. Sand mining, the excavation of beach sand, has been linked to the loss of coastal beaches - sometimes in areas at some distance from the mining site. The West Point Coastal Processes study is available at http://www.gov.pe.ca/photos/original/env_shore_eros.pdf. THE CANADIAN FEDERAL, PROVINCIAL AND TERRITORIAL
GOVERNMENTS AND THE OCEANS SECTORThe report entitled The Role of the Provincial and Territorial Governments in the Oceans Sector provides an overview of the scale and scope of each jurisdiction's ocean-related activities and of the Canadian legislative framework that is required for the management of oceans and coastal activities. It is a companion piece to The Role of the Canadian Government in the Oceans Sector, which describes the activities of the 30 federal government departments, agencies and other organizations that are involved in the oceans sector. Both documents are available at http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/oceans/publications/index-eng.htm#pol. 8 JUNE - WORLD OCEANS DAYIn 2008, the United Nations General Assembly decided that, as from 2009, June 8th would be designated by the UN as World Oceans Day (resolution 63/111, paragraph 171). The theme of the inaugural observance of the World Oceans Day in 2009 is "Our Oceans, Our Responsibility". World Oceans Day has been celebrated by many countries following the UN Conference on Environment and Development, held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 - http://www.un.org/Depts/los/reference_files/worldoceansday.htm. AQUATIC ALIEN INVASIVE SPECIES AND RISK ASSESSMENTThe Trinational Risk Assessment Guidelines for Aquatic Alien Invasive Species has been released by the Council of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (Canada, the US and Mexico) to provide a standardized process for evaluating the risk to biodiversity of introducing aquatic non-indigenous organisms into a new environment. The Guidelines provide a framework for organizing scientific, technical, and other relevant information for use by managers and decision makers - http://www.cec.org/pubs_docs/documents/index.cfm?varlan=english&ID=2494. THE TROMSO DECLARATIONThe Arctic Council is a high level intergovernmental forum established in 1996 to promote cooperation, coordination and interaction among the Arctic States. At the 6th Meeting of the Council held on 29 April in Tromsø, Norway, the Council Ministers ratified a Declaration which will guide the Council's work over the next two years. The recommendations adopted relate to: ocean management; search and rescue; Arctic shipping; infrastructure safety; Oil and gas; short-lived non-CO2 drivers; and melting ice - http://arctic-council.org/article/2009/4/the_tromso_declaration_ratified. SCOTLAND'S MARINE BILLThe Marine Bill, introduced to Parliament in April, provides a framework for the sustainable management of the seas around Scotland. The Bill makes provision in relation to functions and activities in the Scottish marine area, including marine plans, licensing of marine activities and the protection of the area and its wildlife, and for connected purposes - http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Environment/16440/marine-bill-consultation. CHANGING OCEANS, CHANGING WORLDThe report of the US Joint Ocean Commission outlines priority actions needed for improving ocean and coastal policy and management, bolstering international leadership, strengthening ocean science, and funding ocean and coastal policies and programs. The actions respond to the challenges of climate change and its impacts, the development of a comprehensive energy policy that includes ocean-based energy resources, and the stimulation of the economy, which is largely dependent on ocean and coastal activities and resources - http://www.jointoceancommission.org. OTHER DOCUMENTS, NEWSLETTERS AND WEB RESOURCES- The Ecology Action Centre report entitled On the Front Lines: Strategies for Healthy Beaches in Nova Scotia outlines goals for better beach management, along with recommendations to help reach the goals - http://ecologyaction.ca/files/images/file/Coastal/EAC_-%20NS%20Beaches(1).pdf. - The report entitled The Future of Nova Scotia's Natural Resources: Our Common Ground has been released by the Voluntary Planning Natural Resources Citizen Engagement Committee. The key values that emerged from the process are: sustainability, diversity, collaboration, transparency, and informed decision making - http://gov.ns.ca/govt/vp/NaturalResourcesReport.pdf. - The Joggins Fossil Cliffs in Nova Scotia have been designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. A true-color image of the Cliffs region was captured by NASA on 30 April 2009 - http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=38435&src=eoa-iotd. - The report entitled Preparing for Climate Change in the Great Lakes Region synthesizes the policy adaptations in the US that are needed to address climate change impacts. Topics covered include water conservation and efficiency; wetland restoration; land use planning and community development; and State fiscal policy - http://www.miseagrant.umich.edu/downloads/climate/Climate_Workshop_Report.pdf. - The report entitled Resilient Coasts: A Blueprint for Action, prepared by a coalition in the US, includes recommended policy changes and actions that could reduce economic losses by as much as half from future storms and rising sea levels along US coastlines - http://www.ceres.org/Page.aspx?pid=1078. - The Pew Center on Global Climate Change held a workshop on Assessing the Benefits of Avoided Climate Change on 16-17 March in Washington, DC. The Workshop presentations and recommendations are available at http://www.pewclimate.org/benefitsworkshop-March09. - A report produced by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and UN Environment Programme (UNEP) states that large amounts of fishing gear lost at sea or abandoned by fishers are hurting the marine environment, impacting fish stocks through "ghost fishing" and posing a hazard to ships - http://www.fao.org/docrep/011/i0620e/i0620e00.htm. - The UN Secretary-General's report on oceans and the law of the sea was submitted to the General Assembly and to the UN Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea, as well as to the Meeting of States Parties to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea - http://www.un.org/Depts/los/consultative_process/consultative_process.htm. - MPA News features international news and analysis on Marine Protected Areas. The May 2009 issue includes an article entitled Communicating with Stakeholders and Communities: Specialists Offer Their Advice to MPA Managers - http://depts.washington.edu/mpanews/issues.html. - Marine Ecosystems and Management (MEAM) is the quarterly information service on marine ecosystem-based management (EBM). The current edition of MEAM (Vol. 2, No.3) focuses on the role of Marine Protected Areas in EBM - http://www.meam.net. - The EBM Roadmap describes the core elements of ecosystem-based management (EBM). It is a concise introduction to the concept and practice and provides a starting point for planning and implementing EBM - http://www.ebmtools.org/roadmap.html. - The Training Workshop on Ecosystem Approaches to Coastal and Ocean Management: Focus on Ecosystems-Based Management in Eastern Africa was held on 27 October - 1 November 2008 in Ukunda, Kenya. The presentations are available at http://www.unep.org/NairobiConvention/Information_Center/Presentations.asp. - The US National Coastal Area Workshop was held on 26 February 2009 in Washington, DC. Objectives included reviewing the benefits and challenges of developing a single definition of 'coastal area' and determining necessary parameters for a single definition. The Workshop is available at http://www.coastalstates.org/uploads/PDFs/National%20Coastal%20Area%20Wkshop%20Report_FINAL[1].pdf. DEADLINES- 15 May 2009 is the extended deadline for submitting abstracts to the Gulf of Maine Symposium - Advancing Ecosystem Research for the Future of the Gulf, 4-9 October 2009, St. Andrews, New Brunswick - http://www.rargom.org/Symposium2009/ - 15 May is the deadline for submitting abstracts to Estuaries and Coasts in a Changing World, the 20th Biennial Conference of the Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation, 1-5 November 2009, Portland, Oregon - http://www.sgmeet.com/cerf2009/. - 15 May is the deadline for submitting abstracts to the 28th International Submerged Lands Management Conference, 1-5 November 2009, Portland, Oregon - for information, email cerf2009@sgmeet.com. - 15 May is the deadline for submitting abstracts to the Northeast Beaches Conference, 21-23 September 2009, Woods Hole, Massachusetts - http://www.ieca-nechapter.org/coastal2009.html. - 15 May is the deadline for submitting abstracts to the 2009 Atlantic Planners Institute Conference, 18-20 November 2009, St. John's, Newfoundland - http://www.atlanticplanners.org/events/Conferences/2009Conference/2009Conference.htm. - 15 May is the deadline to apply for the position of Executive Secretary in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO), an international organization with headquarters in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia - http://www.nafo.int/contact/frames/jobs.html. - 17 May is the deadline to apply to attend the 2009 Gordon Research Conference on Coastal Ocean Circulation, 7-12 June 2009, New London, New Hampshire - http://grc.org/programs.aspx?year=2009&program=coastal. - 20 May is the extended deadline for submitting abstracts to the 27th Meeting of the International Association of Sedimentologists, 20-23 September 2009, Alghero, Island of Sardinia, Italy - http://www.ias2009.com. - 15 June is the extended deadline for submitting abstracts to CoastGIS '09, the 9th International Symposium on GIS and Computer Cartography for Coastal Zone Management, 30 September - 2 October 2009, Santa Catarina, Brazil - http://www.coastgis.com.br/index.php. - 30 June is the deadline for filing written submissions with the Prince Edward Island Commission on the Land and Local Governance, established to identify concerns and recommend changes in the provincial approach to land use planning, municipal structures, and municipal governance, in order to better protect water resources, agricultural lands, undeveloped areas, forests, the coastline, heritage sites and viewscapes, particularly in coastal areas - http://www.gov.pe.ca/landandlocalgovernance. - 13 July is the deadline to comment on the UK's draft Strategy for Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), Delivering Marine Conservation Zones and European Marine Sites. The strategy documents how existing obligations for MPAs will deliver an ecologically coherent network by 2012 - http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/marine-conservation-zones/index.htm. - 15 July is the deadline for submitting proposals for community-level projects focusing on local experiences with climate change impacts and adaptation. The call for proposals has been issued by the Frontlines Forum, launched by UNESCO in partnership with other organizations - http://www.climatefrontlines.org/en-GB/node/191. - 15 July is the deadline to submit papers for a special theme issue of the Coastal Society's (http://www.thecoastalsociety.org) "Coastal Management Journal". The theme is Dimensions of Leadership in Coastal Management. For information, email Dr. Betsi Beem at b.beem@usyd.edu.au or Dr. Paul Ticco at paul.ticco@noaa.gov. OTHER UPCOMING CONFERENCES AND EVENTS- For a complete list of upcoming conferences and workshops, access http://aczisc.dal.ca/conf.htm. - 18-21 May 2009: 6th International Multi-Purpose Reef Conference, Jeffrey's Bay, South Africa - http://www.multi-purposereef.com. - 20-23 May 2009: Conference on Changes in the Arctic Environment and the Law of the Sea, Seward (near Anchorage), Alaska - http://www.virginia.edu/colp/annual-conference.html. - 20-24 May 2009: 2nd International Marine Conservation Congress, Washington, DC - http://www.conbio.org/IMCC. - 24-27 May 2009: Joint Assembly of the American Geophysical Union, the Geological Association of Canada, the Mineralogical Association of Canada, the Canadian Geophysical Union and the International Association of Hydrologists, Toronto, Ontario - http://www.jointassembly2009.ca/. - 25-29 May 2009 - postponed until the fall: World Aquaculture 2009, Veracruz, Mexico - https://www.was.org/WasMeetings/meetings/Default.aspx?code=WA2009. - 26-29 May 2009: 8th Bay of Fundy Science Workshop, Wolfville, Nova Scotia - http://www.bofep.org/workshop2009.htm. - 26-30 May 2009: Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Geographers, Ottawa, Ontario - http://ocs.sfu.ca/fedcan/index.php/cag2009/cag2009. - 27-28 May 2009: 4th Annual Renewable Energy Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia - http://www.renewableenergyconference.ca/content/Renewable_Energy_Home. - 28-29 May 2009: Introductory Course to Marxan (decision support software for reserve system design), Vancouver, British Columbia - for information, email Jaelithe Piccolo at jpiccolo@pacmara.org. - 31 May - 4 June 2009: 43rd Congress of the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, Halifax, Nova Scotia - http://www.cmos.ca/Congress2009/index.htm. - 31 May - 5 June 2009: 28th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, Honolulu, Hawaii - http://www.asmeconferences.org/omae09. - 1-2 June 2009: Coastal Engineering: Future Challenges and Risks, St. John's, Newfoundland - http://www.csce.ca/2009/triennial/. - 1-3 June 2009: International Forum on Integrated Water Resource Management, Sherbrooke, Québec - http://www.cogesaf.qc.ca/rv-eau/en/home.html. - 7-12 June 2009: 33rd Annual Conference of the US Association of State Floodplain Managers, Orlando, Florida - http://www.floods.org/Orlando. - 7-12 June 2009: Gordon Research Conference on Coastal Ocean Circulation, New London, New Hampshire - http://grc.org/programs.aspx?year=2009&program=coastal. - 9-12 June 2009: Joint Conference of Geomatics Atlantic, the Canadian Cartographic Association and the Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives, Wolfville, Nova Scotia - http://www.geomaticsatlantic.com. - 9-12 June 2009: 62nd Annual Conference of the Canadian Water Resources Association, Québec City, Québec - http://www.acrh2009.org/index-e.html. - 14-17 June 2009: 6th Canadian River Heritage Conference, Ottawa, Ontario - http://www.riversconference.ca. - 14-19 June 2009: 7th International Conference on Molluscan Shellfish Safety, Nantes, France - http://www.icmss09.com. - 16-17 June 2009: Sustainable Ocean Summit, Belfast, UK - http://www.oceancouncil.org/site/events.php. - 16-18 June 2009: 6th Annual EnergyOcean Conference and Expo, Rockport, Maine - http://www.energyocean.com/2009/. - 18-20 June 2009: 4th Workshop on Remote Sensing of the Coastal Zone, Chania (Crete), Greece - http://www.earsel.org/SIG-CZ/4th-workshop. - 22-26 June 2009: 3rd GLOBEC Open Science Meeting, Victoria, British Columbia - https://www.confmanager.com/main.cfm?cid=1345&nid=9839. - 22-26 June 2009: 30th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing, Lethbridge, Alberta - http://www.casi.ca/canadiansymposiumremotesensing.aspx. - 23-26 June 2009: 6th Coastal and Marine Tourism Congress, Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa - http://www.cmt2009.com. MARK YOUR CALENDARS...- 15-18 September 2009: 12th International Conference on Shellfish Restoration, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island - http://www.gov.pe.ca/shellfishconf. - 13-16 June 2010: 22nd International Conference of the Coastal Society (TCS), Wilmington, North Carolina. - 25-29 July 2010: Coastal Zone Canada 2010, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island - http://www.gov.pe.ca/czc2010. Top of Page
ACZISC COASTAL UPDATE - APRIL 2009 UPCOMING ACZISC MEETINGS- 13-14 May 2009: ACZISC Meeting #57, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island - 23-24 September 2009: ACZISC Meeting #58, St. John's, Newfoundland - 20-21 January 2010: ACZISC Meeting #59, Fredericton, New Brunswick - 12-13 May 2010: ACZISC Meeting #60, Halifax, Nova Scotia For information on the meetings, email the ACZISC Secretariat. PEI COMMISSION ON THE LAND AND LOCAL GOVERNANCEThe Prince Edward Island Commission was established to identify concerns and recommend changes in the provincial approach to land use planning, municipal structures, and municipal governance, in order to better protect water resources, agricultural lands, undeveloped areas, forests, the coastline, heritage sites and viewscapes, particularly in coastal areas. Public hearings will be held in June. The deadline for filing written submissions is 30 June - http://www.gov.pe.ca/landandlocalgovernance. TIDAL POWER DEVELOPMENT IN THE BAY OF FUNDYThe Strategic Environmental Assessment of In-Stream Tidal Energy Generation Development in New Brunswick's Bay of Fundy Coastal Waters was submitted to the Province in November 2008. The report contained 19 recommendations to be considered if the Province moves forward with developing in-stream tidal energy in the Bay - http://www.bofep.org. The Government of New Brunswick has issued a formal response to the recommendations - http://www.gnb.ca/0085/pdf/NBGovernmentResponseSEAMar09E.pdf. CANADA'S INTEGRATED APPROACH TO MPA ESTABLISHMENTIn Canada, three federal authorities have a mandate to designate and manage marine protected areas: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Parks Canada and Environment Canada. An article in the April 2009 issue of MPA News outlines how they are working together to integrate their MPA planning to achieve efficiencies and maximize conservation benefits - http://depts.washington.edu/mpanews/issues.html. CANADA'S NATIONAL HYDRO NETWORKThe National Hydro Network (NHN) describes and models features of the inland surface-water system of Canada. NHN datasets now cover 1042 drainage areas - about 85% of the Canadian landmass. National coverage will be available in September 2009. NHN applications include water flow analysis, water and watershed management, and environmental and hydrographical applications. The NHN is available at no cost from GeoBase at http://www.geobase.ca/geobase/en/data/nhn/index.html. HOW WE FISH MATTERSThe study ranks the ecological impacts of 13 different gear types used in Canada, from bottom trawls to lobster traps. The study, released by the Living Oceans Society, Ecology Action Centre and Marine Conservation Biology Institute, also recommends that adequate monitoring, research and data collection on fishing gear impacts be undertaken and that proper planning and implementation of marine protected areas occur - http://www.ecologyaction.ca/content/how-we-fish. PROCEEDINGS: COASTAL GEOTOOLS 2009Coastal Geotools was held on 2-5 March 2009 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The theme was Building the Digital Coast. The Conference focused on emerging tools and techniques, and their benefits and applicability; available resources; best practices; and the development of public and private partnerships. The proceedings and the presentations are available at http://www.csc.noaa.gov/geotools/program.html. ASSESSMENT OF THE EUROPEAN NETWORK FOR COASTAL RESEARCHThe Network (ENCORA) was launched in 2006 to address the major causes for the stagnation in implementing integrated coastal zone management (ICZM) in Europe: fragmentation of coastal science, policy and practice; difficult communication between coastal science, policy and practice; and lack of multidisciplinary approaches. An evaluation of the ENCORA project documents the degree to which the objectives have been met; the impact of ENCORA on ICZM; and recommendations for follow-up initiatives - http://www.encora.eu. HANDBOOK ON INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN BASINSThe handbook was produced by the Global Water Partnership and the International Network of Basin Organizations to provide advice to improve governance of fresh water resources in basins. In particular, the focus is on effective implementation of the integrated water resources management (IWRM) approach in lake, river and aquifer basins. The analysis is based on 84 case studies from all the regions of the world - http://www.gwpforum.org/gwp/library/GWP-INBO%20Handbook%20for%20IWRM%20in%20Basins.pdf. ECOSYSTEM CHANGE AND HUMAN WELL-BEINGThe ICSU-UNESCO-UNU report focuses on research and monitoring priorities based on the findings of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (http://www.millenniumassessment.org). It proposes the development of a new 10-year coordinated research programme to understand the dynamic relationship between humans and ecosystems. It also addresses the data needs and stresses the importance of monitoring both natural and socio-economic variables - http://www.icsu.org/2_resourcecentre/Resource.php4?rub=8&id=304. CHANGING OCEANS, CHANGING WORLDThe Joint Ocean Commission in the USA has released Ocean Priorities for the Obama Administration and Congress. The report outlines priority actions for ocean and coastal policy and management, international leadership, ocean science, and funding for ocean and coastal policies and programs. The actions relate to climate change and its impacts, a comprehensive energy policy that includes ocean-based energy resources, and the national economy, which depends on ocean and coastal activities and resources - http://www.jointoceancommission.org. OTHER DOCUMENTS, NEWSLETTERS AND WEB RESOURCES- A webinar on the Mulitipurpose Marine Cadastre was held on 14 April 2009. The Multipurpose Marine Cadastre is an integrated marine information system for US state waters and the outer continental shelf. It provides access to marine cadastral, physical, cultural, and legal information, including responsibility and use of marine areas, in a common reference framework. The recording of the presentation is available at https://transfer.natureserve.org/download/longterm/EBM%20Tools/. - A webinar on Managing Ecosystems, Managing Fisheries: How do EBM and EBFM Relate? was held on 16 March 2009. The webinar materials, including an audio recording, the PPT presentations, an indexed transcript and a list of references for websites and publications mentioned during the webinar, are available at http://www.ebmtools.org/about_ebm/meam.html. - The authors of the article entitled Return to Neverland: Shifting Baselines Affect Eutrophication Restoration Targets conclude that understanding coastal ecosystem response to multiple shifting baselines is essential to set reliable targets for restoration efforts - http://www.springerlink.com/content/v83422qq2u2m3m39. - The lead story in the Spring/Summer 2008 edition of the Gulf of Maine Times, the newsletter of the Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment, examines the impact of climate change in the Gulf of Maine - http://www.gulfofmaine.org/times. - Researchers with the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions in British Columbia have prepared discussion papers in the following eight areas of policy concern: adaptation priorities, alternative energy, cap and trade systems, forestry, health, sustainable building design, sustainable communities, and transportation - http://www.pics.uvic.ca/research.php. - A bill has been introduced in the US Congress that would amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to require the establishment of a coastal climate change adaptation planning and response program. The bill has been referred to the Committee on Natural Resources - search for HR 1905 (Bill Number) at http://thomas.loc.gov. - The US National Academies report entitled Informing Decisions in a Changing Climate concludes that scientific priorities and practices need to change so that the scientific community can provide better support to decision makers in managing emerging climate risk. It recommends six principles that all agencies should follow in supporting decision makers - http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12626. - The 13-page guide entitled Climate Literacy: The Essential Principles of Climate Science includes information on how individuals and communities can help reduce climate change and its impacts. It also defines important terms and concepts related to climate and approaches to adaptation and mitigation - http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2009/20090318_climateliteracy.html. - The Climate Change Outreach and Communications Guide was designed to provide guidance to municipalities in the US. It includes a communications overview and sections on identifying and reaching target audiences and options for communicating climate change - http://www.icleiusa.org/action-center/engaging-your-community/outreach-and-communications-guide/Outreach%20and%20Communications%20Guide.pdf. - The report of a Workshop on Collaboration Between IOC and OBIS Towards the Long-term Management, Archival and Accessibility of Ocean Biogeographic Data, held on 24-26 November 2008 in Oostende, Belgium, is available at http://www.iode.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=108&Itemid=128. - The report of the 32nd Oceans Conference: Freedom of the Seas, Passage Rights and the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention, held on 9-10 January 2008 in Singapore, is available at http://www.rsis.edu.sg/publications/conference_reports/32nd_Oceans.pdf. - The International Joint Commission (IJC) was established to prevent and resolve disputes between Canada and the USA under the 1909 Boundary Waters Treaty. The complete set of IJC reports and orders of approval from 1914 to present have been posted on a new website to recognize the 100th Anniversary of the Treaty - http://bwt.ijc.org. - The New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research (Volume 43/Number 1/February 2009) features the Proceedings of the 8th International Conference and Workshop on Lobster Biology and Management, held on 23-28 September 2007 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island - http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/Site/publish//journals/nzjmfr/2009/. - The latest Arctic sea ice data from NASA and the US National Snow and Ice Data Center show that the decade-long trend of shrinking sea ice cover is continuing. New evidence from satellite observations also shows that the ice cap is thinning as well - http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=37803. OTHER DEADLINES- 15 April is the extended deadline for submitting abstracts to the Sustainable Ocean Summit of the World Ocean Council, 16-17 June 2009 in Belfast, UK - http://www.oceancouncil.org/site/events.php. - 15 April is the deadline for submitting abstracts to 2nd DIVERSITAS Open Science Conference on Biodiversity and Society, 13-16 October 2009, Cape Town, South Africa - http://www.diversitas-osc.org. - 17 April is the deadline for submitting abstracts to the 2nd Conference on Coastal Environmental Sensing Networks, 23-24 July 2009, Boston, Massachusetts - http://www.cesn.org/events/cesn09.php. - 17 April is the deadline to register for the Conference on Rhode Island's Offshore Marine Ecosystem and the Potential Impacts of Alternative Energy Development, North Kingstown, Rhode Island, 23 April 2009 - http://seagrant.gso.uri.edu/oceansamp/events.html. - 20 April is the extended deadline for submitting abstracts to the 2009 Annual Conference of the Atlantic Canada Coastal and Estuarine Science Society (ACCESS), 13-15 May 2009, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island - http://www.cerf-access.ca. - 20 April is the deadline for submitting abstracts to the ICES Annual Science Conference 2009, 21-25 September 2009, Berlin, Germany - http://www.ices.dk/iceswork/asc/2009/index.asp. - 20 April is the deadline for submitting abstracts to MEDCOAST 09, the 9th International Conference on the Mediterranean Coastal Environment, 10-14 November 2009 in Sochi, Russia - http://www.medcoast.org.tr. - 20 April is the final deadline for submitting abstracts to the International Conference on Coastal Zone Management of River Deltas and Low Land Coastlines, 6-10 March 2010, Alexandria, Egypt - http://www.nwrc-egypt.info. - 28 April is the deadline for submitting symposium proposals to the 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 18-22 February 2010, San Diego, California - http://www.aaas.org/meetings/2010. - 30 April is the deadline for submitting abstracts to the Gulf of Maine Symposium - Advancing Ecosystem Research for the Future of the Gulf, 4-9 October 2009, St. Andrews, New Brunswick - http://www.rargom.org/Symposium2009. - 30 April is the extended deadline for submitting abstracts to CoastGIS '09, the 9th International Symposium on GIS and Computer Cartography for Coastal Zone Management, 30 September - 2 October 2009, Santa Catarina, Brazil - http://www.coastgis.com.br/index.php. - 30 April is the extended deadline for submitting abstracts to the East Asian Seas (EAS) Congress 2009, 23-27 November 2009, Manila, Philippines - http://www.pemsea.org/eascongress. - 30 April is the extended deadline for submitting abstracts to the 30th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing, 22-26 June 2009, Lethbridge, Alberta - http://www.casi.ca/canadiansymposiumremotesensing.aspx. - 30 April is the deadline for submitting abstracts to the 27th Meeting of the International Association of Sedimentologists, scheduled for 20-23 September 2009 in Alghero, Island of Sardinia, Italy - http://www.ias2009.com. - 1 May is the deadline to respond to the GeoConnections call for proposals for projects to publish location-based, or 'geospatial', data online through the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI) - http://www.geoconnections.org/en/opportunities. - 15 May is the deadline for submitting abstracts to Estuaries and Coasts in a Changing World, the 20th Biennial Conference of the Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation, 1-5 November 2009, Portland, Oregon - http://www.sgmeet.com/cerf2009/. - 15 May is the deadline for submitting abstracts to the Northeast Beaches Conference, 21-23 September 2009, Woods Hole, Massachusetts - http://www.ieca-nechapter.org/coastal2009.html. - 15 May is the deadline for submitting abstracts to the 2009 Atlantic Planners Institute Conference, 18-20 November 2009, St. John's, Newfoundland - http://www.atlanticplanners.org/events/Conferences/2009Conference/2009Conference.htm. - 15 May is the deadline to apply for the position of Executive Secretary in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO), an international organization with headquarters in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia - http://www.nafo.int/contact/frames/jobs.html. - 17 May is the deadline to apply to attend the 2009 Gordon Research Conference on Coastal Ocean Circulation, 7-12 June 2009, New London, New Hampshire - http://grc.org/programs.aspx?year=2009&program=coastal. OTHER UPCOMING CONFERENCES AND EVENTS- For a complete list of upcoming conferences and workshops, access http://aczisc.dal.ca/conf.htm. - 19-23 April 2009: 16th International Conference on Aquatic Invasive Species, Montréal, Québec - http://www.icais.org. - 26-30 April 2009: 7th International Science Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change (Open Meeting), Bonn, Germany - http://www.openmeeting2009.org. - 27-30 April 2009: ICES International Symposium on Issues Confronting the Deep Oceans - http://www.turangra.com/congressos_en/ver.php?id=9. - 5-8 May 2009: 8th GeoHab Conference on Marine Geological and Biological Habitat Mapping, Trondheim, Norway - http://geohab.org/trondheim.html. - 10-13 May 2009: Aquaculture Canada 2009, the 26th Annual Meeting of the Aquaculture Association of Canada, Nanaimo, British Columbia - http://www.aquacultureassociation.ca/ac09/welcome09.html. - 10-14 May 2009: 5th World Environmental Education Congress, Montréal, Québec - http://www.5weec.uqam.ca. - 11-14 May 2009: US Hydro 2009 Conference, Norfolk, Virginia - http://www.hypack.com/hydro09/. - 11-15 May 2009: World Ocean Conference 2009, Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia - http://www.woc2009.org. - 12-14 May 2009: Interspill 2009 Conference and Exhibition, Marseille, France - http://www.interspill.com. - 13-14 May 2009: Bay of Fundy Tidal Energy Forum, Cornwallis, Nova Scotia - http://www.oreg.ca/2009_Spring_Event.html. - 13-15 May 2009: Annual Conference of the Atlantic Canada Coastal and Estuarine Science Society (ACCESS), Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island - http://www.cerf-access.ca. - 13-15 May 2009: CARICOSTAS 2009, the 4th International Conference on Integrated Management of Coastal Areas, Santiago, Cuba - http://www.cemzc.uo.edu.cu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18&Itemid=1. - 18-21 May 2009: 6th International Multi-Purpose Reef Conference, Jeffrey's Bay, South Africa - http://www.multi-purposereef.com. - 20-23 May 2009: Conference on Changes in the Arctic Environment and the Law of the Sea, Seward (near Anchorage), Alaska - http://www.virginia.edu/colp/annual-conference.html. - 20-24 May 2009: 2nd International Marine Conservation Congress, Washington, DC - http://www.conbio.org/IMCC. - 24-27 May 2009: Joint Assembly of the American Geophysical Union, the Geological Association of Canada, the Mineralogical Association of Canada, the Canadian Geophysical Union and the International Association of Hydrologists, Toronto, Ontario - http://www.jointassembly2009.ca. - 25-29 May 2009: World Aquaculture 2009, Veracruz, Mexico - https://www.was.org/WasMeetings/meetings/Default.aspx?code=WA2009. - 26-29 May 2009: 8th Bay of Fundy Science Workshop, Wolfville, Nova Scotia - http://www.bofep.org/workshop2009.htm. - 26-30 May 2009: Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Geographers, Ottawa, Ontario - http://ocs.sfu.ca/fedcan/index.php/cag2009/cag2009. - 27-28 May 2009: 4th Annual Renewable Energy Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia - http://www.renewableenergyconference.ca/content/Renewable_Energy_Home. - 31 May - 4 June 2009: 43rd Congress of the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, Halifax, Nova Scotia - http://www.cmos.ca/Congress2009/index.htm. - 31 May - 5 June 2009: 28th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, Honolulu, Hawaii - http://www.asmeconferences.org/omae09. 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ACZISC COASTAL UPDATE - MARCH 2009 UPCOMING ACZISC MEETINGS- 13-14 May 2009: ACZISC Meeting #57, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island - 23-24 September 2009: ACZISC Meeting #58, St. John's, Newfoundland - 20-21 January 2010: ACZISC Meeting #59, Fredericton, New Brunswick - 12-13 May 2010: ACZISC Meeting #60, Halifax, Nova Scotia For information on the meetings, email the ACZISC Secretariat. COASTAL ACTIVITIES IN ATLANTIC CANADAA report of Coastal Activities in Atlantic Canada, based on discussions at ACZISC Meeting #56 held on 22-23 January 2009 in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, and the presentations made at the meeting, are available at http://aczisc.dal.ca/docs-ACZISC.htm. TRENDS IN CANADA'S ENVIRONMENTEnvironment Canada has released the fourth annual results of the Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators (CESI) Initiative. CESI is produced in partnership with Health Canada and Statistics Canada, and supported by provincial and territorial contributions. The CESI initiative provides indicators on three issues of concern: air quality, water quality and greenhouse gas emissions. Canada's performance is also compared with that of other selected countries - http://www.ec.gc.ca/indicateurs-indicators. ADAPTATION OPTIONS FOR ESTUARINE MANAGEMENTThe Climate Ready Estuaries program of the US Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a technical report entitled Synthesis of Adaptation Options for Coastal Areas. The guide provides a brief introduction to key physical impacts of climate change on estuaries and a review of on-the-ground adaptation options available to reduce vulnerability to impacts - http://www.epa.gov/climatereadyestuaries/adaptationoptions.html. OCEAN DEBRIS AND COASTAL CLEANUPSThe Ocean Conservancy report entitled A Rising Tide of Ocean Debris and What We Can Do About It presents data recorded by nearly 400,000 volunteers in 104 countries and locations during the International Coastal Cleanup, an event held yearly in September. The report documents the types and sources of debris and its impact on wildlife and connection to global climate change. It also includes recommendations for eliminating marine debris - http://www.oceanconservancy.org/site/PageServer?pagename=icc_report. STATE OF POLAR RESEARCHState of Polar Research is a statement from the International Council for Science/World Meteorological Organization Joint Committee for the International Polar Year 2007-2008. The report reviews the multidisciplinary research from IPY 2007-2008 on the effects of global warming in the polar regions and recommends priorities for future action. The findings result from more than 160 endorsed science projects from researchers in more than 60 countries - http://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/state_of_polar_research/. MORSE AND THE ARCTIC COASTAL INFORMATION NEEDSThe MORSE initiative focuses on the information needs of Arctic coastal users, with particular emphasis on coastal zone monitoring and management, which can be satisfied, in whole or in part, by Earth Observation data from satellites. March 25 is the deadline to comment on the draft MORSE User Requirements (http://www.morsearctic.net/links.php), which are based on discussions at the MORSE User Consultation Workshop held on 12-14 November 2008 in St. John's, Newfoundland. Comments should be emailed to Don Ball (don.ball@rogers.com) and Dirk Werle (dwerle@ca.inter.net). UNEP YEAR BOOK 2009The Year Book presents work in progress on scientific understanding of global environmental change and reviews possible upcoming issues, with the aim of raising awareness of the interlinkages among environmental issues. It examines new science and developments, and discusses the cumulative effects expected from degradation of ecosystems, the release of substances harmful to those ecosystems and to human health, consequences of the changing climate, the continued loss resulting from disasters and conflicts, and the overexploitation of resources - http://www.unep.org/geo/yearbook/yb2009/. STATE OF WORLD FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE 2008The FAO publication provides the most current global view and perspective on fisheries and aquaculture, including trends and statistics. It focuses on some of the aspects of fisheries and aquaculture that may receive increasing attention, including climate change and the use of marine genetic resources in areas beyond national jurisdiction. The report also highlights some of FAO's special studies - http://www.fao.org/docrep/011/i0250e/i0250e00.htm. US NGA POLICY POSITION ON OCEAN AND COASTAL MANAGEMENTThe US National Governors Association (NGA) has adopted a policy position on Ocean and Coastal Management. The policy notes a compelling national interest in ocean and coastal economic and environmental resources and calls for reauthorization of the Coastal Zone Management Act, establishment of an ocean trust fund, increased funding for state regional partnerships, creation of a national strategy for climate change adaptation, and accession to the Law of the Sea Treaty - http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.8358ec82f5b198d18a278110501010a0/?vgnextoid=2a0b9e2f1b091010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD. THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION'S OURCOASTThe OURCOAST project has been launched by the European Commission to support the exchange of experiences in coastal planning and management. It will focus on adaptation to risks and the impacts of climate change, information and communication systems, planning and land management instruments, and institutional coordination mechanisms - http://ec.europa.eu/environment/iczm/ourcoast.htm. OTHER DOCUMENTS, NEWSLETTERS AND WEB RESOURCES- The Gulf of Maine Habitat Classification Workshop: Mapping for Decision Making was held in September 2008. The Workshop goals were to facilitate communication on seafloor mapping and classification and to understand management needs for information about marine habitats. The Proceedings are available at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/council/publications/GOMC%20Habitat%20Classification%20Proceedings%201.7.09.pdf. - An article in Hydro International reviews the multi-sensor, fusion-based operational approach in the US for Integrated Ocean and Coastal Mapping (IOCM) initiatives, based on the 'map once, use many times' principle - http://www.hydro-international.com/issues/articles/id1038-Multisensor_Mapping.html. - An article in Scientific American discusses The Origin of the Ocean Floor - http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=the-origin-of-the-ocean-floor. - A Symposium on Marine Ecosystem Based Management in the Caribbean: An essential Component of Principled Ocean Governance was held on 10-12 December 2008 at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados. The final Workshop report is available at http://marineaffairsprogram.dal.ca/MAP_Projects/EBM_Symposium.php. - The Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment has developed a Canada-wide Strategy for the Management of Municipal Wastewater Effluent. The Strategy articulates the collective agreement reached by the 14 ministers of the environment in Canada to ensure regulatory clarity in managing municipal wastewater effluent under a harmonized framework - http://www.ccme.ca/ourwork/water.html?category_id=81. - The Stormwater Wet Pond and Wetland Management Guidebook, released by the US Environmental Protection Agency, describes maintenance and inspection practices for existing wet ponds and wetlands. The guide includes checklists for use during construction and routine maintenance of ponds/wetlands, and also includes a home owner pond inspection checklist - http://www.epa.gov/npdes/pubs/pondmgmtguide.pdf. - The Wetlands and Global Climate Change Conference, organized by the Association of State Wetland Managers in the US, was held on 16-18 September 2008 in Portland, Oregon. The presentations and the draft Recommendations for a National Wetlands and Climate Change Initiative, based on the Conference, are available at http://www.aswm.org/calendar/wetlands2008/index.htm. - The International Scientific Congress on Climate Change was held on 10-12 March 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The preliminary conclusions from the Congress will be developed into a synthesis report which will be provided to the participants at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP15) in December. The key findings from the Congress are available at http://climatecongress.ku.dk/newsroom. - Survival Skills for Coastal Resource Managers, an online course from NOAA's Coastal Services Centre, provides practical information about the coastal management framework, collaborative processes, and information management in the US - http://www.csc.noaa.gov/cms/cls/cmp.html. - Marine Scotland, a new management body, is being established to play a key role in managing Scotland's seas, with direct responsibility for marine science, planning, policy development, management and compliance monitoring measures. It will work with other partners with marine interests on issues such as such as marine renewables, and environmental sustainability - http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2009/02/09163825. - EUCC Coastal & MarinE-News is the international newsletter of the Coastal & Marine Union (EUCC). The No.1 2009 issue is available at http://www.eucc.net/en/news. - MPA News features international news and analysis on Marine Protected Areas. The March 2009 issue includes an article on how the global financial crisis could affect MPAs, and what practitioners are doing to prepare for it - http://depts.washington.edu/mpanews/issues.html. - The 30th annual Meeting of the Helsinki Commission, the governing body of the Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area, ended with the adoption of a plan for a holistic assessment of the environmental status of the Baltic Sea. The assessment will assist the implementation of the Baltic Sea Action Plan, which aims to drastically reduce pollution in the marine environment and restore its good ecological status by 2021 - http://www.helcom.fi/BSAP/4th/en_GB/Fourth_Stakeholder_Conference/. - Potential Effects of Seismic Energy on Fish and Shellfish: An Update Since 2003 reviews literature appearing from 2003 to February 2008 on the effects of seismic on fish and shellfish - http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/CSAS/Csas/Publications/ResDocs-DocRech/2008/2008_060_e.htm. - An ICES Cooperative Research Report on the effect of climate change on the distribution and abundance of marine species in the OSPAR Maritime Area (the North-East Atlantic) is available at http://www.ices.dk/products/cooperative.asp. - The Global Environment Fund publication entitled From Ridge to Reef - Water, Environment and, Community Security: GEF Action on transboundary water resources reviews international waters projects that have enabled countries to work collectively and, in many cases, to establish adaptive management institutions - http://www.thegef.org/interior_right.aspx?id=21584. - Developing a Management Strategy for North Carolina's Coastal Ocean, a draft report for public comment, includes recommendations to develop a comprehensive plan to protect beaches and inlets, to identify available sand resources, to create a coastal vulnerability index, and to map ocean resources - http://www.nccoastalmanagement.net/News/2009%20releases/opsc%20meetings.html. - A workbook produced for the New York City Climate Change Adaptation Task Force provides climate change projections for the City and identifies some of the potential risks to the critical infrastructure posed by climate change - http://www.nyc.gov/html/om/pdf/2009/NPCC_CRI.pdf. - New Directions in Climate Change Vulnerability, Impacts, and Adaptation Assessment is a summary of a US National Research Council workshop on the specific needs associated with the gap between the demand and supply of scientific information about climate change adaptation - http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12545. - The book entitled Coastal Wetlands - An Integrated Ecosystem Approach describes the functioning of coastal ecosystems, the ecological services that they provide, and suggestions for their management. Purchase information is available at http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/bookdescription.cws_home/716674/description. OTHER DEADLINES- 15 March is the deadline to submit abstracts to the Joint Conference of Geomatics Atlantic, the Canadian Cartographic Association and the Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives, 9-11 June 2009, Wolfville, Nova Scotia - http://www.geomaticsatlantic.com. - 15 March is the deadline for submitting abstracts to the East Asian Seas (EAS) Congress 2009, 23-27 November 2009, Manila, Philippines - http://www.pemsea.org/eascongress. - 15 March is the deadline for submitting abstracts to the Sustainable Ocean Summit of the World Ocean Council, 16-17 June 2009, Belfast, UK - http://www.oceancouncil.org/site/events.php. - 31 March is the deadline for submitting abstracts to 2nd DIVERSITAS Open Science Conference on Biodiversity and Society, 13-16 October 2009, Cape Town, South Africa - http://www.diversitas-osc.org. - 31 March is the extended deadline for submitting abstracts to the International Conference on Coastal Zone Management of River Deltas and Low Land Coastlines, 6-10 March 2010, Alexandria, Egypt - http://www.nwrc-egypt.info. - 1 April is the deadline for submitting abstracts to CARICOSTAS 2009, the 4th International Conference on Integrated Management of Coastal Areas, 13-15 May 2009, Santiago, Cuba - http://www.cemzc.uo.edu.cu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18&Itemid=1. - 14 April is the deadline for submitting letters of interest for the GEOIDE Network of Centres of Excellence call for proposals for projects that will promote the delivery of geomatics-driven results across Canada. The projects should be multidisciplinary and networked between universities, government and industry - http://www.geoide.ulaval.ca/calls_EN.html. - 20 April is the deadline for submitting abstracts to the ICES Annual Science Conference 2009, 21-25 September 2009, Berlin, Germany - http://www.ices.dk/iceswork/asc/2009/index.asp. - 20 April is the deadline for submitting abstracts to MEDCOAST 09, the 9th International Conference on the Mediterranean Coastal Environment, 10-14 November 2009 in Sochi, Russia - http://www.medcoast.org.tr. - 28 April is the deadline for submitting symposium proposals to the 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 18-22 February 2010, San Diego, California - http://www.aaas.org/meetings/2010. - 30 April is the extended deadline for submitting abstracts to CoastGIS '09, the 9th International Symposium on GIS and Computer Cartography for Coastal Zone Management, 30 September - 2 October 2009, Santa Catarina, Brazil - http://www.coastgis.com.br/index.php. - 15 May is the deadline for submitting abstracts to the Northeast Beaches Conference, 21-23 September 2009, Woods Hole, Massachusetts - http://www.ieca-nechapter.org/coastal2009.html. - 17 May is the deadline to apply to attend the 2009 Gordon Research Conference on Coastal Ocean Circulation, 7-12 June 2009, New London, New Hampshire - http://grc.org/programs.aspx?year=2009&program=coastal. OTHER UPCOMING CONFERENCES AND EVENTS- For a complete list of upcoming conferences and workshops, access http://aczisc.dal.ca/conf.htm. - 22-25 March 2009: Conference on Ecosystem Based Management (EBM): The Chesapeake Basin and Other Systems, Baltimore, Maryland - http://www.chesapeakemeetings.com/EBM/. - 22-27 March 2009: Association of American Geographers 2009 Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada - http://www.aag.org/annualmeetings/2009/index.htm. - 23-28 March 2009: Arctic Science Summit Week, Bergen, Norway, including the annual meetings of the Arctic organizations and an international symposium on 24-26 March - http://www.imr.no/assw2009. - 26-27 March 2009: Pacific North Coast Integrated Management (PNCIMA) Forum, Richmond, British Columbia - http://www.pncima.org. - 26-27 March 2009: 2nd FUDOTERAM Workshop on Bathymetric LiDAR Applications, Québec City, Québec - for information, email Bernard Long at blong@ete.inrs.ca. - 13-18 April 2009: 10th International Coastal Symposium, Lisbon, Portugal - http://e-geo.fcsh.unl.pt/ICS2009/index.html. - 19-23 April 2009: 16th International Conference on Aquatic Invasive Species, Montréal, Québec - http://www.icais.org. - 26-30 April 2009: 7th International Science Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change (Open Meeting), Bonn, Germany - http://www.openmeeting2009.org. - 27-30 April 2009: ICES International Symposium on Issues Confronting the Deep Oceans: The Economic, Scientific and Governance Challenges and Opportunities of Working in the Deep Sea, Azores, Portugal - http://www.turangra.com/congressos_en/ver.php?id=9. - 5-8 May 2009: 8th GeoHab Conference on Marine Geological and Biological Habitat Mapping, Trondheim, Norway - http://geohab.org/trondheim.html. - 10-13 May 2009: Aquaculture Canada 2009, the 26th Annual Meeting of the Aquaculture Association of Canada, Nanaimo, British Columbia - http://www.aquacultureassociation.ca/ac09/welcome09.html. - 10-14 May 2009: 5th World Environmental Education Congress, Montréal, Québec - http://www.5weec.uqam.ca. - 11-14 May 2009: US Hydro 2009 Conference, Norfolk, Virginia - http://www.hypack.com/hydro09/. - 11-15 May 2009: World Ocean Conference 2009, Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia - http://www.woc2009.org. - 12-14 May 2009: Interspill 2009 Conference and Exhibition, Marseille, France - http://www.interspill.com. - 13-14 May 2009: Bay of Fundy Tidal Energy Forum, Cornwallis, Nova Scotia - http://www.oreg.ca/2009_Spring_Event.html. - 13-15 May 2009: Annual Conference of the Atlantic Canada Coastal and Estuarine Science Society (ACCESS), Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island - http://www.cerf-access.ca. - 13-15 May 2009: CARICOSTAS 2009, the 4th International Conference on Integrated Management of Coastal Areas, Santiago, Cuba - http://www.cemzc.uo.edu.cu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18&Itemid=1. 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ACZISC COASTAL UPDATE - FEBRUARY 2009 GEOMATICS TRAINING SESSIONS FOR NGOSMapping Made Easy Training sessions are being provided to conservation and ecological community groups (and open to the public depending on space availability) at nine locations in Atlantic Canada in March. This is an initiative to build the capacity of Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) to use free online geographic information, tools and other resources. The sessions will concentrate on the importance of utilizing geomatics as an effective tool to achieve their conservation efforts and to better communicate to the public, partners and funders - http://www.coalition-sgsl.ca/news.php?news=33. UPCOMING ACZISC MEETINGS- 13-14 May 2009: ACZISC Meeting #57, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island - 23-24 September 2009: ACZISC Meeting #58, St. John's, Newfoundland - 20-21 January 2010: ACZISC Meeting #59, Fredericton, New Brunswick - 12-13 May 2010: ACZISC Meeting #60, Halifax, Nova Scotia For information on the meetings, email the ACZISC Secretariat. COASTAL ZONE CANADA 2010Mark your calendars ! The international conference Coastal Zone Canada 2010 is scheduled for 24-29 July 2010 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. The theme is Healthy Oceans - Strong Coastal Communities. The first call for papers will be issued in May. ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN NOVA SCOTIAThe Province has released the 2009 Climate Change Action Plan and Energy Strategy. The Climate Change Action Plan has two main goals: reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and preparing for changes to climate - http://climatechange.gov.ns.ca. The Energy Strategy focuses on more renewable energy and greater energy efficiency. It also encourages growth in offshore and onshore activity - http://www.gov.ns.ca/energy/energy-strategy. COMPREHENSIVE MARINE PLAN FOR PACIFIC NORTH COAST IN BCFisheries and Oceans Canada and Coastal First Nations have signed an agreement to formally work together to develop a comprehensive marine plan for the large area of British Columbia's coast known as the Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area. The intent is to establish an ecosystem-based management plan for the region, including outcomes and recommendations that provide for the long-term sustainability of resource use for future generations - http://www.pncimawatch.ca. HOW DO EBM AND EBFM RELATE?The Dec 2008 - Feb 2009 edition of Marine Ecosystems and Management (MEAM) focuses on the relationship between ecosystem-based management (EBM) in general and ecosystem-based fisheries management (EBFM) in particular - http://www.meam.net. MEAM and the EBM Tools Network are hosting a webinar on the Relationship Between EBM and EBFM on 23 February 2009 - access http://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/476515768 to register. RESPONSIBILITY TO MANAGE FINFISH AQUACULTURE IN BCIn response to legal action, the British Columbia Supreme Court has ruled that the Canadian federal government, and not the Province, has exclusive jurisdiction over the management of finfish aquaculture in the Province's coastal waters. The decision has been suspended for 12 months to allow the transfer of responsibility - http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/jdb-txt/SC/09/01/2009BCSC0136.htm. COASTAL HAZARDS RESILIENCEThe Coastal Hazards Resilience Workshop, organized by the US Northeast Regional Ocean Council, was held on 19-20 November 2008 in New London, Connecticut. The purpose of the Workshop was to better understand how the region might work collaboratively to improve its ability to withstand both severe coastal hazard events and more gradual impacts from climate change. The Workshop presentations and proceedings are available at http://community.csc.noaa.gov/nroc/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=38&Itemid=55. INFORMATION NEEDS OF ARCTIC COASTAL USERSThe MORSE initiative focuses on the information needs of Arctic coastal users, with particular emphasis on coastal zone monitoring and management, which can be satisfied, in whole or in part, by Earth Observation data from satellites. MORSE is jointly managed by the CSA and ESA. A summary of the MORSE User Consultation Workshop held on 12-14 November 2008 in St. John's, Newfoundland is available at http://www.morsearctic.net/links.php. The presentations are available at http://www.morsearctic.net/program.php. LOSS OF WETLANDS IN EASTERN UNITED STATESNOAA has released the report entitled Status and Trends of Wetlands in the Coastal Watersheds of the Eastern United States. The joint NOAA/US Fish and Wildlife study shows a loss of 59,000 acres per year in coastal watersheds of the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and Great Lakes from 1998 to 2004. The report is available at http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/habitat/habitatprotection/pdf/wetlands/WetlandsReport_012909.pdf. GLOBAL MAP OF HUMAN IMPACTS ON MARINE ECOSYSTEMSAn ecosystem-specific, multi-scale spatial model has been developed to synthesize 17 global datasets of anthropogenic drivers of ecological change for 20 marine ecosystems. The analysis indicates that no area is unaffected by human influence and that a large fraction (41%) is strongly affected by multiple drivers. However, large areas of relatively little human impact remain, particularly near the poles - http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/GlobalMarine. UNDERSTANDING AND APPLYING RISK ANALYSIS IN AQUACULTUREThe FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper describes the application of risk analysis to seven risk sectors in aquaculture production: pathogen risks, food safety and public health risks, genetic risks, ecological (pest) risks, environmental risks, financial risks and social risks -- which can lead to improved profitability and sustainability of the sector - ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/011/i0490e/i0490e.pdf. OTHER DOCUMENTS, NEWSLETTERS AND WEB RESOURCES- The buffer zones in place on Prince Edward Island since 1999 were redesigned in the fall of 2008 in the new Watercourse and Wetland Protection Regulations. A Fact Sheet summarizes the requirements for the 2008 redesign of buffer zones - http://www.gov.pe.ca/envengfor/index.php3?number=1008200. - A site in the Minas Passage area of the Bay of Fundy has been identified as the location for demonstration turbines for Nova Scotia's in-stream tidal energy project - http://gov.ns.ca/news/details.asp?id=20090122002. - The January 2009 issue of the Canadian Ocean Science newsletter includes an article on a new international research program: Integrated Research on Disaster Risk - The challenge of natural and human-induced environmental hazards - http://www.cmos.ca/scor/newsletters.htm. - The Guidance and Orientation for the Selection of Technologies website is a guide for the selection of rehabilitation technologies for contaminated sites, designed for project managers from varying departments and agencies with responsibilities related to the monitoring of Canadian federal contaminated sites - http://gost.irb-bri.cnrc-nrc.gc.ca/home.aspx. - The guide entitled Monitoring for Marine Invasive Species: Guidance and Protocols for Volunteer Monitoring Groups, prepared by the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, includes information on site selection, monitoring protocols, safety, and identification resources - http://www.mass.gov/czm/invasives/monitor/monitoringprotocol.htm. - MPA News features international news and analysis on Marine Protected Areas. The February 2009 issue is available at http://depts.washington.edu/mpanews/issues.html. - The US National Academies publication entitled Mapping the Zone: Improving Flood Map Accuracy examines the factors that affect flood map accuracy, assesses the benefits and costs of more accurate flood maps, and recommends ways to improve flood mapping, communication, and management of flood-related data - http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12573. - The recently released version of Google Earth includes expanded coverage of the world's oceans. Features include 3D images of the seafloor, videos and historical photos - http://earth.google.com/ocean. - The US Joint Ocean Commission Initiative has released the report entitled One Coast, One Future: Securing the Health of West Coast Ecosystems and Economies. The report offers guidance to local, state and federal leaders on how to improve the health of coastal ecosystems and the economies that depend on them through integrated decision making - http://www.jointoceancommission.org/resource-center/1-Reports/2009-01-15_One_Coast_One_Future.pdf. - The US EPA Cruise Ship Discharge Assessment Report assesses five primary cruise ship waste streams and, for each stream, discusses (1) the nature and volume; (2) existing federal regulations applicable; (3) environmental management; (4) potential adverse environmental impacts; (5) actions by the federal government to address the waste stream; and (6) a range of options and alternatives that address the waste stream from cruise ships - http://www.epa.gov/owow/oceans/cruise_ships/disch_assess.html. - Two bills have been recently introduced in the US Congress related to ICOM: one to establish a national policy for the oceans, to strengthen NOAA, to establish a national and regional ocean governance structure, and for other purposes - http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-21; and the other to establish a program to develop a coordinated and comprehensive federal ocean and coastal mapping plan for the Great Lakes and coastal state waters, the territorial sea, the exclusive economic zone, and the continental shelf of the US, and for other purposes - http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-365. - Recent postings related to the US Climate Change Science Program and the US Global Change Research Program include: Final Report of Synthesis and Assessment Product 4.1 "Coastal Sensitivity to Sea-Level Rise: A Focus on the Mid-Atlantic Region" and Final Report of Synthesis and Assessment Product 4.4 "Preliminary review of adaptation options for climate-sensitive ecosystems and resources" - http://www.usgcrp.gov/usgcrp/new.php. - A workshop on climate change, natural resources, and coastal management for Washington, Oregon, and California was held on 29-30 January 2009, San Francisco, California. The presentations and a video of the sessions are available at http://www.fws.gov/pacific/Climatechange/meetings/coastal.cfm. - A NASA article entitled Climate and Earth's Energy Budget describes how earth's temperature depends on how much sunlight the land, oceans, and atmosphere absorb, and how much heat the planet radiates back to space. It describes the net flow of energy through different parts of the earth system, and explains how the planetary energy budget stays in balance - http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/EnergyBalance/. - The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) are developing a new Ecosystems and Livelihoods Adaptation Network. The goal of the Network is to ensure ecosystem-based management approaches benefit from the latest science and practical experiences - http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem11371.html. - NOAA has issued final guidance on annual catch limits to prevent overfishing. The system accounts for scientific uncertainty in estimating catch limits for a stock, and calls for strong accountability measures to prevent annual catch limits from being exceeded, and to address such a situation quickly if it does occur - http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/msa2007/catchlimits.htm. DEADLINES- 15 February is the deadline for submitting abstracts to the 43rd Congress of the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS), 31 May - 4 June 2009, Halifax, Nova Scotia - http://www.cmos.ca/Congress2009/index.htm. - 16 February is the deadline for submitting abstracts to the 4th Workshop on Remote Sensing of the Coastal Zone, 18-20 June 2009, Chania (Crete), Greece - http://www.earsel.org/SIG-CZ/4th-workshop. - 20 February is the extended deadline for submitting abstracts to the 30th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing, 22-26 June 2009, Lethbridge, Alberta - http://www.casi.ca/canadiansymposiumremotesensing.aspx. - 26 February is the deadline for submitting abstracts to 94th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, 2-7 August 2009, Albuquerque, New Mexico - http://esa.org/albuquerque. - 27 February is the deadline to submit abstracts to the 22nd Annual Geomatics Atlantic Conference, scheduled for the week of June 8th at Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia - for information, email James.Boxall@dal.ca. - 27 February is the extended deadline for submitting abstracts to the 8th Bay of Fundy Science Workshop, 26-29 May 2009, Wolfville, Nova Scotia - http://www.bofep.org/workshop2009.htm. - 27 February is the deadline to register for the Canadian Information Session on Remote Sensing Applications to Fisheries, 13 March 2009, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia - http://www.geosafari.org/outreach2009.html. - 27 February is the deadline to submit letters of intent to the joint Habitat Restoration Grants Program of the Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment and the National Marine Fisheries Service's Community-based Restoration Program. The Grants Program funds projects which focus on the restoration of habitats in streams, coastal wetlands, and subtidal coastal environments - http://www.gulfofmaine.org/news/index.php. - 27 February is the deadline for submitting abstracts to Aquaculture Canada 2009, 10-13 May 2009, Nanaimo, British Columbia - http://www.aquacultureassociation.ca/ac09/welcome09.html. - 27 February is the extended deadline for submitting abstracts for working papers and posters to the 6th Coastal and Marine Tourism Congress, 23-26 June 2009, Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa - http://www.cmt2009.com. - 28 February is the deadline for submitting abstracts to CoastGIS '09, the 9th International Symposium on GIS and Computer Cartography for Coastal Zone Management, 30 September - 2 October 2009, Santa Catarina, Brazil - http://www.coastgis.com.br. - 28 February is the extended deadline for submitting abstracts to ICEC 2009, the 3rd International Conference on Estuaries & Coasts, 14-16 September 2009, Sendai, Japan - http://donko.civil.tohoku.ac.jp/icec2009/index.html. - 28 February is the deadline for nominations for the next Timothy R. Parsons Medal, established by Fisheries and Oceans Canada to recognize achievement in ocean sciences. The nominations can be for a lifetime's body of work or for a recent outstanding achievement - http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/science/award-prix/parsons/index-eng.htm. - 6 March is the extended deadline for submitting abstracts to the International Conference on Coastal Zone Management of River Deltas and Low Land Coastlines, 6-10 March 2010, Alexandria, Egypt - http://www.nwrc-egypt.info. - 15 March is the deadline for submitting abstracts to the East Asian Seas (EAS) Congress 2009, 23-27 November 2009, Manila, Philippines - http://www.pemsea.org/eascongress. - 31 March is the deadline for submissions for Volume 24 of the Ocean Yearbook of the International Ocean Institute. Topics include: 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 polar issues - http://law.dal.ca/Institutes/Marine%20&%20Environmental%20Law%20Institute/Ocean%20Yearbook/. OTHER UPCOMING CONFERENCES AND EVENTS- For a complete list of upcoming conferences and workshops, access http://aczisc.dal.ca/conf.htm. - 18-20 February 2009: National Conference on Beach Preservation Technology, St. Petersburg Beach, Florida - http://www.fsbpa.com/seminar.htm. - 19-20 February 2009: Symposium on Advances in Positioning Technologies and Applications to Mapping, College of Geographic Sciences, Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia - http://agrg.cogs.nscc.ca/CIG_Feb_19. - 20-21 February 2009: Fishermen and Scientists Research Society 16th Annual Conference, Truro, Nova Scotia - http://www.fsrs.ns.ca. - 23-24 February 2009: New Brunswick Seafood Conference, Moncton, New Brunswick - http://www.gnb.ca/9999/0010-e.asp. - 24-25 February 2009: Status, Trends, and Conservation of Eelgrass in Northeastern United States and Canada, Portland, Maine - for information, email Al Hanson (Al.Hanson@ec.gc.ca) or Hilary Neckles (HNeckles@usgs.gov). - 27 February - 1 March 2009: Adaptation and Actions - Tools for Rural Communities Facing Climate Change, Sackville, New Brunswick - http://www.eos-eco.net/whatsNew%20.html. - 2-5 March 2009: Coastal GeoTools 2009, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina - http://www.csc.noaa.gov/geotools. - 2-6 March 2009: George Wright Society Conference on Parks, Protected Areas, and Cultural Sites, Portland, Oregon - http://www.georgewright.org/gws2009.html. - 10-11 March 2009: Atlantic Climate Change Conference 2009, Halifax, Nova Scotia - http://esans.ca/events.html#accc09 - 10-12 March 2009: International Scientific Congress on Climate Change, Copenhagen, Denmark - http://climatecongress.ku.dk. - 22-27 March 2009: Association of American Geographers 2009 Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada - http://www.aag.org/annualmeetings/2009/index.htm. - 23-28 March 2009: Arctic Science Summit Week, Bergen, Norway, including the annual meetings of the Arctic organizations and an international symposium on 24-26 March - http://www.imr.no/assw2009. - 13-18 April 2009: 10th International Coastal Symposium, Lisbon, Portugal - http://e-geo.fcsh.unl.pt/ICS2009/index.html. - 19-23 April 2009: 16th International Conference on Aquatic Invasive Species, Montréal, Québec - http://www.icais.org. 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ACZISC COASTAL UPDATE - JANUARY 2009 UPCOMING ACZISC MEETINGS- 22-23 January 2009: ACZISC Meeting #56, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia - 13-14 May 2009: ACZISC Meeting #57, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island - 23-24 September 2009: ACZISC Meeting #58, St. John's, Newfoundland - 20-21 January 2010: ACZISC Meeting #59, Fredericton, New Brunswick For information on the meetings, email the ACZISC Secretariat. VALUE OF MARINE, COASTAL AND OCEAN RESOURCES OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADORThe report entitled Estimating the Value of the Marine, Coastal and Ocean Resources of Newfoundland and Labrador, produced for the 1997-1999 period, has been updated for the 2001-2004 period. The reports indicate that the economy, environment and social fabric of the Province are intrinsically linked to the Atlantic Ocean and its resources. During the 2001-2004 period, ocean related activities contributed, on average, 41.3 percent to the Province's GDP. Two industries, oil and the fishery, dominated the sector - http://www.economics.gov.nl.ca/pdf2005/oceans/NL.pdf. NOVA SCOTIA'S FISHERIES AND THE MARINE ENVIRONMENTThe report entitled Fisheries and the Marine Environment in Nova Scotia: Searching for Sustainability and Resilience highlights key ecological, socioeconomic and institutional aspects that should be monitored by government agencies and considered by decision-makers. The report, prepared by GPIAtlantic, focuses on nine "headline indicators" and covers both ecological and human aspects, including economic, social, environmental, and community perspectives - http://www.gpiatlantic.org/releases/pr_fisheries_2008.htm. CALL FOR PAPERS: 8TH BAY OF FUNDY SCIENCE WORKSHOP30 January is the deadline for submitting abstracts to the to the Workshop, scheduled for 26-29 May 2009 in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. The theme is Resource development and its implications in the Bay of Fundy and Gulf of Maine. Topics include: Tidal power; Fisheries; Aquaculture; Mining; Sustainability of coastal communities; Oil and gas; Watershed issues; Cross-border issues; Impacts on coastal wildlife; Environmental monitoring and indicators; Information management; and First Nations and community-based programs - http://www.bofep.org/workshop2009.htm. CALL FOR PAPERS: COASTGIS '0928 February is the deadline for submitting abstracts to CoastGIS '09, the 9th International Symposium on GIS and Computer Cartography for Coastal Zone Management. CoastGIS '09 is scheduled for 30 September - 2 October 2009 in Santa Catarina, Brazil. The theme is Coastal/Marine SDI Developments Globally: Advances and Tendencies Toward Collaborative Mapping - http://www.coastgis.com.br/index.php. LAUNCH OF CANADIAN HEALTHY OCEANS NETWORKThe Canadian Healthy Oceans Network (CHONe) is a partnership of 15 Canadian universities and government focused on mobilizing Canadian science capacities to respond to research challenges and knowledge gaps in frontier oceanic environments. CHONe will address a need for scientific guidelines for conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity resources. The research themes have three broad foci: Marine biodiversity; Ecosystem function; and Population connectivity - http://www.marinebiodiversity.ca/CHONe. ICZM STRATEGY FOR ENGLANDThe Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) Strategy for England has been published. The document entitled A strategy for promoting an integrated approach to the management of coastal areas in England outlines the Government's vision for the process of coastal management, objectives and future actions to achieve the vision, and briefly explains how all the changes currently underway will work together in coastal areas - http://www.defra.gov.uk/marine/environment/iczm.htm. MARITIME SPATIAL PLANNING IN THE EUThe Communication on a Roadmap for Maritime Spatial Planning: Achieving Common Principles in the EU was adopted by the Commission in November 2008. It provides information on current maritime spatial planning practices in the European Union (EU) Member States and in third countries, outlines the instruments which impact upon it and sets out key principles underpinning it. The Communication seeks to encourage a broad debate on how a common approach to maritime spatial planning can be achieved in the EU - http://ec.europa.eu/maritimeaffairs/spatial_planning_en.html. OTHER DOCUMENTS, NEWSLETTERS AND WEB RESOURCES- The New Brunswick Department of the Environment has released the New Brunswick Groundwater Chemistry Atlas. The Atlas provides information on 28 naturally occurring chemical parameters related to groundwater quality, including pH, fluoride, hardness as well as information on geology, well depth and location - http://www.gnb.ca/0009/0371/0014/index-e.asp. - True Grit: A New Vision For Healthy Beaches in Nova Scotia is a discussion document prepared by the Ecology Action Centre on Nova Scotia's beach systems and management issues - http://www.ecologyaction.ca/files/images/file/Coastal/TrueGrit.pdf. - The European Space Agency has partnered with the Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Environment and Conservation, C-CORE, and Fisheries and Oceans Canada on a project to develop and implement efficient processes to detect aquatic pollution using newly available high-resolution satellite data - http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2009/env/0113n05.htm. - Human dimensions of the ecosystem approach to fisheries: an overview of context, concepts, tools and methods (FAO Fisheries Technical Paper. No. 489) aims to provide a better understanding of the role of the economic, institutional and sociocultural components within the ecosystem approach to fisheries (EAF) process. It also examines some potential methods and approaches that may facilitate the adoption of EAF management - http://www.fao.org/docrep/010/i0163e/i0163e00.htm. - The article entitled Human dimensions of Marine Protected Areas, published in ICES Journal of Marine Science (Volume 66, Number 1), explores ten human dimensions that are basic to the acceptance and ultimate success of MPAs - http://icesjms.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/66/1/6. - The final Report of the Workshop on Fisheries Management in Marine Protected Areas, held on 2-4 June 2008 at the ICES Headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark, is available at http://www.ices.dk/reports/MHC/2008/WKFMMPA08.pdf. - The Natural Resources Information Management Toolkit has been prepared by National Land & Water Resources Audit and ANZLIC - the Spatial Information Council, which is comprised of officials from Australia and New Zealand. The Toolkit was developed to assist regional natural resources management groups discover, access, visualise and manage their data and information - http://app1.lwa.gov.au/nrim-toolkit/. - The current issue of the Coastal Society Bulletin - Volume 30 (4) 2008 - features an article on Leadership, Gender, and the Future of Coastal and Ocean Management - http://www.thecoastalsociety.org/bulletin.html. - The Global Forum (http://www.globaloceans.org) is in the process of refining its strategic program to advance the global oceans agenda, with partners, in 2009 and 2010. This is described in a memo, which also provides links to key documents - https://udel.edu/pipermail/globalforum-steering/attachments/20081222/3c9633a6/Memo-GlobalForum-Dec22-08-0001.pdf. - The International Arctic Change 2008 Conference was held on 9-12 December 2008 in Québec City, Québec. The Conference programme and abstracts are available at http://www.arctic-change2008.com. - The international forum BioMarine 2008 was held on 20-24 October 2008 in Toulon and Marseille, France. The main themes were: Maritime geopolitics; Security, pollution prevention; Oceans, environment and energy; Multimodal transport; and Life resources of the oceans. The final report of the sessions is available at http://www.biomarine.org/index.php/gb. - Version 2 of the Best Practices Guide for the Dissemination of Government Geographic Data in Canada has been issued by the Data Licensing Guide Working Group, on behalf of GeoConnections - http://www.geoconnections.org/publications/Best_practices_guide/Guide_to_Best_Practices_Summer_2008_Final_EN.pdf. - On 6 January, US President Bush issued proclamations for three new marine national monuments in the Pacific Ocean, namely the Marianas Trench, the Pacific Remote Islands, and the Rose Atoll - http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/proclamations/. OTHER DEADLINES- 15 January is the deadline for submitting posters and displays for the 16th Annual Conference of the Fishermen and Scientists Research Society, 20-21 February 2009, Truro, Nova Scotia - http://www.fsrs.ns.ca. - 15 January is the deadline for submitting abstracts to the 3rd International Conference on Estuaries & Coasts, 14-16 September 2009, Sendai, Japan - http://donko.civil.tohoku.ac.jp/icec2009/index.html. - 19 January is the deadline to provide written comments on the proposed 2009 Operational Plan for the Commission for Environmental Cooperation. The Plan sets forth cooperative actions to protect and enhance the North American environment. It is focused on: Environmental information; Environment, trade and sustainability; Pollutants and health; and Biodiversity conservation - http://www.cec.org. - 20 January is the deadline to register for a free workshop on the Status, Trends, and Conservation of Eelgrass in Northeastern United States and Canada, 24-25 February 2009, Portland, Maine - for information, email Al Hanson (Al.Hanson@ec.gc.ca) or Hilary Neckles (HNeckles@usgs.gov). - 22 January is the extended deadline for submitting abstracts to the 6th International Conference on Coastal Dynamics, 7-11 September 2009, Tokyo, Japan - http://www.coastaldynamics.org. - 30 January is the deadline for submitting abstracts to the International Conference on Coastal Zone Management of River Deltas and Low Land Coastlines, 6-10 March 2010, Alexandria, Egypt - for information, email nicoastmarine@gmail.com. - 30 January is the deadline for submitting abstracts to the "30th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing, 22-26 June 2009, Lethbridge, Alberta - http://www.casi.ca/canadiansymposiumremotesensing.aspx. - 30 January is the deadline for submitting applications for the position of Assistant Professor with the Marine Affairs Program of Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia - http://marineaffairsprogram.dal.ca/Positions_Available/. - 30 January is the deadline for submitting applications for a three year PhD studentship or a three year postdoctoral position on Adaptive Co-Management as a model for participatory governance in planning for climate change in the coastal zone. The successful candidates will be based in the Coastal and Marine Resources Centre, University College Cork, Ireland - http://cmrc.ucc.ie. - 31 January is the deadline for submitting abstracts to the 3rd GLOBEC Open Science Meeting, 22-26 June 2009, Victoria, British Columbia - https://www.confmanager.com/main.cfm?cid=1345&nid=9839. - 6 February is the deadline for submitting abstracts to the 8th annual GeoHab (Geological and Biological Habitat Mapping) Conference, 5-8 May 2009, Trondheim, Norway - http://geohab.org/trondheim.html. - 15 February is the deadline for submitting abstracts to the 43rd Congress of the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS), 31 May - 4 June 2009, Halifax, Nova Scotia - http://www.cmos.ca/Congress2009/index.htm. - 16 February is the deadline for submitting abstracts to the 4th Workshop on Remote Sensing of the Coastal Zone, 18-20 June 2009, Chania (Crete), Greece - http://www.earsel.org/SIG-CZ/4th-workshop. - 20 February is the deadline for submitting abstracts for working papers and posters to the 6th Coastal and Marine Tourism Congress, 23-26 June 2009, Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa - http://www.cmt2009.com. - 26 February is the deadline for submitting abstracts to 94th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, 2-7 August 2009, Albuquerque, New Mexico - http://esa.org/albuquerque. - 27 February is the deadline for submitting abstracts to Aquaculture Canada 2009, 10-13 May 2009, Nanaimo, British Columbia - http://www.aquacultureassociation.ca/ac09/welcome09.html. - 31 March is the deadline for submissions for Volume 24 of the Ocean Yearbook of the International Ocean Institute. Topics include: 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 polar issues - http://law.dal.ca/Institutes/Marine%20&%20Environmental%20Law%20Institute/Ocean%20Yearbook/. OTHER UPCOMING CONFERENCES AND EVENTS- For a complete list of upcoming conferences and workshops, access http://aczisc.dal.ca/conf.htm. - 25-30 January 2009: ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting 2009, Nice, France - http://www.aslo.org/nice2009. - 1-5 February 2009: 3rd International Conference in Ocean Engineering, Madras, Chennai, India - http://www.oec.iitm.ac.in/icoe2009/index.html. - 2-5 February 2009: 5th International Conference on Remediation of Contaminated Sediments, Jacksonville, Florida - http://www.battelle.org/Conferences/sediments/index.aspx. - 8-11 February 2009: Puget Sound Georgia Basin Ecosystem Conference, Seattle, Washington - http://www.psgbconference.org. - 11 February 2009: Ocean's Connections Conference 2009 on Local Coastal Zone Management, Guysborough, Nova Scotia - http://www.oceanconnections.ca. - 12-16 February 2009: Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Chicago, Illinois - http://www.aaas.org/meetings/2009. - 18-20 February 2009: National Conference on Beach Preservation Technology, St. Petersburg Beach, Florida - http://www.fsbpa.com/seminar.htm. - 20-21 February 2009: Fishermen and Scientists Research Society 16th Annual Conference, Truro, Nova Scotia - http://www.fsrs.ns.ca. - 24-25 February 2009: Status, Trends, and Conservation of Eelgrass in Northeastern United States and Canada, Portland, Maine - for information, email Al Hanson (Al.Hanson@ec.gc.ca) or Hilary Neckles (HNeckles@usgs.gov). - 2-5 March 2009: Coastal GeoTools 2009, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina - http://www.csc.noaa.gov/geotools. - 2-6 March 2009: George Wright Society Conference on Parks, Protected Areas, and Cultural Sites, Portland, Oregon - http://www.georgewright.org/gws2009.html. - 10-12 March 2009: International Scientific Congress on Climate Change, Copenhagen, Denmark - http://climatecongress.ku.dk. - 22-27 March 2009: Association of American Geographers 2009 Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada - http://www.aag.org/annualmeetings/2009/index.htm. - 23-28 March 2009: Arctic Science Summit Week, Bergen, Norway, including the annual meetings of the Arctic organizations and an international symposium on 24-26 March - http://www.imr.no/assw2009. - 13-18 April 2009: 10th International Coastal Symposium, Lisbon, Portugal - http://e-geo.fcsh.unl.pt/ICS2009/index.html. - 19-23 April 2009: 16th International Conference on Aquatic Invasive Species, Montréal, Québec - http://www.icais.org. - 26-30 April 2009: 7th International Science Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change (Open Meeting), Bonn, Germany - http://www.openmeeting2009.org. 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