Marine Science & Planning
Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) continues to be used to analyse existing and future human activities in the ocean and allocate space for multiple objectives – ecological, economic and socio-cultural. MSP is a public process specified through a political process, with …
3rd MSP Special Paper Session – 43rd Annual Meeting PSG Read More »
MaPP sub-regional and regional plans were completed in April 2015. For a copy of the plans, please visit the MaPP website.
Pacific Rim Conservation is offering a $10,000 reward to whomever has information leading to the arrest of the individuals responsible for killing 3, and possibly 15 adult albatrosses and smashing 15 eggs at Kaena Point earlier this week. This happened …
Reward for Information! Dead and missing albatross at Kaena Point, Hawaii Read More »
David Pereksta (BOEM) and Jo Smith (TNC Canada) will be co-chairing the 3rd Marine Spatial Planning Session in Feb 2016 at the Pacific Seabird Group’s 43rd Annual Meeting. Invited and contributed papers will be featuring new science, tools, and techniques …
Join Open Channels and found members for the first community listserv for ocean planners. The listserv is designed to help members discuss marine spatial planning projects, share ideas and solve problems, and develop new tools or techniques to inform MSP …
Public review period open for sub-regional plans. Visit the MaPP website for more details. Use the MaPP SeaSketch marine planning portal to view marine plans, 250+ data layers, and submit comments.
The Marine Planning Partnership for the North Pacific Coast was well represented at the Salish Sea Conference 2014. Zoning, marine protected areas, marine protected area networks and EBM indicators were presented and discussed.
Coastal Zone Canada 2014 conference in Halifax – a great place to meet marine colleagues and discuss innovative research and policy for coastal and marine planning.
A special paper session “Seabirds and Marine Spatial Planning” is this Friday 22 Feb from 10 AM to 5 PM at the Hilton Downtown in the Broadway ballroom.
The Bulkley Valley Research Centre has published the proceedings of its “Adding It All Up” conference, Nov 2012. Check out their website for information.
All-day session on Seabirds and Marine Spatial Planning! Hear great talks on US, Canadian and North Sea policy, Important Bird Areas, resolving spatial conflicts, new tools to characterise seabird distributions, seabird indicators, and more. Session is 22 Feb 2013 in Portland OR. See Pacific Seabird Group website.
Marine protected areas in Washington state were assessed for conservation management status from 2009-2012. This on-going project advances our understanding of how to conduct marine gap analyses and encourages dialogue regarding the statement that 1% of the oceans are protected.
I am very interested in the science of island restoration, particularly in the role of seabirds on island ecosystems and the change in plant communities with and without predator pressure. My research has contributed to the science of island restoration in Canada, USA, Chile and tropical Pacific.
An important aspect of my work is to bring the best available science to marine policy and regulation. Working with federal, provincial and state agencies, as well as First Nations, Treaty Tribes and stakeholders, I have assisted with developing new fisheries regulations, produced species at risk assessments and recovery plans, and influenced federal policies for removing avian predators.
I have studied aspects of marine and coastal ecosystems since 1997. For six years, I worked in Haida Gwaii and conducted long-term studies for seabird, marine mammals and marine ecosystem process. Research on an endemic petrel in Chile highlighted the foraging habitats used by breeding birds and potential overlap with local fisheries.
My research includes the island ecosystems that support marine species like seabirds, and has addressed questions related to introduced species, the role of seabirds on islands, and the unique plant communities that occur on seabird colonies.
From Haida Gwaii to Vancouver Island, I have studied seabirds breeding on their colonies and at-sea. Using field observations, at-sea surveys, banding studies, data loggers and remote sensing data, this research has contributed to our understanding of the effects of short-term oceanic variability, and the role of seabirds in marine ecosystems.
This research was the first of its kind to study the provisioning strategy of the Juan Fernández Petrels during breeding, a medium-sized gadlfy petrel endemic to Isla Alejandro Selkirk, Chile.
From Haida Gwaii to Vancouver Island, I have studied ancient murrelets and other alcids in their breeding locations and at-sea. These studies support questions related to nest site fidelity, oceanic variability, introduced predators, life history, and fisheries bycatch.
I have worked with government agencies, fishermen, and the at-sea observer programs to assess rates, develop observer materials, write national policy and develop new regulations to reduce the incidental catch of seabirds in commercial fisheries.
Educational outreach is an important component of reducing the incidental catch of seabirds in commercial fisheries. Beginning in 2002, two seabird identification guides were developed with a retired commercial fishermen to inform the fishery about birds most at risk of being caught in gillnets or demersal longline.
Plastic consumption in seabirds is gaining increasing attention as spatial documentation, chick mortalities and concerns about toxins increase in the scientific and environmental communities.
I have worked with government agencies and non-governmental agencies in Canada and the USA to develop, revise or inform long-term monitoring programs for seabirds, other marine species, and terrestrial ecosystems.
Common mergansers and other birds forage on the Columbia River and consume salmon smolts. I studied the habitat selection and foraging behaviour of common mergansers on two reservoirs of the mid-Columbia River to support the Chelan County Public Utility in their assessment of avian predation and salmon survival.
I am very interested in the science of island restoration, particularly in the role of seabirds on island ecosystems and the change in plant communities with and without predator pressure. My research has contributed to the science of island restoration in Canada, USA, Chile and tropical Pacific.
The albatrosses and shearwaters are most at risk in BC from incidental longline mortality. I have worked with government agencies to document threats to marine birds and quantify these threats for species at risk or candidate species.
Marine planning in the North Coast of BC is using an ecosystem-based management framework to support the development of marine use plans for the waters between north Vancouver Island and Haida Gwaii.
Since 2008, I have supported public marine and coastal planning processes in Canada and the United States. I am currently the Science Coordinator for the Marine Planning Partnership for the North Pacific Coast (MaPP), a co-led partnership between the BC Provincial government and 20 coastal First Nations.
A 9,000 km voyage from the Galapagos Islands to Vancouver Island, BC presented a unique opportunity to collect a remarkable dataset from 0° to 48° N. Seabirds data were combined with remote sensing data to describe the distinct marine bird communities along this unusual ocean transect.
For three years, I worked in Washington state to spearhead The Nature Conservancy’s first ever marine spatial planning initiative. Our marine team worked to build local community and tribal support to advance multi-objective planning for conservation, renewable energy and fisheries.
On many seabird colonies, there are introduced predators. My research has included studying the effects of introduced species on nesting seabirds as well as the effect of introduced herbivores, like deer, on island ecosystems.
I am an expert in the foraging ecology and breeding biology of marine birds, in particular alcids and gadfly petrels. My research has taken me to remote islands off the British Columbia coast, the Galápagos Islands, and to the Robinson Crusoe Islands in Chile.
Since 1987, I have studied birds at sea and on their breeding colonies. Using a combination of field observations, long-term banding, bird-borne data loggers and remote sensing data, my research has answered questions related to life history tradeoffs, response to oceanographic conditions, identification of key foraging habitats, and the spatial-temporal overlap with commercial fisheries.
