Jane Lubchenco and Nancy Sutley published a Science Policy Forum on the need for a US national ocean policy, as proposed by the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force. They highlight the need for ecosystem-based management, and particularly more coordinated governance and management institutions, in order to help prevent future disaster like the Gulf oil spill.
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View NOAA Administrator Dr. Jane Lubchenco’s May 17th, 2010 interview on the PBS Newshour, regarding NOAA’s response to the spill and the science behind it. Also, read Lubchenco and Petes 2010, a recent article in Oceanography on how new interdisciplinary approaches (including ecosystem-based management), tools, and insights that offer hope for recovering the bounty and beauty of […]
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Leslie Lab postdoc Sheila Walsh discusses her research on the interactions between conservation and development in the Pacific Islands: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120536304.
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Sarah Corman, a student in the joint Brown-MBL Program and member of the Leslie Lab, recently received a graduate research fellowship from the National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERRS) Program. She proposes to use latitudinal variation in salt marsh ecosystems to help forecast responses of components of these vital coastal ecosystems to climate change. Congratulations, Sarah!
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On December 10, 2009, NOAA released the draft NOAA Catch Share Policy. The draft policy encourages and supports the evaluation of catch share programs as authorized under the Magnuson-Stevens Act. The draft policy is the result of months of careful consideration by the agency, which received input from the NOAA Catch Share Task Force and from a range of […]
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Prof. Leslie provided public comment to the U.S. Ocean Policy Task Force during their ‘East Coast’ public meeting, held last month in Providence, Rhode Island. Her comments focused on the importance of building on the local and state-level innovations in ecosystem-based management already underway, and in ensuring that marine spatial planning proceeds in a way […]
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