On behalf of its partners, the Northeast Regional Ocean Council is pleased to announce the launch of the Northeast Ocean Data Portal –www.northeastoceandata.org. The data, map viewer, and other tools included with the Northeast Ocean Data Portal are the result of over a year’s worth of extensive effort of multiple organizations with data development experience […]
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Lab member Eric Van Arsdale, Brown Environmental Fellow and Brown University Class of 2011, published an opinion piece in The Cape Cod Times last week on the causes and consequences of salt marsh die-off in the region. Well done, Eric!
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Prof. Leslie published an op-ed on the new ocean policy and the prospects for New England ecosystem-based management in The Providence Journal. For a PDF version of the print article, click here.
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The Nature Conservancy recently released its NW Atlantic Marine Ecoregional Assessment’s Phase I report. Heather Leslie was one of three external scientist engaged in the process, along with Peter Auster of University of Connecticut and Les Kaufman of Boston University. TNC is currently working on Phase II of the assessment, which involves setting priorities for […]
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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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