The Skimmer/MEAM Archives

October - November 2013 (7:2)

• Ocean Health Index to release first regional scores

• Are ecosystem services valuations actually being used in policy-making?

• Notes & News: New Zealand - Cultural ecosystem services - Ocean acidification management options - Impact of rising ocean temperatures - Ocean planning handbook - Ocean zoning

August - September 2013 (7:1)

• Letter to the Editor: Marine conservation and sustainable food production are on a collision course

• Why fisheries management without spatial considerations is ineffective: Interview with John Caddy

• Integrated land-and-sea management, Part 2: Reconciling different management priorities within Gwaii Haanas, Canada

• Tundi's Take: Engagement of citizens in research may be a pain for scientists, but citizen science holds many benefits

• The EBM Toolbox: Coastal and marine citizen science projects

• Project aims to guide EU monitoring and implementation of spatially managed areas

• Notes & News: Timor-Leste - Biodiversity offsets - Rhode Island MSP - Payments for ecosystem services

June - July 2013 (6:6)

• Integrated land-and-sea management: Examining three cases where marine practitioners are looking upstream

• Tundi's Take: Acknowledge the land-sea connection, even if it takes you from your comfort zone as a marine manager

• Preparing data and maps for a regional MSP process: Interview with Nick Napoli

• Global Ocean Commission: "Need to act swiftly" on high seas governance

• Notes & News: Red List for Ecosystems - PNCIMA - Arctic strategy - Ocean Frontiers - Community-based fisheries management

• The EBM Toolbox: "In-the-water" tools for MSP

April - May 2013 (6:5)

• Can Any and All Marine Activities Be Compatible with EBM, or Are There Limits? Experts Respond

• Tundi’s Take: We must consider not only what we take out of the sea, but also what we put into it

• Notes & News: US ocean plan - Climate adaptation strategy - Global MPA coverage - Spatial conservation priorities - Blue carbon - ABNJ - Risk management and EBM - Triple-bottom-line outcomes - Marine ecosystem services

• The EBM Toolbox: So many tools! How do I choose?

February - March 2013 (6:4)

• Communications and Marine Spatial Planning: Engaging Stakeholders and Building Public Support

• The EBM Toolbox: Finding the right tool(s) to assess coastal climate change vulnerability and to plan for adaptation

• Tundi’s Take: Ecosystem Assessments - Telling it like it is

• Ecosystem-Based Arguments to Expand Boundaries of Two MPAs

• Notes & News: MSP guide - MSP in EU - Mediterranean - Reversing declines in ocean health

December 2012 - January 2013 (6:3)

• The Links between Urban and Marine Ecosystems: Balancing the Sustainability of Coastal Cities and Their Adjacent Seas

• Tundi’s Take: Gray Alongside Blue May Get Us the New Green

• Updates on US coastal and marine spatial planning

• Maximizing the Value of Offshore Space by Co-Locating Aquaculture and Wind Farms: An Interview with Bela Buck

• Notes & News: MSP tools survey - North Sea - Mangroves - Fishery closures

• The EBM Toolbox: Citizen Science for EBM, Part 1

October - November 2012 (6:2)

• Notes & News: Ireland releases integrated marine plan - Report on theory and practice of MSP - FAO guidelines for responsible recreational fisheries

• Organization Spotlight: OceanElders, a Catalyst for Ocean Conservation

• Tundi's Take: How Objectives-Oriented EBM Propels Us Away from Static, Formulaic Marine Management

• The EBM Toolbox: Funding for Tool Development

• "Turning the Dials" in the Direction of Progress: Reflecting on the Largest Study of Marine EBM in Practice

August - September 2012 (6:1)

• In US, Marine Spatial Planning Process Enters Regional Phase; Federal Role Is Reduced from Original Plans

• Tundi’s Take: Circling Back to Hawaiian EBM

• Perspective: Fisheries Research Needs to Change Course

• Perspective: In the Coral Triangle Initiative, Is Support Filtering Down to MPAs and Local Practitioners?

• Notes & News: Ocean Health Index - EBM case studies - EU marine spatial planning - Shifting baselines - UN Oceans Compact

• EBM Toolbox: Six Field-tested Tools for Comprehensive Marine Spatial Planning and MPAs

April - May 2012 (5:5)

• A game to help stakeholders explore trade-offs in marine spatial planning

June - July 2012 (5:6)

• Launching Soon: New Online Forum for Ocean Planning

• Serious Fun: Using Games to Advance Coastal and Marine Management

• SimIsle: A Mainstream Computer Game that Introduced the Public to Coastal Management Concepts

• Letters to the Editor: On Streamlined Permitting and Points of No Return

• Tundi's Take: My "Desert Island" Publications on Marine EBM

• Crafting an Argument for Ocean Planning? Consider How Aristotle Would Do It

• Notes & News: Marine spatial planning - Forage fish - Mesoamerican Reef - Valuing ecosystem services - Responsible coastal tourism - Preventing further harm to oceans