Showing posts with label fisheries. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fisheries. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Two new web videos by Sea Studios
Dr. Sumaila, director of the Fisheries Economics Research Unit at the University of British Columbia Fishery Center, talks about overfishing, its impact on the Ghanaian economy, and the global ramifications of a fish shortage in Africa.
Captain Charles Moore, founder of the Algalita Research Institute, highlights some of the problems of plastic contamination.
Monday, August 6, 2007
Bronwen’s Road
July 29, 2007. Desert outside Swakopmund, Namibia.
When Namibia first gained its independence in 1990, the newly established fisheries Ministry had inherited a series of difficult challenges. For years, foreign fishers had been exploiting the rich fisheries off the coast with reckless abandon, ultimately depleting the stocks to devastating proportions. The Ministry set out a series of bold strategies to improve the stocks. Its ideas were progressive, science-based and testament to the spirit of the country's new constitution where sustainable use of resources is a cornerstone.
When Bronwen first arrived at the Ministry of Fisheries, her career path was clearly charted . . .
. . . she set out to study the near shore ecosystem, with a singular focus . . .
. . . but soon after her arrival, when she first learned of the hydrogen sulfide explosions, she veered off her immediate course, took a road less traveled and helped to address a mystery that many suspect needs to be considered in fisheries management -- the sulfide eruptions.
When Namibia first gained its independence in 1990, the newly established fisheries Ministry had inherited a series of difficult challenges. For years, foreign fishers had been exploiting the rich fisheries off the coast with reckless abandon, ultimately depleting the stocks to devastating proportions. The Ministry set out a series of bold strategies to improve the stocks. Its ideas were progressive, science-based and testament to the spirit of the country's new constitution where sustainable use of resources is a cornerstone.
When Bronwen first arrived at the Ministry of Fisheries, her career path was clearly charted . . . 
. . . she set out to study the near shore ecosystem, with a singular focus . . . 
. . . but soon after her arrival, when she first learned of the hydrogen sulfide explosions, she veered off her immediate course, took a road less traveled and helped to address a mystery that many suspect needs to be considered in fisheries management -- the sulfide eruptions.
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