…for the sake of those who use it Ocean observing sounds like something we’d all like to do – from the comfort of a beach chair on a sunny summer afternoon. But for the scientists at the Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems (NERACOOS), ocean observing is serious business. They are responsible...
People are eating more fish than ever before, and our population worldwide keeps increasing. Where we will find all the fish needed to satisfy this demand? What sort of fish should they be?
In the footsteps of aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart, anthropologist Margaret Mead, primatologist Jane Goodall, oceanographer Sylvia Earle, and 14 other illustrious women, Dr. Susan Shaw, Director of the Marine Environmental Research Institute (MERI) will become the 2011 recipient of the Society of Woman Geographers most prestigious award – The Gold Medal. The society,...
A year after the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, marine toxicologist Dr. Susan Shaw, founder and director of the Marine Environmental Research Institute (MERI) in Blue Hill, Maine, returned to inspect the region and found oil everywhere, just six inches under the deceptively clean sand on beaches, along with evidence of...
Nearly 40 years ago, Thailand recognized a problem: many nearshore fisheries habitats were being endangered by destructive fishing practices that destroyed the mangroves. When commercial shrimp farming was introduced in Asian countries to provide an economic opportunity for export, Thai officials realized that farming could further decimate the habitat and the mangrove forests, since...
By Lee Bumsted The Census of Marine Life was the focal point for the Ocean Literacy Summit, held at the University of New Hampshire in Durham on November 12. The conference brought together 150 scientists and educators from several states. It was the third biennial summit hosted by the New England Ocean Science Education...
