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Upstream solutions to coral reef conservation: The payoffs of smart and cooperative decision-making

Submitted by nwehner on January 18, 2017 - 11:01am

For the week of 16 January 2017

Greetings OpenChannels Community Members,

The Journal of Environmental Management has published a new paper, Upstream solutions to coral reef conservation: The payoffs of smart and cooperative decision-making. The authors "use a spatially explicit predictive model (InVEST-SDR) that quantifies change in sediment reaching the coast for evaluating the costs and benefits of alternative threat-abatement scenarios. We specifically use the model to examine trade-offs among possible agricultural road repair management actions (water bars to divert runoff and gravel to protect the road surface) across the landscape in West Maui, Hawaii, USA."

As always, if we've missed anything, please feel free to let me know. You may simply reply to this message, or you may email me directly at nwehner [at] openchannels.org.

Happy reading,
-Nick Wehner, OpenChannels Project Manager

Targeting Abundant Fish Stocks while Avoiding Overfished Species

Submitted by nwehner on January 11, 2017 - 9:54am

For the week of 09 January 2017

Greetings OpenChannels Community Members,

PLOS ONE has published a new paper, Targeting Abundant Fish Stocks while Avoiding Overfished Species: Video and Fishing Surveys to Inform Management after Long-Term Fishery Closures. The authors "designed a camera system to evaluate fishes in coastal habitats and used experimental gear and fishing techniques paired with video surveys to determine if abundant species could be caught in rocky habitats with minimal catches of co-occurring rebuilding species."

As always, if we've missed anything, please feel free to let me know. You may simply reply to this message, or you may email me directly at nwehner [at] openchannels.org.

Happy reading,
-Nick Wehner, OpenChannels Project Manager

A Global Estimate of Seafood Consumption by Coastal Indigenous Peoples

Submitted by nwehner on January 4, 2017 - 8:45am

For the weeks of 26 December 2016 & 2 January 2017

Greetings OpenChannels Community Members,

PLOS ONE has published a new paper, A Global Estimate of Seafood Consumption by Coastal Indigenous Peoples. The authors note their "results reflect the crucial role of seafood for these communities; on average, consumption per capita is 15 times higher than non-Indigenous country populations."

As always, if we've missed anything, please feel free to let me know. You may simply reply to this message, or you may email me directly at nwehner [at] openchannels.org.

Happy reading,
-Nick Wehner, OpenChannels Project Manager

Advances in monitoring the human dimension of natural resource systems: an example from the Great Barrier Reef

Submitted by nwehner on December 21, 2016 - 8:15am

For the week of 19 December 2016

Greetings OpenChannels Community Members,

Environmental Research Letters has published a new paper, Advances in monitoring the human dimension of natural resource systems: an example from the Great Barrier Reef. This paper covers the GBR's social and economic long term monitoring program (SELTMP), which is based on the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment.

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Happy holidays and happy reading,
-Nick Wehner, OpenChannels Project Manager

Valuing biodiversity and ecosystem services: a useful way to manage and conserve marine resources?

Submitted by nwehner on December 14, 2016 - 9:53am

For the week of 12 December 2016

Greetings OpenChannels Community Members,

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences has published a new paper, Valuing biodiversity and ecosystem services: a useful way to manage and conserve marine resources?The authors examined ES valuation in "the tropical Pacific, Southern Ocean and UK coastal seas" for which they recommend embedding "valuation within existing management structures, rather than treating it as an alternative or additional mechanism."

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Happy reading,
-Nick Wehner, OpenChannels Project Manager

Five key attributes can increase marine protected areas performance for small-scale fisheries management

Submitted by nwehner on December 7, 2016 - 9:37am

For the week of 05 December 2016

Greetings OpenChannels Community Members,

Scientific Reports has published a new paper, Five key attributes can increase marine protected areas performance for small-scale fisheries management. The authors write they "show that fish stocks are healthier, fishermen incomes are higher and the social acceptance of management practices is fostered if five attributes are present (i.e. high MPA enforcement, presence of a management plan, fishermen engagement in MPA management, fishermen representative in the MPA board, and promotion of sustainable fishing)."

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Happy reading,
-Nick Wehner, OpenChannels Project Manager

Perspectives on the use (and misuse) of science and scientific advice in marine spatial planning

Submitted by nwehner on November 30, 2016 - 9:24am

For the week of 28 November 2016

Greetings OpenChannels Community Members,

ICES has published a new report, Multidisciplinary perspectives in the use (and misuse) of science and scientific advice in marine spatial planning. The report "covers contributions made and feedback from the joint ICES/PICES theme session of the same name at the 2012 Annual Science Conference in Bergen, Norway."

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Happy reading,
-Nick Wehner, OpenChannels Project Manager

Large-scale coral reef restoration could assist natural recovery in Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Submitted by nwehner on November 23, 2016 - 9:26am

For the week of 21 November 2016

Greetings OpenChannels Community Members,

Nature Conservation has published, Large-scale coral reef restoration could assist natural recovery in Seychelles, Indian Ocean. The authors examined nearly 25,000 coral transplants over a three-year span, concluding that their study "supports the application of large-scale, science-based coral reef restoration projects with at least a 3-year time scale to assist the recovery of damaged reefs."

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Happy reading,
-Nick Wehner, OpenChannels Project Manager

Projected change in global fisheries revenues under climate change

Submitted by nwehner on November 16, 2016 - 8:44am

For the week of 14 November 2016

Greetings OpenChannels Community Members,

Scientific Reports has published, Projected change in global fisheries revenues under climate change. The authors note "using climate-living marine resources simulation models, we show that global fisheries revenues could drop by 35% more than the projected decrease in catches by the 2050 s under high CO2 emission scenarios."

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Happy reading,
-Nick Wehner, OpenChannels Project Manager

Non-Market Values in a Cost-Benefit World: Evidence from a Choice Experiment

Submitted by nwehner on November 9, 2016 - 9:14am

For the week of 7 November 2016

Greetings OpenChannels Community Members,

PLOS ONE has published, Non-Market Values in a Cost-Benefit World: Evidence from a Choice Experiment. The authors utlized a "discrete choice experiment among New Zealand decision makers ... [manipulating] ... the information presented to participants. We find that providing explicit monetary information strengthens the pursuit of economic benefits as well as the avoidance of environmental damage. Cultural impacts, of which we provided only qualitative descriptions, did not affect respondents’ choices."

As always, if we've missed anything, please feel free to let me know. You may simply reply to this message, or you may email me directly at nwehner [at] openchannels.org.

Happy reading,
-Nick Wehner, OpenChannels Project Manager

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