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OCEAN ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCES
OCEAN ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCES
Pages 7-18
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, and the Fur Seal Act. Consequently, to provide effective protection, it is necessary to determine the effects of low-frequency sound on marine mammals and to assess accurately the impact and contributions of the various human activities producing such sounds.
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The OSB formed the Committee on Fisheries in 1992 to review alternative fisheries management approaches and to identify and analyze strategic-level priority issues concerned with: · science, · criteria for public-sector performance in fishery management and conservation, · fishery policy, and · policy implementation. 3 - L 8 The committee gathered information about critical fisheries issues from panels of interest groups including fecleral agency representatives, congressional staff, fisheries managers, fishing industry representatives, and environmental organizations in the mid-AtIantic anti the Gulf of Mexico regions.
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It is not surprising that Atlantic bluefin tuna are prized commercial and recreational catches worldwide. Although international management began in 1966 with the signing of the International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas TOCCATA, it did not prevent the significant decline in abundance of Atlantic bluefin tuna when comparing the mid-1970s levels to current levels.
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Improve the linkage between coastal ocean science arm policy. Coastal science and coastal zone management often proceed independently, with little opportunity for mutually beneficial interactions.
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Recent widespread but inadequately understood changes in the biological diversity of life in the sea have been attributed largely to the effects of human activities such as fishing, chemical pollution and eutrophication, physical alterations to habitats, and introduction of foreign species. The report, Ur~erstand~ng Marine Biodiversity: A Research Agenda for the Nation, outlines a detailed and ambitious research plan for filling the gaps in our knowledge and making real progress towards being able to predict the magnitude and extent of human impacts on marine biodiversity.
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The committee issued a report, Applications of Analytical Chemistry to Oceanic Carbon Cycle Studies, in late 1993. The report identifies stateof-the-art measurement technologies of promise for use in ocean science and discusses technical hurdles, opportunities, and the role that government and academia can play in overcoming the non-technical barriers to successful research, development, and transfer of these technologies to the ocean science community.
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This project was formulated as a "fast-track" study, carried out over a period of four months. The committee analyzed written agency and academic science plans and program reviews to determine how their science contributes to addressing the coastal issues identified by CENR.
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experiment as a follow-on to the report completed by the recent OSB Committee on Low-Frequency Sound anti Marine Mammals. The NRC report Low-Frequency Sound arm Marine Mammals recommended research to improve our knowledge in this subject area.
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This report provided NOAA with information and recommendations pertaining to stock assessments of AtIantic bluefin tuna that were useful to NOAA in preparation for the 1994 TCCAT meetings. The report recommendations had a significant impact propelling ICCAT to account for transatlantic mixing in their management decisions.
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Ocean scientists have become increasingly concerned about whether the budgets for planned and future science programs can support the operating costs for the vessels that may be available and whether platform and instrument availability will match research needs. The long-term need for arctic research vessels is unknown because little long-range planning for arctic science has been conducted.
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