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Understanding sustainable seafood consumption behavior: an examination of the Ocean Wise (OW) initiative in British Columbia

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2016
Sustainable seafood labeling programs have been developed as one of several efforts to address the current dire trends in fish stocks. The Ocean Wise (OW) program, started at the Vancouver Aquarium (Canada), works with restaurateurs and suppliers to ...
Katherine M. Dolmage   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

How Are Australian Local Governments Responding to the Homelessness Crisis? Findings From a National Study

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Australian local governments are facing intensifying pressures to respond to worsening visible homelessness. This paper presents one of the first national studies on how local governments are responding to these pressures, and the first since the onset of the post‐pandemic housing crisis.
Andrew Clarke   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Marine fisheries monitoring programmes in South Africa

open access: yesSouth African Journal of Science, 2009
South Africa was an early leader in multidisciplinary studies of marine resources, particularly with the Benguela Ecology Programme in the 1980s and 1990s and catch records are available for some species dating back more than a century.
L. Hutchings   +13 more
doaj  

Sub-watershed prioritization in Greater Andaman through morphometric insights

open access: yesWater Science
Water resource management is crucial for addressing water scarcity and climate change issues worldwide, driven by population growth. Watershed prioritization has gained significant importance in water resource management.
Thambidurai P.   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

What is coastal climate? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Historical definitions of what determines whether one lives in a coastal area or not have varied over time. According to Culliton (1998), a “coastal county” is defined as a county with at least 15% of its total land area located within a nation’s coastal
Gibney, Ethan   +3 more
core  

THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE COAST TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA ECONOMY [PDF]

open access: yes
The South Carolina counties classified as coastal are Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Georgetown, Horry and Jasper. These eight counties comprise the coastal zone management region of the Ocean and Coastal Resource Management ...
Barkley, David L.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Robust Management, Risk and the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Biodiversity has not been a prominent consideration in conventional fishery management, even though biological concerns and the concept of "sustainability" are long-established in fisheries. This is because traditionally, the focus of management has been
Anthony Charles
core  

Gonadal development in scorpion mud‐turtles, Kinosternon scorpioides, in a controlled environment

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Stage 20 was identified as the critical point for gonadal differentiation in Kinosternon scorpioides, providing key insights into sex determination. These findings enhance conservation strategies by supporting reproductive management and population viability in both in situ and ex situ programs. Abstract Research on gonadal development including sexual
Brenda Braga   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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