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This past month the eighth international World Fisheries Day was observed. The global media turned the spotlight on two reports dealing with climate change and ocean ecosystems. While these generated controversy, they also showed that scientists and managers are undertaking long-term programmes and exploring various approaches to improve current trends. Ocean ecosystems show a great ability to rebound -- provided that beneficial changes happen soon.
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- Places of Refuge : Places of Refuge
- Marine Protected Areas in the Pacific Islands : The importance of Marine Protected Areas for fisheries and tourism in the Pacific Islands.
- Seabirds and Climate Change : Detrimental impacts on seabird populations of the Great Barrier Reef are predicted from global warming
- IMO: Information resources on places of refuge : Information resources
- Sea Turtle Restoration Project : The Sea Turtle Restoration Project is a California-based international marine conservation organization that works to protect sea turtles and other marine species in the United States and in countries around the world.
- Hawaii Removes 125 Tons of Marine Debris : Teams led by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Fisheries Service collected more than 125 tons of debris in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands last year, up from the 5 tons they gathered in 1996.
- Enhancing Growth Of Marine Eco-Tourism : According to research, the ocean of the country has an interesting area of coral life. These corals which are dubbed as 'Rainforest of the Sea' are a diverse ecosystem in the world. In view of this, marine eco-tourism is one of the industries that will be developed.
- Economic analysis of marine protected areas. A literature review : Review of the socio-economic literature dedicated to various aspects of marine protected areas
- Indian Ocean- South-East Asian Marine Turtle Memorandum of Understanding : Information about the Indian Ocean South-East Asia Year of the Turtle 2006
- seaturtle.org : a website about seaturtles
- UNEP 2006 - The State of the Marine Environment and regional reports : reports
- Argentinean fisheries NGO awarded prize for journalism on corporate social responsibility : The work of Communidad Pesquera, the fisheries news and communication service of the Argentinean non-governmental organization (NGO) CeDePesca, has been recognized in the prestigious 2006 Red Puentes awards for journalism on Corporate Social Responsibility.
- International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association : (IPIECA)
- IMO: The International Bunker Industry Association : (IBIA)
- European Federation for Transport and Environment : (EFTE)
- IMO: Marpol 73/78 : Consolidated edition, : 2006
- IMO: Information Resources on Air Pollution from Ships : Information Resources
- Reducing emission form ships in the Baltic Sea area : (T&E)
- Stern review on the economics of climate change : review
- Transport and Environment : key topics
- EU policy on ship emissions : ship emissions
- Norwegian Marine Technology Research Institute : Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- IMO: Bunkers sampling guidelines : Annex VI of Marpol 73/78
- IMO: Working Group on Air Pollution : IMO: Working Group on Air Pollution - Opening address by Efthimios E. Mitropoulos, Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization, 13 November 2006, Oslo
- U.N. Drive for Ban on Ocean Bottom Trawling Fails : U.N. negotiators failed to agree on a measure banning a fishing practice known as high-seas bottom trawling that environmentalists say chews up the ocean floor and depletes fish stocks.
- World Fisheries Day, November 21, 2006 : Fish do some pretty amazing things to stay alive and prosper.
- Women in fisheries : Gender relations in fisheries
- Celebrazioni per il World Fisheries Day : Secondo un recente rapporto delle Nazioni Unite, due terzi delle risorse marine mondiali sono sovrasfruttate e più di un terzo è in declino a causa di fattori ambientali come la distruzione dell'habitat acquatico, l'inquinamento e il riscaldamento globale.
- Coral Reefs in India : A small book about coral reefs in India by the National Biodiversity Authority, Chennai, TamilNadu, India.
- Bibliography and Checklist of Corals and Coral Reef Associated Organisms of India : History of Coral Reef Studies in India, Major Coral Reefs in India, Bibliography, Checklists of Different Coral Reefs and Geographical Index
- Fauna of Arabia : Twentieth volume of "Fauna of Arabia" is another milestone in the publication of this most remarkable series of books on the biological diversity of the Arabian Peninsula.
- Handbook on Hard Corals of India : The Government of India has acknowledged the importance of the coral reef environment by putting in place an accelerated programme to document and manage its reef. It is as part of this programme that this handbook of the corals of India has been developed.
- Impacts of Biodiversity Loss on Ocean Ecosystem Services : Human-dominated marine ecosystems are experiencing accelerating loss of populations and species, with largely unknown consequences.
- Stern Review on the economics of climate change : Review of the economics of climate change, with accompanying notes and comment
- Climate change will affect future food availability : Adapting agriculture, forestry and fisheries policies and practices to climate variability
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United Nations Climate Change Conference
: Kenya is hosting the second meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP/MOP 2), in conjunction with the twelfth session of the Conference of the Parties to the Climate Change Convention (COP 12), in Nairobi from 6 to 17 November 2006.
The conference will also include, from 6 to 14 November, the twenty-fifth session of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA 25), the twenty-fifth session of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI 25), and the second session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG 2) including an in-session workshop. - Climate change policies are 'little benefit to poorest' : Policies for combating global climate change do not always benefit the communities that are poorest and most vulnerable to its effects, according to a set of 14 papers published by a UK-based research institute.
- IUCN/SSC Shark Specialist Group : World Conservation Union's Shark Specialist Group (SSG) and its regional shark specialist groups
- International Maritime Bureau Piracy Reporting Centre : IMB
- Climate change threatens food, cultural heritage and natural sites, UN meeting warned : Climate change will directly affect future food availability and compound the difficulties of feeding the world's rapidly growing population, a United Nations conference in Kenya on the phenomenon has been warned.
- Conscientious seafood buyers could reverse "widespread destruction" of fisheries : Low-impact fish farming and eating lower on the food chain can provide more jobs and increase seafood quality and safety, according to a new study.
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IMO: IMO Secretary-General's mandate renewed for further four years
: IMO Secretary-General's mandate renewed for further four years - 9/11/2006
Safety of life at sea should continue to be Organization's principal objective, says Mitropoulos - Catch of the Day: Choosing Seafood for Healthier Oceans : Explores how buyers of seafood - including individual consumers, school cafeterias, supermarket chains, and large food distributors - can reverse fishery declines and preserve the fresh catch of tomorrow.
- Sex for fish : Society editor Dan Okoth examines how sex-for-fish business on some Nyanza beaches fuels the spread of HIV/Aids
- FAO partnership nets award for work on shrimp farming : Collaborative effort aims to improve sustainability of shrimp aquaculture
- IMO: MARPOL – How to do it. : Manual
- IMO: Condition Assessment Scheme : (2006 edition)
- IMO: Manual on chemical pollution : Section 1
- IMO: Manual on chemical pollution : Section 2
- IMO: IMO Model course 1.12 - Marpol 73/78 - : Annex II
- IMO: IMO Model course 1.11 - Marpol 73/78 - : Annex I
- IMO: MARPOL on CD-ROM : CD-ROM
- IMO: Manual on oil pollution : Section I -VI