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| | What is non-consumptive use of the sea's resources? | | | | What is a non-consumptive use of the ocean and coastal resources? Promoted at one time by environmental organizations, even whale-watching has proved not so benign to the environment, or to the animals themselves, off the Valdez peninsula of Argentina, when boats crowd the whales too close in search of the best view. Close encounters with dolophins at the sea's edge of Monkey Mia, Western Australia, promised a rich source of tourism revenues until researchers discovered the increased risk of disease to these marine mammals and urged a complete ban on mixing with the dolphins. | | | | Even eco-tourism is controversial, despite its name. Many environmentalists question whether there can be ecologically benign tourism, particularly involving large numbers of people. Once it was believed that it was OK to walk on coral reefs, and few divers hesistated to touch coral polyps. Now we know this is probably as damaging as snapping off pieces to take home. What look like non-consumptive uses may impose a cost on the environment. | | | | So many scientists avoid the term, pointing out that human impact on the marine environment has been a fact of life since the first person walked across a living beach into the sea. They talk rather of low-impact use, non-degrading use of resources, or sustainable use of the seas. Whatever the term used, the topics are likely to be the same, however: clean water, endangered species and biodiversity, protected areas, aesthetic values and amenities, and cross-sectoral issues such as trade, transport, tourism and recreation demand.
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| | | Contact | | | Photograph |  | | Description | Dr. John T. Everett is the Project Manager of the UN Atlas. He is also President of Ocean Associates, Inc., a fisheries and oceans consulting firm and distributes ocean and coastal photos (free for personal use) through OceansArt.US. He writes about inventions and the history of technology and provides photos and information (free for personal use) through TechnologySite.org. Dr. Everett is a professional photographer for Marine Photobank. Dr. Everett comes from a fishing family and worked 31 years in 13 positions in the US Federal Government as a researcher and manager. He provides consulting services on oceans and fisheries policy and sustainability, global climate change and impacts at the global and local level on fisheries and on oceans, including adaptation strategies. His Federal positions included: Senate Commerce Committee staff, Staff to NOAA Administrator, NMFS Dir. of Policy and Planning, Manager of Dolphin/Tuna research, and Chief of Fisheries Development. He has chaired or co-chaired several impact analyses (Fisheries, Polar Regions, Oceans, and Coastal Zones) by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Until recently he was Chief of the NOAA/NMFS Division of Research in Silver Spring, MD. Prior to NOAA, he coordinated launches in the Apollo Program at Cape Kennedy and was a commercial fisherman in Massachusetts, USA. He also manages Climate Change Facts, a website designed to provide information from both consensus scientists and those among the climate change skeptics. | | Keywords |  PROJECT MANAGER; OCEAN ASSOCIATES INC.; ASSOC.; WWW OCEANSART US; CLIMATE CHANGE FACTS | | Geography Keywords | USA; ROME | | Organization | FAO, NOAA Point of Contact , and President of Ocean Associates, Inc., and Owner of OceansArt.US | | Position | UN Atlas Project Manager and President of Ocean Associates, Inc. and Owner OceansArt.US | |
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