Leslie M. Smith, L. Cimoli, Diana E. LaScala‐Gruenewald, M. Pachiadaki, Brennan T. Phillips, H. Pillar, J. Stopa, S. Baumann‐Pickering, S. Beaulieu, K. Bell, H. Harden‐Davies, K. Gjerde, P. Heimbach, B. Howe, F. Janssen, L. Levin, H. Ruhl, A. Soule, K. Stocks, Michael F. Vardaro, D. Wright
Abstract The Deep Ocean Observing Strategy (DOOS) is an international, community-driven initiative that facilitates collaboration across disciplines and fields, elevates a diverse cohort of early career researchers into future leaders, and connects scientific advancements to societal needs. DOOS represents a global network of deep-ocean observing, mapping, and modeling experts, focusing community efforts in the support of strong science, policy, and planning for sustainable oceans. Its initiatives work to propose deep-sea Essential Ocean Variables; assess technology development; develop shared best practices, standards, and cross-calibration procedures; and transfer knowledge to policy makers and deep-ocean stakeholders. Several of these efforts align with the vision of the UN Ocean Decade to generate the science we need to create the deep ocean we want. DOOS works toward (1) a healthy and resilient deep ocean by informing science-based conservation actions, including optimizing data delivery, creating habitat and ecological maps of critical areas, and developing regional demonstration projects; (2) a predicted deep ocean by strengthening collaborations within the modeling community, determining needs for interdisciplinary modeling and observing system assessment in the deep ocean; (3) an accessible deep ocean by enhancing open access to innovative low-cost sensors and open-source plans, making deep-ocean data Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable, and focusing on capacity development in developing countries; and finally (4) an inspiring and engaging deep ocean by translating science to stakeholders/end users and informing policy and management decisions, including in international waters.
{"title":"The Deep Ocean Observing Strategy: Addressing Global Challenges in the Deep Sea Through Collaboration","authors":"Leslie M. Smith, L. Cimoli, Diana E. LaScala‐Gruenewald, M. Pachiadaki, Brennan T. Phillips, H. Pillar, J. Stopa, S. Baumann‐Pickering, S. Beaulieu, K. Bell, H. Harden‐Davies, K. Gjerde, P. Heimbach, B. Howe, F. Janssen, L. Levin, H. Ruhl, A. Soule, K. Stocks, Michael F. Vardaro, D. Wright","doi":"10.4031/mtsj.56.3.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4031/mtsj.56.3.11","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The Deep Ocean Observing Strategy (DOOS) is an international, community-driven initiative that facilitates collaboration across disciplines and fields, elevates a diverse cohort of early career researchers into future leaders, and connects scientific advancements\u0000 to societal needs. DOOS represents a global network of deep-ocean observing, mapping, and modeling experts, focusing community efforts in the support of strong science, policy, and planning for sustainable oceans. Its initiatives work to propose deep-sea Essential Ocean Variables; assess technology\u0000 development; develop shared best practices, standards, and cross-calibration procedures; and transfer knowledge to policy makers and deep-ocean stakeholders. Several of these efforts align with the vision of the UN Ocean Decade to generate the science we need to create the deep ocean\u0000 we want. DOOS works toward (1) a healthy and resilient deep ocean by informing science-based conservation actions, including optimizing data delivery, creating habitat and ecological maps of critical areas, and developing regional demonstration projects; (2) a predicted deep\u0000 ocean by strengthening collaborations within the modeling community, determining needs for interdisciplinary modeling and observing system assessment in the deep ocean; (3) an accessible deep ocean by enhancing open access to innovative low-cost sensors and open-source plans, making\u0000 deep-ocean data Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable, and focusing on capacity development in developing countries; and finally (4) an inspiring and engaging deep ocean by translating science to stakeholders/end users and informing policy and management decisions, including\u0000 in international waters.","PeriodicalId":49878,"journal":{"name":"Marine Technology Society Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45427787","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract GEOTRACES (https://www.geotraces.org/) is an international marine chemical program involving scientists from more than 35 countries collaborating together since 2010 in building an online atlas and open access database of high-quality hydrographical and geochemical data, under the name of GEOTRACES Intermediate Data Product. By freely releasing its data, GEOTRACES wishes to strengthen and intensify the collaboration within the marine research community itself, but also wants to invite other ocean professionals to use the data for their research and professional activities. The data product includes chemical elements that are essential for marine life, both macro- and micronutrients, contaminants, radioactive and stable isotopes used to reconstruct ocean conditions in the past, accompanied by a broad suite of hydrographic parameters and biological data.Anticipated beneficiaries of GEOTRACES products include scientists studying the sustained health of marine ecosystems and their sensitivity to changes in their chemical environment; paleoceanographers seeking to reconstruct past changes in the ocean environment; and scientists and policymakers who seek a better understanding of the transport and fate of contaminants in the ocean. In addition, GEOTRACES data provide a baseline against which future changes can be assessed, as for example, the impact of deep sea seabed mineral extraction.
{"title":"GEOTRACES International Program: Open Access Database of Seawater Trace Metal and Isotope Data Available","authors":"Elena Masferrer Dodas, R. Anderson, C. Jeandel","doi":"10.4031/mtsj.56.3.23","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4031/mtsj.56.3.23","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract GEOTRACES (https://www.geotraces.org/) is an international marine chemical program involving scientists from more than 35 countries collaborating together since 2010 in building\u0000 an online atlas and open access database of high-quality hydrographical and geochemical data, under the name of GEOTRACES Intermediate Data Product. By freely releasing its data, GEOTRACES wishes to strengthen and intensify the collaboration within the marine research community itself, but\u0000 also wants to invite other ocean professionals to use the data for their research and professional activities. The data product includes chemical elements that are essential for marine life, both macro- and micronutrients, contaminants, radioactive and stable isotopes used to reconstruct ocean\u0000 conditions in the past, accompanied by a broad suite of hydrographic parameters and biological data.Anticipated beneficiaries of GEOTRACES products include scientists studying the sustained health of marine ecosystems and their sensitivity to changes in their chemical environment; paleoceanographers\u0000 seeking to reconstruct past changes in the ocean environment; and scientists and policymakers who seek a better understanding of the transport and fate of contaminants in the ocean. In addition, GEOTRACES data provide a baseline against which future changes can be assessed, as for example,\u0000 the impact of deep sea seabed mineral extraction.","PeriodicalId":49878,"journal":{"name":"Marine Technology Society Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45246554","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Cedras, A. Dinoi, Frank Mirobo, Soondur Mouneshwar
Abstract Western Indian Ocean Early-Career Scientists undertake an investigation on data gathering to advance scientific knowledge in the Western Indian Ocean (WIO) based on an interactive web domain designed to provide regional access to research data and the direction of where ocean science is going in the foreseeable future. An online interactive map would guide researchers and identify the research gap to improve better ocean knowledge understanding and create innovative and novel research areas. Fenoy-X aims to foster and strengthen research collaborations and scientific outputs in the region, raising awareness on ocean well-being and the health and protection of ocean resources. This platform will provide contributions to researchers' profiles and allow access to data on studies conducted in the region to encourage best practices of data sharing. Fenoy-X scientific observations in data gathering will develop much-needed niche capacity-building research areas and observed ocean scientists, engaging citizens with open-source data domains and addressing challenges of data sharing in the WIO through this pilot project from 2021‐2030.
{"title":"Fenoy-X Kick-Off to Improve Knowledge of Ocean Resources in the Western Indian Ocean","authors":"R. Cedras, A. Dinoi, Frank Mirobo, Soondur Mouneshwar","doi":"10.4031/mtsj.56.3.18","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4031/mtsj.56.3.18","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Western Indian Ocean Early-Career Scientists undertake an investigation on data gathering to advance scientific knowledge in the Western Indian Ocean (WIO) based on an interactive web domain designed to provide regional access to research data and the direction of\u0000 where ocean science is going in the foreseeable future. An online interactive map would guide researchers and identify the research gap to improve better ocean knowledge understanding and create innovative and novel research areas. Fenoy-X aims to foster and strengthen research collaborations\u0000 and scientific outputs in the region, raising awareness on ocean well-being and the health and protection of ocean resources. This platform will provide contributions to researchers' profiles and allow access to data on studies conducted in the region to encourage best practices of data sharing.\u0000 Fenoy-X scientific observations in data gathering will develop much-needed niche capacity-building research areas and observed ocean scientists, engaging citizens with open-source data domains and addressing challenges of data sharing in the WIO through this pilot project from 2021‐2030.","PeriodicalId":49878,"journal":{"name":"Marine Technology Society Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44853873","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract People depend on biodiversity—the heart of healthy ecosystems—in many ways and every day of our lives. Yet usable knowledge of marine life is a missing link in the way we have designed marine observing and information systems. We lack critical biodiversity information to inform sustainable development from local levels to global scales—information on Essential Ocean Variables such as how many types and how much plankton, seagrasses, macro-algae, mangroves, corals and other invertebrates, fish, turtles, birds, and mammals are in any location at any one time, the value we may derive from that combination of organisms, and how this is changing with time and why. Marine Life 2030 is a program endorsed by the Ocean Decade to develop a coordinated system to deliver such actionable, transdisciplinary knowledge of ocean life to those who need it, promoting human well-being, sustainable development, and ocean conservation. Marine Life 2030 is an open network that invites partners to join us with ideas and energy to connect communities, programs, and sectors into a global, interoperable network, transforming the observation and forecasting of marine life for the future and for the benefit of all people.
{"title":"Marine Life 2030: Building Global Knowledge of Marine Life for Local Action in the Ocean Decade","authors":"G. Canonico, J. Emmett Duffy, F. Muller‐Karger","doi":"10.4031/mtsj.56.3.15","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4031/mtsj.56.3.15","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract People depend on biodiversity—the heart of healthy ecosystems—in many ways and every day of our lives. Yet usable knowledge of marine life is a missing link in the way we have designed marine observing and information systems. We lack critical biodiversity\u0000 information to inform sustainable development from local levels to global scales—information on Essential Ocean Variables such as how many types and how much plankton, seagrasses, macro-algae, mangroves, corals and other invertebrates, fish, turtles, birds, and mammals are in any location\u0000 at any one time, the value we may derive from that combination of organisms, and how this is changing with time and why. Marine Life 2030 is a program endorsed by the Ocean Decade to develop a coordinated system to deliver such actionable, transdisciplinary knowledge of ocean life to those\u0000 who need it, promoting human well-being, sustainable development, and ocean conservation. Marine Life 2030 is an open network that invites partners to join us with ideas and energy to connect communities, programs, and sectors into a global, interoperable network, transforming the observation\u0000 and forecasting of marine life for the future and for the benefit of all people.","PeriodicalId":49878,"journal":{"name":"Marine Technology Society Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42213255","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract The Nippon Foundation-General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO) Seabed 2030 Project is a collaboration between The Nippon Foundation, Japan's largest private philanthropic organization, and the GEBCO, which has more than a century of experience in ocean-floor mapping and is jointly administered by the International Hydrographic Organization and UNESCO's Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission. Its mission is to create a comprehensive, publicly available map of the entire ocean floor by 2030, which will empower the world to make informed policy decisions, use the ocean sustainably, and undertake scientific research based on detailed bathymetric information. Knowing the shape of the seabed is critical to understanding ocean circulation patterns and their associated impact on climate and weather, wave action, tsunami wave propagation, improving species distribution models, supporting the management of fisheries and marine-protected areas, and identifying underwater geohazards. This knowledge is essential to achieving the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development societal outcomes. With only 8 years left to map the remaining 80% of the ocean, it can be achieved but will require the support and mobilization of the global community.
{"title":"A Global Ocean Map is Not an Ambition, But a Necessity to Support the Ocean Decade","authors":"Kira Coley","doi":"10.4031/mtsj.56.3.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4031/mtsj.56.3.3","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The Nippon Foundation-General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO) Seabed 2030 Project is a collaboration between The Nippon Foundation, Japan's largest private philanthropic organization, and the GEBCO, which has more than a century of experience in ocean-floor\u0000 mapping and is jointly administered by the International Hydrographic Organization and UNESCO's Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission. Its mission is to create a comprehensive, publicly available map of the entire ocean floor by 2030, which will empower the world to make informed policy\u0000 decisions, use the ocean sustainably, and undertake scientific research based on detailed bathymetric information. Knowing the shape of the seabed is critical to understanding ocean circulation patterns and their associated impact on climate and weather, wave action, tsunami wave propagation,\u0000 improving species distribution models, supporting the management of fisheries and marine-protected areas, and identifying underwater geohazards. This knowledge is essential to achieving the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development societal outcomes. With only 8 years left to\u0000 map the remaining 80% of the ocean, it can be achieved but will require the support and mobilization of the global community.","PeriodicalId":49878,"journal":{"name":"Marine Technology Society Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45970716","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
G. McCall, A. Akpan, D. Bănăduc, Ruth A. Dávila Figueroa, N. Fontoura, Roberta Hitchcock, Sherman W. Horn, D. Kar, Thong Tran
Abstract The Estuarine Ecological Knowledge Network (EEKN) brings together scientists and coastal fishing communities in seeking new ways forward for Earth's major river deltas and estuaries, including the Mississippi (United States), Rio Grande (United States), Danube (Romania/Ukraine), Ganges (India/Bangladesh), Niger (Nigeria), and Mekong (Vietnam) river deltas, and the Patos Lagoon (Brazil). Such environments are universally understood as crucial for the biological productivity of oceans and they are home to hundreds of millions of human inhabitants, many of whom directly depend on that marine richness in terms of the operation of their socioeconomic systems. As human-induced climate change and its consequences for Earth's oceans and coastlines increases, estuarine ecosystems are particularly threatened by problems such as sea-level rise, coastal erosion, saltwater intrusion, and increased impacts from tropical storms. These problems are often amplified by human dynamics of environmental degradation, including overfishing, pollution, and large-scale landscape modification projects. The EEKN is designed to enhance communication and cooperation between fishing communities, scientists, and policy makers in learning about the complexity of both ecological and socioeconomic systems in estuaries and deltas, and in developing more effective policy for managing fisheries, protecting and restoring coastlines, and increasing the resilience of coastal communities.
{"title":"The Estuarine Ecological Knowledge Network Makes Progress: International Project Sites and Potential Ways Forward","authors":"G. McCall, A. Akpan, D. Bănăduc, Ruth A. Dávila Figueroa, N. Fontoura, Roberta Hitchcock, Sherman W. Horn, D. Kar, Thong Tran","doi":"10.4031/mtsj.56.3.28","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4031/mtsj.56.3.28","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The Estuarine Ecological Knowledge Network (EEKN) brings together scientists and coastal fishing communities in seeking new ways forward for Earth's major river deltas and estuaries, including the Mississippi (United States), Rio Grande (United States), Danube (Romania/Ukraine),\u0000 Ganges (India/Bangladesh), Niger (Nigeria), and Mekong (Vietnam) river deltas, and the Patos Lagoon (Brazil). Such environments are universally understood as crucial for the biological productivity of oceans and they are home to hundreds of millions of human inhabitants, many of whom directly\u0000 depend on that marine richness in terms of the operation of their socioeconomic systems. As human-induced climate change and its consequences for Earth's oceans and coastlines increases, estuarine ecosystems are particularly threatened by problems such as sea-level rise, coastal erosion, saltwater\u0000 intrusion, and increased impacts from tropical storms. These problems are often amplified by human dynamics of environmental degradation, including overfishing, pollution, and large-scale landscape modification projects. The EEKN is designed to enhance communication and cooperation between\u0000 fishing communities, scientists, and policy makers in learning about the complexity of both ecological and socioeconomic systems in estuaries and deltas, and in developing more effective policy for managing fisheries, protecting and restoring coastlines, and increasing the resilience of coastal\u0000 communities.","PeriodicalId":49878,"journal":{"name":"Marine Technology Society Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46069625","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract Estuaries are vital habitats that allow life to exist in the oceans. Because of their role as nurseries for various ocean animals, they are sometimes referred to as the "cradle of the sea." They are among the most vulnerable habitats due to their reliance on salt‐freshwater balance, as any imbalances have a significant impact on biodiversity and ecosystem services. Climate change, urbanization, and water diversion for various uses result in less optimal freshwater and increased sediments into the estuary and ocean, as well as saltwater intrusion high up estuaries, all of which have negative consequences for estuary functioning and the ecosystem services they provide to the ocean and humanity as a whole. During the Ocean Decade (2021‐2030), the School of Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Technology (SoAF), University of Dar es Salaam intends to investigate the extent to which the Western Indian Ocean (WIO) region's estuaries have been impacted by anthropogenic activities and climate change in order to develop feasible recommendations for their protection. This program is endorsed as Ocean Decade Project Number 45.
{"title":"Protecting Estuaries of the Western Indian Ocean (WIO) Region","authors":"B. Lugendo, Jerry Mang'ena","doi":"10.4031/mtsj.56.3.21","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4031/mtsj.56.3.21","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Estuaries are vital habitats that allow life to exist in the oceans. Because of their role as nurseries for various ocean animals, they are sometimes referred to as the \"cradle of the sea.\" They are among the most vulnerable habitats due to their reliance\u0000 on salt‐freshwater balance, as any imbalances have a significant impact on biodiversity and ecosystem services. Climate change, urbanization, and water diversion for various uses result in less optimal freshwater and increased sediments into the estuary and ocean, as well as saltwater\u0000 intrusion high up estuaries, all of which have negative consequences for estuary functioning and the ecosystem services they provide to the ocean and humanity as a whole. During the Ocean Decade (2021‐2030), the School of Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Technology (SoAF), University\u0000 of Dar es Salaam intends to investigate the extent to which the Western Indian Ocean (WIO) region's estuaries have been impacted by anthropogenic activities and climate change in order to develop feasible recommendations for their protection. This program is endorsed as Ocean Decade Project\u0000 Number 45.","PeriodicalId":49878,"journal":{"name":"Marine Technology Society Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46659537","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract The Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion (MBSD) project, located in Barataria Bay, Southeast Louisiana, is one of the most ambitious coastal restoration projects in U.S. history. The MBSD project is designed to convey sediment-rich water from the Mississippi River through the levee system and into the coastal marshes of the Barataria basin. The MBSD project is intended to slow, and perhaps even reverse, coastal erosion through alluvial sedimentation and the augmentation of freshwater wetland vegetation communities. In spite of the importance of the MBSD project for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana, it is extremely unpopular among coastal communities along the Barataria Bay coast and beyond. Based on our ethnographic research in Lower Plaquemines Parish, we provide some insights concerning why this level of opposition exists. Above all, the MBSD project is perceived as highly threatening to key marine fish species targeted by small-scale commercial fishers, especially shrimp (Farfantepenaeus aztecus and Litopenaeus setiferus) and oysters (Crassostrea virginica). Small-scale fishing is crucially important to the social and economic systems involved in risk buffering and community resilience, as well as a key feature of social identity and source of profound place attachment. While planning for the MBSD project has considered impacts to coastal communities in strictly financial and environmental terms, it has failed to adequately consider its potential social and social-psychological consequences among coastal communities.
{"title":"Creating a Diversion: Why the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion (MBSD) Project Is Unpopular Among Coastal Communities in Southeast Louisiana","authors":"G. McCall, Russell D. Greaves","doi":"10.4031/mtsj.56.3.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4031/mtsj.56.3.4","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion (MBSD) project, located in Barataria Bay, Southeast Louisiana, is one of the most ambitious coastal restoration projects in U.S. history. The MBSD project is designed to convey sediment-rich water from the Mississippi River through\u0000 the levee system and into the coastal marshes of the Barataria basin. The MBSD project is intended to slow, and perhaps even reverse, coastal erosion through alluvial sedimentation and the augmentation of freshwater wetland vegetation communities. In spite of the importance of the MBSD project\u0000 for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana, it is extremely unpopular among coastal communities along the Barataria Bay coast and beyond. Based on our ethnographic research in Lower Plaquemines Parish, we provide some insights concerning\u0000 why this level of opposition exists. Above all, the MBSD project is perceived as highly threatening to key marine fish species targeted by small-scale commercial fishers, especially shrimp (Farfantepenaeus aztecus and Litopenaeus setiferus) and oysters (Crassostrea virginica).\u0000 Small-scale fishing is crucially important to the social and economic systems involved in risk buffering and community resilience, as well as a key feature of social identity and source of profound place attachment. While planning for the MBSD project has considered impacts to coastal communities\u0000 in strictly financial and environmental terms, it has failed to adequately consider its potential social and social-psychological consequences among coastal communities.","PeriodicalId":49878,"journal":{"name":"Marine Technology Society Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47144511","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract Maritime and underwater cultural heritage (MUCH) is concerned with the relationship between people and the marine and coastal environment over time. Rooted in the past, MUCH is a resource that can help us understand and appreciate our current situation. But MUCH is also a medium through which we address the future to develop resilience and motivate adaptation. MUCH is both a source of inspiration and of evidence: to study and understand it requires and develops interdisciplinary skills across the social sciences, STEM, and SHAPE subjects.The UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development 2021‐2030, in promoting a common framework for supporting stakeholders in studying the world's oceans, presents a vital opportunity to improve the integration of MUCH within the marine sciences. The Ocean Decade Heritage Network's Decade Action, the Cultural Heritage Framework Programme, focuses on ensuring that MUCH specialists—archaeologists and cultural heritage managers—can engage constructively with the marine sciences under the auspices of the Ocean Decade, and make the best of the opportunity that the Ocean Decade presents in addressing present and future challenges facing the world's oceans.
{"title":"The Cultural Heritage Framework Programme: Ensuring a Place for Cultural Heritage's Contribution to the UN Decade of Ocean Science","authors":"Athena Trakadas","doi":"10.4031/mtsj.56.3.29","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4031/mtsj.56.3.29","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Maritime and underwater cultural heritage (MUCH) is concerned with the relationship between people and the marine and coastal environment over time. Rooted in the past, MUCH is a resource that can help us understand and appreciate our current situation. But MUCH\u0000 is also a medium through which we address the future to develop resilience and motivate adaptation. MUCH is both a source of inspiration and of evidence: to study and understand it requires and develops interdisciplinary skills across the social sciences, STEM, and SHAPE subjects.The UN\u0000 Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development 2021‐2030, in promoting a common framework for supporting stakeholders in studying the world's oceans, presents a vital opportunity to improve the integration of MUCH within the marine sciences. The Ocean Decade Heritage Network's\u0000 Decade Action, the Cultural Heritage Framework Programme, focuses on ensuring that MUCH specialists—archaeologists and cultural heritage managers—can engage constructively with the marine sciences under the auspices of the Ocean Decade, and make the best of the opportunity that\u0000 the Ocean Decade presents in addressing present and future challenges facing the world's oceans.","PeriodicalId":49878,"journal":{"name":"Marine Technology Society Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47329510","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H. Harden‐Davies, Yoshitaka Ota, Frédérique Fardin, Marleen S Schutter, Gerald Singh, Araba Sey
Abstract The Ocean Decade is a critical chance to move toward a sustainable and equitable ocean. Realizing this vision requires that we all recognize inequities, learn from failure, listen to the diverse voices of people who rely on the ocean for their lives and livelihoods, and value their expertise.
{"title":"Listen to Ocean Voices for an Equitable Ocean Decade","authors":"H. Harden‐Davies, Yoshitaka Ota, Frédérique Fardin, Marleen S Schutter, Gerald Singh, Araba Sey","doi":"10.4031/mtsj.56.3.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4031/mtsj.56.3.7","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The Ocean Decade is a critical chance to move toward a sustainable and equitable ocean. Realizing this vision requires that we all recognize inequities, learn from failure, listen to the diverse voices of people who rely on the ocean for their lives and livelihoods,\u0000 and value their expertise.","PeriodicalId":49878,"journal":{"name":"Marine Technology Society Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48544117","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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