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":null,"pages":null},"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}
E. Rusciano, M. Belbéoch, V. Turpin, M. Kramp, Long Jiang, Anthonin Lizé, M. Krieger
Abstract The Odyssey Project coordinated by OceanOPS, joint center of the World Meteorological Organization and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, will support and involve civil society, including citizens, sailors, businesses, etc., in observing the ocean and the atmosphere above it to contribute to the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) implementation.As the global population is set to reach more than 9 billion people by 2050, impacts on the ocean associated with human activities will escalate. Understanding the variability and trends of the ocean and the related impacts on our society, through sustained oceanographic and marine meteorological observations and ocean science, is essential to predict the consequences of change, guide mitigation, and design adaptation for the benefit of the nature and humankind.The Odyssey project embodies the level of response we need to face climate issues and will help strengthen collaborations within and outside the global ocean observing community. These collaborations, based on the met-ocean observations' collection, data sharing and analyses, scientific and technological developments, will be essential to develop such a project.
{"title":"Odyssey Project: Contributing Actively to the Implementation of the Global Ocean Observing System","authors":"E. Rusciano, M. Belbéoch, V. Turpin, M. Kramp, Long Jiang, Anthonin Lizé, M. Krieger","doi":"10.4031/mtsj.56.3.27","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4031/mtsj.56.3.27","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The Odyssey Project coordinated by OceanOPS, joint center of the World Meteorological Organization and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, will support and involve civil society, including citizens, sailors, businesses, etc., in observing the\u0000 ocean and the atmosphere above it to contribute to the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) implementation.As the global population is set to reach more than 9 billion people by 2050, impacts on the ocean associated with human activities will escalate. Understanding the variability and\u0000 trends of the ocean and the related impacts on our society, through sustained oceanographic and marine meteorological observations and ocean science, is essential to predict the consequences of change, guide mitigation, and design adaptation for the benefit of the nature and humankind.The\u0000 Odyssey project embodies the level of response we need to face climate issues and will help strengthen collaborations within and outside the global ocean observing community. These collaborations, based on the met-ocean observations' collection, data sharing and analyses, scientific and technological\u0000 developments, will be essential to develop such a project.","PeriodicalId":49878,"journal":{"name":"Marine Technology Society Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43931099","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}
E. Johannesen, R. Ojwala, Mariamalia Chavez Rodriguez, F. Neat, M. Kitada, S. Buckingham, C. Schofield, Ronán Long, Jill Jarnsäter, Zhen Sun
Abstract Since the 1950s, there has been an increase of women participating in ocean-going science. However, the number of women scientists in the field remains significantly less than that of men, especially in senior roles. In this commentary, we take a feminist perspective to understand the challenges women face in pursuing a career in ocean-going science. Based on the limited literature and reports of women in ocean-going research, we identified several cultural and structural barriers and constraints faced by women. These fell into four main categories: (1) behavioral/social norms and gender-biased culture in science and at sea; (2) failure to provide for balancing duties of family care with extended periods away from home; (3) gender-insensitive design of ship facilities, operations, and personal protective equipment (PPE); and (4) the need for a safe working environment at sea; i.e., gender-related aspects of health, safety, and personal security at sea. To overcome these barriers, the following interventions are suggested: (1) greater awareness raising and training to shift destructive mindsets as well as affecting behavioral and cultural change; (2) consideration of gender-sensitive design and safe operation of research vessels; and (3) more comprehensive and effective implementation of gender equality policies for research at sea.
{"title":"The Sea Change Needed for Gender Equality in Ocean-Going Research","authors":"E. Johannesen, R. Ojwala, Mariamalia Chavez Rodriguez, F. Neat, M. Kitada, S. Buckingham, C. Schofield, Ronán Long, Jill Jarnsäter, Zhen Sun","doi":"10.4031/mtsj.56.3.6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4031/mtsj.56.3.6","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Since the 1950s, there has been an increase of women participating in ocean-going science. However, the number of women scientists in the field remains significantly less than that of men, especially in senior roles. In this commentary, we take a feminist perspective\u0000 to understand the challenges women face in pursuing a career in ocean-going science. Based on the limited literature and reports of women in ocean-going research, we identified several cultural and structural barriers and constraints faced by women. These fell into four main categories: (1)\u0000 behavioral/social norms and gender-biased culture in science and at sea; (2) failure to provide for balancing duties of family care with extended periods away from home; (3) gender-insensitive design of ship facilities, operations, and personal protective equipment (PPE); and (4) the need\u0000 for a safe working environment at sea; i.e., gender-related aspects of health, safety, and personal security at sea. To overcome these barriers, the following interventions are suggested: (1) greater awareness raising and training to shift destructive mindsets as well as affecting behavioral\u0000 and cultural change; (2) consideration of gender-sensitive design and safe operation of research vessels; and (3) more comprehensive and effective implementation of gender equality policies for research at sea.","PeriodicalId":49878,"journal":{"name":"Marine Technology Society Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48293121","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":null,"pages":null},"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 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":null,"pages":null},"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 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":null,"pages":null},"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":null,"pages":null},"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 The Navigating the New Arctic (NNA) program is one of the National Science Foundation 10 Big Ideas that seeks innovations in fundamental convergence research across social, natural, environmental, computing, and information sciences, and engineering projects that address the effects of climate change in the Arctic and in global systems. This commentary exposes how the NNA program creates opportunities for co-production of knowledge between researchers and arctic local and indigenous communities and how they can share their experiences and leverage the United Nations Ocean Decade in order to collaborate with international partners and share best practices.
{"title":"Navigating the New Arctic and the UN Ocean Decade","authors":"Jesús G. Alvelo Maurosa","doi":"10.4031/mtsj.56.3.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4031/mtsj.56.3.1","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The Navigating the New Arctic (NNA) program is one of the National Science Foundation 10 Big Ideas that seeks innovations in fundamental convergence research across social, natural, environmental, computing, and information sciences, and engineering projects that\u0000 address the effects of climate change in the Arctic and in global systems. This commentary exposes how the NNA program creates opportunities for co-production of knowledge between researchers and arctic local and indigenous communities and how they can share their experiences and leverage\u0000 the United Nations Ocean Decade in order to collaborate with international partners and share best practices.","PeriodicalId":49878,"journal":{"name":"Marine Technology Society Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45464847","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":null,"pages":null},"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":null,"pages":null},"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}
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