Read about bridging science and society, jellyfish, and all about our database update in the January/February newsletter.
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November/December 2009 Newsletter
Read about IUU fishing in the Baltic Sea, get a glimpse at the last 10 years of the Project, and see a summary of the 2009 publications from the Sea Around Us in the November/December newsletter.
Pauly Receives Honorary Doctorate in Portugal
In late January, Dr. Daniel Pauly traveled to Portugal to accept an honorary doctorate from the University of the Algarve. He was honored alongside Dr. Emygdio Landerset Cadima and gave a lecture following Dr. Sidney Holt. Listen to Dr. Pauly’s lecture here.
September/October 2009 Newsletter
Read about the effects of global warming on seafood security, the vaquita and shrimp trawlers in Mexico, and what it’s like to do a M.Sc. at the Fisheries Cetnre in the latest Sea Around Us newsletter here.
Sea Around Us Heads to AAAS
This week, several members of the Sea Around Us Project head off to the 2010 meeting of the American Association of the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in San Diego, California. On Saturday, Daniel Pauly is a speaker on the panel Denial, Detente, and Decisions: Fisheries Science at the Crossroads. Also that day, Villy Christensen has co-organized a panel titled Bridging Science and Society for Sustainability: The Role of Visualization, where Sherman Lai will be speaking. Jennifer Jacquet has organized and will speak on the panel Preserving the Global Commons Through Conservation and Cooperation on Sunday. We look forward to reporting back on the results of this big event.