See the New York Times photostream (Mario Aguilera/Associated Press) here and the article “Afloat in the Ocean, Expanding Islands of Trash” by Lindsey Hoshaw.
Office Administrator
Non-Academic Admin/SG6
Ocean Networks Canada Society
$43,274.00 – $48,704.00 per annum plus performance range
Reporting to the President/CEO of Ocean Networks Canada (ONC), the Office Administrator will take a leadership role in managing the operations of ONC’s central office.
November 23 and 24, 2009 | Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in Canada hold the key to preserving a viable and healthy ocean ecosystem. Canadians need to think broadly when searching for cost-effective solutions for protecting the largest coastal resource on earth. (more…)
Northern Watch, a 2008 programme that uses surveillance devices to monitor movement through the Northwest Passage, has resumed after being delayed by logistical difficulties. A primary difficulty for defence scientists is the reconstruction of a base camp on Devon Island, northwest of Baffin Island, which is in disrepair, the location of a new, safer route to a remote lookout site, and the establishment of emergency protocols. Despite logistical difficulties, sensors were installed in the Barrow Strait and were able to relay information for four weeks this summer, and the Northern Watch team will return to the area next summer to establish a full network that can operate year-round. Northern Watch was stood up to provide a cost-effective means of monitoring the Northwest Passage and providing situational awareness.
(Courtesy “Daily Intelligence Brief”. World Naval Edition, November 4 2009. Office of the Asia-Pacific Advisor, Maritime Forces Pacific, Canadian Navy)
Last Sunday, HMCS Fredericton with her 245 servicemen and women departed from Halifax for a six-month deployment to the Middle East. Fredericton will be integrated into Standing NATO Maritime Group One (SNMG1), which conducts counterterrorism and counterpiracy operations in the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean. Canadian officials claim that these naval missions are a continuous imperative to maintaining good order on the sea and preserving regional stability in and around the Middle East.
(Courtesy “Daily Intelligence Brief”. World Naval Edition, October 27 2009. Office of the Asia-Pacific Advisor, Maritime Forces Pacific, Canadian Navy)
Marine Affairs Program
Centre for Foreign Policy Studies
Marine & Environmental Law Institute
Present a Joint Seminar
Vice Admiral (R) Mohammad Haroon
Rector of Bahria University, Pakistan
Wednesday, November 4, 2009 1:00-2:30 PM
Room 3089
Kenneth C. Rowe Management Building
6100 University Avenue
Dalhousie University Campus
Halifax, NS
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Becky Field
Administrator
Marine Affairs Program
Dalhousie University
marineaffairsprogram.dal.ca
marine.affairs@dal.ca
The Faculty and Students of the Marine Affairs Program invite you to a seminar:
“Transboundary Marine and Coastal Management: The Case of the Sustainable Grenadines Project”
Alexcia Cooke
PhD candidate, University of the West Indies ELAP (Emerging Leaders in the Americas) Visiting Scholar to MAP
Wednesday October 28, 2009
1:00-2:00 PM
Room 309
Dalhousie Law School
6061 University Avenue, Dalhousie University Campus
Halifax, NS
For more information, contact the Marine Affairs Program, Marine.Affairs@dal.ca
‘Hard-sell’ navy targets lagging military profile
Ottawa Citizen, 14 October 2009
Chief of Maritime Staff Vice-Admiral McFadden has said that the Navy has reached bottom in terms of its recruiting and retention problems, and that he is cautiously optimistic that new initiatives will replenish thinning ranks. The Navy currently has 7,900 full-time and 3,345 reservist personnel, though it faces a shortfall of around 1,000 full-time sailors by 2011. Reasons cited for this looming gap include recruiting centres’ focus on the Army because of the mission in Afghanistan, attrition rates higher than the other two military branches, and a lack of awareness of the Navy, particularly in the provinces of Quebec and Ontario. New recruiting incentives to address the problem include subsidized education, which may have accounted for a recruiting increase in September, though it is too early to tell if such momentum can be sustained. Other Western navies face similar problems to the Canadian Navy’s; the Royal Australian Navy has insufficient numbers to man its six Collins-class submarines, while many existing submariners are counting the days until their term of service expires.
(Courtesy “Daily Intelligence Brief”. World Naval Edition, October 21 2009. Office of the Asia-Pacific Advisor, Maritime Forces Pacific, Canadian Navy)
From the New York Times (Op-Ed Contributor)
The Northwest and Northeast Passages Compared
22-26 February 2010
Oregon Convention Center
Portland, Oregon
Stewardship of marine resources in the 21st Century demands the development of predictive tools based on models and field observations. The challenge of developing these tools forms the theme of the 2010 Ocean Sciences meeting. The Program Committee is developing a Union-wide science program that will cover topics in all areas of ocean sciences.
This overarching theme emphasizes efforts to link observations and models to form superior predictions across multiple space and time scales. It encompasses research focusing on some aspect of observations, models, and also field or laboratory experiments that ultimately seek to enhance our predictive ability, as well as efforts focusing on education, outreach, and marine policy.