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Port Vila ESRAM Project (Powerpoint presentation)

Climate Change Resilience

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Dr. Komugabe-Dixson, Aimée

Powerpoint presentation on ESRAM in Port Vila, Vanuatu

Elasmobranch captures in the Fijian pelagic longline fishery

Biodiversity Conservation

Gilman, Eric

Piovano, Susanna

1. Pelagic longline fisheries for relatively fecund tuna and tuna-like species can have large adverse effects on incidentally caught species with low-fecundity, including elasmobranchs. 2. Analyses of observer programme data from the Fiji longline fishery from 2011 to 2014 were conducted to characterize the shark and ray catch composition and identify factors that significantly explained standardized catch rates. Catch data were fitted to generalized linear models to identify potentially significant explanatory variables. 3. With a nominal catch rate of 0.610 elasmobranchs per 1000 hooks, a total of 27 species of elasmobranchs were captured, 48% of which are categorized as Threatened under the IUCN Red List. Sharks and rays made up 2.4% and 1.4%, respectively, of total fish catch. Blue sharks and pelagic stingrays accounted for 51% and 99% of caught sharks and rays, respectively. 4. There was near elimination of shark lines, branchlines set at or near the sea surface via attachment directly to floats, after 2011. 5. Of caught elasmobranchs, 35% were finned, 11% had the entire carcass retained, and the remainder was released alive or discarded dead. Finning of elasmobranchs listed in CITES Appendix II was not observed in 2014. 6. There were significantly higher standardized shark and ray catch rates on narrower J-shaped hooks than on wider circle hooks. Based on findings from previous studies on single factor effects of hook width and shape, the smaller minimum width of the J-shaped hooks may have caused the higher shark and ray catch rates. For sharks, the effect of hook width may have exceeded the effect of hook shape, where small increases in shark catch rates have been observed on circle vs J-shaped hooks. 7. Shark and ray standardized catch rates were lowest in the latter half of the year. Focusing effort during the second half of the year could reduce elasmobranch catch rates.

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Griffith ESRAM Team - Methodology & Results-to-date (Powerpoint presentation)

Climate Change Resilience, Biodiversity Conservation

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Griffith ESRAM Team

Powerpoint presentation on Ecosystem and Socio-economic Resilience Analysis and Mapping (ESRAM) Griffith University

Pacific Islands Region: Ecosystem Approach Critical for Climate Change Adaptation

Climate Change Resilience, Biodiversity Conservation

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Chape, Stuart

Presentation on Pacific Islands Region: Ecosystem Approach Critical for Climate Change Adaptation

Solomons ESRAM - PEBACC Client-Consultants Meeting (Powerpoint presentation)

Climate Change Resilience

Available Online

Dr. Toki, Beth

Powerpoint presentation on ESRAM in the Solomon Islands

ESRAM FIJI (Powerpoint presentation)

Climate Change Resilience

Available Online

Heider, Chris

Powerpoint presentation on ESRAM in Fiji

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Ecosystem-based Adaptation (Powerpoint presentation)

Biodiversity Conservation

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Timmermans, Herman

Powerpoint presentation on Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EBA) in the Pacific

Time-resolved record of 236U and 239,240Pu isotopes from a coral growing during the nuclear testing program at Enewetak Atoll (Marshall Islands)

Chan, W. Y.

Fallon, S. J.

Fifield, L. K.

Froehlich, M. B.

Tims, S. G.

A comprehensive series of nuclear tests were carried out by the United States at Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands, especially between 1952 and 1958. A Porites Lutea coral that was growing in the Enewetak lagoon within a few km of all of the high-yield tests contains a continuous record of isotopes, which are of interest (e.g. 14 C, 236 U, 239, 240 Pu) through the testing period. Prior to the present work, 14C measurements at ~2-month resolution had shown pronounced peaks in the D 14C data that coincided with the times at which tests were conducted. Here were port measurements of 236 U and 239, 240 Pu on the same coral using accelerator mass spectrometry, and again nd prominent peaks in the concentrations of these isotopes that closely follow those in 14C. Consistent with the 14C data, the magnitudes of these peaks do not, however, correlate well with the explosive yields of the corresponding tests, indicating that smaller tests probably contributed disproportionately to the debris that fell in the lagoon. Additional information about the different tests can also be obtained from the 236 U/ 239 Pu and 240 Pu/ 239 Pu ratios, which are found to vary dramatically over the testing period. In particular, the rst thermonuclear test, Ivy-Mike, has characteristic 236 U/239 Pu and 240 Pu/ 239 Pu signatures which are diagnostic of the rst arrival of nuclear test material in various archives.

The Republic of the Marshall Islands: State of the Environment (SOE) Report 2016

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The 2016 State of Environment (SOE) Report for the Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI) updates the 1992 SOE report. It uses the DPSIR model (Drivers, Pressures, State, Impact and Response) and aims to:| Document the key drivers and pressures behind the changing environment.| Assess the RMI environment since 1992, using the best available information on the state of RMIs environment in seven key themes: Atmosphere and Climate, Land, Marine, Biodiversity, Culture and Heritage, Built Environment and Nuclear Legacy.| Document the impacts of environmental changes on the society, economy and environment from changes in the state of the environment.| Document current responses to protect and better manage RMIs natural resources.| Provide recommendations for RMI to address key challenges and link them to actions in the National Environmental Management Strategy (NEMS) and other key policy documents. This report is comprised of three discussions: 1. Drivers and Pressures in Marshall Islands: A summary of the main points discussed in the Pressures and Drivers section of the report. 2.The State of RMIs Environment and Impacts on the Society, Economy and Environment: Key findings for each of the seven themes. 3. Responses and Recommendations Challenges in Moving from Policy to Action: This presents key responses, opportunities, challenges and recommendations.

Rays of the world

Biodiversity Conservation

Last, Peter R. (ed.)

Marshall, Lindsay J. (ill.)

Naylor, Gavin J.P. (ed.)

Stehmann, Matthias F.W. (ed.)

Séret, Bernard (ed.)

White, William T. (ed.)

de Carvalho, Marcelo R. (ed.)

"This book is the first complete pictorial atlas of the world's ray fauna. It also provides general identifying features and distributional information about this iconic, but surprisingly poorly known, group of fishes"

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