Ocean Zone News Blog

From: Isle of Man Today

A WORKSHOP on the development of the government’s Marine Plan will be held at the forthcoming Energy Expo in the Isle of Man College in Greenfield Road, Douglas, at 11am on Saturday, May 7.

The workshop will be the first opportunity for those interested in the Isle of Man’s marine areas to find out more about marine spatial planning and to have input into the development of the Marine Plan.

The plan aims to balance the future development of the Isle of Man’s territorial sea with the protection of the marine environment which sustains fisheries, recreation and many other aspects of Manx life.

Senator Tells Locke To “Save Your Dollars” On Spatial Planning Projects In Alaska

(SitNews) WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Lisa Murkowski last Thursday highlighted the importance of Alaska’s fisheries in a series of questions with Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke at a Commerce, Justice and Science Subcommittee hearing of the Appropriations Committee. “Over half of the fish harvested in the United States comes from sustainably-managed Alaskan fisheries – yet we receive a disproportionate share of the overall funding,” Murkowski said. “We have the best fisheries science and management in the country and we must not lose that.”

Arctic Climate Change a Crucial Foreign Policy Issue for Canada, Aspen Commission Offers a Way Forward, says Former Foreign Minister

From: World Fishing & Aquaculture

Transparent planning and management of European waters are needed to balance the interests at play against sustaining the long-term benefit of coastal and marine resources to society.