Nereus Principal Investigator Quentin Hanich (University of Wollongong) was recently named Editor-in-Chief for the journal Marine Policy and is joined by Nereus Director of Policy Yoshitaka Ota (University of Washington) and Megan Bailey (Dalhousie University) as Associate Editors. Marine Policy is the leading journal that specializes in ocean policy studies and contains important and relevant articles on a broad array of ocean-related topics that include domestic and international marine policies, management and regulation of marine fisheries and shipping, marine pollution, conflict resolution, and many others. Contributors to the journal comprise of marine economists, ecologists, international lawyers, marine resource managers, anthropologists, political scientists, and other related disciplines. According to Hanich, “[they] are all passionate that Marine Policy will continue to provide a broad platform for applied marine research relevant to the formulation of marine policy.” You can read more about Marine Policy here, which contains a more detailed version of the above description.
Related Works
Nereus Fellow Solène Guggisberg (Utrecht Univeristy) published the article ‘Funding coastal and marine fisheries projects under the climate change regime’ in a special issue of Marine Policy on Funding for Ocean Conservation and Sustainable Fisheries. You can read the description and access the full article here.
A new paper, ‘A rapid assessment of co-benefits and trade-offs among Sustainable Development Goals‘, has been published in Marine Policy and includes contributions from various Nereus affiliates. This study highlights how achieving SDG 14: Life Below Water targets contributes to the accomplishment of other SDGs
Marine areas beyond the limits of national jurisdiction contain ecosystems with marine resources and biodiversity of significant ecological, socioeconomic, and cultural importance. These areas and their resources are subject to increasing impacts from ongoing human activities and global climate change and their associated cumulative and combined effects.
n the lead up to last week’s referendum on whether the United Kingdom should remain in the European Union, immigration often seemed to be at the forefront at the debate. But the fishing industry was also a hot topic, even leading to demonstrations and bitter exchanges on the impact of EU membership, including from boats on the Thames.
