News Archive 2008

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Sea Grant events

January 15-16, 2008
Sector Allocation as a Management Tool
This regional workshop focuses on providing education and information on sector allocation (allocation of quota to a group of fishermen to be fished in accordance with an approved plan) as a management tool, and exploring how this method might be applied to New England’s quota-managed fisheries. The workshop is intended to answer questions on how sectors function, and to discuss the pros and cons of this approach. Presenters will include commercial fishermen, fisheries managers, government agency spokespersons, and members of the private sector and academic institutions.
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Student job announcement: URI/Sea Grant Sustainable Seafood Fellows
The Department of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics and Rhode Island Sea Grant are seeking one M.S. student and one M.S. or Ph.D. student as summer research assistants to conduct research on issues related to the market for seafood identified as sustainable. Students should be prepared to commit 15-20 hours per week, should have an interest in seafood markets, and exhibit excellent writing abilities.

Specifically, one Sustainable Seafood Fellow will:
• Collect information for content on new website dedicated to the sustainable
seafood movement and analyses of impacts of the sustainable seafood movement on fisheries management and best aquaculture practices.

The other Sustainable Seafood Fellow will:
• Assist in drafting research reports related to market benefits of labeling seafood as sustainable;
• Conduct analysis of market data for presentation in reports to be disseminated in briefs via web;
• Assist in preparation of presentations for professional conferences.

Time: 15-20 hours per week
Duration: May 25, 2008 – August 24, 2008
To Apply: Send electronic cover letter and resume to Professor Cathy
Roheim at crw@uri.edu by 4:30 p.m. Monday, April 14

2008 Knauss Fellows head to Washington
Rhode Island Sea Grant is sending four graduate students to Washington, D.C., for one-year, $41,500, National Sea Grant College Program Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowships. Marselle Alexander-Ozinskas, Karen Hyun, Jennifer Mehaffey, and Christine Patrick are among 48 Knauss Fellows who will begin working in the federal government on marine and coastal issues starting February 1, 2008.
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