February 2010 Newsletter
Second edition of Marine and Coastal Law debut
Rhode Island Sea Grant Legal Program and Marine Affairs Director at Roger Williams University, Susan Farady coauthored the recently released second edition of Marine and Coastal Law, a case book that is used in various undergraduate, graduate and law school classes around the country.
This extensively updated and enhanced edition of author Dennis Nixon’s classic casebook provides students essential grounding in the leading legal decisions and statutory provisions in U.S. marine and coastal law. This rapidly evolving and contentious area of the law has seen a steady stream of landmark decisions and legislation in the years since the publication of the first edition of Marine and Coastal Law: Cases and Materials. The second edition is updated with 25 percent new post-1994 landmark case material and is enhanced, due in part to two new coauthors, with new pedagogic features, including editorial commentary for all cases, examples to support study questions after each case, and chapter introductions.
Ms. Farady coauthored this edition with Dennis W. Nixon, professor of marine affairs and associate dean for research and administration at the Graduate School of Oceanography of the University of Rhode Island, and Michael Daly, Esq., Pierce Atwood LLP associate in Providence and marine affairs joint degree graduate of Roger Williams University School of Law and the University of Rhode Island, along with research assistance from third-year law student, Jackson Parmenter.
Announcing the 2011 Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowships
We invite qualified individuals to submit applications to the Rhode Island Sea Grant College Program for the Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship. Approximately thirty individuals are selected nationally for this prestigious Fellowship to spend a year in Washington, DC, working in Congress or the Executive Branch on critical marine policy and resource management issues. The Sea Grant Knauss Fellowship provides a stipend and living expense allowance totaling $46,000. The one year Fellowship begins February 1, 2011.
Each year, Rhode Island Sea Grant nominates up to six students to the National Sea Grant College Program for Knauss Fellowships. Nominees must be enrolled in a US accredited graduate or professional degree program in a marine or aquatic-related field in the US or its territories as of February 19, 2010.
Applications are due at RI Sea Grant by 5:00 PM on Friday, February 19, 2010. Please see the attachment or visit our web site at http://www.seagrant.noaa.gov/knauss
IN THE NEWS
Q&A with Dr. Cathy Roheim on the Future of Sustainable Seafood
Dr. Cathy Roheim is a professor at the University of Rhode Island and the director of URI’s Sustainable Seafood Initiative, a collaboration between the Rhode Island Sea Grant Program and URI’s College of Environment and Life Sciences. In an interview by SeafoodSource, Roheim, who has spent nearly 20 years researching trends in seafood marketing and trade, talks about her research on consumer demand for eco-labeled food, and the future of sustainability certification and eco-labeled seafood.
How using the Coastal & Waterfront Smart Growth Elements can help create hazard resilient communities
In ongoing collaborative efforts by NOAA, EPA, ICMA, and RI Sea Grant to help coastal and waterfront communities respond and recover from weather and climate hazards, a two-page flyer has been developed that highlights specific smart growth elements as they pertain to natural hazards, including potential impacts from climate change.
“It provides some insight to how people might want to promote resilient communities through smart growth,” said Pam Rubinoff, coastal management extension specialist for Rhode Island Sea Grant and the Coastal Resources Center.
The idea of “smart growth” principles, or elements, was adopted as a means to aid development of coastal communities by incorporating more sustainable and viable approaches that would that would help preserve the coastal character, its resources, and its valuable economic advantage. Smart Growth for Coastal and Waterfront Communities, a joint publication recently released, explores how smart growth principles can be applied to coastal and waterfront settings.
“The examples and tools are presented from various parts of the country,” said Rubinoff, “And are intended to assist local efforts of municipalities, development sectors, and local grass roots initiatives.”
Our Ocean in Motion 2010 Winter-Spring Community Lecture Series
The diversity of marine resources; from recreational and commercial fishing to energy development, aquaculture and conservation, is only now being fully recognized in coastal management plans. As we gain new insight about how to utilize potential marine resources, there is a greater need for marine spatial planning in order to bring together multiple users of the ocean in order make informed decisions on the management of such resources.
What the future of Rhode Island’s marine resources looks like and details from the state’s marine spatial planning project will be presented in this four-part 2010 Winter-Spring Lecture Series, sponsored by the R.I. Ocean Special Area Management Plan (SAMP) project beginning March 4.
For more information on upcoming lectures.
February 2:Ocean SAMP stakeholder meeting
John Merrill, professor of oceanography at URI, will present air quality and meteorological studies of Rhode Island Coastal waters and nearby areas.
URI Bay Campus Coastal Institute Hazard Rooms A&B
6 – 9 p.m.
February 19:
Application deadline for 2011 Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowships
5 p.m.
Ocean SAMP Public Workshop
The Ocean SAMP public comment period for the Ocean SAMP Marine Transportation, Navigation, and Infrastructure chapter has begun and includes a public workshop. Parties interested in or concerned are invited to submit written comments by March 2, 2010.
URI Bay Campus Coastal Institute Hazard Rooms A&B
2:30 p.m.
