Marine Conservation Lecture Series





GLOSSARY MARINE CONSERVATION LECTURE SERIES This series of public programs explored the current state of marine ecosystems, fisheries, and coastal communities in the Northeast and around the world. These lectures, co-sponsored with the American Museum of Natural History’s Education Department, invited the public to consider some of the complex issues that were explored during the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation’s Seventh Annual Spring Symposium, Sustaining Seascapes: The Science and Policy of Marine Resource Management, held March 7 and 8, 2002. Coastal Fisheries: Panel Discussion Tuesday, February 19, 7:00-9:00 p.m. Kaufmann Theater, first floor Biologists and fishermen come together to discuss the state of marine fisheries and diverse marine ecosystems around the world. Speakers will consider the importance of marine reserves in the face of escalating economic pressures and advances in commercial fishing technology. Among those scheduled to speak are: Jeffrey Hutchings, Canada Research Chair in Marine Conservation and Biodiversity at Dalhousie University (Nova Scotia); Callum Roberts, Environment Department at the University of York (UK); Yvonne Sadovy, University of Hong Kong’s Department of Ecology and Biodiversity; Arnold Leo, Secretary of the East Hampton (NY) Baymen’s Association; Craig Pendleton, Coordinating Director of the Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance; and Zoe A. Zanidakis, Captain of the lobster boat F/V Equinox, Monhegan Island (Me.). The evening’s moderator is Edward D. Houde, Professor, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. Code: EL12A Travel support for the panelists has been provided by the Marine Fisheries section of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. We gratefully acknowledge the support that made the panelists' participation possible. Mangroves: The Roots of the Sea Film and Panel Discussion Wednesday, February 27, 7:00-8:30 p.m. Kaufmann Theater, first floor The premier viewing of the Museum’s new BioBulletin video, Mangroves: The Roots of the Sea, opens a discussion of these complex natural ecosystems, the impact of aquaculture, and preservation of the biological and cultural legacies with which mangroves are associated. Panelists will examine the status of mangroves in the United States and Southeast Asia, as well as the economic and conservation implications of coastal development. Speakers: Alfredo Quarto, Director of the Mangrove Action Project; Roy Lewis III, a coastal resource management consultant and President of Lewis Environmental Services, Inc.; Jim Krakowski, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Refuge Manager, Ten Thousand Islands and Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuges; and Smokey Forester, Manager of the American Museum of Natural History’s Science Bulletins. The evening’s moderator is ichthyologist Melanie Stiassny, Axelrod Research Curator in the Museum’s Division of Vertebrate Zoology. Code: EL12B Empty Oceans, Empty Nets Film and Panel Discussion Tuesday, March 5, 7:00-9:00 p.m. Linder Theater, first floor How will scientists, resource managers, and the fishing industry cope with the biodiversity crisis unfolding in the world’s oceans? A panel discussion follows a preview of the documentary Empty Oceans, Empty Nets, which airs this spring on PBS. Speakers will include: Carl Safina, Director of the National Audubon Society’s Living Oceans Program and author of the best-selling Song for the Blue Ocean; Pietro Parravano, a commercial fisherman and the President of the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations (invited); and Empty Ocean’s producer, Steven Cowan of Habitat Media. Code: EL12C MARINE CONSERVATION LECTURE SERIES (February 19, 27, and March 5, 2002) Coastal Fisheries: Panel Discussion Tuesday, February 19, 7:00–9:00 p.m. *Mangroves: The Roots of the Sea* Film and Panel Discussion Wednesday, February 27, 7:00–8:30 p.m. *Empty Oceans, Empty Nets* Film and Panel Discussion Tuesday, March 5, 7:00–9:00 p.m. Series of Three Lectures: $40 ($36 Museum members, students, seniors) ELS12 Individual Lectures: $15 each ($12 Museum members, students, senior citizens) To purchase the series–$40 ($36 Members, students, senior citizens)–please mention Code EL12.
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