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Daniel Dunn

International Seabed Authority Workshop

Senior Nereus Fellow at Duke University, Daniel Dunn, co-organized a workshop from July 12th to 15th on the development of a strategic environmental management plan for deep sea mining on the Mid-Range Atlantic Ridge. The workshop, held in Lisbon, Portugal, was carried under the International Seabed Authority.

International Seabed Authority Workshop

Nereus Senior Research Fellow Daniel Dunn (Duke) will co-organize a workshop on the development of a strategic environmental management plan for deep sea mining on the Mid-Range Atlantic Ridge for…

COMPASS Capitol Hill Briefing

Senior Nereus Fellow at Duke University, Daniel Dunn, will act as a panelist at a COMPASS-organized briefing on June 28th at the United States Capitol in Washington D.C., United States….

The Future of Marine Fisheries under Climate Change: Nereus at the 7th World Fisheries Congress

For five days, from May 23rd to 27th, and 14 years after the 1st World Fisheries Congress in Athens, Greece, the 7th World Fisheries Congress visited Busan, the second largest city of South Korea. The venue was hosted by the World Council of Fisheries Societies and took place at the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center (BEXCO), where 498 presentations divided into 36 sessions addressed the common theme of the conference: the Challenge to Sustainable Fisheries and Safe Seafoods.

Global Fishing Watch Research Workshop with Google Earth Outreach

The Nereus Program presented at a Global Fishing Watch Research Workshop on June 6th and 7th at Google’s offices in San Francisco, California, United States.

Global Fishing Watch is a technology-based partnership that started between digital mapping non-profit SkyTruth, oceans advocacy foundation Oceana, and Google’s Google Earth Outreach program, “designed to show all of the trackable fishing activity in the ocean” via an interactive web tool. With the goal of combating fisheries decline, the project will “reveal the intensity of fishing effort around the world” and help citizens hold world leaders accountable for the maintenance of an abundant ocean.

7th World Fisheries Congress in Busan, Korea

The Nereus Program is participating in the 7th World Fisheries Congress in Busan, South Korea, including organizing the session “Future of marine fisheries under climate change: Exploring uncertainties, future scenarios…