The Seoul Summit 2010

Barack Obama visit to Seoul, South Korea, Federated States of Micronesia, sheet of 4 stamps. The President Obama International Stamp Collection

A Comprehensive Conservation Needs Assessment Survey of Libraries, Archives, and Museums in the Federated States of Micronesia: Covers

Pohnpei, Chuuk, Kosrae, and Yap States.Paper-and-pencil survey, i.e., the survey was administered using this method due to the absence of inadequacy of such facilities and the geographical locations of the sites.Report includes appendices with photographic documentations, the survey instrument- List of participants and contact information is in the acknowledgement page.A comprehensive conservation needs assessment survey of libraries, archives, and museums in the Federated States of Micronesia.Institute of Museum and Library ServicesCollege of Micronesia-FS

Micronesia Program Newsletter : No. 9

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Biological Reference Points for Fisheries Management Under Environmental Changes

biological reference points (BRPs) for fisheries management under environmental changes, supported by Fisheries Agency of Japan. The objectives of this workshop are to review various BRPs for fish stocks including tuna and other fish species and to discuss the appropriate BRPs for temperate tunas considering the characteristics of biology and fishery for these species, environmental and ecosystem, and socio-economic effects. The key points of twelve presentations are provided below plus a short summary of the discussion are as follows. Participants were not necessarily representing the positions of their affiliated organizations. Japanese coastal fisheries have long history and some of them have never experienced the stock level of Bmsy. Bloss, which is the historically smallest biomass with enough RPS, is easier to be understood by fishermen, because fishermen know well from their experience that the stock biomass had fluctuated. Considering on the hardness to estimate MSY, for the stocks in North Pacific Ocean which had experienced various fishing intensity and had fluctuation of biomass, Bloss would have similar performance with Bmsy. Bmsy and Fmsy are not used for the management of TAC stocks in Japanese coastal fisheries, because the density dependence in S-R relation is not clear and there is uncertaint

UPDATED STOCK ASSESSMENT OF SILKY SHARKS IN THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL PACIFIC OCEAN

This paper presents an update from the first stock assessment of silky shark in the western and central Pacific Ocean that was submitted to SC8 in August 2012. The main changes are the inclusion of a greater number of CPUE and catch time series in the analysis. The assessment uses the stock assessment model and computer software known as Stock Synthesis (version 3.21

WCPFC-SC9-2013/SA-IP-06

Analyses of tagging data for tropical tunas, with implications for the structure of WCPO bigeye stock assessment

Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE): Flows, Quantities, and Management—A Global Scenario

International audienc

A review of population-based prevalence studies of physical activity in adults in the Asia-Pacific region

Background: Physical activity (PA) surveillance is an important component of non-communicable disease risk factor monitoring, and occurs through national and international surveillance systems. This review identifies population PA estimates for adults in the Asia-Pacific region, and examines variation in trends and prevalence rates obtained using different PA measures.Methods: Data were obtained from a MEDLINE search; World Health Organization&rsquo;s Global Health Infobase; Government websites and reference lists of relevant papers. Inclusion criteria included: national studies or those reporting large scale population-level data; data published from 2000 to 2010 and trend data prior; sample sizes over n = 1000, or fewer subjects in small nations.Results: In total, 56 population surveys from 29 Asia-Pacific countries were identified. Data on &lsquo;sufficient physical activity&rsquo; amongst adults were available from 45 studies (80%), with estimates ranging from 7% to 93% (median 62%, inter-quartile range 40%-85%). For 14 countries, estimates of &lsquo;sufficient activity&rsquo; were documented in multiple surveys using different methods, with the largest variation from 18% to 92% in Nepal. Median or mean METminutes/ day, reported in 20 studies, ranged from 6 to 1356. Serial trend data were available for 11 countries (22%), for periods spanning 2-10 years. Of these, five countries demonstrated increases in physical activity over time, four demonstrated decreases and three showed no changes.Conclusions: Many countries in the Asia-Pacific region collect population-level PA data. This review highlights differences in estimates within and between countries. Some differences may be real, others due to variation in the PA questions asked and survey methods used. Use of standardized protocols and measures, and combined reporting of data are essential goals of improved international PA surveillance.<br /

A Comprehensive Conservation Needs Assessment Survey of Libraries, Archives, and Museums in the Federated States of Micronesia: Appendix

Pohnpei, Chuuk, Kosrae, and Yap States.Paper-and-pencil survey, i.e., the survey was administered using this method due to the absence of inadequacy of such facilities and the geographical locations of the sites.Report includes appendices with photographic documentations, the survey instrument- List of participants and contact information is in the acknowledgement page.A comprehensive conservation needs assessment survey of libraries, archives, and museums in the Federated States of Micronesia.Institute of Museum and Library ServicesCollege of Micronesia-FS