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University of New HampshireUniversity of New Hampshire Scholars' RepositoryMedia Relations Administrative Offices2-18-2008Resuscitating Our Seas; Noted UNH OceansExpert To Address Annual AAAS MeetingDavid SimsUNH Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and SpaceFollow this and additional works at: https://scholars.unh.edu/newsThis News Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Administrative Offices at University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository. It hasbeen accepted for inclusion in Media Relations by an authorized administrator of University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository. For moreinformation, please contact nicole.hentz@unh.edu.Recommended CitationSims, David, "Resuscitating Our Seas; Noted UNH Oceans Expert To Address Annual AAAS Meeting" (2008). UNH Today. 344.https://scholars.unh.edu/news/3449/7/2016 Resuscitating Our Seas; Noted UNH Oceans Expert To Address Annual AAAS Meetinghttp://www.unh.edu/delete/news/cj_nr/2008/feb/ds18rosenberg.cfm.html 1/2UNH Media Relations Resuscitating Our Seas; Noted UNH Oceans Expert ToAddress Annual AAAS MeetingContact:  David Sims 603­862­5369Science WriterInstitute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and SpaceFebruary 18, 2008DURHAM, N.H. ­ Using the techniques of modern science alongside an historical understandingof the plentiful oceans from bygone days, University of New Hampshire ocean policy andfisheries expert Andrew A. Rosenberg will help address the issue of how to best protect andmanage the planet's imperiled ocean resources at this year's American Association for theAdvancement of Science annual meeting in Boston February 14­18.Rosenberg, a professor at the UNH Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space anddepartment of natural resources, and a former commissioner of the U. S. Commission onOcean Policy, will both convene and present at multiple sessions, which vary topically but arecentered around a common theme: the rich historical diversity of ocean ecosystemscontrasted with the depleted seas of today."Clearly, ocean ecosystems were very much more productive in the past. We need to learnfrom our mistakes and find new approaches to foster recovery. Some progress has been madebut there is a long way to go," Rosenberg says.New approaches range from the continued refinement of fishing privileges to the emerging,all­encompassing method of "ecosystem­based management" of ocean resources.Ecosystem­based management seeks to tie the disparate ocean­related puzzle pieces togetherso that policies put in place can be most effective when confronted with the inevitable trade­offs between ecosystem "services" ­ from seafood to erosion control to recreation."While it's certainly true that overfishing has been a major impact, so have coastaldevelopment, changes in river sources, changes in habitat, and other kinds of utilization andexploitation," says Rosenberg, who is also one of three senior scientists with theCommunication Partnership for Science and the Sea or COMPASS ­ a nationwide, collaborativeeffort dedicated to advancing and communicating marine conservation science.The work Rosenberg is doing in conjunction with COMPASS will develop scientific advice forpolicymakers here in New England as well as nationally.At the AAAS meeting, Rosenberg notes, "We'll be talking about how you go beyond theconcept of everything being connected to figuring out how you implement a managementsystem that is integrated and connected."Just as climate change experts rely on computer simulations to forecast climate scenarios,ocean scientists will develop models to implement an ecosystem­based managementapproach.Says Rosenberg, "And that's a big challenge. Where do you get the data? How do you create amodel that's not so complex you have no confidence in the outputs?" He adds that an effort to9/7/2016 Resuscitating Our Seas; Noted UNH Oceans Expert To Address Annual AAAS Meetinghttp://www.unh.edu/delete/news/cj_nr/2008/feb/ds18rosenberg.cfm.html 2/2answer such questions is currently underway via a collaborative project with ocean experts allaround New England, including himself and his Ph.D. student Verna DeLauer, who is workingfor COMPASS on a new integrated suite of models that can assess the true value of ecosystemservices.For details on the AAAS presentations, visit http://www.aaas.org/meetings/Annual_Meeting.For more on COMPASS visit http://www.compassonline.org.­30­email this page!

Resuscitating Our Seas; Noted UNH Oceans Expert To Address Annual AAAS Meeting

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