From h.sweatman at aims.gov.au Wed Sep 1 21:44:12 1999 From: h.sweatman at aims.gov.au (Hugh Sweatman) Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 11:44:12 +1000 Subject: Position available Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19990902114412.008323b0@email.aims.gov.au> BIOSTATISTICIAN - REEF MONITORING (JOB No. 178 ) The Australian Institute of Marine Science invites applications from suitably qualified persons for appointment as a Research Scientist in the Long-Term Monitoring Program. The appointee will participate in research supported by the CRC Reef Research Centre within AIMS and will be based at the Institute's headquarters, which are located at Cape Ferguson, Townsville, North Queensland. The Long Term Monitoring Program is a major initiative to monitor regional status of the Great Barrier Reef. Program staff visit reefs along the length of the GBR annually, surveying reef perimeters for coral cover and crown-of-thorns starfish and surveying fixed sites for reef fishes and benthic organisms. Further information about the program can be found on the AIMS website (http://www.aims.gov.au/reef-monitoring). The Institute seeks to employ, on a full time basis, a professional scientist who has a strong background in statistics and skills appropriate for the analysis of ecological and spatial data. The successful applicant will provide statistical advice to field biologists working within the Long Term Monitoring Program and will coordinate all data analysis within the program. He or she will be involved in the analysis and interpretation of the results of the program and will collaborate in the production of technical reports and scientific papers. Salary: This three (3) year fixed term position is offered at a within the range of A$57,681 - A$63,233 per annum (determined by qualifications and experience). For additional information, selection criteria, etc. see AIMS' webpages (http://www.aims.gov.au) Enquiries: Dr. Hugh Sweatman on (07) 4753 4470.(h.sweatman at aims.gov.au) IMPORTANT INFORMATION Applications: Applicants must address the selection criteria, giving details of experience, personal particulars and including the names of two referees. Address your application to the General Manager, Support Services, Australian Institute of Marine Science, P.M.B. No 3, Townsville MC Qld 4810, Australia Applications close 24 September 1999. From reef99 at uninet.net.id Wed Sep 1 23:47:38 1999 From: reef99 at uninet.net.id (Reef-99) Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 10:47:38 +0700 Subject: Int.'l Conference on Marine Tourism and Coral Reef Conservation Message-ID: <199909021101.LAA62720@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Announcement INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE on MARINE TOURISM AND CORAL REEF CONSERVATION Bali International Convention Center (BICC) BALI =96 INDONESIA, December 1 - 3, 1999 Secretariat: Jl. Raden Saleh 43, Jakarta 10330, INDONESIA Phone: (62-21) 3143080 ext. 505, Fax : (62-21) 327958, E-Mail: reef99 at uninet.net.id Coral Reef 99 =93 International Seminar on Marine Tourism and Coral Reefs Conservation is scheduled for December 1-3rd 1999, at the Bali International Convention Center, Bali Indonesia. The event is organized in corporation with the CORAL REEF REHABILITATION and PROJECT MANAGEMENT (COREMAP) and other major sponsors to bring world attention to Marine Conservation in Indonesia, in particular Coral Reefs. Supported by Patrons The President of the Republic of Indonesia, the event will attract world renowned speakers. The Seminar, sets out to pave the way to the new Millennium, a new era of marine conservation as both local and global pressures take their tolls. Supported by the COREMAP project, (the World Bank funded study of Indonesian coral reef resources), this symposium will explore how marine Eco-tourism can become the catalyst to bridge gaps between industrial exploitation and community development. If interested please fax or e-mail us for further information, or visit us at http://www.spot.net.id/coralreef99/ From c.wilkinson at aims.gov.au Thu Sep 2 22:11:05 1999 From: c.wilkinson at aims.gov.au (Clive Wilkinson) Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 12:11:05 +1000 Subject: 1997-98 Coral Bleaching Revisited Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.19990903121105.0073e49c@email.aims.gov.au> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 2547 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/19990903/dfdfed45/attachment.bin From eweil at caribe.net Fri Sep 3 10:53:36 1999 From: eweil at caribe.net (Ernesto Weil) Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 10:53:36 -0400 Subject: Coral spawning in PR. Message-ID: <000801bef623$05dfe4c0$a1d35bd1@default> Dear colleagues, spawning of Montastraea spp. occurred right on time this year in Puerto Rico. Here are my observations: September 1st (6 days after the full moon): 7:55 - 8:40 p.m. M. franksi and M. cavernosa 10:30 - 11:10 p.m. M. annularis and M. faveolata M.annularis started to spawn before M.faveolata, then they overlapped for about ? hour, M.annularis stopped and M.faveolata continued to spawn afterward for a short period of time. September 2nd. (7 days after the fool moon) : bad weather so, observations were made in specimens collected on August 30th and keept in aquaria with running seawater. 8:45 - 9:20 p.m M. franksi 10:30 - 11:10 p.m. M.annularis 11:00 - 11:50 p.m. M.faveolata Saludos, EW. Dr. Ernesto Weil Depart. of Marine Sciences, UPR PO BOX 908 Lajas PR 00667 Ph. (787) 899-2048 x. 241 FAX (787) 899-2630/899-5500. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Here are my observations: > > September 1st (6 days after the full moon): > > 7:55 - 8:40 p.m. M. franksi and M. cavernosa > > 10:30 - 11:10 p.m. M. annularis and M. faveolata > > M.annularis started to spawn before M.faveolata, then they overlapped > for about ? hour, M.annularis stopped and M.faveolata continued to > spawn afterward for a short period of time. > > September 2nd. (7 days after the fool moon) : bad weather so, > observations were made in specimens collected on August 30th and keept > in aquaria with running seawater. > > 8:45 - 9:20 p.m M. franksi > > 10:30 - 11:10 p.m. M.annularis > > 11:00 - 11:50 p.m. M.faveolata > > Saludos, > > EW.Dr. Ernesto Weil > Depart. of Marine Sciences, UPR > PO BOX 908 Lajas PR 00667 > Ph. (787) 899-2048 x. 241 > FAX (787) 899-2630/899-5500. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/19990903/d59580bf/attachment.html From bob at westpacfisheries.net Fri Sep 3 18:08:55 1999 From: bob at westpacfisheries.net (Bob Endreson) Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 12:08:55 -1000 Subject: No subject Message-ID: <199909051313.NAA86150@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> This is a letter than was just sent to Dr. D. James Baker http://www.westpacfisheries.net/article22.html and the letter to the Council http://www.westpacfisheries.net/kittyletter.html regarding the Coral Reef Ecosystem FMP Essentially the letter is a request to review the Council process in developing the Coral Reef Ecosystem draft FMP and the Framework of that FMP. The system is seriously flawed. The Council has violated NEPA, the plan team members are extremely disturbed by the Council's actions, the public has been lied to and the NMFS/NOAA must take control of the situation. It is now clear why the Council is moving at breakneck speed to get this FMP completed and it is simply about power and money. They wish to circumvent the National movement for Coral Reef Ecosystem management and devise their own plan of action in and of itself. This plan included developing a market for live coral which will further deplet EFH. Those of us who have spoken with the Plan Team members, the State of Hawaii and the consultants that the Council have hired can tell you there are serious problems associated with this process. Yesterday we learned that at a public meeting in KONA, the Council gave the public outdated material to comment on. A draft that has already been rejected by the Plan Team. However, the Council was simply trying to get their NEPA requirements out of the way. We have also learned that consultants that were hired by the Council have expressed anger at the way things were proceeding while others admit to not being qualified. Please don't misunderstand the intent of our opposition on this issue. We think the idea of a Coral Reef "Ecosystem" FMP is essential, however, if the Council can pick and choose what is and what is not part of that plan and selectively mold their own framework, this FMP will do little to protect the US Coral Reefs here in Hawaii. For more information go to: www.westpacfisheries.net Mahalo From woodley at uwimona.edu.jm Sun Sep 5 19:01:20 1999 From: woodley at uwimona.edu.jm (Jeremy Woodley) Date: Sun, 05 Sep 1999 19:01:20 -0400 Subject: Coral spawning in PR. Message-ID: <1.5.4.32.19990905230120.008efc34@minotaur.uwimona.edu.jm> Hi Ben! In Jamaica, we've been studying the spawning behaviour of some brittle-stars which takes place at about the same time as the spawning of M. annularis. We have also seen a brittle-star which comes out only, apparently, to feed, and which gorges on coral gamete bundles. Here (and probably in Florida also) it is Ophioblenna antillensis. Jeremy At 05:10 PM 9/3/1999 -0400, you wrote: >Spawning report from the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary: > >D. strigosa spawned last night (9/2) around 1130 pm. An ophiurid was >observed catching and eating coral gametes. Stay tuned for more >reports....... > >Ernesto Weil wrote: > >> Dear colleagues, spawning of Montastraea spp. occurred right on time >> this year in Puerto Rico. Here are my observations: >> >> September 1st (6 days after the full moon): >> >> 7:55 - 8:40 p.m. M. franksi and M. cavernosa >> >> 10:30 - 11:10 p.m. M. annularis and M. faveolata >> >> M.annularis started to spawn before M.faveolata, then they overlapped >> for about ? hour, M.annularis stopped and M.faveolata continued to >> spawn afterward for a short period of time. >> >> September 2nd. (7 days after the fool moon) : bad weather so, >> observations were made in specimens collected on August 30th and keept >> in aquaria with running seawater. >> >> 8:45 - 9:20 p.m M. franksi >> >> 10:30 - 11:10 p.m. M.annularis >> >> 11:00 - 11:50 p.m. M.faveolata >> >> Saludos, >> >> EW.Dr. Ernesto Weil >> Depart. of Marine Sciences, UPR >> PO BOX 908 Lajas PR 00667 >> Ph. (787) 899-2048 x. 241 >> FAX (787) 899-2630/899-5500. > > > >Spawning report from the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary: >

D. strigosa spawned last night (9/2) around 1130 pm. An ophiurid >was observed catching and eating coral gametes. Stay tuned for more reports....... >

Ernesto Weil wrote: >

 Dear colleagues, spawning of Montastraea >spp. occurred right on time this year in Puerto Rico. Here are my observations: >

September 1st (6 days after the full moon): >

7:55 - 8:40 p.m. M. franksi and M. cavernosa >

10:30 - 11:10 p.m. M. annularis and M. faveolata >

M.annularis started to spawn before M.faveolata, then >they overlapped for about ? hour, M.annularis stopped and M.faveolata >continued to spawn afterward for a short period of time. >

September 2nd. (7 days after the fool moon) : bad weather >so, observations were made in specimens collected on August 30th and keept >in aquaria with running seawater. >

8:45 - 9:20 p.m M. franksi >

10:30 - 11:10 p.m. M.annularis >

11:00 - 11:50 p.m. M.faveolata >

Saludos, >

EW.Dr. Ernesto Weil >
Depart. of Marine Sciences, UPR >
PO BOX 908 Lajas PR 00667 >
Ph. (787) 899-2048 x. 241 >
FAX (787) 899-2630/899-5500.

> > > > From acohen at whoi.edu Mon Sep 6 16:09:08 1999 From: acohen at whoi.edu (Anne Cohen) Date: Mon, 06 Sep 1999 13:09:08 -0700 Subject: looking for Elizabeth Gladfelter Message-ID: <37D41F64.27165B28@whoi.edu> Hello All I would like to contact Elizabeth Gladfelter whose telephone number as listed in the CHAMP coral researchers directory is no longer valid. I would greatly appreciate an email address or telephone number, many thanks Anne. From McCarty_and_Peters at compuserve.com Mon Sep 6 17:14:14 1999 From: McCarty_and_Peters at compuserve.com (Harry McCarty) Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 17:14:14 -0400 Subject: Preliminary Announcement Message-ID: <199909061714_MC2-83BA-FC0E@compuserve.com> Coral Tissue Slide Reading Workshop Dear List, I plan to offer a workshop on reading histoslides of coral tissues sometime during the winter or spring of 2000. The workshop will be held at the Registry of Tumors in Lower Animals, George Washington University, Washington, DC, to take advantage of the 6-headed teaching microscope there (thus, each session is limited to five participants). The workshop is planned for 2 1/2 to 3 days and will probably begin or end on Saturday or Sunday. Dates are flexible, and will be arranged depending on participants' travel plans. Lecture and slide-reading sessions will alternate, to cover the following topics: Introduction to histology and histopathology Techniques for the preparation of coral tissues for light and electron microscopic examination Coral anatomy and histology Coral diseases Participants are encouraged to bring their own histoslides for discussion, if they have prepared any, and are expected to make a brief presentation on their own coral research (physiology, symbioses, pathology, toxicology, microbiology, etc.) Scleractinian corals will be the primary focus, but other tropical cnidarian groups could also be discussed. Cost of the workshop is minimal, but travel to/from Washington, DC, meals, and hotel must be paid for by the participant (Note: I do not have access to any travel funds; this must be arranged by each participant). Please let me know if you are interested in attending. (DO NOT REPLY TO THE CORAL-LIST, send to: mccarty_and_peters at compuserve.com) I will provide further notices as plans progress to all who express an interest. Dr. Esther Peters From Roger.B.Griffis at noaa.gov Tue Sep 7 13:44:58 1999 From: Roger.B.Griffis at noaa.gov (Roger B Griffis) Date: Tue, 07 Sep 1999 13:44:58 -0400 Subject: U.S. Ocean Report Message-ID: <37D54F19.A3F32B8E@hdq.noaa.gov> - Apologies for cross-postings - U.S. Ocean Report Released Last week U.S. federal agencies submitted the first National Ocean Report to the President entitled "Turning to the Sea: American's Ocean Future". The report from the Cabinet responds to President Clinton's request at the National Ocean Conference (June 1998) for recommendations on a coordinated, focused, long-term federal ocean policy. The Report contains nearly 150 recommended actions to protect, restore, and explore America's ocean resources (including coral reefs). The Vice President, in accepting the report, launched a high-level task force to oversee implementation of key recommendations. The report is available on-line at www.publicaffairs.noaa.com or by sending an email with your name and address to Robert.C.Hansen at hdq.noaa.gov Thank you. __________________________ From: "The White House" , on 09/03/1999 5:20 PM: To: internet[] THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary ________________________________________________________________________ For Immediate Release September 2, 1999 REPORT FROM THE CABINET: AN OCEAN POLICY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY September 2, 1999 At the National Ocean Conference last year in Monterey, President Clinton directed the Cabinet to report back with recommendations for a comprehensive ocean policy to guide federal efforts in the 21st century. In a report presented today to Vice President Al Gore, entitled "Turning to the Sea: American's Ocean Future," the Cabinet recommends nearly 150 actions to protect, restore, and explore America's ocean resources. The Vice President, in accepting the report, launched a high-level task force to oversee implementation of key recommendations. Recommendations from the Cabinet include: Sustaining Economic Benefits - Create new incentives to reduce overfishing, allowing fish stocks to recover and become more commercially viable. - Develop guidelines for environmentally sound and sustainable aquaculture and promote domestic and international compliance with them. - Increase support for sustainable harvesting and testing of marine resources with potential pharmaceutical benefits. - Help state, local and tribal governments adopt and implement sustainable development plans for coastal zones. Maintaining Global Security - Work with the Senate to ensure that the United States joins the Law of the Sea Convention as soon as possible. - Improve U.S. capability to conduct surveillance, detection, identification, classification, and interdiction of maritime threats before they reach U.S. shores. - Coordinate initiatives to maintain and exercise freedom of navigation. Protecting Marine Resources - Coordinate federal programs with "smart growth" initiatives at the local level. - Coordinate efforts among federal agencies to effectively address polluted runoff and other sources of coastal pollution. - Strengthen efforts to protect and restore essential fish habitat as required by the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. - Examine the concept of marine wilderness areas and its application to U.S. marine protected areas. Discovering the Oceans - Improve coordination of data collection among coastal, open-ocean and seafloor observation stations and expand their data gathering capabilities. - Integrate relevant ocean science disciplines to advance basic and applied research in ocean and coastal issues. - Support expansion of underwater exploration by federal agencies and through private exploration initiatives. - Establish a nationally coordinated effort to improve and promote ocean science education. To oversee implementation of the Cabinet recommendations, the Vice President announced a new high-level Oceans Report Task Force. The Task Force will prioritize the recommendations, appoint lead agencies for implementation of key recommendations, and meet quarterly to review progress. The Task Force will be co-chaired by the Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality and the Deputy National Security Advisor and will include high-level representatives of agencies with responsibility for ocean affairs. # # # -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Roger.B.Griffis.vcf Type: text/x-vcard Size: 424 bytes Desc: Card for Roger B Griffis Url : http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/19990907/f08fde4c/attachment.vcf From sjameson at coralseas.com Tue Sep 7 13:55:10 1999 From: sjameson at coralseas.com (Stephen C Jameson) Date: Tue, 7 Sep 99 13:55:10 -0400 Subject: Nicaragua - Pacific Message-ID: <199909071755.NAA18067@radagast.wizard.net> Dear All, I am preparing a chapter on Nicaragua (Pacific) for the new book "Seas at the Millennium" (www.elsevier.nl/locate/seas). I would greatly appreciate a note from anyone who has knowledge or references (especially grey literature) regarding marine research, monitoring or management from the Pacific coast of Nicaragua. Thanks!! Best regards, Dr. Stephen C. Jameson, President Coral Seas Inc. - Integrated Coastal Zone Management 4254 Hungry Run Road, The Plains, VA 20198-1715 USA Office: 703-754-8690, Fax: 703-754-9139 Email: sjameson at coralseas.com Web Site: www.coralseas.com From acohen at whoi.edu Tue Sep 7 18:23:11 1999 From: acohen at whoi.edu (Anne Cohen) Date: Tue, 07 Sep 1999 15:23:11 -0700 Subject: Found Elizabeth Gladfelter! Message-ID: <37D5904F.7252643E@whoi.edu> Hi All I found Dr Gladfelter right here in Woods Hole, under my very nose! For those who asked, she's a guest investigator in the Marine Policy Center at WHOI, mailstop #44. email: egladfelter at whoi.edu Thanks everyone for your help! Anne From Roger.B.Griffis at noaa.gov Tue Sep 7 16:42:26 1999 From: Roger.B.Griffis at noaa.gov (Roger B Griffis) Date: Tue, 07 Sep 1999 16:42:26 -0400 Subject: U.S. Ocean Report - correction References: <37D54F19.A3F32B8E@hdq.noaa.gov> Message-ID: <37D578B2.CB35BB1C@hdq.noaa.gov> Correction - web site for U.S. ocean report was incorrected listed in previous email. Correct address is: www.publicaffairs.noaa.gov _____________________ Roger B Griffis wrote: > - Apologies for cross-postings - > > U.S. Ocean Report Released > > Last week U.S. federal agencies submitted the first National Ocean > Report to the President entitled "Turning to the Sea: American's Ocean > Future". The report from the Cabinet responds to President Clinton's > request at the National Ocean Conference (June 1998) for recommendations > on a coordinated, focused, long-term federal ocean policy. > > The Report contains nearly 150 recommended actions to protect, restore, > and explore America's ocean resources (including coral reefs). The Vice > President, in accepting the report, launched a high-level task force to > oversee implementation of key recommendations. > > The report is available on-line at > > www.publicaffairs.noaa.com > > or by sending an email with your name and address to > > Robert.C.Hansen at hdq.noaa.gov > > Thank you. > __________________________ > From: "The White House" , > on > 09/03/1999 5:20 PM: > To: internet[] > > THE WHITE HOUSE > > Office of the Press Secretary > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > For Immediate Release September 2, > 1999 > > REPORT FROM THE CABINET: > AN OCEAN POLICY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY > September 2, 1999 > > At the National Ocean Conference last year in Monterey, President > Clinton directed the Cabinet to report back with recommendations for > a > comprehensive ocean policy to guide federal efforts in the 21st > century. > In a report presented today to Vice President Al Gore, entitled > "Turning > to the Sea: American's Ocean Future," the Cabinet recommends nearly > 150 > actions to protect, restore, and explore America's ocean resources. > The > Vice President, in accepting the report, launched a high-level task > force to oversee implementation of key recommendations. > > Recommendations from the Cabinet include: > > Sustaining Economic Benefits > - Create new incentives to reduce overfishing, allowing fish > stocks > to recover and become more commercially viable. > - Develop guidelines for environmentally sound and sustainable > aquaculture and promote domestic and international compliance with > them. > - Increase support for sustainable harvesting and testing of > marine > resources with potential pharmaceutical benefits. > - Help state, local and tribal governments adopt and implement > sustainable development plans for coastal zones. > > Maintaining Global Security > - Work with the Senate to ensure that the United States joins the > Law > of the Sea Convention as soon as possible. > - Improve U.S. capability to conduct surveillance, detection, > identification, classification, and interdiction of maritime threats > before they reach U.S. shores. > - Coordinate initiatives to maintain and exercise freedom of > navigation. > > Protecting Marine Resources > - Coordinate federal programs with "smart growth" initiatives at > the > local level. > - Coordinate efforts among federal agencies to effectively address > polluted runoff and other sources of coastal pollution. > - Strengthen efforts to protect and restore essential fish habitat > as > required by the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management > Act. > - Examine the concept of marine wilderness areas and its > application > to U.S. marine protected areas. > > Discovering the Oceans > - Improve coordination of data collection among coastal, > open-ocean > and seafloor observation stations and expand their data gathering > capabilities. > - Integrate relevant ocean science disciplines to advance basic > and > applied research in ocean and coastal issues. > - Support expansion of underwater exploration by federal agencies > and > through private exploration initiatives. > - Establish a nationally coordinated effort to improve and promote > ocean science education. > > To oversee implementation of the Cabinet recommendations, the Vice > President announced a new high-level Oceans Report Task Force. The > Task > Force will prioritize the recommendations, appoint lead agencies for > implementation of key recommendations, and meet quarterly to review > progress. The Task Force will be co-chaired by the Chair of the > Council > on Environmental Quality and the Deputy National Security Advisor and > will include high-level representatives of agencies with > responsibility > for ocean affairs. > > # # # -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Roger.B.Griffis.vcf Type: text/x-vcard Size: 424 bytes Desc: Card for Roger B Griffis Url : http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/19990907/382116d2/attachment.vcf From szmanta at uncwil.edu Tue Sep 7 17:06:44 1999 From: szmanta at uncwil.edu (Alina M. Szmant) Date: Tue, 07 Sep 1999 17:06:44 -0400 Subject: COMMUNITY DYNAMICS OF CORAL REEF ALGAE: Special Issue of Coral Reefs Message-ID: <3.0.32.19990907170644.006ed160@pop.uncwil.edu> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Sincerely, Gina Morisseau-Leroy gmoriss at aoml.noaa.gov Webmaster for OCD and CHAMP NOAA/AOML/OCD -----Original Message----- From: Alex Markels To: gmoriss at aoml.noaa.gov Date: Tuesday, September 07, 1999 2:44 PM Subject: HELP! >I'm a magazine writer for National Geographic who interviewed Carlos >Garcia-Saez, a scientist with the Honduras Coral Reef Fund, while >researching a story on the Bay Islands. I've been unable to contact him >since, as the email address he gave me appears nonfunctional. I saw a >listing on your site for him in Mexico, although he told me that he now >splits his time between Miami and Cayos Cochinos, Honduras. Do you have any >updated contact information for this gentleman? Or can you point me to >someone who might? > >Thanks in advance for your help, > >Alex Markels >alexm at email.com >970-827-9503 From CoralReefA at aol.com Wed Sep 8 15:35:53 1999 From: CoralReefA at aol.com (CoralReefA at aol.com) Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 15:35:53 EDT Subject: Caution Re: Int.'l Conference on Marine Tourism and Coral ReefConservation Message-ID: In a message dated 9/2/99 4:18:14 AM, reef99 at uninet.net.id wrote: <> Dear Coral-listers, Although many reputable and honorable people are listed as the organizers and sponsors of this conference, and I do not have any first hand information about the conference, I became a little uncomfortable when I contacted two of the speakers listed in the proposed program schedule on the website and neither of them -- to their knowledge -- had even been contacted by the conference organizers and they certainly had not agreed to participate as speakers. Perhaps this was just an oversight by the person creating the website, but I believe the conference organizers should clarify who has agreed to participate in the Conference as a speaker before listing them on the proposed program. The topic of Marine Tourism and Coral Reef Conservation is a very important one that needs a great deal of discussion and action, and a conference like this could play a very important role, but we need to avoid needless misunderstandings and disappointment by promising more than may be delivered. It would be very useful if the conference organizers could confirm by email the speakers who have definitely agreed to participate and specify in their website who is confirmed and who is not. Sincerely, Stephen Colwell Executive Director CORAL - The Coral Reef Alliance "Working together to keep coral reefs alive" Address: 64 Shattuck Square, Suite 220 Berkeley, CA 94704 tel: 510-848-0110 fax: 510-848-3720 email: SColwell at coral.org web site: www.coral.org From lizard at amsg.austmus.gov.au Wed Sep 8 19:05:53 1999 From: lizard at amsg.austmus.gov.au (lizard) Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 10:05:53 +1100 Subject: Lizard Island Doctoral Fellowship Message-ID: <0008A32A.3204@amsg.austmus.gov.au> This is a reminder that applications for the 2000 Lizard Island Doctoral Fellowship close on 1 October 1999. For information, see http://www.austmus.gov.au/science/projects/lizard/lizfello.htm __________________________________________________________________ Dr Anne Hoggett and Dr Lyle Vail, Directors Lizard Island Research Station PMB 37 Cairns QLD 4871 Australia Phone and fax: + 61 (0)7 4060-3977 lizard at amsg.austmus.gov.au http://www.austmus.gov.au/science/projects/lizard/ __________________________________________________________________ From reefcare at cura.net Wed Sep 8 21:31:18 1999 From: reefcare at cura.net (Reef Care =?iso-8859-1?Q?Cura=E7ao?=) Date: Wed, 08 Sep 1999 21:31:18 -0400 Subject: [Fwd: Reef Health] Message-ID: <37D70DE5.DEF27952@cura.net> -------------- next part -------------- An embedded message was scrubbed... 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From SWells at wwfnet.org Thu Sep 9 05:51:52 1999 From: SWells at wwfnet.org (Susan Wells) Date: Thu, 09 Sep 1999 11:51:52 +0200 Subject: re-advertisement for marine position Message-ID: WWF, the world's largest independent conservation organisation with a global network active in 100 countries, is seeking to recruit a: MANAGER, MARINE PROGRAMME based in Gland, Switzerland The Manager of the Marine Programme will act as the point person on marine issues for WWF International and will provide leadership to the WWF Conservation Policy and Regional Programme work on marine conservation and the sustainable utilization of the seas and marine resources. The Manager will coordinate Network action on the WWF marine strategy, support Network action and provide a Secretariat function to the Marine Advisory Group Network, which provides policy guidance and advice on marine issues for the WWF network. The tasks will include policy and advocacy work as well as technical and logistical support to the WWF marine conservation projects around the world. We require: a first degree and preferably a higher degree in a marine-related field a sound knowledge of marine process, coastal zone management, integrated pollution prevention and control, international treaties relating to the marine environment, community development issues relating to coastal communities and the significance of the land/marine interface; at least five years experience in one or more fields of marine conservation with some proven management experience of multi project programmes; excellent communications skills and credible personal presentation; leadership and drive, teambuilding, diplomacy, and the ability to build consensus; excellent English, other languages a great advantage. Please send a covering letter with your CV to Miriam Fuhrer, WWF International, Avenue du Mont Blanc, 1196 Gland. E-mail: mfuhrer at wwfnet.org from whom you may also obtain Terms of Reference. The closing date for applications is Thursday, 30 September. _______________________________ Sue Wells Marine Programme Co-ordinator WWF International avenue du Mont-Blanc 1196 Gland - Switzerland ----------------------------------------------- Phone: +41 22 364 90 32 Fax: +41 22 364 05 26 email: swells at wwfnet.org website: http://www.panda.org From Eric.Treml at noaa.gov Thu Sep 9 07:29:05 1999 From: Eric.Treml at noaa.gov (Eric Treml) Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 11:29:05 GMT Subject: GIS mini symposium at 9ICRS Message-ID: <199909091129.LAA21015@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> [Many apologies for any cross-posting.] I am assisting Marji Puotinen in developing a geographic information systems (GIS) and coral reefs mini symposium proposal to submit to the 9th International Coral Reef Symposium Committee (http://www.nova.edu/ocean/9icrs/). The agenda will be based on the interests of the people who plan on attending, and be devoted to individual paper presentations. The mini symposium may also include a short introduction to GIS, an update on where the technology is headed, and how it can be used to advance the study of coral reefs. We will also have a short joint session with the remote sensing group. What we need at this point is a list of people who are interested in presenting research or attending this mini symposium at the 9ICRS. Please respond to this email, BY FRIDAY SEPT. 10, if you are interested in presenting or attending this mini symposium. Of course, any comments or suggestions are appreciated. Thank you, Eric & Marji From reef99 at uninet.net.id Thu Sep 9 07:33:37 1999 From: reef99 at uninet.net.id (Reef-99) Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 11:33:37 GMT Subject: Caution Re: Int.'l Conference on Marine Tourism and Coral Reef Conservation References: Message-ID: <199909091133.LAA17589@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Dear Mr. Colwell, Thank you very very much for your reminder ,we are very sorry for the mistake in our website.The designer was using an old TENTATIVE PROGRAM ,although we contacted all those speakers by Fax.,but unfortunately no response of some proposed speakers until today,even we contacted you in July. The TENTATIVE PROGRAM will be immediately changed and you will find more reputable and honorable speakers on the list. Mr. Colwell, I'm very grateful for your attention on this Conference and hoop to see you in Bali. Sincerely, Ron Scipio OC Secretary CoralReefA at aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 9/2/99 4:18:14 AM, reef99 at uninet.net.id wrote: > > < Bali International Convention Center (BICC) > BALI =96 INDONESIA, December 1 - 3, 1999>> > > Dear Coral-listers, > > Although many reputable and honorable people are listed as the organizers and > sponsors of this conference, and I do not have any first hand information > about the conference, I became a little uncomfortable when I contacted two of > the speakers listed in the proposed program schedule on the website and > neither of them -- to their knowledge -- had even been contacted by the > conference organizers and they certainly had not agreed to participate as > speakers. Perhaps this was just an oversight by the person creating the > website, but I believe the conference organizers should clarify who has > agreed to participate in the Conference as a speaker before listing them on > the proposed program. > > The topic of Marine Tourism and Coral Reef Conservation is a very important > one that needs a great deal of discussion and action, and a conference like > this could play a very important role, but we need to avoid needless > misunderstandings and disappointment by promising more than may be delivered. > > It would be very useful if the conference organizers could confirm by email > the speakers who have definitely agreed to participate and specify in their > website who is confirmed and who is not. > > Sincerely, > Stephen Colwell > Executive Director > CORAL - The Coral Reef Alliance > > "Working together to keep coral reefs alive" > Address: 64 Shattuck Square, Suite 220 > Berkeley, CA 94704 > > tel: 510-848-0110 > fax: 510-848-3720 > email: SColwell at coral.org > web site: www.coral.org From eweil at caribe.net Thu Sep 9 10:30:58 1999 From: eweil at caribe.net (Ernesto Weil) Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 10:30:58 -0400 Subject: Coral Spawning in PR Message-ID: <001501befacf$ef92c460$d8d35bd1@default> Other species that were observed spawning and the dates: September 3rd. and 4th after 9:00 p.m. Stephanocoenia intersepta and Diploria strigosa. No Colpophyllias were observed spawning this period. Saludos, EW. Dr. Ernesto Weil Depart. of Marine Sciences, UPR PO BOX 908 Lajas PR 00667 Ph. (787) 899-2048 x. 241 FAX (787) 899-2630/899-5500. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/19990909/ba0cbcf8/attachment.html From linab at invemar.org.co Thu Sep 9 11:39:34 1999 From: linab at invemar.org.co (Lina Maria Barrios Suarez) Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 10:39:34 -0500 Subject: about information Message-ID: <005c01befad9$843278a0$cc0d19c8@salud.invemar.org.co> Good morning everyone: Please, I need some information about anemones (in general) or/and anemones asociated with coral reefs. It Would be very useful to Know: 1-The e-mails of colleagues woking with Caribbean anemones sistematics. 2- Institutes or collections which may have some anemones "tipes" (holotipes or similar). 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Sue _______________________________ Sue Wells Marine Programme Co-ordinator WWF International avenue du Mont-Blanc 1196 Gland - Switzerland ----------------------------------------------- Phone: +41 22 364 90 32 Fax: +41 22 364 05 26 email: swells at wwfnet.org website: http://www.panda.org From c.wilkinson at aims.gov.au Sat Sep 11 01:47:41 1999 From: c.wilkinson at aims.gov.au (Clive Wilkinson) Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1999 15:47:41 +1000 Subject: Addition to 1997-98 Mass Coral Bleaching Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.19990911154741.0073c110@email.aims.gov.au> 1997-98 Mass Coral Bleaching - One Year Later Tom Hourigan the Biodiversity specialist at NOAA asked for additional information: Do you have any quantitative information (or qualitative) on changes in fish abundance on reefs where bleaching occurred? Impacts on fisheries are probably the most important short- to medium-term socioeconomic impact of bleaching. The Convention on Biological Diversity Secretariat is drafting a paper on the impacts of bleaching and any information will go to that report. The GCRMN will update the report published in 'Status of Coral Reefs of the World: 1998' and on the Internet as: http://www.aims.gov.au/scr1998 Please send reports and anecdotal observations to c.wilkinson at aims.gov.au and Tom.Hourigan at noaa.gov on ALL areas bleached or not. * name and area (approx Lat. and Long.); * extent of bleaching in 1997-98 % live coral cover, numbers of species bleached or not; other organisms * any recovery or resistance to bleaching and depths; * any new recruitment (and what families recruited)? * other major comments. A few authors have provided results ready for publication - there will be an impressive set of papers from this event - we are preparing a synthesis of these reports. We need many more reports please ..... Thank you Clive Wilkinson From abudai at caribe.net Sat Sep 11 09:45:16 1999 From: abudai at caribe.net (R&F Roettger) Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1999 08:45:16 -0500 Subject: Addition to 1997-98 Mass Coral Bleaching References: <3.0.1.32.19990911154741.0073c110@email.aims.gov.au> <37DA4F93.595885DE@caribe.net> Message-ID: <37DA5CEB.1F747F3A@caribe.net> Hola, My e-mail has changed. Could you please delete and add my new e-mail: . The first message had a typo. Thanks, Rex Rex Roettger wrote: > Hola, > My e-mail has changed. Could you please delete > and > add my new e-mail: . > Thanks, Rex > > Clive Wilkinson wrote: > > > 1997-98 Mass Coral Bleaching - One Year Later > > > > Tom Hourigan the Biodiversity specialist at > > NOAA > > asked for additional information: > > > > Do you have any quantitative information (or qualitative) on changes > > > in > > fish abundance on reefs where bleaching occurred? Impacts on > fisheries > > are > > probably the most important short- to medium-term socioeconomic > impact > > of > > bleaching. The Convention on Biological Diversity Secretariat is > > drafting > > a paper on the impacts of bleaching and any information will go to > > that > > report. > > > > The GCRMN will update the report published in 'Status of Coral > Reefs > > of > > the World: 1998' and on the Internet as: > > http://www.aims.gov.au/scr1998 > > > > Please send reports and anecdotal observations to > > c.wilkinson at aims.gov.au > > and Tom.Hourigan at noaa.gov on ALL areas bleached or not. > > > > * name and area (approx Lat. and Long.); > > > > * extent of bleaching in 1997-98 % live coral cover, numbers of > > species > > bleached or not; other organisms > > > > * any recovery or resistance to bleaching and depths; > > > > * any new recruitment (and what families recruited)? > > > > * other major comments. > > > > A few authors have provided results ready for publication - there > will > > be > > an impressive set of papers from this event - we are preparing a > > synthesis > > of these reports. 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Sincerely yours, Jim Hendee Louis Florit Philippe Dubosq Ocean Chemistry Division Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 4301 Rickenbacker Causeway Miami, FL 33149-1026 USA From J.MCMANUS at CGIAR.ORG Sun Sep 12 21:10:11 1999 From: J.MCMANUS at CGIAR.ORG (John McManus) Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:10:11 -0700 Subject: Beach seine net exchange programmes Message-ID: <199909131524.PAA55000@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Sue et. al. Jeremy Woodley described in a meeting in 1992(?) a nice-sounding program in Jamaica wherein small mesh traps were exchanged for new, larger mesh to make traps. John -----Original Message----- From: Susan Wells [mailto:SWells at wwfnet.org] Sent: Friday, September 10, 1999 10:39 PM To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov Subject: Beach seine net exchange programmes Apologies as this may not be the best listserver to use, but does anyone know of, or have direct experience of any net exchange programmes (replacing small mesh nets with larger ones). We need advice/experience on how to implement this - and whether it is likely to be successful - for a project in Tanzania (Tanga region). Thanks for any leads on this. Sue _______________________________ Sue Wells Marine Programme Co-ordinator WWF International avenue du Mont-Blanc 1196 Gland - Switzerland ----------------------------------------------- Phone: +41 22 364 90 32 Fax: +41 22 364 05 26 email: swells at wwfnet.org website: http://www.panda.org From JSobel at DCCMC.ORG Mon Sep 13 14:50:09 1999 From: JSobel at DCCMC.ORG (Jack Sobel) Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 14:50:09 -0400 Subject: Addition to 1997-98 Mass Coral Bleaching Message-ID: <112A11230948D2119FE900A0C9D81E0451014A@exch_bdc> A recent posting from Clive Wilkinson and Tom Hourigan stated that "Impacts on fisheries are probably the most important short- to medium-term socioeconomic impact of bleaching." This does not seem obvious to me and I was wondering what others thought. What, if any, evidence supports this? ********************************* Jack Sobel, Director Ecosystem Program Center for Marine Conservation 1725 DeSales St. NW, Suite #600 Washington, DC 20036 Phone: (202) 429-5609 Fax: (202) 872-0619 Email: jsobel at dccmc.org ********************************* > -----Original Message----- > From: Clive Wilkinson [SMTP:c.wilkinson at aims.gov.au] > Sent: Saturday, September 11, 1999 1:48 AM > To: Coral-List > Subject: Addition to 1997-98 Mass Coral Bleaching > > 1997-98 Mass Coral Bleaching - One Year Later > > Tom Hourigan the Biodiversity specialist at NOAA > asked for additional information: > > Do you have any quantitative information (or qualitative) on changes in > fish abundance on reefs where bleaching occurred? Impacts on fisheries are > probably the most important short- to medium-term socioeconomic impact of > bleaching. The Convention on Biological Diversity Secretariat is drafting > a paper on the impacts of bleaching and any information will go to that > report. > > The GCRMN will update the report published in 'Status of Coral Reefs of > the World: 1998' and on the Internet as: http://www.aims.gov.au/scr1998 > > Please send reports and anecdotal observations to c.wilkinson at aims.gov.au > and Tom.Hourigan at noaa.gov on ALL areas bleached or not. > > * name and area (approx Lat. and Long.); > > * extent of bleaching in 1997-98 % live coral cover, numbers of species > bleached or not; other organisms > > * any recovery or resistance to bleaching and depths; > > * any new recruitment (and what families recruited)? > > * other major comments. > > A few authors have provided results ready for publication - there will be > an impressive set of papers from this event - we are preparing a synthesis > of these reports. We need many more reports please ..... > > > > Thank you > > Clive Wilkinson From cbcastro at pobox.com Mon Sep 13 15:13:07 1999 From: cbcastro at pobox.com (Clovis B. Castro) Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 16:13:07 -0300 Subject: 9ICRS and East Timor Message-ID: <199909131900.QAA08920@acd.ufrj.br> Dear Colleagues, Have any of you gave some thoutght on what are you going to do in October 2000? By that I mean: if the situation in Indonesia, and particularly in East Timor, does not reach a good solution, will you still consider attending the symposium? I have been looking forward to attend the 9ICRS. However, I am currently having second thoughts about participating (as a tiny protest against current practices in Indonesia) - the situation in that country (and TV images don't let us forget) is dramatic. I remember the last session in Panama, when there was one strong protest against the selected location of the next symposium. Then, there was an assurance that the symposium would not be held in Bali unless the political situation was under control. It looks like it is not, and will not be in the near future. Are the ICRSociety and the 9ICRS organizers still sure the symposium will occur? Are society members willing to attend in such a situation? What happened with the second option (Thailand?)? Did anybody think seriously about adopting it? I would appreciate hearing comments about these questions. Cordially Clovis Castro ----------------------------------------------------- Dr. Clovis B. Castro Museu Nacional/Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Departamento de Invertebrados Quinta da Boa Vista, Sao Cristovao 20940-040 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil email: cbcastro at pobox.com fone +55-XX-21-5681314 ramal 261 celular +55-XX-21-99740913 fax: +55-XX-21-5681314 ramal 213 From lidapet at ibm.net Mon Sep 13 23:05:55 1999 From: lidapet at ibm.net (Lida Pet-Soede) Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 05:05:55 +0200 Subject: 9ICRS and East Timor Message-ID: <199909140304.DAA71536@out5.prserv.net> Clovis Castro wrote on Monday, September 13, 1999 9:13 PM > > Have any of you gave some thoutght on what are you going to do in October > 2000? > By that I mean: if the situation in Indonesia, and particularly in East > Timor, does not reach a good solution, will you still consider attending > the symposium? > > I have been looking forward to attend the 9ICRS. However, I am currently > having second thoughts about participating (as a tiny protest against > current practices in Indonesia) - the situation in that country (and TV > images don't let us forget) is dramatic. He is right about the situation being dramatic but let's not forget one thing. There are already a lot of reasons given why conservation of the reefs is difficult/impossible(?!) and so on. Let's not add another reason to the list. Especially now Indonesia is going through rough times, the national and internation attention tends to get focussed on other things than on Indonesias most important marine asset. By participating in the 9th ICRS you'll cast a must stronger signal pro the importance of coral reef science and conservation than by boycotting it. There is another point I like to make. There have been lots of speculations on what the recent monetary crisis in Indonesia would mean to the use of destructive fishing practices (DFP), for the continuation of research projects and governmental and non-governmental marine conservation projects. DFP are still there but so are the conservation and research projects, COREMAP is just one example . There are a lot of Indonesian and foreign people putting their knowledge, experience and commitment into adressing the problems that face Indonesia's coral reefs. Let's support that by sharing your experience, knowledge and enthousiasm at the 9th ICRS. Lida Pet-Soede Coastal Fisheries Biology and -Management expert Jakarta From Jim_Maragos at r1.fws.gov Mon Sep 13 13:43:36 1999 From: Jim_Maragos at r1.fws.gov (Jim_Maragos at r1.fws.gov) Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 10:43:36 -0700 Subject: 9ICRS and East Timor Message-ID: <199909151445.OAA62673@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Dr. Castro has offered some excellent comments which should be seriously considered by ISRS and the other organizers. James E. Maragos, Ph.D. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Honolulu From Walt.Jaap at dep.state.fl.us Tue Sep 14 14:25:01 1999 From: Walt.Jaap at dep.state.fl.us (Walt Jaap STP) Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 14:25:01 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Addition to 1997-98 Mass Coral Bleaching Message-ID: <199909151453.OAA63327@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> One piece of evidence that might (might not) support the correlation of bleaching with fisheries loss is the historical spiny lobster commercial landings. During the mid to late 1980s the lobster landings declined during those years when there was a bleaching episode which also were ENSO years. This was for Florida landings. From tdone at aims.gov.au Tue Sep 14 18:53:52 1999 From: tdone at aims.gov.au (Terry Done) Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 08:53:52 +1000 Subject: 9th International Coral Reef Symposium Message-ID: <199909151451.OAA63688@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> I wish to advise that the International Society for Reef Studies has been receiving numerous representations regarding the future of the 9th International Coral Reef Symposium, scheduled for Bali in October. Council is currently considering the matter carefully and we will advise coral-list at the earliest opportunity. Thank you for you patience. Terry Done President International Society for Reef Studies Dr Terry Done Australian Institute of Marine Science PMB #3 Mail Centre, Townsville Qld 4810 Australia Phone 61 7 47 534 344 Fax 61 7 47 725 852 email: tdone at aims.gov.au WEBSITE for 9th International Coral Reef Symposium www.nova.edu/ocean/9icrs From coral at aoml.noaa.gov Wed Sep 15 10:42:35 1999 From: coral at aoml.noaa.gov (CHAMP) Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 14:42:35 GMT Subject: CHAMP workstation back up Message-ID: <199909151442.OAA59786@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Greetings, Unfortunately, coral-list and the CHAMP Web Page were down during hurricane Floyd's close brush by Miami, Florida. However, things are somewhat back to normal, with no damage done in our area. Now let's hope for the best for further up the coast. Cheers, JCH From tim at cfh.ca Wed Sep 15 17:05:59 1999 From: tim at cfh.ca (Tim Tessier) Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 14:05:59 -0700 Subject: Coral Harvesting -Fiji - Cebu Message-ID: <199909161402.OAA08775@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Hi All, I would like to add one point to what Bob said. There is a company that is "raping" the reefs of Cebu for the curio trade. I have visited this company to purchase beach sand and was shown the "facility". I noticed several large(2.5') heads of tabletop acropora as well as 20+ shelves full of different corals. I have also seen 8" dia. heads of seriatopora histrix. In the back of this facility are large tubs where they bleach the corals. This company is regularly importing several 20ft ship containers of coral per month. I find it sickening that they can seemingly do this legally. They are NOT using a CITES permit, which they could never get, but a MINING permit. They have convinced the Canadian Wildlife Enforcement that the corals are mined. Could other companies be doing the same thing and thus skewing the amount of corals that are actually being exported? Sincerely, Tim Tessier From Bprecht at pbsj.com Wed Sep 15 15:43:12 1999 From: Bprecht at pbsj.com (Precht, Bill) Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 14:43:12 -0500 Subject: 9ICRS and East Timor Message-ID: <199909161358.NAA08681@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Something to Think About: As much as I am in favor of protecting and restoring coral reef ecosystems... and as much as would like to go to Bali in 2000(in fact I'm planning on it). The question here is more profound... The ISRS needs to seriously review the ramifications(social, moral, political, economic...)of holding our next meeting in a country that does not view all races, creeds & religions equally. These very items were raised at the ISRS meeting in Panama... We also need to be concerned with the safety and well-being of ALL of our international members. I hope the ISRS (and the organizing committee) has a "back-up" plan. If the situation in Indonesia gets worse (and it very well may), we will all be faced with some difficult personal decisions. William F. Precht -----Original Message----- From: Lida Pet-Soede [mailto:lidapet at ibm.net] Sent: Monday, September 13, 1999 11:06 PM To: Clovis B. Castro; coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov Subject: Re: 9ICRS and East Timor Clovis Castro wrote on Monday, September 13, 1999 9:13 PM > > Have any of you gave some thoutght on what are you going to do in October > 2000? > By that I mean: if the situation in Indonesia, and particularly in East > Timor, does not reach a good solution, will you still consider attending > the symposium? > > I have been looking forward to attend the 9ICRS. However, I am currently > having second thoughts about participating (as a tiny protest against > current practices in Indonesia) - the situation in that country (and TV > images don't let us forget) is dramatic. He is right about the situation being dramatic but let's not forget one thing. There are already a lot of reasons given why conservation of the reefs is difficult/impossible(?!) and so on. Let's not add another reason to the list. Especially now Indonesia is going through rough times, the national and internation attention tends to get focussed on other things than on Indonesias most important marine asset. By participating in the 9th ICRS you'll cast a must stronger signal pro the importance of coral reef science and conservation than by boycotting it. There is another point I like to make. There have been lots of speculations on what the recent monetary crisis in Indonesia would mean to the use of destructive fishing practices (DFP), for the continuation of research projects and governmental and non-governmental marine conservation projects. DFP are still there but so are the conservation and research projects, COREMAP is just one example . There are a lot of Indonesian and foreign people putting their knowledge, experience and commitment into adressing the problems that face Indonesia's coral reefs. Let's support that by sharing your experience, knowledge and enthousiasm at the 9th ICRS. Lida Pet-Soede Coastal Fisheries Biology and -Management expert Jakarta From jch at aoml.noaa.gov Thu Sep 16 10:14:31 1999 From: jch at aoml.noaa.gov (coral-list admin) Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 14:14:31 GMT Subject: why it didn't post Message-ID: <199909161414.OAA08383@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Sorry, I've had a lot of occurrences like this lately. I just wanted to remind some of you that have your email forwarded all over the place, that the coral-list listserver software (majordomo) only recognizes the machine (computer, host) that you subscribed from, so that if you try to post from another machine, it will bounce. Sometimes I know who you are and I forward the message anyway, but sometimes I don't. If the message looks like it is coral-related (as opposed to junk mail/spam), but I don't recognize your email address, I will probably subscribe you, then forward the message on to coral-list. If you were having your email forwarded, you will now be getting two copies of the coral-list messages, and you (or I) will have to go through the hassle of unsubscribing yourself under one of your two (or more) email addresses. I'm sure you'd rather not deal with this. Maybe you could telnet to the previous machine from your present one? If you can't do that, but you're only having a short stay, no problem, just go ahead and send it anyway. But if it is going to be a long stay, maybe you could consider unsubscribing from the old address and subscribe from the new one. The moral of the story is: Please try to post messages from whatever machine you originally subscribed to coral-list from. Thanks for your cooperation. Cheers, JCH From jch at aoml.noaa.gov Thu Sep 16 14:49:46 1999 From: jch at aoml.noaa.gov (coral-list admin) Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 18:49:46 GMT Subject: vacation programs Message-ID: <199909161849.SAA10907@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Greetings, Many of you institute what is called a vacation program for your mailer when you go away on leave. It allows an automated response to emails that are sent to you so the sender of a message to you knows that you are out of town, but that you will reply when you get back. On many of these automated vacation programs there is a switch or a configuration option in which the vacation message will be sent to the person who sent you a message once every X number of times that the person sends you a message. That way if Dr. Whomever sends you a lot of messages that day, he/she only gets one reply back from your vacation program. If you go away on vacation but still want to keep receiving coral-list messages, please set the switch or option on your vacation program so that a reply from you is not sent out with every message you get. Otherwise, I (as the listserver administrator) may get that message for every single coral-list message that goes out and your name may be temporarily deleted from coral-list. Many thanks... From carlson at soest.hawaii.edu Thu Sep 16 16:17:10 1999 From: carlson at soest.hawaii.edu (Bruce Carlson) Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 10:17:10 -1000 Subject: coral web cam Message-ID: <001b01bf0080$7593d620$22477aa6@waquarium.org> We have a new living coral on our web cam. On September 5 I placed one polyp of Caulastrea furcata in front of our camera lens. Once again we will be recording it as it divides and grows. I figured that starting with a single polyp would be the most interesting way to start this slow-motion event. I don't think anyone has recorded how this coral actually divides and grows. Previously, we displayed a colony of Montipora digitata on the web cam. It quickly filled the entire frame and had to be removed. The Caulastrea will be up much longer since it does not grow as quickly. A metric ruler is in the picture frame for scale. The Waikiki Aquarium website is: http://waquarium.mic.hawaii.edu. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on "Corals Are Alive!" (not on the other camera called "Coral Cam" which is focused on the shark exhibit). Aloha Bruce From capman at augsburg.edu Thu Sep 16 18:19:29 1999 From: capman at augsburg.edu (capman at augsburg.edu) Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 16:19:29 -0600 Subject: Trace elements Message-ID: <199909162113.QAA18446@roland.augsburg.edu> >Hello everyone, > I wish to investigate the role of trace element depletion in closed-system >aquaria as a possible limiting factor in the successful, long-term growth of >Porites astreoides for bone graft material. If anyone knows of any literature >or the e-mail addresses of persons that may be helpful, I would greatly >appreciate it. > >Thanks, >Robin Smith >smithrt at fiu.edu (The following response is sort of long...sorry about that). Is your objective to study the trace-element issue per se, or are you mostly interested in just figuring out how best to grow the corals? I don't personally know of good *controlled* studies regarding trace element depletion in closed system reef aquaria, but I can point you in the direction of *lots* of information on how to set up and maintain closed-system aquaria to grow small-polyped stony corals, and I have become quite successful with these corals myself. Most of the available information I am aware of comes *not* from good, controlled studies, unfortunately, but from the more anecdotal experiences of amateur and professional reef aquarists, who as a group have become quite skilled in the art of maintaining thriving captive reef systems where most kinds of soft and stony corals flourish. Perhaps you already are a reef aquarist and so are aware of this large body of information? If not I can point you in that direction and offer my opinions based on what has worked for me as well. For now though, a few comments on trace elements in closed system aquaria and a few sources of information........ Regarding trace element depletion, most (all?) reef aquarists agree that a variety of critical trace elements (including strontium and others) can easily get depleted in closed system reef aquaria , but there is active debate on how best to maintain trace elements at natural seawater levels in reef aquaria. Some successful reef aquarists dose iodine and/or strontium on a regular basis, while others dose any number of different commercial trace element mixes that include a wider variety of elements. Most likely, some of the trace elements being added in these mixes are unnecessary, but again, I don't believe good controlled studies have been done.....*someone please correct me if I'm wrong* (I have read though that the formulation of Combisan, which is one of these commercial mixes, was based on carefully measured rates of trace element depletion in a reef tank in Germany). Others feel that regular partial water changes using fresh synthetic seawater is a perfectly viable (and in some people's minds preferable) alternative. Others do little or nothing intentional to manage trace elements, and dissolution of sand as well as feeding of the fish in the system probably replenishes some of the trace elements consumed by organisms or lost through protein skimming. The problem is that these captive reef systems in which corals thrive are very complex with many as-yet unquantified variables, and different aquarists have achieved geat success using any number of different management approaches. Quite likely, what works in one reef aquarium may or may not work in another if other aspects of setup and maintenance are different. Many of these issues are frequently hashed out in the ReefKeepers mailing list (Archived at http://www.escribe.com/pets/reefkeepers/) which is frequented by reef aquarists ranging from rank amateur beginners to highly respected experts in reef tank husbandry and marine biology. Also, many of these issues are discussed in articles in Aquarium Frontiers online magazine (http://aquariumfrontiers.com/). While certainly not a scientific journal, Aquarium Frontiers is written at a much higher level than most aquarium literature (some of Craig Bingman's articles are particularly useful in the area of clarifying reef aquarium chemistry, and Craig would probably be a useful person for you to contact). There are also a number of very good books on reef aquaria that have been published. Though now a little dated, The Reef Aquarium, Vol 1, by Delbeek and Sprung (Ricordea Publishing, 1994) is a particularly useful book with an extensive bibliography. By the way, is there some reason you need to grow this particular species of coral? Would other SPS corals do? I don't have first-hand experience with Porites, but my strong impression is that some of the fastest-growing SPS corals in aquaria are probably some of the Acropora species. In addition, to certain Acropora, Montipora digitata and Pocillopora damicornis are other really fast growers in our reef system at Augsburg College. These particular SPS corals were recommended to me by Morgan Lidster of Inland Aquatics in Terre Haute, Indiana (USA) when I asked him what SPS corals might grow the fastest for use in student research projects. (Morgan propagates and grows corals for sale to reef aquarists, and is a great source of practical information). I hope this helps. Let me know if I can help further. **Also, if any readers of this message know of good references from the scientific literature on this issue, I'd greatly appreciate hearing about them as well.** Bill ********************* Bill Capman Assistant Professor Biology Department Campus Box 117 Augsburg College 2211 Riverside Ave. Minneapolis, MN 55454 USA 612/330-1072 FAX: 612/330-1649 capman at augsburg.edu ********************* From jcreed at openlink.com.br Thu Sep 16 22:02:44 1999 From: jcreed at openlink.com.br (Joel C. Creed) Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 23:02:44 -0300 Subject: 9ICRS and East Timor Message-ID: Coral-List, I don't agree with Lida Pet-Soede who seems to think that international pressure won't affect the Indonesian government. Maybe it won't, but if it won't for human rights I suspect that coral reefs have even less chance. I also think that Lida missed the point when stating "...now Indonesia is going through rough times..." - what about East Timor? I'm glad that the Council of the International Society for Reef Studies is considering the matter carefully and look forward to receiving their deliberations in due course. Best wishes, ********************************************************* Dr Joel C. Creed IBRAG-DBAV Setor de Ecologia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - UERJ, Rua Sao Francisco Xavier 524, PHLC Sala 220, CEP 20559-900, Rio de Janeiro, R.J., BRAZIL. Work Tel. 55 21 587 7328/7614 (Tel/Fax home) 55 21 493 2475 jcreed at openlink.com.br Visit my homepage http://home.openlink.com.br/jcreed/ From oveh at bio.usyd.edu.au Fri Sep 17 01:28:54 1999 From: oveh at bio.usyd.edu.au (Ove Hoegh-Guldberg) Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 15:28:54 +1000 Subject: 9ICRS and East Timor In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <001701bf00cd$885794c0$d3b14e81@fungia.bio.usyd.edu.au> The question to me is not whether I will topple a government, but, should I be supportive of a regime that has encouraged and condoned the recent violent suppression of human rights and democracy in East Timor. This aside, I feel that the active refusal to interact with Indonesia across a wide array of fronts will have a dramatic effect. One only has to look to the effect of similar actions on South Africa for an example. > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov > [mailto:owner-coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov]On Behalf Of Joel C. Creed > Sent: Friday, 17 September 1999 12:03 > To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov > Subject: 9ICRS and East Timor > > > Coral-List, > I don't agree with Lida Pet-Soede who seems to think that international > pressure won't affect the Indonesian government. Maybe it won't, but if it > won't for human rights I suspect that coral reefs have even less chance. I > also think that Lida missed the point when stating "...now Indonesia is > going through rough times..." - what about East Timor? I'm glad that the > Council of the International Society for Reef Studies is considering the > matter carefully and look forward to receiving their deliberations in due > course. > > Best wishes, > ********************************************************* > Dr Joel C. Creed > IBRAG-DBAV Setor de Ecologia, > Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - UERJ, > Rua Sao Francisco Xavier 524, > PHLC Sala 220, CEP 20559-900, > Rio de Janeiro, R.J., BRAZIL. > > Work Tel. 55 21 587 7328/7614 > > (Tel/Fax home) 55 21 493 2475 > jcreed at openlink.com.br > Visit my homepage http://home.openlink.com.br/jcreed/ > From dugong at md2.vsnl.net.in Fri Sep 17 08:33:57 1999 From: dugong at md2.vsnl.net.in (Dr.K.VENKATARAMAN) Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 18:03:57 +0530 Subject: information needed Message-ID: <37E23535.27A@md2.vsnl.net.in> Dear friends, I request anyone who can send me information on the role of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase in the bleaching phenomina. Also I want to know what is pink-line disease of corals and what way it is connected in bleaching of corals. It appears that this pink-line disease is affecting corals in Lakkadweeep islands. I will be grateful if it is explained to me. Thankyou. K. Venkataraman dugong at md2.vsnl.net.in From Bprecht at pbsj.com Fri Sep 17 14:28:05 1999 From: Bprecht at pbsj.com (Precht, Bill) Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 13:28:05 -0500 Subject: General call for papers. Message-ID: Dear Coral Reefers: The geological journal "Carbonates and Evaporites" published by the Northeastern Science Foundation, is soliciting geologically based coral reef manuscripts for inclusion in upcoming issues. A separate "reef section" will be a regular feature of the journal - this is based on the tremendous success of last year's special volume (v13,# 1, 1998) dedicated to the "Geological Side of the International Year of the Reef". Anyone interested in submitting a manuscript should contact Reef Editor - William F. Precht at the address listed below. William F. Precht, P.G. EcoSciences Program Manager PBS&J 2001 NW 107th Avenue Miami, Florida 33172 USA phone: (305) 592-7275 x.488 fax: (305) 594-9574 email: Bprecht at pbsj.com For other inquires about "Carbonates and Evaporites" or the Northeastern Science Foundation please contact - Dr. Gerald Friedman, Editor Northeastern Science Foundation Inc., affliated with Brooklyn College, Rensselaer Center of Applied Geology P.O. Box 746, 15 Third Street Troy, New York 12181-0746 email: gmfriedman at juno.com From John_Field at fws.gov Fri Sep 17 17:05:57 1999 From: John_Field at fws.gov (John_Field at fws.gov) Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 17:05:57 -0400 Subject: Addition to 1997-98 Mass Coral Bleaching Message-ID: A recent posting from Clive Wilkinson and Tom Hourigan stated that "Impacts on fisheries are probably the most important short- to medium-term socioeconomic impact of bleaching." This does not seem obvious to me and I was wondering what others thought. What, if any, evidence supports this? ********************************* Jack Sobel, Director Ecosystem Program Center for Marine Conservation 1725 DeSales St. NW, Suite #600 Washington, DC 20036 Phone: (202) 429-5609 Fax: (202) 872-0619 Email: jsobel at dccmc.org I should preface my response by stating that I am not a socioeconomics expert...however, I agree that fishery declines could be ONE of the most important impacts of the global bleaching event. Declines in ecotourism and scuba diving revenue are probably near the top of the list as well. As for evidence, the unprecedented nature of the last bleaching event precludes a lot of historical analysis. However, it seems intuitive that current human socioeconomic gains from coral reefs are primarily extractive or consumptive (notwithstanding the ecotourism/diving activity mentioned above). If the production of these reefs declines because of the bleaching event (and that seems certain), then human socioeconomic gains are subsequently going to decline in the short, mid, and maybe even long term. This, of course, completely ignores the aesthetic, noneconomic value of the reefs and the associated loss due to bleaching. Just my two cents, John Field From thorneabbott at yahoo.com Fri Sep 17 20:48:55 1999 From: thorneabbott at yahoo.com (thorne abbott) Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 17:48:55 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Literature / Info Request Message-ID: <19990918004855.21832.rocketmail@web130.yahoomail.com> Dear Colleagues: I would like to know if anyone is conducting, or has published research on connectivity, patchiness, or density dependent factors associated with coral reefs and or coral restoration projects. Most of the work I am familiar with relates to the composition and quality of substrate material. Rather, I am keen on applying landscape ecology analysis for habitat fragmentation to coral reef systems. Would the results of a research endeavor of this nature be beneficial to the science and my fellow marine managers / scientists. Your thoughts and contributions are exceptionally appreciated. Cheers' Thorne Abbott ThorneAbbott at yahoo.com www.CoastalZone.org __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com From pharriso at scu.edu.au Fri Sep 17 20:52:07 1999 From: pharriso at scu.edu.au (Peter Harrison) Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1999 10:52:07 +1000 Subject: New Review on Coral Reproduction Message-ID: Colleagues, I am in the process of writing a new review on the Biology and Ecology of Scleractinian Coral Reproduction, and will be aiming to publish this next year. The new review will synthesise all known information on this topic, with particular emphasis on recent work since the previous major reviews by Harrison and Wallace (1990), Richmond and Hunter (1990), and Fadlallah (1983). I will be creating a website with tables of information including all published information (and unpublished observations by colleagues) on aspects of sexual pattern, mode of reproduction and spawning periodicity, biogeographic patterns etc., so this should provide a valuable resource for people wanting access to summaries of coral reproduction data. The review will also include information from colleagues that is in the process of being published, or is published in the 'grey' literature, reports etc. Please contact me if you have any information on this topic that you would like to see included, and I will provide updates to the coral-list as the review progresses. I look forward to hearing from you (and finishing this monster review!). Peter Dr Peter Harrison Senior Lecturer in Ecology School of Resource Science and Management Southern Cross University PO Box 157 Lismore NSW 2480 Australia Phone: 0266 203774 Fax: 0266 212669 International: 61 266 203774 From wallison at dhivehinet.net.mv Sat Sep 18 05:35:10 1999 From: wallison at dhivehinet.net.mv (William Allison) Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1999 14:35:10 +0500 Subject: Addition to 1997-98 Mass Coral Bleaching References: Message-ID: <001c01bf01b9$3fa4b680$4ac101ca@wallison> A few words in support of Marine Protected Areas in the context of assessing bleaching consequences. The discussion of the follow on effects of the 1998 reef bleaching events on fish communities and tourism etc. invites a reminder of the importance of having and monitoring an adequate sample of totally protected areas. The recurring monitoring questions I have are 'what were the previous impacts on this reef and what are future impacts likely to be'. It seems to me that data from a monitored system of totally protected areas are the only effective and efficient way of (1) addressing the question posed about follow-on effects, and more broadly (2) providing control data for any other specific monitoring programs and EIA's that must be done, and (3) providing data for higher level inferences about say, the state of the world's reefs. Furthermore, establishing and monitoring such areas, and making the data publicly available for the above purpose would seem to be a cost-effective allocation of scarce public resources. Without this data, interpretation of the data from many EIA's and research studies becomes problematic and to that extent, the studies are a waste of money at best and a sham at worst (but then so are many marine protected areas). Sincerely, Bill William (Bill) Allison Ma. Maadheli Majeedhee Magu Male 20-03 MALDIVES Tel: (960) 32 9667 Fax: (960) 32 6884 email: wallison at dhivehinet.net.mv In response to: A recent posting from Clive Wilkinson and Tom Hourigan stated that "Impacts on fisheries are probably the most important short- to medium-term socioeconomic impact of bleaching." This does not seem obvious to me and I was wondering what others thought. What, if any, evidence supports this? ********************************* Jack Sobel, Director Ecosystem Program Center for Marine Conservation 1725 DeSales St. NW, Suite #600 Washington, DC 20036 Phone: (202) 429-5609 Fax: (202) 872-0619 Email: jsobel at dccmc.org I should preface my response by stating that I am not a socioeconomics expert...however, I agree that fishery declines could be ONE of the most important impacts of the global bleaching event. Declines in ecotourism and scuba diving revenue are probably near the top of the list as well. As for evidence, the unprecedented nature of the last bleaching event precludes a lot of historical analysis. However, it seems intuitive that current human socioeconomic gains from coral reefs are primarily extractive or consumptive (notwithstanding the ecotourism/diving activity mentioned above). If the production of these reefs declines because of the bleaching event (and that seems certain), then human socioeconomic gains are subsequently going to decline in the short, mid, and maybe even long term. This, of course, completely ignores the aesthetic, noneconomic value of the reefs and the associated loss due to bleaching. Just my two cents, John Field From lesk at bio.bu.edu Sat Sep 18 09:46:26 1999 From: lesk at bio.bu.edu (Les Kaufman) Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1999 09:46:26 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Addition to 1997-98 Mass Coral Bleaching In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Regarding the immediate Archie Bunker impacts of coral bleaching, I wonder if even the news of heavy bleaching at a favorite dive destination might not result in a drop in subscription. I'n Lake Victoria, the mere perception that something might be wrong with the exported fish has caused import shut-downs by the EU and the loss of perhaps $1. * 10(8) in revenues each time. Les Kaufman Boston University Marine Program lesk at bio.bu.edu 617-353-5560 office 617-353-6965 lab 617-353-6340 fax From h2omark at ultra.net.au Fri Sep 17 21:58:24 1999 From: h2omark at ultra.net.au (Russell Kelley) Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1999 11:58:24 +1000 Subject: 9ICRS and East Timor Message-ID: <199909181507.PAA25310@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Distressing as it is, I feel it is time for the international community to turn up the heat on Indonesia. The military continue to manipulate all things political and after 3 decades of detante and engangement by Australia et.al. there have been NO meaningful change. People who are disturbed by the events currently being orchestrated by the Indonesian military in East Timor might also want to have a good look at the Suharto military government's record in West Irian and other areas as well. Since Suharto's bloody rise to power the natural and human resources of the Indonesian archipelago have been systematically looted for the gain of a small clique of power brokers and their cronies. The forests are now largely stuffed and the reefs are enduring extreme human impacts that are not likely to diminish. Given the parlous state of the Indonesian economy and the population pressure exerted by 210 million people, things are unlikely to get better. The upcoming appointment of a succesor to Habibie is the only hope for a change to the current military puppet government and its brutal, corrupt culture. Now is the the time for united strident criticism and pressure for change. Decades of turning a blind eye has failed to change anything and in the process we lost the biological crown jewels of Nature. Numerous comments on Coral and other lists, indicate that there is widespread disenchantment about these issues within Indonesia. These people have a voice which can be democratically expressed, but the current military government seeks to repress this by murder if necessary; its unacceptable to have dialogue with a "government" that does this. How long will it take to before we act collectively and say so? Russell Kelley Watermark Productions Writer, director, producer, science communicator. P.O. Box 1859, Townsville, 4810. Australia hemail: h2omark at ultra.net.au 61 (0)747 243106 ph. 61 (0)747 211477 fx. 61 (0)419 716730 mob. GMT + 10 hours ---------- >From: "Ove Hoegh-Guldberg" >To: "Joel C. Creed" , >Subject: RE: 9ICRS and East Timor >Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 3:28 PM > >coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov From dbaker at tm.net.my Sun Sep 19 18:20:59 1999 From: dbaker at tm.net.my (Don Baker) Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 15:20:59 -0700 Subject: Malaysian Citizen Interest in The Reef Project Position Message-ID: <000801bf02ed$6fd380e0$8c56bcca@oemcomputer> Greetings From Sabah, N. Borneo & THE REEF PROJECT A few weeks ago, I sent in a request for CVs and associated interest materials with regards to the directorship position for THE REEF PROJECT. This facility is located on the island of Gaya off Kota Kinabalu. Hosted by an upcoming & developing eco-resort, Gayana Resort, this research facility has an excellent opportunity for coral reef management and restoration right smack in the middle of the SE Asian "war zone" in coral reef conservation as well as marine resources. I have received many responses from other countries. I am deeply concerned that I have yet to receive a CV or reply from a Malaysian citizen. [?] The Reef Project is required to solicite Malaysian citizens first & foremost for this position and only after a certain period of time will international applications be entertained. All CV and emails received to date are still on record and file. I will keep Coral-L updated on this matter. Many thanks for the responses and CV! Regards from Sabah, N. Borneo, Don Baker Director / Consultant -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/19990919/454e1ec3/attachment.html From flotsam at manado.wasantara.net.id Sun Sep 19 20:58:08 1999 From: flotsam at manado.wasantara.net.id (Erdmann/Mehta) Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 17:58:08 -0700 Subject: To Bali or not to Bali.... Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19990919175808.007d9ec0@manado.wasantara.net.id> Dear Colleagues, I am writing in response to the current discussion amongst members of the ISRS and coral reef research community in general regarding the possibilities of moving the 9th ICRS from its current slated venue of Bali, Indonesia, on the basis of political/human rights concerns over the East Timor issue. I offer my perspective as a foreign scientist who has worked in Indonesia for the past 8 years and who feels very strongly that it would be a grave mistake to make a hasty and rash decision about the future of the 9th ICRS based solely upon a highly politicized and emotionally-charged issue. I will divide my comments into two primary arguments: 1) the ineffectuality of a boycott of Bali 2000 and the danger of politicizing the selection of ICRS hosts; and 2) the overwhelming importance, from both a scientific and conservation perspective, of continually rotating the ICRS to developing countries blessed with reef resources. 1)Dont politicize the ICRS. While no one can deny that the continuing tragedy in East Timor is worthy of sharp international criticism and even intervention, it is important to realize that the circumstances in East Timor are not as black and white as portrayed in the sensationalistic and manipulative international media. The real "facts" of the Timor tragedy are far from clear, and the growing attempt by the media at demonization of the Indonesian people as a whole is terribly irresponsible and equally as worthy of international censure. If we add into this the complicity of many western nations (if not the outright collaboration of the U.S. military) in the continuing military operations in East Timor since its annexation in 1975, as well as the current disarray in the Indonesian government and military in this troubled transition period to true democracy for the entire archipelagic nation, it is quite clear that the situation is at best muddled. I will spare the coral-list readers a further dissertation on the history and current situation in East Timor, as it is largely irrelevant to my arguments. More importantly, a boycott of Bali 2000 will have exactly zero impact on the forces behind the tragedy in East Timor. Put frankly, the Indonesian military and current transitional government couldn't give a wrasse's tail about the ICRS. Moreover, we must not forget that in November of this year, if all goes according to plan, Indonesia will make the true jump to democracy in election of its first popularly-determined president. As such, a decision against Bali 2000 will likely have no effect on the current military and government leaders, who will hopefully be banished to a shameful history in November. Rather, such a decision will only hurt the very people upon whose shoulders the future of democracy and Indonesia's coral reefs rests - students,scientists, NGO's and aspiring young policy-makers. Continued international attacks on Indonesia's government and people will only have the perverse effect of strengthening anti-western sentiments and encouraging further isolationism, allowing the current repressive regime to consolidate its power and set democracy back even further in this country. Stepping back from Indonesia to view the larger repercussions of politicization of the ICRS, the maxim "He who lives in glass houses should not throw stones" immediately comes to mind. Politicizing the decision of host selection for the ICRS opens a Pandora's box of ugly accusations. To demonstrate this, allow me to turn this argument back into the court of those who have voiced their opinions against Bali 2000. Using an extension of their reasoning, I can not in good conscience attend a coral reef meeting in Australia, Canada or the U.S. because of those nations' governments' support for national mining and petroleum companies that are systematically raping Indonesia's natural resources, degrading the lives and destroying the livelihoods of her indigenous tribes, polluting her rivers and seas and killing her reefs. Likewise, I would not be able to attend a meeting in Brazil due to the wanton destruction of its rainforests, clearly supported by its government's development policies. I do not mean to pick a fight here, but merely point out the futility and absurdity of politicizing the ICRS. We are scientists, not politicians; let us keep our ICRS scientific and above the political fray. 2) The importance of holding the ICRS in developing tropical countries. While the arguments I present below are not specific justification for holding the ICRS in Indonesia, I believe very strongly that it is important to continuously rotate the ICRS to new host countries with coral reefs for a number of scientific and conservation reasons. Considering the number of tropical countries with coral reefs within their respective EEZ's, there is no reason why the ICRS should ever be held in the same country twice, at least not in the next century. This perspective may have some bearing on the upcoming decision of the ISRS on the future of Bali 2000. Perhaps most importantly, the ICRS represents an unparalleled opportunity for students, scientists and NGO's in developing countries to present their research, network with other international researchers, and just plain learn from the tremendous gathering of expertise that the ICRS represents. Many of these people are only able to attend the ICRS when it is held within their own country (or, in a best case scenario, in a neighboring country); one need look no further than Panama 1996 to see the enthusiastic participation of local and regional students and scientists. I think it is a safe assumption to state that the 8th ICRS profoundly influenced the lives and careers of many of those new and developing reef scientists from Central and South America, and reef science as a whole will certainly benefit from this. It would be a real shame to deny this potential benefit to Indonesia, where international development programs have spent enormous amounts of time and money on developing marine sciences education, graduate degree programs and scientific infrastructure since the early 90's. Another reason which has frequently been cited as justification of rotating the ICRS is the tremendous publicity that the meeting focuses on the importance and plight of coral reefs in the host country and its surrounding region. With an estimated 15% of the world's coral reefs (many of which are considered among the most threatened in the world) within Indonesia's boundaries, public awareness and concern for coral reefs in this country could certainly benefit enormously from this publicity. But the benefits of holding the ICRS in different host countries every 4 years are not reserved only for the host country/region. Rather, this policy benefits all reef scientists and managers. Surely we are all thoroughly aware that reef ecosystems (and the threats to them) are tremendously heterogenous and vary dramatically from region to region and reef to reef. Ecological, geological and management paradigms developed from intensive research on the Great Barrier Reef, Carribbean reefs or French Polynesian reefs often do not apply to reefs in less thoroughly-researched areas of the world. In other cases, such paradigms gain added support from research in far-flung areas. Either way, it is extremely important for the continued development of our understanding of coral reefs through space and time for us to expand our knowledge base of reef systems. Holding the ICRS in different host countries allows international researchers and managers first-hand experience of differences and similarities in that country's reef systems, both through presentations of or discussions with local scientists and through a well-planned symposium field-trip schedule (currently under possible revision for Bali 2000!). Indonesia is firmly located in the center of modern reef organism diversity and has very different oceanographic conditions than many well-studied reef systems, yet Indonesia's reefs remain largely a black box in terms of knowledge of species distributions and reef processes. From this perspective alone (especially if the field trip schedule can be improved), Indonesia should be a highly attractive place for international coral reef researchers and managers to convene. One counter argument that has been raised against holding the ICRS in developing countries in general and Indonesia in particular is the lack of infrastructure and organizational capability to put together such a large and important meeting. While this is most certainly a valid concern, I believe that this problem is largely alleviated by a change in the way in which the ICRS is organized. From my admittedly limited understanding of the history of the ICRS, it seems that for the past 8 meetings, one or two host institutions in the host country (e.g., STRI in Panama or U. Guam in Guam) have largely taken the responsibility for organizing the meeting. For the current ICRS, this responsibility appears to be "shared" (loosely applied term) by the Indonesian Institute of Sciences and the ISRS Scientific Program Committee for 9ICRS. While some may feel that this places an unneccessary burden on the ISRS, this seems to be a sound solution to the problem of quality control and is well-worth the effort in terms of the aforementioned benefits to reef science of holding the conference in developing countries throughout the world. I apologize for the length of this discussion, but I feel it was necessary to present a developed argument in favor of Bali 2000 on behalf of my adopted country, where it is generally against cultural norms to enter into verbal debate or publicly defend a point of view (hence the general lack of response from Indonesian scientists on this debate). We must all accept the eventual decision of the ISRS council on this important issue, but I urge all those involved to at least consider the perspectives presented above and not rush to a hasty decision based largely upon emotion. Though I realize that this may not be possible due to time limitations, it would clearly be best if we could await the results of deployment of the international peace-keeping force to East Timor and the Indonesian presidential election before making a final decision about the fate of 9th ICRS. Sincerely, Mark V. Erdmann, PhD. University of California, Berkeley and Indonesian Institute of Sciences' Center for Research and Development in Oceanology Pulau Bunaken, Sulawesi Utara, Indonesia From lightwolf at email.msn.com Sun Sep 19 09:36:19 1999 From: lightwolf at email.msn.com (roy king) Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 09:36:19 -0400 Subject: REEF CHECK PSA Message-ID: <199909201511.PAA40273@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> The following public service announcement is to inform you of a Fund-raiser for REEF CHECK. It is primarily an Online project, but Postal mail access will also be available. It will go online around Oct. 1st and run until March 25, 2000. If you have access to a newsletter, journal or other publication that can run the PSA, it will be greatly appreciated. In fact any way that you can help publicize the project will be very helpful. Please contact me with questions or comments. Thank you, Roy King Coral Reefs are known as the Rain Forests of the sea. They are being decimated faster than they can regenerate! REEF CHECK, the volunteer coral reef education, monitoring and management program, completed the first global survey on the health of the planet's reefs in 1997. The results are crucial in evaluating human impact on tropical seas, and on global warming. REEF CHECK methods and data are widely used by marine scientists, international conservation programs, and environmental groups in fifty countries around the world, and the program has been instrumental in raising public and governmental awareness of the deteriorating conditions of the world's oceans. But to continue, expand and coordinate this vital work, funds are critically needed. Volunteer scientists need funds to travel to remote locations such as Indonesia and Africa to train local people. Basic skin diving gear is needed for poor coastal villagers to participate in the community-based management of their reefs, before it is too late. You can help. To raise funds for REEF CHECK, a home site on a 500 acre island near Acadia National Park, Maine, USA is being raffled: one chance to win per $20.00 donation. Black Island is a natural paradise with old growth spruce, yellow-birch and rowan trees. Eagles and deer inhabit the high rocky crown, and mink are native to the rugged shore and deep surrounding waters. Only four homes will be allowed on the island, by restrictive covenants. If you win you will receive the $450,000 property plus $150,000 to use, if you like, for your own island dream home. Please see www.helpandwin.com for details. And please spread the word about this exciting opportunity to help save our oceans to your friends, organizations and publications. From cbcastro at pobox.com Mon Sep 20 15:49:50 1999 From: cbcastro at pobox.com (Clovis B. Castro) Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 16:49:50 -0300 Subject: To Bali or not to Bali.... In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19990919175808.007d9ec0@manado.wasantara.net.id> Message-ID: <199909201634.NAA33372@acd.ufrj.br> Dear Colleagues, I believe Dr. Erdmann presented some good points in his comments of the next ICRS "problem", although also with a strong emotional bias. By now, I received several replies from my initial message. Some went directly to the list, others did not. Emotionally speaking, the only two messages pro-Bali came from people working in Indonesian institutions. I agree that "ordinary" political issues should not prevent the selection of a country to host an ICRS. Also, the rotation of host countries seems to be a good policy. The only point I disagree is the comparison between the effects that bad environmental or economic policies have on people with direct manslaughter (by the thousands). Things may not be black and white, but when a plebiscite is followed by the massacre of those who won it (amost 80% of the votes) - this does not configure an ordinary situation. In the latter case, I believe there is plenty of reasons to reject a country as an ICRS host. I believe most reef scientists would realize the difference between the Indonesian people, its government, and extremists. However, the most important contribution given by Dr. Erdmann was on the time needed for a decision. Dr. Erdmann pointed out two coming events that might change a decision of turning down Bali. (arrival of the international peace-keeping force, which already happened; and the Indonesian presidential election, due next November). I would not be sure what to do if it depended on my decision alone. Also, I do not know the deadline for a decision on Bali's Symposium. Is this a case where the later is the better? What about postponing the symposium for a few months? We could gain much needed time for a sound decision. Best regards, Clovis ----------------------------------------------------- Dr. Clovis B. Castro Museu Nacional/Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Departamento de Invertebrados Quinta da Boa Vista, Sao Cristovao 20940-040 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil email: cbcastro at pobox.com fone +55-XX-21-5681314 ramal 261 celular +55-XX-21-99740913 fax: +55-XX-21-5681314 ramal 213 From rcarter at rsmas.miami.edu Mon Sep 20 12:57:11 1999 From: rcarter at rsmas.miami.edu (Rob Carter) Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 12:57:11 -0400 Subject: spawning summary in Florida keys Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.19990920125711.006d83f8@umigw.miami.edu> FYI. More coral spawning. This is a summary of two months of spawning observations in the Florida Keys Tuesday Aug 3, 1999, Looe Key National Marine Sanctuary Several (3 out of approx. 10 observed) Montastraea faveolata colonies spawned between 11:30 and 11:40 pm No Montastraea annularis (~ 5 colonies within our observation area) observed spawning between 11:00 and 12:00 pm Sorry for the quality of the following observation, but I thought it might be of some use: On our way out to the dive site, we passed a coral gamete slick (detected by smell, not sight) just off the northern end of the reef. Upon arriving on location, the passengers on a large dive boat informed us that the "star corals" were spawning. Being that Montastraea faveolata spawned later, I assume (?) that the early spawners were M. franksi. Wednesday, Aug 4, 1999, Looe Key National Marine Sanctuary No spawning observed between 10:15 and 11:30 pm * * * Wednesday, Sep 1, 1999, Crocker Reef one Montastraea franksi colony spawned at 10:30 pm two Eusmilia fastigiata colonies released (separate) eggs and sperm about 10:45 pm Thursday, Sep 2, 1999, Crocker Reef three M. franksi colonies seen spawning between 10:30 and 10:45 pm one Diploria strigosa colony spawned at approx. 11:15 (observed by another member of my party) Friday, Sep 3, 1999, Crocker Reef One M. faveolata colony spawned at 11:20 pm Note: there were no M. annularis at our site on Crocker Reef, 45 - 55 feet depth. * * * Did anyone look for Acropora palmata spawning? - Rob Carter <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Robert W. Carter Rob Carter University of Miami/RSMAS/MBF 1700 SW 1 Ave #601 4600 Rickenbacker Cswy Miami FL 33129 Miami FL 33149 305.361.4642 (w) 305.856.2715 (h) 305.361.4600 (fax) rcarter at rsmas.miami.edu <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> From jtunnell at falcon.tamucc.edu Mon Sep 20 15:11:49 1999 From: jtunnell at falcon.tamucc.edu (Wes Tunnell) Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 14:11:49 -0500 Subject: To Bali or not to Bali.... Message-ID: <01BF0372.15102D40@nrc3213-1.tamucc.edu> Dear Coral Reefer Colleagues, In regards to a shift in timing of the Bali 2000 conference, an extended move to the summer of 2001 would allow plenty of assessment time and might allow more academicians and students to attend. Although I was not privy to the reason for selecting a "western" fall semester timeframe, it is the first time since I went to the 1985 meeting in Tahiti that the meeting has been "outside" the summer. Although I plan to be there, and I am sure there were good reasons for selecting the fall timeframe, I believe some, perhaps many, academicians and students will find it difficult to attend, and especially participate in field trips. Regards, Wes Tunnell Director, Center for Coastal Studies Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi ---------- From: Clovis B. Castro Sent: Monday, September 20, 1999 11:49 AM To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov Subject: Re: To Bali or not to Bali.... Dear Colleagues, I believe Dr. Erdmann presented some good points in his comments of the next ICRS "problem", although also with a strong emotional bias. By now, I received several replies from my initial message. Some went directly to the list, others did not. Emotionally speaking, the only two messages pro-Bali came from people working in Indonesian institutions. I agree that "ordinary" political issues should not prevent the selection of a country to host an ICRS. Also, the rotation of host countries seems to be a good policy. The only point I disagree is the comparison between the effects that bad environmental or economic policies have on people with direct manslaughter (by the thousands). Things may not be black and white, but when a plebiscite is followed by the massacre of those who won it (amost 80% of the votes) - this does not configure an ordinary situation. In the latter case, I believe there is plenty of reasons to reject a country as an ICRS host. I believe most reef scientists would realize the difference between the Indonesian people, its government, and extremists. However, the most important contribution given by Dr. Erdmann was on the time needed for a decision. Dr. Erdmann pointed out two coming events that might change a decision of turning down Bali. (arrival of the international peace-keeping force, which already happened; and the Indonesian presidential election, due next November). I would not be sure what to do if it depended on my decision alone. Also, I do not know the deadline for a decision on Bali's Symposium. Is this a case where the later is the better? What about postponing the symposium for a few months? We could gain much needed time for a sound decision. Best regards, Clovis ----------------------------------------------------- Dr. Clovis B. Castro Museu Nacional/Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Departamento de Invertebrados Quinta da Boa Vista, Sao Cristovao 20940-040 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil email: cbcastro at pobox.com fone +55-XX-21-5681314 ramal 261 celular +55-XX-21-99740913 fax: +55-XX-21-5681314 ramal 213 From wright at osb1.wff.nasa.gov Mon Sep 20 16:29:09 1999 From: wright at osb1.wff.nasa.gov (C. W. Wright (1698)) Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 16:29:09 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Coral spawning optical properties In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19990920125711.006d83f8@umigw.miami.edu> Message-ID: Is anyone aware of any observations, papers, or work concerning the optical properties of coral sperm/eggs or larvae? I've done various literature searches, but turned up nothing. C W Wright --<<< We are committed to exceeding requirements >>>----->-+ C.W. Wright,wright at osb.wff.nasa.gov, Ph:757-824-1698 http://lidar.wff.nasa.gov Fax:603-925-6886 NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center Building N-159 Room E117, Code 972,Wallops Flight Facility Wallops Island, Va. 23337 -------+-<------------------------------------------------- On Mon, 20 Sep 1999, Rob Carter wrote: > > FYI. More coral spawning. This is a summary of two months of spawning > observations in the Florida Keys > > Tuesday Aug 3, 1999, Looe Key National Marine Sanctuary > Several (3 out of approx. 10 observed) Montastraea faveolata colonies > spawned between 11:30 and 11:40 pm > No Montastraea annularis (~ 5 colonies within our observation area) > observed spawning between 11:00 and 12:00 pm > Sorry for the quality of the following observation, but I thought it might > be of some use: On our way out to the dive site, we passed a coral gamete > slick (detected by smell, not sight) just off the northern end of the reef. > Upon arriving on location, the passengers on a large dive boat informed us > that the "star corals" were spawning. Being that Montastraea faveolata > spawned later, I assume (?) that the early spawners were M. franksi. > > Wednesday, Aug 4, 1999, Looe Key National Marine Sanctuary > No spawning observed between 10:15 and 11:30 pm > > * * * > > Wednesday, Sep 1, 1999, Crocker Reef > one Montastraea franksi colony spawned at 10:30 pm > two Eusmilia fastigiata colonies released (separate) eggs and sperm about > 10:45 pm > > Thursday, Sep 2, 1999, Crocker Reef > three M. franksi colonies seen spawning between 10:30 and 10:45 pm > one Diploria strigosa colony spawned at approx. 11:15 (observed by another > member of my party) > > Friday, Sep 3, 1999, Crocker Reef > One M. faveolata colony spawned at 11:20 pm > > Note: there were no M. annularis at our site on Crocker Reef, 45 - 55 feet > depth. > > * * * > > Did anyone look for Acropora palmata spawning? > > > > - Rob Carter > > > <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> > Robert W. Carter Rob Carter > University of Miami/RSMAS/MBF 1700 SW 1 Ave #601 > 4600 Rickenbacker Cswy Miami FL 33129 > Miami FL 33149 > > 305.361.4642 (w) 305.856.2715 (h) > 305.361.4600 (fax) > > rcarter at rsmas.miami.edu > <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> > From d.k.hagman at mail.utexas.edu Mon Sep 20 18:52:00 1999 From: d.k.hagman at mail.utexas.edu (Derek Hagman) Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 16:52:00 -0600 Subject: more coral spawning Message-ID: I apologize for the delay....... Recent observations of mass spawning by reef corals at the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, northwest Gulf of Mexico. Sept. 2, 1999 (7th evening after the full moon, Aug 26th.) Unusually rough weather prevented scuba diving operations, however an ROV was deployed and the following information gathered: Beginning around 20:30 Central Daylight Time (CDT) male colonies of Montastraea cavernosa were observed spawning and continued well past 21:30. Adjacent female colonies were observed spawning within minutes of male sperm release. Shortly after 21:15 CDT a few colonies of M. franksi, and later (21:50) Diploria strigosa, were videoed spawning. Both shallow (17 m) and deeper colonies down to 42 m were observed spawning during this time period. By 23:00 CDT a substantial gamete slick (considering the rough surface conditions/4-5 seas) existed. Sept. 3, 1999 (8th evening after the full moon, Aug 26th.) The ROV was again deployed early to look for spawning activity prior to the planned scuba ops. Several bundle plumes but no direct observations of spawning were made between 19:55-21:30 CDT. Several Diploria colonies were however observed spawning thereafter until roughly 22:00 CDT. Spawning observations by scuba divers began around 21:30 CDT, with colonies of Diploria strigosa (predominantly) and Montastraea franksi spawning. Shortly after 22:15 CDT male, then female colonies of Stephanocoenia intersepta began spawning prolifically. By 23:00 CDT late divers observed several colonies of Montastraea faveolata spawning. This was projected to>be the most intense night of spawning activity, unfortunately it proved to be a disappointment in comparison to previous years. Neither D. strigosa or M. franksi spawned with any great intensity, and no significant surface slick was detected. As in 1998, it appears that most of the spawning took place on the 7th evening, one night earlier than anticipated based on the previous observations made between 1991-1997. Sept. 4, 1999 (9th evening after the full moon, Aug 26th.) Few colonies of D. strigosa, M. franksi and Colpophyllia natans observed spawning between 21:00-22:00 CDT. This was expected to be and turnout to be an "off night". Sept. 5, 1999 (10th evening after the full moon, Aug 26th.) Colpophyllia natans spawned between 20:40-21:10 CDT in large numbers as expected. From edcolijn at bart.nl Mon Sep 20 19:21:19 1999 From: edcolijn at bart.nl (Ed Colijn) Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 01:21:19 +0200 Subject: To Bali or not to Bali.... References: <199909201634.NAA33372@acd.ufrj.br> Message-ID: <37E6C16F.306BF27F@bart.nl> Dear Coral-list, Not working in any Indonesian institution nor knowing the previous pro Bali speakers on this list personally, I like to throw in my unbiased two cents. I'm based in The Netherlands and the editor of a weekly nature conservation related news letter for Indonesia which is not funded and as such, except for my own limited (?) bias, objective. Not emotionally speaking, the question here simply seems to be who do you like to hurt and what do you like to achieve. As Dr. Erdmann already pointed out (and knowing the political arena in Indonesia I agree with him) "the Indonesian military and current transitional government couldn't give a wrasse's tail about the ICRS" nor the opinion of international (which includes Indonesian) coral reseachers. My conclusion is thus that if you like to hurt those responsible for the East Timor crisis, a boycot of the ICRS is simply NOT the way to go because you're hurting and, by doing so, blaming the wrong people! Moreover, all international actions that are not aimed at those responsible and that are based on generalizations and simplifications will feed Indonesian nationalism and, as such, you will be playing the military's cards! The Indonesian military arena has enough intriguers and certainly doesn't need help from outside. I understand the genuine feelings of the people on this list who want to make some sort of political statement and I like to offer a more difficult, while political and not scientific, but EFFECTIVE alternative. The only way to hurt those responsible, i.e. the militia and Indonesian military, is taking away the support from western governments while simultaneously strengthening ties with the many courageous people in Indonesia who like to see their country change. I say courageous because a lot of these people find themselves fighting similar powers as the ones that are responsible for the East Timor crisis which makes this whole discussion more painful. Taking away western support from the militairy already proved to be the way to go: there has been a major breakthrough in the East Timor crisis after the US declared a halt in their military co-operation. In my opinion this has been THE international initiative that led to the acception of an international peacekeeping force since cutting financial aid, trading boycots or whatever other action taken won't hurt them, at least not on short notice. Dr. Erdmann didn't elaborate on the political background but I think some background is needed here to be able to pass a sound judgement. Most major western powers have been involved in supporting the Indonesian military for the past 34 years and as such are at least partly responsible for the current East Timor crisis. It's my believe that international politicans were very well able to foresee the violence as since the invasion of East Timor in 1975, supported by the same players, an estimated 200,000 East Timorese have lost their lives. Moreover, the same politicians have been warned by local UN informants that a major uprising was very likely to occur. In this respect I hope that the international coral research community will not make the same mistake by not listening to the arguments of the people who work in Indonesia and know the country and its political arena. Their comments on this list are not based on emotions but on facts. The alternative If you really like to see something change in Indonesia point your arrows at your governments and tell them you don't accept any renewed support of the military or lucrative arms deals from your national military industries as long as human rights are not respected and the military's involvement in the environmental destruction in Indonesia is not stopped. As for strengthen ties, I think that this note speaks for itself. Coral researchers with a heart for the world's coral reefs should attend the ICRS in Bali and share their experience, knowledge and enthousiasm with Indonesian students, scientists, NGO's and aspiring young policy-makers who are trying to change and achieve something in Indonesia. One final remark Please don't generalize but try to shade emotional issues: support the good, fight the bad and try to persuade the majority; think twice before stating your opinion. Too much damage has already been done by emotional and hasty calls for action. Asalam'alaikum (may peace be with you), Ed Colijn edcolijn at bart.nl The Indonesian Nature Conservation Database http://www.bart.nl/~edcolijn/ From buddrw at kgs.ukans.edu Mon Sep 20 20:45:01 1999 From: buddrw at kgs.ukans.edu (Bob Buddemeier) Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 18:45:01 -0600 Subject: To Bali or not to Bali.... References: <199909201634.NAA33372@acd.ufrj.br> <37E6C16F.306BF27F@bart.nl> Message-ID: <37E6D4BE.9554FFBA@kgs.ukans.edu> Mr. Colijn's 'objective' sentiments are noble but unrealistic. International meetings cannot be undertaken, and certainly not reliably funded, without government approval at the ministerial level. It is my understanding that in the negotiations for the ICRS, the Indonesian government (which is now a previous government and will be either one or two governments further back by late next year) agreed to issue visas to all legitimate reef scientists -- 'as long as they aren't involved in politics.' It is a matter of experience that at least one prominent reef scientist has been denied entry to the country in far more peacable and stable times. Just what do we think the odds are that the Indonesian government will issue visas to all of those reef scientists who have been calling on their own governments not to support the Indonesian government? Politics, indeed. Indonesia has treated visas as it has elections --a privilege to be granted as a tool of the government rather than a right. There is, in my opinion, no practical way for taking action to support Indonesian scentists and people from within the country that would not be blocked or co-opted by an increasingly desparate and unstable regime. Those who want to go on a people-to-people excursion or a children's crusade should start their own, and not expect the ISRS and the reef science community to conduct one for them. Bob Buddemeier Ed Colijn wrote: > > Dear Coral-list, > > Not working in any Indonesian institution nor knowing the previous pro > Bali speakers on this list personally, I like to throw in my unbiased > two cents. I'm based in The Netherlands and the editor of a weekly > nature conservation related news letter for Indonesia which is not > funded and as such, except for my own limited (?) bias, objective. > > Not emotionally speaking, the question here simply seems to be who do > you like to hurt and what do you like to achieve. > > As Dr. Erdmann already pointed out (and knowing the political arena in > Indonesia I agree with him) "the Indonesian military and current > transitional government couldn't give a wrasse's tail about the ICRS" > nor the opinion of international (which includes Indonesian) coral > reseachers. My conclusion is thus that if you like to hurt those > responsible for the East Timor crisis, a boycot of the ICRS is simply > NOT the way to go because you're hurting and, by doing so, blaming the > wrong people! Moreover, all international actions that are not aimed at > those responsible and that are based on generalizations and > simplifications will feed Indonesian nationalism and, as such, you will > be playing the military's cards! The Indonesian military arena has > enough intriguers and certainly doesn't need help from outside. > > I understand the genuine feelings of the people on this list who want to > make some sort of political statement and I like to offer a more > difficult, while political and not scientific, but EFFECTIVE > alternative. > > The only way to hurt those responsible, i.e. the militia and Indonesian > military, is taking away the support from western governments while > simultaneously strengthening ties with the many courageous people in > Indonesia who like to see their country change. I say courageous because > a lot of these people find themselves fighting similar powers as the > ones that are responsible for the East Timor crisis which makes this > whole discussion more painful. Taking away western support from the > militairy already proved to be the way to go: there has been a major > breakthrough in the East Timor crisis after the US declared a halt in > their military co-operation. In my opinion this has been THE > international initiative that led to the acception of an international > peacekeeping force since cutting financial aid, trading boycots or > whatever other action taken won't hurt them, at least not on short > notice. > > Dr. Erdmann didn't elaborate on the political background but I think > some background is needed here to be able to pass a sound judgement. > Most major western powers have been involved in supporting the > Indonesian military for the past 34 years and as such are at least > partly responsible for the current East Timor crisis. It's my believe > that international politicans were very well able to foresee the > violence as since the invasion of East Timor in 1975, supported by the > same players, an estimated 200,000 East Timorese have lost their lives. > Moreover, the same politicians have been warned by local UN informants > that a major uprising was very likely to occur. In this respect I hope > that the international coral research community will not make the same > mistake by not listening to the arguments of the people who work in > Indonesia and know the country and its political arena. Their comments > on this list are not based on emotions but on facts. > > The alternative > > If you really like to see something change in Indonesia point your > arrows at your governments and tell them you don't accept any renewed > support of the military or lucrative arms deals from your national > military industries as long as human rights are not respected and the > military's involvement in the environmental destruction in Indonesia is > not stopped. > > As for strengthen ties, I think that this note speaks for itself. Coral > researchers with a heart for the world's coral reefs should attend the > ICRS in Bali and share their experience, knowledge and enthousiasm with > Indonesian students, scientists, NGO's and aspiring young policy-makers > who are trying to change and achieve something in Indonesia. > > One final remark > > Please don't generalize but try to shade emotional issues: support the > good, fight the bad and try to persuade the majority; think twice before > stating your opinion. Too much damage has already been done by emotional > and hasty calls for action. > > Asalam'alaikum (may peace be with you), > > Ed Colijn > edcolijn at bart.nl > > The Indonesian Nature Conservation Database > http://www.bart.nl/~edcolijn/ -- Dr. Robert W. Buddemeier Senior Scientist, Geohydrology Kansas Geological Survey University of Kansas 1930 Constant Ave. Lawrence, KS 66047 ph (785) 864-3965 fax (785) 864-5317 buddrw at kgs.ukans.edu http://http://water.kgs.ukans.edu From alark at bio.usyd.edu.au Mon Sep 20 21:36:55 1999 From: alark at bio.usyd.edu.au (Tony Larkum) Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 11:36:55 +1000 Subject: To Bali or not to Bali.... In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19990919175808.007d9ec0@manado.wasantara.net.id> Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, We have a situation in East Timor where violations of human rights and outright murder have occurred on a massive scale. Even the UN acknowledges Indonesian military complicity in this situation. As the peace-keeping force goes in we are likely to be told of mounting horrors. Political instability in Indonesia is likely to rise in the next year. The organisers of the 9th ISRS should be keeping a close eye on developments and be prepared, in the near future, to take the ISRS elsewhere. Tony Larkum Prof. A.W.D. Larkum School of Biological Sciences (A12) University of Sydney NSW 2006 Australia Tel 61 2 9351 2069 Fax 61 2 9351 4119 http://www-personal.usyd.edu.au/~alark http://www.bio.usyd.edu.au/SOBS/admin/staff/larkum.html http://www.com.univ-mrs.fr/IRD/cyano From delbeek at hawaii.edu Tue Sep 21 05:26:08 1999 From: delbeek at hawaii.edu (J. Charles Delbeek) Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 23:26:08 -1000 Subject: To Bali or not to Bali.... In-Reply-To: <37E6D4BE.9554FFBA@kgs.ukans.edu> Message-ID: I think the issues here are many and complex. To move the ISRS meetings might or might not send a political message, but at the very least it lets the organisers of the conference exercise their moral stance based on the human rights violations taking place in East Timor. However, if they are not comfortable doing so, then the meetings could still be held but those planning on attending can then make the decision on their own whether to attend or not. Finally, perhaps one overall concern should be the welfare and saftety of those attending the conference?? I am not sure why it takes this action in East Timor to highlite what has long been known about the Indonesian government and their history of human rights violations. I would ask the question, why was this country chosen in the first place to host the meetings? If there are objections about human rights violations now, where were those objections back in Panama and what were the reasons then for ignoring them? I mean the track record of this country in not new. J. Charles Delbeek From jware at erols.com Tue Sep 21 08:08:16 1999 From: jware at erols.com (John Ware) Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 08:08:16 -0400 Subject: Bali 2000 Message-ID: <37E77530.931CFAB2@erols.com> Dear List, I hope we don't lose sight of the important fact that the ISRS does not have as its primary purpose a political statement. Rather the ISRS is meant to be a gathering of as many reef scientists and students as possible with the intent of maximal information exchange. It is already clear from the interchange of messages on this List that some (perhaps many) potential attendees will not go to Bali for any of a number of reasons: 1- 'political' or philosophical disagreements with government policies; 2- having been denied entry visas by a possibly biased government (as Bob has pointed out); or 3- [my favorite] now becoming worried as to their personal safety and that of the spouses they may choose to bring along. ISRS Bali 2000 may have already lost its primary purpose and may degenerate in to a small gathering that is not truly representative of the coral reef science community. John -- ************************************************************* * * * John R. Ware, PhD * * President * * SeaServices, Inc. * * 19572 Club House Road * * Montgomery Village, MD, 20886 * * 301 987-8507 * * jware at erols.com * * fax: 301 987-8531 * * _ * * | * * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * * _|_ * * | _ | * * _______________________________| |________ * * |\/__ Undersea Technology for the 21st Century \ * * |/\____________________________________________/ * ************************************************************** From kikuchi at ufba.br Tue Sep 21 19:53:26 1999 From: kikuchi at ufba.br (Ruy Kenji P. Kikuchi) Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 20:53:26 -0300 Subject: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Anemones/Cura=E7ao?= Message-ID: <199909212300.VAA41872@canudos.ufba.br> Dear coral-listers, A friend of mine who works with molecular biology of sea-anemones is seeking someone who could collect some anemones in Cura?ao for a comparison with Brazilian species. If there is someone who would be interested in help him or in any kind of collaboration please make contact directly with him at Paulo Vianna Departamento de Ci?ncias Biol?gicas Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana Projeto REVIZEE e-mail: ray at cdl.com.br Thank you for your time Ruy Ruy Kenji Papa de Kikuchi Departamento de Ci?ncias Exatas Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana BR 116, Km3 s/n, Campus Universit?rio CEP 44.031-460, Feira de Santana, Bahia Brasil rkpkikuchi at geocities.com From sapta_gt at hotmail.com Thu Sep 23 22:50:54 1999 From: sapta_gt at hotmail.com (sapta Putra) Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 21:50:54 EST Subject: To Bali or not to Bali.... Message-ID: <199909231912.TAA65046@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Dear Erdmann and coral listers Thank you for your positive comment. As Erdman has experience working in Manado, I also have experience in many part of Indonesia. The situation in East Timor cannot be generalized throught out Indonesia. There many part of Indonesia have much better human right performance than East Timor. I have involved to encourage local governments and local NGOs to conserve coral reef ecosystem since 1997 through COREMAP. Some of them gradually implement the program to protect their reefs. So, if international reef scientiest boycot the 9ICRS due to the East Timor problems, then the boycot will not affect military attitude but descourage local government innitiatives to conserve their reefs. So, before the reef scientiests make decision please consider whether your decision will change the situation in East Timor or descourage the coral reef conservation program in Indonesia. Kind regards Sapta Putra Ginting School of Tropical Environment Studies and Geography James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811 Phone:(07)4781 4913 Fax:(07)4781 4020 email: sapta.putra at jcu.edu.au; sapta_gt at hotmail.com From flinnc at hotmail.com Wed Sep 22 18:16:33 1999 From: flinnc at hotmail.com (Flinn Curren) Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 15:16:33 PDT Subject: Live Rock Definition? Message-ID: <19990922221634.65589.qmail@hotmail.com> Dear Coral Listers, 1. In the aquarium trade, how do retailers distinguish between "live rock" and "coral" when both corals and calcarious algae are found on the same specimen? 2. In jurisdictions allowing export of live rock but not coral, how are they differentiated? Here in American Samoa, one company has recently started to collect live rock and some aquarium fish for export on a weekly basis. Please send comments directly to me at: flinnc at hotmail.com Thanks. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Flinn Curren phone: (684) 633-4456 Department of Marine & Wildlife Resources fax: (684) 633-5944 American Samoan Government P.O. Box 3730 Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799 USA e-mail: flinnc at hotmail.com or curren.davison at samoatelco.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com From eweil at caribe.net Wed Sep 22 15:15:36 1999 From: eweil at caribe.net (Ernesto Weil) Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 15:15:36 -0400 Subject: Bleaching in PR. Message-ID: <000301bf0536$842edda0$89cc5bd1@default> I observed the first pale colonies of D.labyrinthiformis, Porites and Montastraea last week. This week, minor bleaching was observed at Turrumote, Pinnacles and Media Luna reefs of La Parguera. Several colonies of M.franksi, M.cavernosa, M.faveolata, M. annularis, P.astreoides, P.porites, C. natans, S.siderea, M.memorialis, M.meandrites, S.intersepta and all three Milleporids (alcicornis, squarrosa and complanata) showed bleached areas. I also observed for the first time, completely bleached Scolymia cubensis. Water temperatures are warm but not excesively warm (29 degrees). Bleaching started at about the same time as last year. Last year few colonies of different species were starting to show signs of bleaching about two weeks before Hurricane George's hit us. After the hurricane, bleaching was intense and widespread. Cheers, Dr. Ernesto Weil Depart. of Marine Sciences, UPR PO BOX 908 Lajas PR 00667 Ph. (787) 899-2048 x. 241 FAX (787) 899-2630/899-5500. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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If the death toll does get that high, FWIW, it is likely that starvation and disease will be largely responsible (if that makes it any better for anyone). The oft-cited 200,000 killed in the 70s and 80s were almost all from starvation and disease, not bullets. The second point is one I would like to make also. My impression is very different from that of Dr. Erdmann: I think that the international press has been very good at distinguishing between the Indonesian people and a few lunatics. CNN excepted, of course. Ed Colijn writes: <<> The first part is right; the second does not follow. Indonesian politics is about power; we are witnessing a power struggle. If a conference is cancelled, no one will talk about it (except perhaps to complain about foreigners), but if it goes ahead it will be raised as an example of how Indonesia has been able to retain its role in the world community. Like it or not, holding a conference here helps those for and against reform; cancelling it hurts both parties. <<>> Not likely to be effective. World military aid to Indonesia was miniscule last year. Anyway, these politics and power struggles are intensely domestic, and the participants place international attention a distant second. Think back to the four students killed at Kent State years ago: did the American military care what the Canadian, or Indonesian, governments said? Bob Buddemeir writes: <<>> This actually highlights a significant change in Indonesia, which many of us living here tend to forget about. There really has been a difference in the way issues such as press freedom, elections and visas are treated. Two years ago I would have agreed with the above statements, but now I think those days have passed. I would not worry overly about visas any more. Of course, if things really take a turn for the worse over East Timor and xenophobic nationalism surges, all bets are off ;-). Someone else questioned safety at Bali: not an issue. In the worst riot to hit Indonesia in a generation, Bali was safer than a typical day at any large North American city. J. Charles Delbeek writes: <<>> True. I was not at Panama. In fact, outside of East Timor the Indonesian record in terms of respect for human rights has been improving. This merely serves to summarize the decision for the organizers: send a message to the Indonesian government/military (a good thing) but harm local researchers, or do the reverse? I have no recommendation, based either on moral imperatives or practicalities; it is not my conference to decide, and after eight years living here I sometimes get confused trying to sort it all out. I would not be too swayed by arguments that the powerful do not hear about the message that was sent; over time, they will hear it more and more. It is up to them whether they choose to listen, but the wise ones do. On a separate note, I would not worry too much about logistics (who goes where, when) as there are organizations in Bali capable of doing an admirable job for large gatherings. It was suggested that the ISRS Scientific Program Committee would be handling quality control. Perhaps they could give a status report and let everyone know how the preparations are proceeding. Dean Boulding Jakarta, Indonesia ICQ 5568143 From bob at westpacfisheries.net Thu Sep 23 22:22:34 1999 From: bob at westpacfisheries.net (Bob Endreson) Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 16:22:34 -1000 Subject: No subject Message-ID: <005801bf0633$ac395340$8828d5d1@bob> The Western Pacific Council still promotes an agenda that would allow shark finning to continue even in the face of NMFS, NOAA and the public's request to stop finning as a result of the waste it causes. A number of articles have been written by the Chairman of the Council as well as a letter to the Secretary of Commerce, trying to convince him not to pre-empt the Council. We hear that a recent letter from NOAA instructs the Council to stop finning immediately The Council's letter and articles are carefully worded, yet it mirrors the complaints by commercial interests throughout the Country for years. Phrases such as not enough data, more research is needed have echoed through the halls of fisheries management until in many cases it was too late. The Council has also made claims that people in Hawaii do not want finning to stop, that they don't think it's wasteful or cruel and therefore the Council should not be influenced. Your help is desperately needed to make sure those involved and who can make a difference hear you load and clear. If you don't take the few minutes it takes to simply tell them to "STOP SHARK FINNING IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC IMMEDIATELY", don't expect others to step up and do it for you. many of you have already helped, but more is needed. The Commerce department is poised to act, but they need to hear from you. We urge you to send in your support by going to http://www.westpacfisheries.net/actionalert.html Or send your comments to WDaley at doc.gov Penny.Dalton at noaa.gov or Senator Daniel Inouye at Fax 202-224-6747 or email your comments to the Senator at : http://www.senate.gov/~inouye/abtform.html Now is the time to stand up and let them know what you think. Mahalo, -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/19990923/b73f66a3/attachment.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Other graduate student opportunities are also available for students interested in biomechanics of marine organisms. And reproductive ecology of marine invertebrates. If interested, please contact. Dr. Flo Thomas Department of Biology University of South Florida 4202 E. Fowler Ave, SCA 110 Tampa, Florida 33620 813-974-9608 fthomas at chuma1.cas.usf.edu __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com From mtoscano at nesdis.noaa.gov Fri Sep 24 10:02:07 1999 From: mtoscano at nesdis.noaa.gov (Maggie Toscano) Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 10:02:07 -0400 Subject: HotSpot Update Message-ID: <37EB845F.FEDFA535@nesdis.noaa.gov> HotSpot Notes -- September 23, 1999 This is an update on the past 2 months for the Caribbean. Please also see the posting from Ernesto Weil on bleaching around Puerto Rico. Mid-Summer 1999: NOAA satellite data indicated "HotSpots" surrounding North Andros Island in the Bahamas since July 27, expanding to South Andros Island through July 31. In early August, South Florida and the Straits, the eastern Bahamas and the north coast of Cuba showed 1 degree C HotSpots, creating conditions conducive to coral bleaching. HotSpots were maintained between August 9-28 in these areas, with the remainder of the eastern Caribbean starting to warm up. Late Summer 1999: In early September, the south-western corner of Puerto Rico exhibited 1 degree C HotSpots, followed by warming along eastern Hispaniola and the Lesser Antilles (Leeward and Windward Islands). By September 14, eastern Nicaragua, along with the north coast of Venezuela, the Netherlands Antilles, and Trinidad and Tobago had 1 degree HotSpots, with patchy HotSpots off the coast of Belize. HotSpots dissipated around September 18 from the Bahamas and northern Cuba but remained on the south side of Cuba, Puerto Rico and Hispaniola, with patchy HotSpots along the Nicaraguan coast. By September 21, the entire lower Caribbean showed 1 degree C HotsSpot anomalies. Our new Degree Heating Weeks (DHW) maps, depicting accumulated heat stress for the last 90 days (http://psbsgi1.nesdis.noaa.gov:8080/PSB/EPS/icg/dhw/dhw_new.html) indicate 1-3 DWH throughout the Caribbean, show concentrations of 4-8 DHW surrounding Andros Island (Bahamas) and the south-west Florida Keys, and 4-5 DHW along the lesser Antilles (Windward Islands). Please post your reports on coral bleaching to this site by completing (as much as possible) the coral bleaching reporting form on our main web page or by emailing us. A. E. Strong M. A. Toscano Alan.E.Strong at noaa.gov mtoscano at nesdis.noaa.gov 301-763-8102 x170 FAX: 301-763-8108 x188 http://manati.wwb.noaa.gov/orad -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: mtoscano.vcf Type: text/x-vcard Size: 468 bytes Desc: Card for Maggie Toscano Url : http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/19990924/fd5ea632/attachment.vcf From bpotter at irf.org Fri Sep 24 10:29:31 1999 From: bpotter at irf.org (Bruce Potter at Island Resources) Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 10:29:31 -0400 Subject: To Bali or not to Bali.... In-Reply-To: <199909231912.TAA65046@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> References: <199909231912.TAA65046@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Message-ID: I disagree with the implication of this statement: >The situation in East Timor cannot be generalized >throught out Indonesia. There many part of Indonesia have much better >human right performance than East Timor. I worked for five years doing political risks analyses on conditions in Indonesia in the early 1980's, and it was my impression that human rights repression was a general policy (or instrument in implementing policies) of the Government of Indonesia, not particularly subject to regional variations. For example, attacks against ethnic chinese were orchestrated nationwide. Human rights were routinely violated in most aspects of the Transmigration Program. Human rights repression was exercised wherever challenges to the established order reared its ugly head. And with specific reference to this list, one of the exiled Indonesian opposition leaders of that time was the founder of the Indonesian Green Foundation. bruce potter ------------------ At 9:50 PM -0500 9/23/99, sapta Putra wrote: >Dear Erdmann and coral listers > >Thank you for your positive comment. > >As Erdman has experience working in Manado, I also have experience in many >part of Indonesia. The situation in East Timor cannot be generalized >throught out Indonesia. There many part of Indonesia have much better >human right performance than East Timor. > >I have involved to encourage local governments and local NGOs to conserve >coral reef ecosystem since 1997 through COREMAP. Some of them gradually >implement the program to protect their reefs. So, if international reef >scientiest boycot the 9ICRS due to the East Timor problems, then the >boycot will not affect military attitude but descourage local government >innitiatives to conserve their reefs. > >So, before the reef scientiests make decision please consider whether your >decision will change the situation in East Timor or descourage the coral >reef conservation program in Indonesia. > >Kind regards > >Sapta Putra Ginting >School of Tropical Environment Studies and Geography >James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811 >Phone:(07)4781 4913 Fax:(07)4781 4020 >email: sapta.putra at jcu.edu.au; sapta_gt at hotmail.com Island Resources Foundation 27 Years of Environmental Planning for Development ><+><+><+><+><+>< Web Site><+>< Island Resources Foundation |+|Island Resources Foundation Headquarters & Library |+|Contributions and Publications 6292 Estate Nazareth No. 100 |+|1718 "P" Street NW, Suite T-4 St. Thomas, VI 00802-1104 |+|Washington, DC 20036 Phone 340/775-6225 |+|Phone 202/265-9712 fax 779-2022 |+|fax 232-0748 Internet: etowle at irf.org |+|bpotter at irf.org -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Promote Island Resources---Send Your $35 Membership to the DC Office -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ From tim at cfh.ca Tue Sep 21 19:08:50 1999 From: tim at cfh.ca (Tim Tessier) Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 16:08:50 -0700 Subject: Coral harvesting? First Tonga, then Fiji, now Vanuatu's reefs are in danger. Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19990921160850.00925100@10.0.0.1> Hello All, Just talked with a friend in Vanuatu and he mentioned that everyone from Fiji is feeling the impending shutdown of exports so they are trying to get into Vanuatu. I will cut and paste portions of some emails to give you an idea of what is happening. I think the Vanuatu government could use some scientific help in stopping their reefs from being exploited and destroyed instead of sustainably managed. Hopefully someone can help. "Our director of Fisheries will be meeting with his minister tomorrow(Sept 23) to discuss the situation so any additional "advice" you can offer will be fed into the system before their meeting. We have managed to put a stop to xxxxxxx xxxxxxx's operation....his reputation for being a crook basically sealed his fate, but there are plenty more shadey companies ready to fill his place!" >I have recently heard that via the pacnews wire service that Fiji is >considering a ban on the collection and export of Corals AND "pet-fish" >from their country. This is a bold move by the Fiji government but given >the amount of Coral/Rock and Fish being removed from Fiji every month I am >frankly quite surprised it has taken this long! > snip >given our >long term interests in this country and the aquarium industry, we were >extremely disturbed recently to find out that a recently formed "foreign >investment" section of the Vanuatu Govt has received AND approved a flood >of applications from people wishing to set-up similar aquarium based >companies on our island. (Perhaps as a result of the problems in Fiji?) To >date four companies have been approved without consultation to Fisheries or >Environment Departments - all in the name of "foreign investment"! One >particularly nasty operator is >already in Vanuatu trying to sort out Fisheries permits etc.... and has >already made attempts to export illegally (without permission) 1000Kgs of >Live Corals, and hundreds of Live Mangrove Plants! > >Given common sense , and the small size of our island. The director's of >our environment unit (CITES authority) and Fisheries departments are >absolutely horrified at the prospect of an additional 4 companies. It is >the view of our Environment department that while one company (us) can be >properly monitored for sustainability, any more companies would simply be >too much for our reefs to support. The debate >continues................Investment vs Resources. > >I have suggested that all approvals be put on hold until some form of >environmental impact study can be performed, but not being a scientist >myself, do not pull a lot of weight with my suggestions. > >Could you please offer some suggestions to us and the Vanuatu government >before the flood gates are opened and Vanuatu ends up being stripped of all >aquarium product as has happenned in Fiji, and before that Tonga etc... >there seems to be a number of companies whose policy it is to arrive in a >new country, take and ship whatever they can, and then after 12 months they >move on to the next destination. > Thanks, Tim From emueller at mote.org Fri Sep 24 12:05:07 1999 From: emueller at mote.org (Erich Mueller) Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 12:05:07 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time) Subject: positions available in the Florida Keys Message-ID: Positions Available at Mote Marine Laboratory's Center for Tropical Research Mote Marine Laboratory has recently moved its Florida Keys research operations from Pigeon Key to new facilities on Summerland Key. Mote's research program on corals and reefs is now based at the Center for Tropical Research and the facility will be open to researchers working in the Lower Florida Keys. The Center will include greatly expanded dry laboratory facilities, a state-of-the-art seawater system and comfortable apartments for visitors. The following positions will be filled shortly to help develop and operate the Center. Letters of interest and resumes should be submitted by Oct. 15, 1999 to the address at the bottom of the message. Development Officer / Facilities Manager Mote Marine Laboratory is seeking an individual to lead fundraising efforts and provide day-to-day facilities management of their new marine research facility on Summerland Key, FL. The successful candidate will have a record of civilian or military leadership. The position includes solicitation of funding from corporations, foundations, governmental agencies, and individuals to support long term research efforts in the Florida Keys and serving as a liaison to an advisory council made up of community and business leaders. Facilities management includes overseeing improvements and maintenance of buildings, property, vessels and vehicles, purchasing and financial reporting. Research Assistant A Research Assistant is being sought to work on several funded projects and help operate research infrastructure at Mote's Center for Tropical Research. Applicants must have a baccalaureate in biology, or related field, SCUBA certification and experience, small vessel operation experience and eligible for a Florida driver's license. Preference will be given to candidates with coral reef research experience, knowledge of aquarium and seawater systems, laboratory skills, good public interaction abilities and computer skills. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Erich Mueller, Ph.D., Director Phone: (305) 745-2729 Mote Marine Laboratory FAX: (305) 745-2730 Center for Tropical Research Email: emueller at mote.org 24244 Overseas Highway (US 1) Summerland Key, FL 33042 Web pages: http://www.mote.org/~emueller/pkmrc.html http://www.mote.org Remarks are personal opinion and do not reflect institutional policy unless so indicated. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> From Billy.Causey at noaa.gov Sun Sep 26 20:06:28 1999 From: Billy.Causey at noaa.gov (Billy Causey) Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 20:06:28 -0400 Subject: coral-list moderation References: Message-ID: <37EEB502.EA49FA62@noaa.gov> Jim, I simply want to thank you for all your hard work at managing the Coral List. Keep up the good work ... you provide an enormously important service to coral reef science and management. It is a simple matter for people who do not want to follow a Thread to hit "delete" ... I've done this myself a lot recently as list members have chosen to discuss a "political" issue that is important to them. Again, thank you Jim!! Cheers, Billy Causey Jim Hendee wrote: > On Wed, 11 Aug 1999, C. W. Wright (1698) wrote: > > > A list moderator could easily "clean up" the coral list. > > Long-time coral-list subscribers may remember that at one time I did > moderate all submissions to coral-list. However, with all due respect to > C.W. Wright, I now prefer not to "clean-up" the free speech, wherever > possible. As you all know, I quite often admonish or encourage people to > try to limit their comments to coral research. Coral-list subscribers are > for the most part professional colleagues who know one another and > generally do not "misbehave" online, or offline. Hence, "clean up" is > generally not necessary. Dr. Bob Ginsburg's message came basically, I > believe, out of frustration at reading the many messages to the list, > rather that reading summarizations by the original submitters who got the > answers. (This is one reason I have also offered coral-list-digest.) As > you have seen from the thread, some people agree with him, some don't. > As it is now, it is up to the submitter of a question to say, "Please > respond to me personally, and I will post a summary at a later time." > Some people have done this, some people wish others did it more often. > > > I operate a > > system with several majordomo lists that each have approximately 1000 > > subscribers. Some are moderated sone are not. The moderator is a > > volunteer member of the list, and all posts to the list simply go to him > > first. He reviews them, edits "flames", spam, irrelevant material, and > > generally filters what finally gets distributed to list members. The list > > I'm thinking of (canard-aviators at canard.com) has abt 900 members and 10 to > > 15 messages per day. It takes the moderators abt an hour each day to take > > care of the list. The moderation task can be divided between several > > people and it's easy to setup (at least for majordomo lists). > > Some of us would not be happy campers at getting 10 to 15 *extra* messages > a day! > > The caveats here are "time" and "volunteer". I, for one, do other things > besides administer coral-list and the CHAMP Program, which has not been > funded, except via in-house (i.e., "base") funds, since 1993 (by NOAA's > Office of Global Programs, via Dr. Mark Eakin). I have found through my > life experiences that "you get what you pay for", and that when > crunch-time comes, and you absolutely MUST have something done, you can't > order your volunteer help to do what must be done, because he/she has > other personal priorities. Been there, done that. In this particular > case, "must" equals a professional attitude and diligence to the task(s) > at hand, and I would not dare to sumbit coral-list to anything less. > This is not to say that your lists would be less professional, it is just > to say that I don't care to let coral-list get that way by someone who is > not being paid a fair dollar to do an excellent job (but see next). > > > The coral list value would be enhanced significantly by appointing one or > > more moderators. > > If I had the funds to hire a systems administrator who could also > moderate, I'd do it in a heart-beat, believe me. On the other hand, if I > were located at a university where I had daily or frequent access to a > graduate student whom I could train, monitor, etc., then I might do that. > That is, graduate students are generally motivated to the same level as > someone who is paid (especially if the student is receiving a stiped to do > that work). I have made an enquiry to a colleague at a local university > (which has coral research as a major mandate) about a provisional > agreement in which I could "turn over the reins" through time, but > unfortunately have not received a response yet. > > > The problem of repeatedly answering the same questions can be addressed by > > someone reviewing an archive of the list and isolating the repeatd > > questions/answers and creating a web page of FAQs (Frequently Asked > > Questions) and their answers. A link to that web page would then be added > > to the bottom of every message posted to the list, so people could quickly > > and easily access it. > > Actually, Dr. Judy Lang and I have been working on how to go about making > an FAQ list for a "coral-student" list, offline. We are awaiting feedback > from our colleagues. As some of you original coral-listers may remember, I > tried back several years ago to get feedback from susbscribers for an FAQ > list, but to no avail (like, only three responses). (I would remind the > subscribers that even though I have two degrees in marine biology, my > speciality in coral-list is as an information systems person, and only > secondarily as a coral enthusiast). > > In summary, I am open to suggestions on how to manage coral-list. I have > done quite a bit behind the scenes (e.g., never ending attempts to get > CHAMP funded, discussions with colleagues, meetings with NOAA personnel, > etc.) to make things better, but the bottom line right now is: quality > product equals time + money + quality help (the ageless formula). > > Cheers, > > Jim Hendee > coral-list administrator From eweil at caribe.net Fri Sep 24 17:04:55 1999 From: eweil at caribe.net (Ernesto Weil) Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 17:04:55 -0400 Subject: Bleaching in PR Message-ID: <000901bf06d0$751f1a00$8fcc5bd1@default> Dear colleagues, these are my most recent observations on bleaching here in south west Puerto Rico after surveying 8 reef localities including one 5 miles offshore on the edge of the platform. With the exception of M. alcicornis, very few (less than 3 %) colonies of all the different species have bleaching symptoms in all these reef localities. Thus so far, the event is just starting or is very mild. Couple of things this year vary from last year: 1- Some species that rarely or never bleach or bleach late were the first ones to show bleaching signs this year (i.e. S. cubensis, E. fastigiata, M. cavernosa, M. memorialis, L. cucullata.). Other species showing bleaching signs include: P.astreoides, M.faveolata, S. intersepta, P.porites, P.furcata, C. natans, A. humilis, A. purpurea, D. labyrinthiformis, M. alcicornis, M.complanata, M. squarrosa, M. franksi and Palythoa caribbaeorum. Last year and in 1996, after hurricane Hortense, Palythoa was the first one to pale out and bleach followed by P.astreoides, P. porites, S. intersepta, C. natans, M. franksi and M. faveolata. 2- There was a period of warm water back in May-June where water temperatures rose above 29 ?C, and stayed there for over two weeks from the surface down to 15 m. Temperatures went down around (below 29 degrees) around June 15 and started to climb up again by the end of July. Temp. reached the maximum registered in June by August 15. Water temperatures are now above that maximum. No bleaching was observed between June and September. This data was collected with StowAway temp loggers. 3. We have not been hit by a hurricane yet. Saludos, EW. Dr. Ernesto Weil Depart. of Marine Sciences, UPR PO BOX 908 Lajas PR 00667 Ph. (787) 899-2048 x. 241 FAX (787) 899-2630/899-5500. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/19990924/b268cd6a/attachment.html From dbaker at tm.net.my Mon Sep 27 13:25:40 1999 From: dbaker at tm.net.my (Don Baker) Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 10:25:40 -0700 Subject: Coral Reef Conservation & Tourism Affection Message-ID: <000f01bf090d$541a5560$1f2bbcca@oemcomputer> Dear Fellow Coral Reef Scientists, For the past 10 to 15 years, I have noticed a tremendous increase in tourism development near, adjacent or right on top of various coral reef ecosystems throughout the entire world. Reefs of my "home town" island of Guam changed before my eyes in a matter of a few short years. Reefs that originally supported clear water species changed to those species that can tolerate silt and eventually predominated. The "change" of course was the death of the Acroporas and other associated species found more so in clear waters. No doubt, a coral reef certainly does try to stay alive and adapt to man's changes but there are, of course, limitations before the reef ecosystem succumbs. Movies, TV, scientist celebrities, and tourist marketing have been helping to bring the human masses to the reefs of the world to wonder and ogle at the strange and fascinating marine life. But this has been at a tremendous cost! Many if not most tourism developments and operations on / near coral reef ecosystems have had serious negative consequences as a result of inadequate human waste & related/associated packaging waste treatment and elimination -[from plastic bags to the horrific cookie & potato chip mini-bags]. Tourists visiting a coral reef shallows in Sabah alone, leave behind a certain amount of glittering mini chip bags dotting the reef - dumped off the boats many times by the boat operators themselves and not so much the tourists. Rumors have it that large tracts of shallow coral reef flats in Belau, Micronesia have been all but destroyed by unregulated, uncontrolled, ignorant, and often times, outright thoughtless negligence of tourists. But where were their local guides? Are some tourist nationalities more conscious than others of the coral reefs' physical fragile nature? Can education be instituted at a level of almost licensing tour guides and making them legally liable for any damages caused by their tourist groups? Should the "Barb Wire Fence" syndrome be rigidly applied to coral reef ecosystems - Stay Out? How can tourists still see the coral reef wonders but yet not seriously affect the ecosystem mechanisms? I would like to get feedback from the Coral List community about this subject, papers, article refs. anything, whereas, this coming Oct, I will be speaking at the World EcoTourism Conference being held in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia - Oct 17th to the 23rd. The subject of my brief talk will be about "How Tourists Can See the Reef and Not Kill It." I will be covering tourist development waste affection and elimination, methods of guidance, tourist supported research & restoration, and alternative ways of coral reef sight seeing. If you want something said on this subject..now is the time for me to quote you this coming October. Regards to All, Don Baker The Director THE REEF PROJECT G16 Wisma Sabah 88000 Kota Kinabalu Sabah, Malaysia -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Mr. Garcia's letter concludes by saying that "The Council should amend the Western Pacific Pelagic Fishery Management Plan to require full utilization of all sharks harvested in this fishery". Now that both NMFS and NOAA has instructed the Council to act immediately to prohibit shark finning and implement measures for full utilization, since it's clearly a waste issue, we hope that the US Congress, the Hawaii Congressional delegation and the Governor of the State of Hawaii will all support the call for immediate action or ask the Secretary of Commerce to pre-empt the Council. See pre-emption request at http://www.westpacfisheries.net/actionalert.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/19990924/e85a4dd8/attachment.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Cheers, Jim Hendee From reef99 at uninet.net.id Mon Sep 27 07:14:27 1999 From: reef99 at uninet.net.id (Reef-99) Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 18:14:27 +0700 Subject: CORAL REEF 99 CONFERENCE BALI DECEMBER 1 -3 1999 Message-ID: <199909271205.MAA05652@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Dear Colleagues I would like to share with you some alarming news regarding the =93Lembeh strait Preservation Society=94. =93 Meares Soputan=94 is a major gold extraction company that plans extract= a huge amount of gold around the tangkoko nature Reserve, including parts of the Reserve itself! The major shareholder is =93Aurora Mines=94, one of th= e biggest Australian mining companies. The Australian Company has been exploring the region for the last three years. Gold extraction is expected to begin this year. The problem arises with the waste disposal system that Aurora intends to implement in order to dispose of the cyanide and the other highly toxic chemicals used in the gold separation process. It is really unfortunate that to this date big companies still view the ocean as a bottomless waste basket. It is in the =93 Ocean waste basket=94 that Aur= ora Mines plans to discard the toxic chemicals using the submarine tailings system. Please bear with me while I explain how this process works. The submarine tailings system consists of a submarine pipe that releases the toxic waste (tailings) in the ocean below the thermocline level. In theory the sharp decrease in temperature would =93trap=94 anything beneath the thermocline level for this project, a 150 meters dept has been set. That is the plan where the company plans to run the submarine pipe. The mining company says that it will release the toxic waste below the thermocline level which is assumed to be located around 80-100 meters below sea level. They say that THERE IS NO LIFE BELOW THIS POINT!! Their assumption are built on data collected in non-tropical regions. The issue about the location of the thermocline regions is very different in tropical countries. They are actually having quite some trouble convincing local fishermen, who catch fish up to 200 meters deep, that there is NO LIFE beyond 80-100 meters and that their catch will not be affected. In fact, there is video footage from the coelacanth fish research project which shows a variety of marine life below 200 meters: deepwater snapper, sponges, gorgonian, chambered Nautilus, coelacanths, deep water sharks, rays etc. the assumptions that the thermocline will =93trap=94 the released toxic wastes is also superfici= al to say the least. There is really No sharp thermocline there and there and the temperature starts to go down below 100 meters. However, this is not a sharp thermocline which would =93trap=94 anything beneath it. In addition, = the region is known to have a Lot of cold water upwelling. Colder water coming from the deep is in fact one of the main reasons why the EL Nino has had little effect in the area. You can feel the cold water up welling in your every day dives!! In fact, scientists say that nothing necessarily stays beneath the thermocline- it can easily be stirred up even if the pipe is placed at a depth of 250 meters. The Australian company has some trouble coming up with convincing arguments regarding the depth of 80-80 meters present waste release location. They could run the pipe offshore until they reach the 150 meter depth target, but that would mean shooting the toxic waste into the mouth of the Lembeh Strait. Those of you who have dove in the strait know about the strong currents. In fact, you do not have to be a rocket scientist to figure out that strong water flow and the cold water upwelling will turn the lembeh strait into a cyanide solution. The Australian Company has sent emissaries to the various villages to convince the subsistence fishermen and the local communities that their livelihood will not be affected. Well, if there is =93no problem=94 why do they go into so much trouble to convince people that everything will be OK. Of course, the time that you could buy people with a couple of shiny beads is long gone, These people are poor and uneducated but they are not stupid. They actually have a very convincing example regarding the system=92s safety: Newmont, Yes, the people near Newmont, where a similar submarine system operates, believed that their lives will not change. Today, out of 17 fish species that were caught for consumption, only two fish species remain in addition, they cannot sell their catch because consumers fear the fish is intoxicated, and with good reason. The submarine piping waste disposal system has been banned in the USA, Canada and Australia but is still allowed in Indonesia which is currently the only country the system. As you can understand, the financial interests are huge and this is not going to be an easy one two win. Fortunately,=94 Minewatch=94 and other International environmental agencies have taken this matter very seriously. I understand that you are all very busy. Companies like =93Aurora Mines=94 = are very aware of that and it suits their plans perfectly. They know that after a while you will =93forget=94 about it since you will have to attend more pressing matters. However, please take the time and let them know that you care. Integrated Selayar Bonded Zone For Industry, Business and TourismCorporatio= n SELAYER INVESTMENT AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (SIDCO) Preface As part of the vision and overall development plan for Eastern Indonesia, t= he President R.I. Prof. DR. BJ. Habbie has designated Selayer South Sulawesi the THRIRD LARG= EST ATTOL islands in the world as a centre for Industry, Business, and Tourism,= as the locomotive for the development of Eastern Indonesia. Working together w= ith the people of Indonesia and other nations to strengthen the economy and production of exports as a symbol of national strength. This project was proposed to the government and approved by the president o= n August 18 1998 to change Selayar to be an Integrated - Industry - Business = - Tourism - Zone. Named as Selayar Investment and Development Corporation (SIDCO). This zone consists of 7 Kecamatan, (3 Kecamatan on the island itself and 4 other Kecamatan surrounding the island (south, southeast and northwest)) as described below : - Kec. Bontomatene (North of Selayar) 138,53 Km2 - Kec. Bantoharu (Central Selayar) 133,74 Km2 - Kec. Bontosikuyu (South of Selayar) 183,26 Km2 - Kec. Bontomaeru (Northwest of Selayar) 186,92 Km2 - Kec. Pasitallu (Southeast islands) 51,05 Km2 - Kec. Pasimasunggu (Southeast islands) 98,39 Km2 - Kec. Pasimaranu (South islands) 111,46 Km2 With the total of 903,35 Km2 or 90.335 Ha this area consist of 60 island,bi= g and small. This project will be divided by three major areas that will maximise the potential of the whole eastern Indonesia : 1. Zone A- Industry It is set on the north part of the island (Kec. Bontomatene). HEMOCO Selaya= r Refinery will be built in this zone to produce drilling equipment, machiner= y, fishing boats, workshops and other thing to help the fishery and agricultur= e industry. A township will also be build here for employees that work in thi= s area. The prime Industry - HEMOCO Selayer International Refinery - will have refining capacity for 150,000 barrel per day, with potential to develop a capacity of 450,000 BPD. This industry will supply fuel and raw material fo= r Petrochemical, and Chemical industries to be developed in the park. Production will also be available for distribution to develop industry nationally and for export. 2. Zone B-Government, Trading and Housing In this zone lies the capitol cit= y of Selayar - Benteng that will be expanded for Banking, Business, Governmen= t, Housing, Education, Antar Bangsa Airport in Padang and Deep Water Antar Ban= gsa Harbour in south side of Benteng. Benteng as the centre of information is needed to support the first stage of the Refinery - Business - Tourism Industry. All of this will have a very strong impact to both local and abro= ad. 3. Zone C-Tourism This industry will be placed on the south side of the island, Pasi and Gusu= ng Island areas. Including international standard 3,4,5 Star Hotels and Resort= s, also golf course, marina, water sports, Olympic standard sports centre, information centre, tourism educational centre, including traditional community, fishing, sailing, diving, Taka Bonerate National Marine Park (500.000 Ha) (3rd biggest in the world, biggest species diversity in the world), fantasy world, marine world, floating restaurant, Indonesia Miniatu= re Park, Safari Park, United Nations Village, etc. will be build here. It is very important to expand this area because it has 3 international sca= le marine parks : Taka Bonerate - Selayarand Sabalana - Pangkep, South Sulawes= i and Hoga - Buton, South East Sulawesi. To support all of this, there will be a few thing that are need to be provided, such as : * Sea - Catamaran fleet, Hydrofoil, Motor powered Pinisi. * Land - Double way system that provides international standard transportat= ion to and from Selayar. * Air - Will provide fast transportation to connect East and West, Asia Pacific and the Continent. To do so, we propose a joint operation with Garu= da Indonesia to establish an East Indonesia Air Transport where Ujung Pandang will be the international gateway to these parts of Indonesia. Also to make Antar Bangsa Airport in Padang, Benteng, Selayar to be =93Pair City=94 from= Ujung Pandang, and make it as the =93last destination=94 for the Industry - Busin= ess - Tourism area. HEMCO Selayar International Oil Refinery is a part of MIGAS Industry Bonded Zone in SIDCO. Feasibility study of SIDCO will be made and will be the base structure for planning and developing of the Integrated Selayar Bonded Zone for Industry, Business and Tourism Corporation. SIDCO will be the company that acts as a big magnet with modern internation= al standard management. This way, people that live in this area can have a bet= ter lifestyle, through hard work and good planning. All of this can be achieved by self motivating and self propelling accordin= g to the open basic business principle in their soul and their National -International scale entrepreneurship. A business and trading oriented company in the world market with its own strength will have no problem competing in any condition in the 21st century Millennium 3, on the Hallmark Indonesia, in the event to develop and build a stronger economy an= d finance in Indonesia . Air Transport development proposal This is a joint venture project between KTI (Kawasan Timur Indonesia) with Garuda Indonesi= a to develop Ujung Pandang to be the international gateway to the eastern Indonesia through the international airport in Padang. Fleet Planning 1999-2001 * 6 Boeing 737-200 Seats =3D 99 seats Cargo bulk space =3D 3,5 ton= s * 3 Boeing 737-300 Seats =3D 112 seats Cargo bulk space =3D 4 t= ons Crew planning Cockpit crew =3D 72 personnel Cabin crew =3D 144 person= nel Fleet Planning starting 2001-2003 * 3 Boeing 747-400 Combi Seats =3D 300 seats Cargo compartment =3D 70 t= ons * 3 Boeing 747-400 Seats =3D 450 seats Cargo compartment = =3D 35 tons * 3 Airbus (freighter) A300-600 Seats =3D 230 seats Cargo compartment =3D = 12 tons * 8 Boeing 737-600 Seats =3D 130 seats CLOSE It is our analysis - based on personal opinion - and interesting to note;- = Of the proposal=92s verbiage two paragraphs are devoted to the refinery development, . This is the first part and by far the major investment of several billion dollars compared to the "Tourism=94 proposal. Also whilst refining capacity is shown, no mention of storage capacity is made. The Tourism section consists of plans for 3,4,5 star hotels resorts, golf course and other =93plastic=94 attractions, (Here I question how much of Zo= nes B & C development, and over what time period, is guaranteed under the overall proposal). The proposal reflects a complete failure to understand what real eco-touris= m and protected national marine parks are all about. Whilst openly acknowledg= ing the area as a most diverse one for marine species, and the presence of othe= r protected areas in the vicinity, absolutely no mention is made concerning t= he impact or possible hazards introduced by the construction of deep water berthing for very large crude oil carriers, and there presence, and I suspe= ct that of naphtha and ethylene carriers which will carry refined products to Korea. (as part of the inducement for Korean Investment). Also the physical dangers of damage through navigational errors, oil spills, tank cleaning, and other potential hazards are not mentioned. (ESSO Valdez is still in appeal courts unresolved and only two o= f thousands of species damaged have so far recovered) Selayer as a major refinery is based on its remote and strategically centra= l position in the seas of Indonesia, and its relative position to the future large gas field developments in the Irian Jaya, Berau area by ARCO and Brit= ish Gas, together with other partners . This convenience excuses the degradation of the island, and the whole area to the east, key areas of mar= ine diversity, as part of national development. Storage of large amounts of crude oil from Kuwait, for process and re expor= t of refined derivatives to Korea indicates - Kuwait desires a remote and relative secure location to store and sell it=92s oil from (free from the possibility of Sadam=92s interference), - The Korean entity benefit from th= e supply of environmentally =93volatile=94 substances, without subjecting its= own environment to risk, - The Indonesian investment group, which includes peop= le closely related in business to both the current and past presidents have us= ed their own relationship to this area as their =93homeland=94 to seized on th= is opportunity to provide these facilities and benefit from the commercial spi= n offs, while presenting a =93Forward to the 21=92st century development of t= he poor locals=94 sub-defuge, to the people of Indonesia. The writer fully agrees t= hat Selayer should be declared as a centre for Eco Tourism for Eastern Indonesi= a, Facilities should include a Centre for Research and Education into Appropri= ate and Sustainable Technology to support this. If we are to sustain a vital pa= rt of Indonesias marine resources, efforts should be begun immediately to find potential =93environmental investors=94 to develop this project, and submit= it as a rival proposal to SIDCO - HEMOCO for the island development immediately. These and more projects are products of the former and present Government a= re based on a not =93clean=94 Government, We the Indonesian people are FIGHTING for a Clean Government and a clean SEA,Your support is needed by participating CORAL REEF 99 were Representati= ves of the mining compannies will discuss the above problems with NGO=92s and l= ocal fisherman. With YOUR SUPPORT and as many as possible International Participants, we wi= ll be able to put Pressure to the Government. We count on your support to KEEP THE CORAL REEFS A LIFE. The Orgazing Coommitte of Coral Reef 99 is NON GOVERNMENT !!!!! > From Ben.Richards at noaa.gov Fri Sep 24 14:49:40 1999 From: Ben.Richards at noaa.gov (Benjamin L. Richards) Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 14:49:40 -0400 Subject: New and improved web site for the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Message-ID: <199909242151.VAA01704@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> The Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary would like to announce the release of its new and improved web site at http://www.fknms.nos.noaa.gov. The Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary is a 9500 square kilometer multiple-use marine protected area extending from Key Largo to the Tortugas. The Sanctuary protects a diverse array of habitats including coral, seagrass, and mangrove communities as well as submerged cultural resources. The Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary is committed to achieving a balance between resource protection and multiple, compatible uses of Sanctuary resources. In the new and improved web site, visitors will be able to familiarize themselves with the Florida Keys and the Sanctuary with a wealth of information on topics such as volunteer opportunities, regulations, and current research. Also on-line is a clickable map of the Sanctuary and adjacent waters. From this map visitors can click on a specific area of interest and gather information concerning zone type, GPS coordinates, regulations governing allowable activities in the area, as well as current research being conducted at a particular site. On-line information is also available on obtaining research and other permits to conduct specific activities within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. We welcome you to dive in at http://www.fknms.nos.noaa.gov. -- Benjamin L. Richards NOAA Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary P.O. Box 500391 Marathon FL, 33050 (305) 743-2437 x28 ben.richards at noaa.gov Check out the new and improved web site of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary http://www.fknms.nos.noaa.gov From jondee at planetark.org Tue Sep 21 15:58:59 1999 From: jondee at planetark.org (Jon Dee) Date: 22 Sep 99 05:58:59 +1000 Subject: From Planet Ark in Australia Message-ID: <199909271349.NAA06325@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Hello, I'm writing from Planet Ark Environmental Foundation in Australia. We have a website which hosts the daily Reuters 'World Environment News' service (www.planetark.org). Every day, we send out daily 'World Environment News' headlines free of charge to thousands of subscribers. We also place 15-40 fresh environment news stories onto our site. The site also acts as a repository for thousands of Reuters environmental news stories from the last 18 months - this resource is fully searchable and is a great research tool. We also have the latest Reuters environmental news pictures (we are the only web site in the world that currently has this service). We also have free environmental software, environmental QuickTime videos, environmental radio shows in streaming RealPlayer format and much more for people interested in doing their bit for the environment. If you are interested in looking at the site and subscribing to the news service then that would be great. If you can help us in promoting this service to other environmentalists, then we'd really appreciate your help. If you visit us, don't forget to check out the latest TV PSA that has been done for our site by James Bond actor Pierce Brosnan. This is being launched worldwide to coincide with the new Bond movie at the end of November. If you get the time, please let me know what you think of the site... I'd like to read your feedback! With best regards, Jon Dee __________________________________________ JON DEE Founder & Managing Director Planet Ark Environmental Foundation __________________________________________ PH ... +61 2 9319 5288 FX ... +61 2 9319 7199 E-MAIL jondee at planetark.org WEB www.planetark.org From bob at westpacfisheries.net Mon Sep 27 16:44:36 1999 From: bob at westpacfisheries.net (Bob Endreson) Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 10:44:36 -1000 Subject: Congress to Stop Shark Finning Message-ID: <001f01bf0929$1d830c60$8528d5d1@bob> The Western Pacific Fisheries Coalition has learned that Congressman Randy Cunningham (R-CA) has introduced legislation to ban shark finning, the cutting off of a shark's fins and dumping its carcass overboard, in all U.S. waters. The Legislation is being submitted in two parts. The first urges Regional Fishery Management Council's to stop finning and the second will amend U.S. law prohibiting shark finning in all US waters this fall. In a June 21, 1999 letter to the Chairman of the Western Pacific Council, Mr. Terry Garcia, Deputy Administrator of NOAA, who must approve whatever the Council does, directs the Council to "take immediate action to ban the practice of shark finning". In the letter, Mr. Garcia points out that the US has been a leading proponent of international shark conservation measures at the United Nations FAO meetings this year. He goes on to say that "The US position during development of the International Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks was that the FAO should affirmatively address this issue, even to the extent of putting in place a global ban on shark finning". Mr. Garcia's letter concludes by saying that "The Council should amend the Western Pacific Pelagic Fishery Management Plan to require full utilization of all sharks harvested in this fishery". 86% of the sharks caught are brought to the boat alive according to NMFS observers and then shot, hacked to death or knocked unconscious before being finned. We'll never know if in fact they were dead when thrown back into the sea because 99% of the shark is thrown over board and wasted. NMFS data also shows that Shark landings have declined from approximately 155,000 in 1993 to approximately 90,000 in 1998. The data also shows that although landings have decreased, sharks that were finned increased from approximately 3,000 in 1992 to over 60,000 in 1998. The data further shows that the CPUE (catch per unit of effort) of blue sharks has decreased from 28.0 per 1,000 hooks in 1995 to 14.0 in 1997 a 50% reduction. Cunningham's actions follows in the wake of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council attempts to allow finning to continue here in the Western Pacific, while it is banned in the Atlantic and Gulf. 16 out of 19 Coastal States ban shark finning as it is deemed wasteful. The Council has been trying to justify the practice to both the Hawaii State Legislature and the Federal Government, however obviously their arguments had no merit. We have asked for the Secretary of Commerce to pre-empt the Council See preemption request at http://www.westpacfisheries.net/actionalert.html . However, now it seems that Congress will do the right thing. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/19990927/3818f55b/attachment.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: www.westpacfisheries.net.vcf Type: text/x-vcard Size: 384 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/19990927/3818f55b/attachment.vcf From Don_Catanzaro at nps.gov Tue Sep 28 14:54:02 1999 From: Don_Catanzaro at nps.gov (Don Catanzaro) Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 14:54:02 -0400 Subject: Job Openings with NPS in USVI Message-ID: <003AE2EA.1235@nps.gov> Hi All, I am pleased to announce that the National Park Service's Virgin Islands Long Term Ecological Monitoring Program will be hiring two GS-5/7 permanent Biological Science Technicians. One position will be stationed at St. Croix, USVI and the other at St. John, USVI. The successful candidates will earn $20,588 or $25,501 plus a 20% non-taxable Cost of Living Adjustment (grade determination will be determined by qualifications). Please be advised that no housing nor moving expenses have been authorized for these positions. The Virgin Islands Long Term Ecological Program is being developed cooperatively by the National Park Service and the U.S.G.S. Biological Resources Division. The National Park Service is currently phasing in personnel for this program. Applicants must have SCUBA certification and experience. Preference is given to those with experience identifying corals and fish of the Caribbean, small vessel operation experience, and computer skills. Successful candidates will be involved in monitoring coral reefs, coral fish, seagrasses, sea birds, sea turtles and water quality parameters surrounding Buck Island Reef National Monument, Dry Tortugas National Park, and Virgin Islands National Park. This is a great opportunity for budding biologists to get their feet wet. Applications can be obtained from www.usajobs.opm.gov or by phoning the Virgin Islands National Park jobline (340-775-6238 ext. 230). The jobs will open 9/28/1999 for approximately two weeks, please refer to announcement numbers PR 90119 through PR 90122. Please forward this announcement to interested individuals. If you have any questions, feel free to call or e-mail me. -Don Carpe Dogma _ ______ ________ - Dr. Donald G. Catanzaro National Park Service Virgin Islands - Long Term Ecological Monitoring Program Don_Catanzaro at nps.gov 2100 Church St., Kings Wharf #100 Ph: (340)-773-1460 ext. 42 Christiansted, USVI 00820-4611 Fax: (340)-773-5995 From SDeHanas at winrock.org Tue Sep 28 12:13:19 1999 From: SDeHanas at winrock.org (Sinikka DeHanas) Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 11:13:19 -0500 Subject: Red Sea Marine Operations Expert - search continues Message-ID: <199909281844.SAA16767@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Dear List Serves: I was too quick in closing the search for the Red Sea Marine Operations Expert. We have now been asked to continue the search for this position. I would appreciate you continuing to post this position on your list serves. Thank you very much for your help in the search for the candidates for this exciting assignment. Sinikka DeHanas Winrock International sdehanas at winrock.org ___________ Red Sea Marine Park Operations Expert Winrock International is searching for candidates for Marine Park Operations Expert position based in Hurghada, Egypt. This will be a full-time appointment to end February 2001 with the expectation that the contract period will be extended. The position requires previous experience in marine park operations and with USAID projects, a good foundation in marine sciences, and ability and interest to work based on the Red Sea coast of Egypt. The candidates must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. The candidate selected will be hired through Winrock International and will be eligible for an excellent benefits package and for housing, shipping and other allowances as approved by USAID. Winrock International is an Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer. Women, Minorities and Veterans are encouraged to apply. Send a cover letter and resume to sdehanas at winrock.org . The full position description is below. Provides support and technical assistance to the Red Sea Protectorates Staff in the day-to-day management of the Park. Manages local contract staff assigned to the Hurghada Office. Responsible for development of a coral reef monitoring system and a park zoning plan, designing and implementing a park patrol and staffing plan, advising EEAA in equipment procurement and facility expansion, operations and maintenance of park facilities and equipment, and training needs. Will be expected to provide significant contributions to the development of the RSPMP draft plan. Responsible for outreach to local NGOs, private sector groups, and local communities. Acts as the principal liaison between the contractor staff in the Red Sea and the Marine Park EU-funded staff in the Gulf of Aqaba. Responsible for coordinating activities and operational policies with the other marine protectorates. Reports to the Red Sea Marine Park Management Advisor. Extensive management and team building experience in developing countries and previous USAID project experience required. Should possess at least 5 years field-based experience in coral reef monitoring and/or marine park management. An advanced degree in coral reef ecology, marine biology, or related field is required. From dgleason at gsvms2.cc.gasou.edu Tue Sep 28 10:13:36 1999 From: dgleason at gsvms2.cc.gasou.edu (Danny Gleason) Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 10:13:36 -0400 Subject: To Bali or not to Bali.... In-Reply-To: <01BF0372.15102D40@nrc3213-1.tamucc.edu> Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19990928101336.0117c5d0@gsvms2.cc.gasou.edu> Coral List, I wholeheartedly agree with Wes' comment about the shift in timing of the conference. Unfortunately (or fortunately) many of us, especially those of us at primarly teaching institutions, have to teach classes in the fall and will be unable to get away for the conference. I have talked with several of my colleagues that are at similar institutions and they also will be prevented from attending because of the switch from summer to fall. Regardless of the political ramifications, just by switching the timing the organizers have already excluded a number of researchers that regularly attend the conference. Best wishes, Danny Gleason At 02:11 PM 9/20/99 -0500, you wrote: >Dear Coral Reefer Colleagues, > >In regards to a shift in timing of the Bali 2000 conference, an extended move to the summer of 2001 would allow plenty of assessment time and might allow more academicians and students to attend. Although I was not privy to the reason for selecting a "western" fall semester timeframe, it is the first time since I went to the 1985 meeting in Tahiti that the meeting has been "outside" the summer. Although I plan to be there, and I am sure there were good reasons for selecting the fall timeframe, I believe some, perhaps many, academicians and students will find it difficult to attend, and especially participate in field trips. > >Regards, >Wes Tunnell >Director, Center for Coastal Studies >Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi > >---------- ************************************** "Heck, we're invertebrates, my boy! As a whole, we're the movers and shakers on this planet! Spineless superheroes, that's what we are!" Father Worm to his son in "There's a Hair in My Dirt - A Worm Story" by Gary Larson ************************************** Daniel Gleason Department of Biology Georgia Southern University P.O. Box 8042 Statesboro, GA 30460-8042 Phone: 912-681-5957 FAX: 912-681-0845 E-mail: dgleason at gsvms2.cc.gasou.edu http://www.bio.gasou.edu/Bio-home/Gleason/Gleason-home.html ************************************** From serge at carbon.marine.usf.edu Tue Sep 28 10:23:06 1999 From: serge at carbon.marine.usf.edu (Serge Andrefouet) Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 10:23:06 -0400 Subject: Landsat 7 Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.19990928102306.00827e40@carbon.marine.usf.edu> Dear colleagues, Landsat 7 images are now available. The test period of Landsat 7 and the ETM+ sensor was completed in early July 1999. Since then, around 20,000 images have been acquired, and a significant number of scenes include coral reef areas. The useful web sites if you are interested in these images are : Documentation on Landsat sensors: http://ltpwww.gsfc.nasa.gov/IAS/handbook/handbook_toc.html Landsat project: http://landsat7.usgs.gov/ http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/ Main Landsat data gateway: http://edcimswww.cr.usgs.gov/pub/imswelcome/ http://harp.gsfc.nasa.gov/~imswww/pub/imswelcome/plain.html Other gateways (US and international): http://harp.gsfc.nasa.gov/~imswww/pub/imswelcome/imswwwsites.html Landsat 7 data ordering tutorial via main gateway: http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/landdaac/tutorial/ Tool to retrieve browse products (i.e. quicklook): http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/landdaac/convert/hdfconvert.html Useful ordering info: http://harp.gsfc.nasa.gov/~imswww/pub/imswelcome/imswww.faq.html http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/landdaac/tutorial/tips.html Current coverage since beginning July 1999: http://landsat7.usgs.gov/currentcov.html Landsat software: http://ltpwww.gsfc.nasa.gov/LANDSAT/CAMPAIGN_DOCS/MAIN/Software.html Image processing handbook: http://rst.gsfc.nasa.gov/TofC/Coverpage.html If you want to browse, visualize and order L7 images, you need to do the following (sounds complicated but is not): 1/check out one of the gateways. You can enter as a guest or registered user. 2/ you must select the Data Set Catalog you want (Keyword: Landsat or visible imagery). This is on the Simple form. 3/ select the Dataset you want: for Landsat 7, you have L0R (raw images) or L1R (radiometrically corrected images). You will be able to order L1G (L1R images geometrically corrected) as far as you have identified the L0R or L1R in which you are interested. 4/ select your research criteria. For this I recommend to switch to the Advanced Form. You can enter your region of interest (lat/long, or Path/row i.e. coordinates in World Reference System 2, or draw of box on a map), date, maximum cloud cover, etc... 5/ launch the search and wait. 6/ if succesfull, the search provides for each Data Set the number of granules found. A granule is actually just an image. 7/ list your data granules (or images) 8/ At this stage, you can select individually each granule and ask for a sample (i.e. quicklook) to check if the images really cover your area and the cloud cover. When you request a sample, you have to fill a form and send it ("Start FTP browse request"). Few minutes later, you will receive a e-mail with the instructions to visualize your file. This e-mail contains a line with "FTPDIR:" and a number such as: FTPDIR: 1452716838 To visualize your file, I recommand you not to follow the instruction of the e-mail but to open a new browser at http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/landdaac/convert/hdfconvert.html You just have to input the number right to the FTPDIR to see your quicklook. 9/ take a break 10/ If you are satisfied by the quicklook, have a credit card number in hand and between 400 to 650 US$, you can follow the next step to complete your order. Tests show that you will receive your image (CD or tape) in a few days (for USA). You can also download (FTP) your image. Quicklooks: We have put some quicklooks over coral reef areas at: http://paria.marine.usf.edu/ftp/Serge/L7 The quicklooks are resampled images (ratio ~1/100) and do not reflect at all the information provided by the real images. They are of inegal qualities (e.g. Chrismas1 and Chrismas2) and they are not optimized for reef detection. As a reminder, L7 image swath is 180 km, the spatial resolution is 30 meters for the bands in the visible and 15 meters for the panchromatic band. A txt file, Word doc file and Endnote file (.enl) including a (non-exhaustive) bibliography on remote sensing/coral reefs and related subjects (spectrometry, optics, image processing...) are also posted at: http://paria.marine.usf.edu/ftp/Serge/Biblio. The Landsat Project must be acknowledged for their effort in integrating a significant number of coral reef sites into the Landsat-7 Long-Term Acquisition Plan (LTAP). According to NASA Headquarters, 8725 reef sites (reference Reefbase) have been integrated in the LTAP, and ~7500 have been surveyed during the first months of operation. There is still a priority setting for coverage among these reefs, from two images per year (most of the reefs) to 12 images per year for very high priority reefs or for special events (hurricanes, bleaching,...). Images are not of course entirely cloud free but the process of acquisition is well in progress. Fell free to ask any questions or make comments to: serge at carbon.marine.usf.edu Serge Andrefouet Frank Muller-Karger Chuanmin Hu Serge Andrefouet Department of Marine Science Remote Sensing/ Biological Oceanography University of South Florida 140, 7th Av. South St Petersburg FL 33701 phone: (727) 553-1186 fax: (727) 553-1103 E-mail: serge at carbon.marine.usf.edu From bob at westpacfisheries.net Tue Sep 28 22:30:13 1999 From: bob at westpacfisheries.net (Bob Endreson) Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 16:30:13 -1000 Subject: Shark Finning Resolution in Congress Message-ID: <000f01bf0a22$902d0aa0$8528d5d1@bob> http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/C?c106:./temp/~c106l8g2Oc -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/19990928/36143dad/attachment.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: www.westpacfisheries.net.vcf Type: text/x-vcard Size: 384 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/19990928/36143dad/attachment.vcf -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 27, 1999 Mr. CUNNINGHAM (for himself, Mr. SAXTON, Mr. UNDERWOOD, Mr. BILBRAY, and Mr. GILCHREST) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Resources -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the wasteful and unsportsmanlike practice known as shark finning. Whereas shark finning is the practice of removing the fins of a shark and dumping its carcass back into the ocean; Whereas demand for shark fins is driving dramatic increases in shark fishing and mortality around the world; Whereas the life history characteristics of sharks, including slow growth, late sexual maturity, and the production of few young, make them particularly vulnerable to overfishing and necessitate careful management of shark fisheries; Whereas shark finning is not prohibited in the waters of the Pacific Ocean in which fisheries are managed by the Federal Government; Whereas according to the National Marine Fisheries Service, the number of sharks killed in Central Pacific Ocean and Western Pacific Ocean fisheries rose from 2,289 in 1991 to 60,857 in 1998, an increase of over 2,500 percent, and continues to rise unabated; Whereas of the 60,857 sharks landed in Central Pacific Ocean and Western Pacific Ocean fisheries in 1998, 98.7 percent, or 60,085, were killed for their fins; Whereas shark fins comprise only between 1 percent and 5 percent of the weight of a shark, and shark finning results in the unconscionable waste of 95 percent to 99 percent (by weight) of a valuable public resource; Whereas the National Marine Fisheries Service has stated that shark finning is wasteful, should be stopped, and is contrary to United States fisheries conservation and management policies; Whereas shark finning is prohibited in the United States exclusive economic zone of the Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean; Whereas the practice of shark finning in the waters of the United States in the Pacific Ocean is inconsistent with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, the Federal Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Tunas, Swordfish, and Sharks, and the shark finning prohibitions that apply in State waters in the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean; Whereas the United States is a global leader in shark management, and the practice of shark finning in the waters of the United States in the Pacific Ocean is inconsistent with United States international obligations, including the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fishing of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the International Plan of Action for Sharks of such organization, and the United Nation's Agreement on Straddling Stocks and Highly Migratory Species; and Whereas establishment of a prohibition on the practice of shark finning in the Central Pacific Ocean and Western Pacific Ocean would result in the immediate reduction of waste and could reduce shark mortality by as much as 85 percent: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That it is the sense of the Congress that-- (1) the practice of removing the fins of a shark and dumping its carcass back into the ocean, commonly referred to as shark finning, is a wasteful and unsportsmanlike practice that could lead to overfishing of shark resources; (2) the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council, the State of Hawaii, and the National Marine Fisheries Service should promptly and permanently end the practice of shark finning in all Federal and State waters in the Central Pacific Ocean and Western Pacific Ocean; and (3) the Secretary of State should continue to strongly advocate for the coordinated management of sharks and the eventual elimination of shark finning in all other waters. 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While I agree that a postponement of the conference would give adequate time to assess the situation and decide if the venue should be moved, etc. etc., I'd like to remind all those who teach at western institutions that many of us who teach in the east have classes in July and may not be able to attend. In the Philippines, where I teach, the end of October is our semester break--July is smack in the middle of our first semester. I realize that the timing of the conference is going to be difficult and inconvenient for at least someone, somewhere. I will go, no matter when it is scheduled, though I don't have any idea how I will handle being absent from my classes if the conference is scheduled for July. I don't wish to throw a wrench into the works. It's just that I think that it's important to remind everyone to be aware that there is a significant chunk of the world that doesn't run on the same schedule as schools in the west. Best Wishes-- Laurie Raymundo From adjeroud at univ-perp.fr Wed Sep 29 10:51:37 1999 From: adjeroud at univ-perp.fr (adjeroud at univ-perp.fr) Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 16:51:37 +0200 (MET DST) Subject: gametes/larvae of P. verrucosa Message-ID: Dear coral-listers, We have just started a research program on the genetic structure and maintenance of coral populations in French Polynesia. For the genetic part, we are planning to use microsatellite markers, and to start with Pocillopora verrucosa. My lab is located in Perpignan, France. I was planning to collect samples of gametes and/or larvae of P. verrucosa from October to December in Moorea, French Polynesia. Unfortunately, due to several reasons, I had to cancel this field trip, and I will not be able to go there untill next April-May. That's why I am contacting you. I am now seeking some samples of gametes (sperm is better) and/or larvae of Pocillopora verrucosa. May be one of you has some samples in his collection, or is able to easily collect some. Samples of up to one year old are OK. They just have to be stored in alcohol. Please contact me at: adjeroud at univ-perp.fr and/or Michel Veuille at: Michel.Veuille at hall.snv.jussieu.fr for further discussion and information. Of course, we will pay for every expenses (transport, etc.). Thank you for your time Mehdi Adjeroud ------------------------------------------------------ Dr. Mehdi ADJEROUD Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, URA 1453 CNRS Laboratoire de Biologie Marine et Malacologie Universite de Perpignan 66860 Perpignan Cedex FRANCE Tel : (33) 4 68 66 20 55 Fax : (33) 4 68 50 36 86 Email : adjeroud at univ-perp.fr ------------------------------------------------------ From Amcayokw at aol.com Wed Sep 29 14:44:55 1999 From: Amcayokw at aol.com (Amcayokw at aol.com) Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 14:44:55 EDT Subject: reef check Message-ID: <8908c38f.2523b827@aol.com> I am a journalist and subscriber to the coral list. Recently I received a notice (posted on the list) that Reef Check will be raffling tickets to support the program. The prize is a 500 acre parcel of land in Maine. The notice gave a website address (www.helpandwin.com) which is inaccessible. My question is: Does anyone know when the raffle will be held? Thank you in advance. Alyson Matley Solares Hill Newspaper Key West, Florida From jondee at planetark.org Wed Sep 29 19:27:16 1999 From: jondee at planetark.org (Jon Dee) Date: 30 Sep 99 09:27:16 +1000 Subject: From Planet Ark in Sydney Message-ID: <199909292323.JAA28574@online.tmx.com.au> Hi there, Just a short note from Planet Ark in Sydney. As you may know, we have a website which hosts the daily Reuters 'World Environment News' service (www.planetark.org). Every day, we e-mailout 'World Environment News' headlines free of charge to thousands of subscribers. We also place 15-40 fresh environment news stories onto our site. The site also acts as a repository for thousands of Reuters environmental news stories from the last 18 months - this resource is fully searchable and is a great environmental research tool. If you are interested in looking at the site and subscribing to the news service then that would be great. If you can help us in promoting this service to other environmentalists, then we'd really appreciate your help. Maybe you could link to us off a web page or copy your friends and colleagues in to this e-mail? If you get the time, please let me know what you think of the site... I'd like to get your feedback :O) With best regards, Jon Dee __________________________________________ JON DEE Founder & Managing Director Planet Ark Environmental Foundation __________________________________________ PH ... +61 2 9319 5288 FX ... +61 2 9319 7199 E-MAIL jondee at planetark.org WEB www.planetark.org From katwini at earthlink.net Thu Sep 30 22:31:20 1999 From: katwini at earthlink.net (Kathryn Winiarski) Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 21:31:20 -0500 Subject: coral-list-digest V1 #92 References: <199909290256.CAA19435@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Message-ID: <37F41CF7.87EC78D5@earthlink.net> please remove me from the coral list serve for now. thanks for having me! kathryn -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: vcard.vcf Type: text/x-vcard Size: 217 bytes Desc: Card for 'Kathryn Winiarski' Url : http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/pipermail/coral-list-old/attachments/19990930/6552bbdc/attachment.vcf From amanda.norman at jcu.edu.au Thu Sep 30 19:26:41 1999 From: amanda.norman at jcu.edu.au (Amanda Norman) Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1999 09:26:41 +1000 Subject: Vacancy: Chief Executive Officer CRC Reef Research Centre Townsville, Australia Message-ID: <199910012037.UAA41427@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chief Executive Officer Cooperative Research Centre for the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area TOWNSVILLE The CRC Reef Research Centre has operated successfully since 1993, and earlier this year received renewed funding for a further 7 years. The Centre is strongly supported by both government and the tourism and fishing industries. An incorporated, not-for-profit company will run the new Centre. The Board wishes to appoint a CEO to lead the new company into its next phase of development: increasing the focus of research onto problems relevant to the ecologically sustainable development and conservation of the Great Barrier Reef; and increasing the non-government revenue with the goal of being self-supporting within 6 years. The new CEO will have a track record of excellence in leadership, R&D management, negotiation and communication skills, and entrepreneurial ability. An attractive remuneration package will be negotiated with the successful applicant. Information about CRC Reef Research Centre is available on the website http://www.gbrmpa.gov.au/~crcreef. A detailed position description and an information package can be obtained by telephone (+61 7 4781 4976), fax (+61 7 4781 4099), or email crcreef at jcu.edu.au. Please forward applications to the Executive Officer, CRC Reef Research Centre, James Cook University, Townsville, Qld 4811. Closing date for applications is 29 October 1999. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------