Revista de Biologia Tropical

Fri Mar 31 16:17:31 EST 2000

Please send me the information also.  I would like a copy as well.
Laurie Richardson (richardl at fiu.edu)

Yael BenHaim wrote:

> Hi to all Coral listers,
> I am a Ph.D. student, working on microbial coral
> pathogens. Lately I have been collecting relevant
> papers about coral diseases. Where can I find the
> issue of the paper: "Revista de Biologia Tropical" 46
> (Supplement 5), which concentrate in marine diseases
> (and so hard to get). If anyone has some information ,
> please contact me . Thanks so much in advance,
> Yael
>
> Yael Ben-Haim
> Dept. of Microbiology & Biotechnology
> Tel Aviv University
> Israel
>
> --- owner-coral-list-digest at coral.aoml.noaa.gov wrote:
> >
> > coral-list-digest          Friday, 31 March 2000
> >   Volume 06 : Number 013
> >
> > In this issue:
> >
> >               Coral bleaching in the Indian Ocean
> >               RE: HR 3919
> >               question
> >               test of daily list
> >               Re: HR 3919
> >               [none]
> >               Drupella vs Acanthaster feeding scars
> >               ** Announcing coral-list daily digest! **
> >               FKNMS Volunteer Coordinator vacancy
> >               Announcement: Eritrea - Contracts for Technical
> > Trainers.
> >               Ecology and Diversity of Zooxanthellae
> >               Rehabilitation and Recovery in Indian Ocean Coral
> > Reefs
> >               Easter I. - Bleaching
> >               9ICRS minisymposium on destructive fishing
> > practices
> >               gorgons biometry
> >               statistical consultant
> >               Coral bleaching in Fiji
> >               final call
> >               FKNMS Resources Specialist vacancy
> >
> >
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > From: kat1003 at cus.cam.ac.uk
> > Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 11:31:16 +0000
> > Subject: Coral bleaching in the Indian Ocean
> >
> > Here are some further details on the E2
> > mini-symposium proposed for Bali.
> > This amplifies what is provided on the ICRS website.
> >  For those of you
> > thinking of contributing a bleaching related
> > paper/presentation E2 might =
> > be
> > the most appropriate home for your contribution.  We
> > are in touch with the
> > other bleaching convenors in order to minimise the
> > overlap between =
> > sessions
> > and to ensure the best possible overall programme on
> > this topic.  Please
> > note that this proposed session has an Indian Ocean
> > focus.  Expressions of
> > interest and abstracts are most welcome.
> >
> > Coral bleaching on the large scale: oceanography, El
> > Ni=F1o southern
> > oscillation (ENSO) and the 1998 Indian Ocean
> > bleaching event
> >
> >
> > This mini-symposium aims to discuss the linkages
> > between reports of
> > widespread and catastrophic coral bleaching in the
> > Indian Ocean (1998-99)
> > and the oceanography and climatology of the 1997/98
> > El Ni=F1o event.  An
> > overview of the socio-economic impacts of this
> > bleaching episode will also
> > presented to further highlight and demonstrate the
> > cross-disciplinary =
> > nature
> > of coral bleaching events.
> >
> > This mini-symposium will offer presentations on
> > Indian Ocean water
> > circulation patterns in 'normal', past ENSO and 1998
> > ENSO event years; sea
> > level variations in the Indian Ocean with changing
> > ocean circulation
> > patterns; and perhaps inter- and intra-annual
> > variations in solar =
> > radiation
> > patterns to provide i) a better grounding from
> > physical science for the
> > unprecedented 1998 bleaching and ii) a context for
> > regional scale papers =
> > on
> > the time of initiation, duration and severity of
> > bleaching impacts
> > throughout the Indian Ocean.  Presentations
> > regarding issues of local and
> > regional socio-economic impacts of coral bleaching
> > in the Indian Ocean =
> > will
> > be encouraged.  To link local and regional scales,
> > reports on bleaching
> > impacts at individual reef sites in the Indian Ocean
> > will be highlighted =
> > in
> > a poster session, halfway through the symposium.
> >
> >
> > Dr. Tom Spencer - ts111 at hermes.cam.ac.uk
> >
> > and
> >
> > Kristian Teleki
> >
> >
> >
> > __________________________________________
> > Kristian A. Teleki
> >
> > Cambridge Coastal Research Unit
> > Department of Geography, University of Cambridge
> >                       =
> >
> > Downing Place, Cambridge  United Kingdom  CB2 3EN
> >
> > Tel  +44 1223 333399    +44 1223 339775 (Direct)
> > Fax  +44 1223 355674
> >
> > Email: kat1003 at cus.cam.ac.uk
> > __________________________________________
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > From: "dallison" <dallison at email.msn.com>
> > Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 16:05:15 -0500
> > Subject: RE: HR 3919
> >
> > Folks interested in coral reef fish populations
> > should note a piece of
> > legislation currently in Congress. HR 3919, the
> > Coral Reef Conservation
> > and Restoration Partnership Act of 2000 was
> > scheduled to be marked up in
> > the House Resources Committee, Ocean and Fisheries
> > Subcommittee, this
> > morning at 10 am.  The bill, at page 12, (Section
> > 4(c)) entitled "Coral
> > Reef Fisheries Management" provides that:
> > (1)"Notwithstanding any other
> > provision of law...the Secretary (of Commerce) has
> > exclusive authority in
> > the Federal Government for managing the fishery
> > resources (as that term is
> > defined in the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation
> > and Management Act ..
> > of coral reef ecosystems."  It further provides
> > that: (3)"Nothing in this
> > Act shall affect the authority of the Regional
> > fishery Management Councils
> > established under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
> > Conservation and Management
> > Act.."
> >
> > While this may appear to have been inserted just to
> > clarify existing
> > fishery management authority, Section 4(c) may cede
> > all authority for
> > management of all living resources, including live
> > coral, to the Regional
> > Fishery Management Councils rather than to the
> > agencies, such as the
> > National Park Service or the Fish and Wildlife
> > Service which both
> > currently have the authority to prohibit all fishing
> > or to limit fishing
> > to the use of specific non-destructive gear in the
> > marine waters of the
> > parks and refuges.  If that is the intent of the
> > members of the
> > organizations working to ensure effective oversight
> > of the US Coral Reef
> > Task Force, Fish Forever would suggest that our
> > experiences with
> > Secretarial authority and NMFS and Council
> > management under the Secretary
> > of Commerce would not warrant a very high degree of
> > confidence in the
> > conservation emphasis of Commerce Department
> > management.  Generally, in
> > Commerce, fishing is allowed unless it is
> > specifically prohibited.
> > Generally, in Interior department conservation
> > units, fishing is
> > prohibited unless specifically allowed. We strongly
> > believe that the fish
> > and fisheries in the National Parks and Wildlife
> > Refuges should be managed
> > by the Department of Interior agencies currently
> > authorized to conduct
> > such management.
> >
> > HR 3919 (Section 4(c)(2) allows, but does not
> > mandate, delegation of
> > Secretarial authority over fisheries of coral reef
> > ecosystems to other
> > Federal officials.  It would seem to be better to
> > mandate such delegation
> > of such authority in any case in which a coral reef
> > ecosystem
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>
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