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BOBLME Project newsletter: September 2014

KEY RESOURCES

Mainstreaming gender in the BOBLME Project

Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis

Fisheries Advisories: Hilsa and Indian mackerel

BOBLME MPA atlas

Status of Marine Protected Areas and Fish Refugia in the Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem

Scoping Study on Migrant Fishers and Transboundary Fishing in the Bay of Bengal

Review of Fisheries Data Collection Systems in BOBLME Countries

Fisheries catches for the Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem since 1950

Performance in managing marine resources in the Bay of Bengal

Fisheries, Marine Environment, and Integrated Coastal Management Policy Processes, Content and Implementation in the BOBLME Countries

Review of Community-based Integrated Coastal Management: Best Practices and Lessons Learned in the Bay of Bengal

Marine Turtle Conservation: Review Report

Vulnerability and Resilience Assessment of the Ayeyarwady Delta in Myanmar

The Gulf of Mannar and its surroundings - a resource book for teachers
Tamil version

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DONORS IMPLEMENTING AGENCIES PARTNERS OTHER LMES MPA Atlas (beta)

Map of the BOBLME

BOBLME Application of ECOPATH with ECOSIM workshop to BOBLME

08 September - 12 September, 2014 at Phuket, Thailand

The course is a five-day activity aimed at introducing the Ecopath with Ecosim (EwE) modeling approach and software to scientists associated with the Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem (BOBLME) project.

The Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem (BOBLME) Project is putting considerable effort into strengthening ecosystem-based management approaches (see, e.g., http://www.boblme.org/eafm/), and as part of this, the development of tools to gain insights in ecosystem functioning and the impact of fishing on ecosystem structure.

BOBLME has to this aim collaborated with the University of British Colombia to develop a working model of the Bay of Bengal marine ecosystem using the Ecopath with Ecosim (EwE) software (www.ecopath.org). This model will enable the exploration of fisheries management scenarios and their effects on different species groups, with emphasis on hilsa, Indian mackerel and sharks.

Ecopath with Ecosim (EwE) is an ecological modelling approach and software suite for personal computers that has been built and extended on for almost thirty years. The development of this software is centred at the University of British Columbia’s Fishery Centre, while applications are widespread throughout the world. Further, the development is supported and coordinated through the international Ecopath Research and Development Consortium.

The objective of the present workshop is to engage experts from the Bay of Bengal region to verify, validate, and where necessary provide information to improve the model. A report on the model as well as the model is available through this website. The workshop will be led by Dr Villy Christensen, the core developer of Ecopath, and Dr Sylvie Guénette who has extensive experience with ecosystem modeling.

Participants are required to do the following before attending the course:

Download and install EwE6 from www.ecopath.org
Download and read the BOBLME EwE User’s Guide (use link on the program for Monday)
Download the “Ecopath with Ecosim” model of the BOBLME (use link on the program for Monday)
Download and read the BOBLME Model Report (use link on the program for Monday)

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