Ocean Assemblage

WORLD OCEANS WEEK: CELEBRATING AND PROTECTING THE GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE

To commemorate World Oceans Week, June 1-8, 2019, Save Our Seas and Shores PEI invites everyone to attend a symposium, Celebrating and Protecting the Gulf of St. Lawrence, on Saturday, June 1, 12:30-4:00 p.m. at the Farm Centre, 420 University Avenue, Charlottetown.

Sylvain Archambault, marine biologist, co-founder of the St. Lawrence Coalition and highly-respected expert on oil and gas issues in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, will be the Keynote Speaker. Mr. Archambault will be returning to Prince Edward Island, having spoken across the province at a series of talks in 2013 and at an annual meeting of the PEI Fishermen’s Association in 2014. During World Oceans Week in 2018, Sylvain was honoured as an Ecojustice Hero for his help with submitting detailed evidence in a lawsuit to protect the Gulf from risky offshore drilling in the Old Harry oil and gas prospect.

The symposium will include a panel on the diverse and fragile Gulf ecosystem and a panel exploring the benefits and constraints of a potential Marine Protected Area surrounding Prince Edward Island.

Speakers confirmed to date include: Troy Jerome, a Mi’gmaq person from the Gaspé, Quebec, with a wealth of experience serving Mi’gmaq governments and working on environmental issues; Mary Gorman from Nova Scotia, screenwriter, founder of Save Our Seas and Shores and long-standing defender of the Gulf and the Northumberland Strait; Gretchen Fitzgerald, National Program Director, Sierra Club Canada Foundation; Rosemary Curley, biologist, author and President of Nature PEI; and Irené Novaczek, marine ecologist, activist and author.

Celebrate Environment Week and Oceans Week by helping clean up McNabs Island Provincial Park! Over the past 29 years, our volunteers have collected more than 13,500 bags of garbage and recyclables from the beaches of McNabs and Lawlor Islands Provincial Park. Registration is now FULL. Add your name to the waitlist on Eventbrite.

Two Departure Locations: Halifax: Murphy’s on the Water, Cable Wharf or Eastern Passage: A&M Sea Charters 87 Government Wharf Rd, Fisherman’s Cove.

Welcome!

The 40th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing and Geomatics Atlantic 2019 will bring together academics, practitioners, vendors, and policy makers from the Remote Sensing and Geomatics community in an informative and productive three-day event under the theme of Common Perspectives and NewSpace.  With special sessions, general sessions, panel discussions, summer school, ISPRS workshop and a public lecture, as well as an opening reception, and banquet with local entertainment, attendees will enjoy both technical sessions and networking opportunities, while enjoying the beautiful City of Fredericton along the majestic Wolastoq River (Saint John River/Rivière Saint-Jean).

We invite you to take a look at a video on YouTube from our beautiful Province “Hi. My name is New Brunswick.”

Thank you and looking forward to meet you !

Join researchers from across Canada to discuss community resilience in Québec City this June.

The Grand Forum on Community Resilience will take place June 4 and 5, 2019 in Québec City.

Hosted by the Regroupement des Organismes de Bassins Versants du Québec (ROBVQ), the Réseau Québec Maritime (RQM) and the Marine Environmental Observation, Prediction and Response Network (MEOPAR), the event seeks to inspire participants to commit themselves and to participate actively in the strengthening of the resilience of communities, particularly coastal and shoreline, vulnerable to climate change. The concepts of governance, resource management and the uses of water-related territories will be at the heart of the workshops.

To register, please visit the event website.

Please note: Simultaneous translation will be available for select sessions, as well as ad hoc translation at tables where possible. Many sessions will take place in French, but participants are not required to be fluently bilingual to attend.

IOSTIA and Sea Technology Magazine host an expanded BlueTech Expo in Washington, D.C., on June 4-5, 2019. Organized to coincide with Capitol Hill Ocean Week (CHOW), this year’s program will feature a one-day interactive technical program focused on new developments, innovative practices, regulatory & funding issues, and case studies of interest to both government and industry. Followed by a day of exhibits featuring industry’s leading providers and a special networking reception hosted by Oceanology International.

How and Why We Map the Ocean Geographic information system (GIS) technology, which has long provided effective solutions for integrating, visualizing and analyzing information about land, is now being similarly applied to oceans. Our ability to measure change in the oceans—including open ocean, nearshore and coast—is increasing, not only because of improved measuring devices and scientific techniques, but also because new GIS technology is aiding us in better understanding this dynamic environment. Join us at the Canadian Oceans Fourm and discover ways muli-dimensional data and web apps can help yo put scientific information to work in your organization. Consider the potential of sharing knolwledge across disciplines and collaborating with multiple stakeholders. Work with the ocean GIS community as it forges new and better concepts in ocean analytics and applications towards ocean sustainability. In addtion to this, day 2 will include a hands-on-workshop where you will work with GIS technology benefiting oceans communities. Learn about collecting data, integrating and sharing with other sources, and services that help us understand the ocean.

Please join us for the grand opening of our MacArtney Canada office, it will be an evening of celebration and cheer!
Join us for the presentation and or a bit of good cheer during the reception.
3-4 pm:
Presentation by Steen Worsoe ‘Cathodic Delamination – the ‘Silent Killer’ of rubber molded connectors’
Location: COVE master boardroom (upstairs)
4-6 pm:
Welcome reception by MacArtney at COVE, with drinks and appetizers
Small group tours of COVE including MacArtney work bay and new office
Location: COVE Colin MacLean Hall
6-6:30 pm:
Official opening & ribbon cutting
Speeches & thank yous

We all use too much plastic, and inevitably a lot of it ends up in the ocean. Plastic is toxic, and as marine debris, it kills sea creatures in many different ways, including entanglement, digestive blockages, and poisoning. It also negatively impacts human health as it works its way up the food chain. We need to find creative solutions for this problem by imagining new ways to reuse and re-purpose this material. Come join Interdisciplinary PhD candidate and artist Jennifer MacLatchy and marine scientist Alexandra Vance in discussing this important issue.

For Oceans Weeks 2019 ShARCC is proud to team up with Greenpeace Halifax to host a screening of SHARKWATER Extinction. The evening will kick off with a short presentation on local shark species and conservation efforts, followed by Sharkwater and a Q&A by local shark experts from our team. Join us in honoring the late Rob Stewart and his final documentary on his mission to raise awareness and push conservation efforts for one of the oceans most threatened group of species.

The Green Marine team is already enthusiastically planning the yearly gathering that has become a must for everyone involved or interested in maritime transportation and its greater sustainability through greener technologies, innovation and best practices.

GreenTech 2019 will be held at the Westin Cleveland Downtown Hotel, in Cleveland, OH, from Wednesday, June 5 to Friday, June 7.

Green Marine welcomed 35+ proposals for presentations from the maritime community focusing on real-life experiences, case studies and/or leading edge research that show delegates how best practices, new technologies and insightful partnerships make a difference.

The program committee worked hard to come up with an engaging and informative preliminary program. We hope you find it inviting and will join us in Cleveland!

Hosted by Blue Line Initiative, this event will answer your questions on how Halifax is navigating the threat of sea level rise. Our pannelists of experts include a scientific voice, a former CNN meteorologist, a city planner and a private developer. To keep you on your toes while engaging in meaningful conversation, this event will be emceed by local comedian, Dan Hendricken. Please visit Blue Line Initiative on Facebook and Instagram to see the release of the panellists and to submit questions you have for them!

The annual H2O Conference is coming up during Oceans Week, featuring an ocean industry showcase, international delegates, presentations, networking events and more! New this year to the program is Oceans Outlook Day, a collaborative Canadian ocean event focusing on pulling together government, industry and academia to discuss upcoming ocean technology and innovation needs. From R&D, to procurement, to Business2Business, if you work in ocean technology, you won’t want to miss this.

This is also a great opportunity to get ORCA members together to help advance our work on Encouraging Innovation and the Commercialization of Knowledge and Technology (Challenge Area 4). An ORCA workshop is being planned to discuss the outcomes of Oceans Outlook Day and to work on other community-wide technology initiatives.

This is also a great opportunity to get ORCA members together to help advance our work on Encouraging Innovation and the Commercialization of Knowledge and Technology (Challenge Area 4). The ORCA Ocean Innovation and Technology Workshop will take place during the afternoon of June 6 at the Halifax Convention Centre. This community workshop will include discussions on our national efforts on advancing ocean innovation. Registration is FREE but spaces are limited. Contact the ORCA Secretariat by May 31, 2019 to reserve your place. Programming and timing details will be posted here as they become available.

The Ocean Technology Council of Nova Scotia in partnership with the Government of Canada, the Province of Nova Scotia and the Centre for Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneurship is pleased to present the H2O: Home to Overseas Conference on Wednesday June 5 to Friday June 7, 2019 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Atlantic Canada and Nova Scotia, in particular, is home to a strong cluster of ocean industries and to ground breaking ocean research. This region is quickly becoming a globally recognised hub of oceans expertise with the potential to be a significant contributor to a number of Global Value Chains associated with the oceans sector, including, but not limited to, Marine Defence, Marine Energy, Marine Observation, Fisheries and Aquaculture Technology, Marine Tourism and Marine Transportation.

The H2O Conference is an ideal event to engage with the ocean technology industry. The conference will include: an ocean industry showcase, international delegates, research, development and commercialisation presentations, networking events and the oceans gala dinner. This year’s conference will also include a day of on-water demos at the Centre for Ocean Ventures & Entrepreneurship (COVE). The H2O conference takes place Wednesday June 5 at COVE and Thursday, June 6 and Friday June 7, 2019 at the Halifax Convention Centre.

Join us to listen and learn about research ethics, Indigenous data sovereignty, and research governance in Atlantic Canada

The Discovery Centre’s Ocean Gallery is home to a touch pool with local marine intertidal invertebrates, which Discovery Centre marine staff collect under a Department of Fisheries and Ocean permit. On-lookers will have a chance to experience how they perform animal collections. They will be encouraged to ask questions, make observations and learn more about the invertebrates that live in our shorelines.

Join Jillian Ejdrygiewicz, a Research Assistant for Nova Scotia Community College’s Applied Oceans Research Group (AORG), as she walks through major developments and advancements in seafloor mapping technologies. From pre-1940’s to present, these technologies have allowed marine scientists to match the quality of terrestrial mapping efforts in the marine realm.

Among these acoustic seafloor mapping technologies, multibeam echosounders (MBES) have become widely acknowledged and are preferred tools for wide-scale, offshore mapping. Through their production of accurate, aerial-like images of the seafloor, they can be used to classify regions with similar biological and geological characteristics. MBES can also provide baseline data from which a variety of maps can be derived. Maps of seafloor sediment, seafloor habitat, and even maps showing areas of distinct biological communities can be useful for resource extraction, management and marine spatial planning.

Cartographically visualizing these marine environments through seafloor mapping is essential for not only improving our understanding of habitats and ecosystems along the seabed, but also to facilitate deep-sea and marine research, conservation-related monitoring and management approaches, and mitigating impacts caused by human activities. This is what NSCC’s Applied Oceans Research team strives to do.

Live vicariously as a seafloor habitat mapper through Jillian while she describes her experiences as a cartography graduate and research assistant intern working on several recent projects and other innovative case studies that the Applied Oceans Research team is involved in.

Join the Maritime Aboriginal Peoples Council (MAPC) at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic to explore some of the threats that marine animals face every day. On June 7, 2019, MAPC will be highlighting fishing pressure (intentional and not), underwater noise, loss of prey availability, marine pollution, ocean acidification and more. Act as your favourite sea creature and experience the marine world through their eyes as we transform the gazebo and bring the underwater on land. MAPC is excited to see everyone at the Oceans Day event at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic and hope you’ll join us in becoming Ocean SuperStars!

The Ocean and You is an annual event celebrating our oceans with Oceans Week HFX. We host our ocean communities for inclusive, accessible, educational events and activities to promote greater awareness of our oceans.

The Ocean and You event will feature a wide variety of field experts and interactions for all ages. Visitors will learn about protecting the ocean through informative and educational displays.

The United Nations World Oceans Day 2019 theme is “Gender and Ocean.” Stay tuned for the participating organizations and planned activities!

*FREE* All ages welcome!

The Oceans of Knowledge conference series considers the operational use of ocean observations and technologies. Now in its third edition, the 2019 conference will focus on the specific role of ocean observations in identifying and mitigating future risks to ocean uses and facilitating a sustainable blue economy. The conference will be opened by a keynote presentation from Claire Jolly, who heads theOrganisation for Economic Cooperation and Development(OECD) Ocean Economy Group. This keynote will summarise recent OECD work on understanding the future ocean economy and its dependence on ocean observations.

Subsequent morning presentations will take a closer look at a range of high growth ocean uses such as;
Autonomous shipping
Open water aquaculture
Marine mining
Offshore wind
The afternoon will then explore the future direction of technologies which will play a key role in enabling future sustainable ocean use;
Communication at sea
Advanced sensors
Earth observation
Expert systems and machine learning
Robotics and automation

Each session will also include a panel discussion to further expand on the topics raised and offer the opportunity for delegates to engage with speakers. Dedicated networking sessions will also be held throughout the day.
Why attend?
Oceans of Knowledge has an interdisciplinary focus and will be of interest to representatives from industry, academia and government. Particular benefits are anticipated for technology and service providers wishing to understand their future markets. By incorporating a mixed programme with both a conference and workshop style, this event will provide a unique opportunity to debate how ocean observations can best support future sustainable ocean use.

The Elisabeth Mann Borgese Ocean Lecture Series commemorates and celebrates the life and work of Elisabeth Mann Borgese, founder of the International Ocean Institute. Launched in 2005 to mark the 25th anniversary of the IOI Training Programme in Halifax, it aims to encourage the debate on oceans issues which was so dear to Elisabeth, by inviting internationally renowned speakers to discuss important and timely ocean-related topics. Through this lecture series, we hope to generate awareness among stakeholders, academics, students and the general public about important ocean issues.

2019 EMB OCEAN LECTURE
The “Blue Revolution”: Challenges and Opportunities

Friday 7th June, 7.00 p.m.
Room 105, Weldon Law School, Dalhousie University

Keynote Speaker: RENEE SAUVE, Acting Director General, External Relations Directorate, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

and panel responses from:
Dr Ratana Chuenpagdee, Director, Too Big to Ignore, Memorial University of Newfoundland, and Senior Research Fellow, IOI-Canada
Dr Susanna Fuller, Senior Project Manager, Oceans North and Senior Research Fellow, IOI-Canada
Sigrid Kuehnemund, Vice President, Ocean Conservation, WWF-Canada

The featured speaker will discuss Canada’s recent experience on this topic, and the panel will respond from the perspectives of conservation, biodiversity, the environment and social justice. Reception to follow.

IOI-Canada would like to thank the Canadian Wildlife Federation, Oceans North, Too Big to Ignore and WWF-Canada for their generous support of this event. For further information: contact ioi@dal.ca or 902 494 6918.

We are celebrating World Oceans Day with a paddling beach clean-up adventure in the LaHave Islands! Come join us! We will meet on the mainland and paddle to the beaches of Cape LaHave Island, removing any garbage we find along the way. Bring your own sea kayak, SUP, dory or canoe, plus snacks and drinking water. Motorized boat support is organised by the Municipality of the District of Lunenburg to help remove garbage we gather. Bring your own gloves, water and snacks.

This event is FREE! Participants get a fun day on the water + FREE homemade ice cream from Ploughman’s Lunch!! How good is that?!

Discounted sea kayak rentals available from Cape LaHave Adventures. Advanced reservations required. $25 includes paddle, lifejacket, skirt and dry bag.

To reserve a kayak rental, contact Cape LaHave Adventures at info@capelahaveadventures.ca or (902) 693-2023. When: Saturday June 8th, 2019, 9:00am to 1:00pm. Please allow time for gearing up so we can depart promptly at 9:00 am. Weather permitting.

Meeting point: Crescent Beach (Please carpool or park at the larger parking lot on the west end (mainland side) of the beach and walk to the meeting point on the East end)

10am – 12pm: Lunenburg Town & Shoreline Cleanup @ Coastal Action Office (37 Tannery Road)
1pm – 4pm: Waterfront Event – Booths & Activities @ Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic

Ensuring a healthy ocean involves raising awareness of how we can change our daily activities to improve our marine waters. The activities and programs provided during our celebration will highlight the importance of water stewardship and the effects our daily activities have on Gorge waterway ecosystems and organisms, including Coho salmon, Pacific herring, cutthroat trout, and the Olympia oyster.

In celebration of this international day, World Fisheries Trust and the Township of Esquimalt are hosting a World Oceans Day event with interpretive walks, guided canoe tours, sea creature touch tanks, crafts, games, live music and food! Many other local organizations that share an interest in our ocean will be joining the celebration with informative displays and ocean-related activities for all ages

The Surfing Association of Nova Scotia presents their annual beach clean up. This year two separate locations are being serviced; Lawrencetown Beach and Cow Bay Beach. Community members will take to the birthplace of surfing in Nova Scotia, Lawrencetown Beach, on Ocean Day for a dusk clean up followed by a BBQ picnic on the beach. Gloves and bags will be provided. Wear comfy, warm clothing!

The Surfing Association of Nova Scotia presents their annual beach clean up. This year two separate locations are being serviced; Lawrencetown Beach and Cow Bay Beach. Community members will take to Cow Bay Beach on Sunday June 9th for a morning clean up followed by a BBQ picnic and prizes provided by Kannon Beach and Brother Clothing. Gloves and bags will be provided. Wear comfy clothing!

We will kick-off the clean up at SUP Monkey (Paddler’s Cove, Lake Banook) at 3pm with boards, paddles, life jackets, bags and gloves supplied by SUP Monkey. After the clean-up, you’re invited to enjoy the rest of the evening (5pm +) at Lake City Cider (35 Portland Street) for a pint/flight and pizza in appreciation of your hard work!

Join your colleagues from across Canada at MEOPAR’s Annual Training Meeting and Annual Scientific Meeting in beautiful Victoria, BC!

Location:

Delta Hotels by Marriott Victoria Ocean Pointe Resort

Agenda:

The draft Training Meeting schedule is available here.

June 10: Pre-Conference Workshop: One-Day Project Management Intensive (Limited Seating; click here to register)

June 11: Annual Training Meeting Day 1

June 12: Annual Training Meeting Day 2

June 13: Annual Scientific Meeting Day 1

June 14: Annual Scientific Meeting Day 2

Hotel Room Block Information:

The Delta Hotels by Marriott Victoria Ocean Pointe Resort is offering conference attendees a rate of $244/night from June 10-15. This rate is available until May 10th, but rooms are limited, so we recommend booking as soon as possible.

Click here to access the conference rate and book a room at the Delta.

If you would like to share a room with another conference attendee, please contact Laura Avery to make arrangments.

Social & Networking Events:

Social and networking events will include a beer tasting at Spinnaker’s Brewery (June 10), Ghostly Walks/Chinatown Walks in downtown Victoria (June 11), a Poster Session and Reception at the Delta (June 13), optional whale watching tour (June 14), and an organized hike for those staying on Saturday (June 15).

Questions?

Please contact Laura Avery, Manager, Training Program with questions about the Training Meeting and Preconference Workshop, including questions about travel funding for HQP.

Please contact Alexa Reedman, Manager, Research Program, with questions about the Scientific Meeting.

EurOCEAN conferences are major European marine science policy conferences providing a forum for policymakers and strategic planners at European and national level, to interact with the marine research community and marine and maritime stakeholders. EurOCEAN 2019 will discuss the contribution of European marine science to the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development  (2021-2030). The conference will also highlight the contribution of marine science to other ongoing and future initiatives supported by Horizon 2020 and the forthcoming Horizon Europe, the European Union Framework Programme for Research and Innovation programme (2021-2027).

The Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society is delighted to announce the Joint 26th AMOS Annual Meeting and the International Conference for Tropical Meteorology and Oceanography, AMOS-ICTMO 2019, to be held in Darwin from 11-14 June 2019*.

AMOS-ICTMO 2019 will bring together experts in meteorology, oceanography, climate and other related sciences from Australia and around the world as well as government representatives, NGOs, businesses and the media to focus on the latest research.   This year we will be highlighting the current research in tropical oceanography and meteorology with a special conference programme attached to the general AMOS Annual Meeting proceedings.

The AMOS Annual Meeting will have over 40 thematic sessions covering topics in meteorology, oceanography and other climate sciences under the broad themes of weather, ocean processes, atmospheric processes, climate, land surface processes, Antarctic science, climate services and community engagement.

​This event also provides the opportunity to translate our science into practical outcomes for the benefit of society. To this end, there will be bespoke sessions on climate service for decision makers, impact and risk assessment of the weather extremes affecting our region, improving urban environments, and integration of renewables into the energy system.

Presented by: John McManus of the University of Miami

Description: The South China Sea supplies approximately 15% of the world’s fish and helps support ~272 million coastal residents. Part of this production system includes more than 3,800 square kilometers of the world’s most diverse offshore coral reefs. Since 2011, many of the reef flats have been severely damaged by small boats from China digging up giant clams for the billion-dollar shell carving trade. This practice was not widely known until 2016 when negative publicity led the Chinese government to ban this activity. For the past few years, there have been only occasional reports of the practice continuing. As of 2019, however, a modified version of the practice has emerged in the Pratas Islands and Scarborough Atoll. This talk will describe the current situation and present a proposal for a peace park for the globally-unique Scarborough Atoll to help ensure its protection.

Co-sponsors: OCTO (OpenChannels, The Skimmer, MPA News) and the EBM Tools Network (co-coordinated by OCTO and NatureServe)