Next Steps to Strengthen Stewardship of the Sargasso Sea
13-14 March, 2019
Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences
Executive Secretary Dr David Freestone greets the Hon. Walter Roban, Minister of Home Affairs (Bermuda). All Photos courtesy of the Bermuda Department of Communications.
DOCUMENTS
Taking the Hamilton Declaration to the Next Level
PRESENTATIONS
Session One
The Work of the Sargasso Sea Commission: The Story So Far. Dr David Freestone (Sargasso Sea Commission)
Session Two: The Science of the Sargasso Sea
BIOS research on global and local environmental change. Professor Nick Bates (BIOS)
The 2011 Baseline Science case – An Update. Professor Howard Roe (Sargasso Sea Commission)
The ATLAS and I-Atlantic projects. Professor Murray Roberts (Edinburgh University)
The Migratory Corridors Project (MiCO). Professor Pat Halpin (Duke Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab)
Session 3: Towards an Ecosystem approach to Fisheries and Fisheries Habitat Conservation in the Sargasso Sea
Ecosystem based approach to fisheries in the Sargasso Sea. Professor Laurie Kell and Dr Brian Luckhurst
A Zoom on Some Cartagena Convention/SPAW Protocol Actions. Dr Sandrine Pivard (UNEP Cartagena Convention)
Session 4: Monitoring the Marine Environment and Human Impacts in the Sargasso Sea
The NASA COVERAGE project. Dr Vardis Tsontos (NASA)
Monitoring Human Activities in the Sargasso Sea. Paul Woods (Global Fish Watch)
Session 5: Conservation of vital spawning habitat in the Sargasso Sea
Anguillid eel conservation – the global context. Dr Matt Gollock (Chair IUCN Anguilid Group, London Zoo. Soc.)
Importance of the Sargasso Sea for Anguillid eels. Professor Howard Roe (Sargasso Sea Commission)
Process and options for European Eel Conservation. Professor Chris Wold (Lewis & Clark Law School)
Challenges and opportunities for conservation of American Eels. Brian Lester (Fisheries and Oceans Canada)
Session 6: Future Collaboration regarding Human Impacts on the Sargasso Sea
Collaboration with the GOI and the IMO World Maritime University. Professor Ronan Long (Director of the Global Ocean Institute)
The role of the World Heritage Convention. Fanny Douvere (UNESCO WHC)
Collaboration on Fisheries Issues. Fred Kingston (NAFO)
Session 7: Next Steps To Strengthen Stewardship of the Sargasso Sea
Next Steps To Strengthen Stewardship of the Sargasso Sea. Ambassador David Balton (Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars)
SIDE EVENT
On 3 April 2019, the Sargasso Sea Commission and the Government of Canada held a side event at United Nations Headquarters in New York during the second Intergovernmental Conference on an international legally binding instrument under UNCLOS on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of ABNJ. This side event was designed to report on the workshop held in Bermuda 12-14 March 2019. The main objective of the March 2019 Workshop was to review the progress of the Sargasso Sea Commission work program to date, and discuss and consider options to build on the success of the Hamilton Declaration, with a view to strengthening the stewardship of the Sargasso Sea in the future.
Strengthening Stewardship of the Sargasso Sea. Dr David Freestone (Sargasso Sea Commission)
Next Steps To Strengthen Stewardship of the Sargasso Sea. Ambassador David Balton (Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars)
Strengthening the Conservation and Stewardship of the Sargasso Sea: Canada's Lessons Learned for BBNJ Treaty Negotiations. Nadia Bouffard (Fisheries and Oceans Canada)
