USF researchers link DWH oil spill to increase in fish lesions– http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00028487.2014.911205#.U80bk0CTHoE
Posts by Andy Shepard
Legislation
S.1254: Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2014 was signed by President on June 30. Authorizes over $20M to include maintaining and enhancing “a national harmful algal bloom and hypoxia program” — bill at https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/s1254/text. Program is to be led by NOAA and a national task force, similar to Gulf Read More
NAS Student Program
National Academies of Science accepting applications for the 2015 session of the Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program. This 12-week program (Jan. 20 – Apr. 10, 2015) is designed to engage early career individuals in the processes that inform U.S. science and technology policy. Fellows obtain essential skills and knowledge needed to Read More
Science publication
New book edited by former Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council director, Dr. S. Bortone, entitled Interrelationships between Corals and Fisheries, published by CRC Press. Available at http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781466588318. Volume includes chapter 9 by GOMURC director, AN Shepard, “Restoring deepwater coral ecosystems and fisheries after the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.”
NRDA projects
Final NRDA Phase III Early Restoration plan is now available following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Largest phase (>60% of $1B) of early restoration, the Plan proposes 44 early restoration projects, environmental analyses for each of them, and proposed strategic approach to early restoration and the environmental analysis for that approach– http://www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov/restoration/early-restoration/phase-iii/?utm_source=final+phase+III+announcement&utm_campaign=early+restoration+phase+III&utm_medium=email
FIO opportunities
Opportunities provided by FIO, Dr. M. Neeley, June 2014: Jobs/Funding: http://www.fio.usf.edu/opportunities Categorizes opportunities for easy search – also cross-advertises many positions listed at links found below https://www.usajobs.gov/ – all federal government agencies employment site Opportunities via other organizations: http://www.iucn.org/about/union/secretariat/offices/usa/about_usa/dcmc/dcmc_contact/ follow instructions to join the DCMC list serve. Mainly geologists and marine engineers: Coastal List Digest Read More
FIO summer adventure
FIO is leading new annual multi-institutional summer course, Field Studies in Marine Science/Biology; 5-week, field-intensive course designed to expand student knowledge of the biodiversity, geochemistry, and human impact of Florida’s coastal and offshore ecosystems– http://www.fio.usf.edu/education/summer-course-2014.
Schmidt Ocean Institute ship time
Schmidt Ocean Institute’s Call for Expressions of Interest in Collaborative Research on R/V Falkor in 2016– http://www.schmidtocean.org/story/show/846
Visiting Congress
Register now (deadline is Jul 13) for AIBS Biological Sciences Congressional Districts visits– http://www.aibs.org/public-policy/congressional_district_visits.html
Federal budget
Most recent White House budgets at http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/Overview