SMAST Events 68665 Jan20 Department of Fisheries Oceanography and Department of Estuarine and Ocean Sciences Joint Seminar-Ray Hilborn The School for Marine Science and Technology Department of Fisheries Oceanography and Department of Estuarine and Ocean Sciences Joint Seminar Announcement "Understanding the role of Marine Protected Areas in protecting biodiversity and increasing food production" Ray Hilborn University of Washington Wednesday, January 20, 2021 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm via zoom Abstract: No-take MPAs are being advocated as an essential tool to protect biodiversity, provide climate resilience, and in certain circumstances to increase fisheries yields. There is a major international push for what is called 30x30 to have 30% of the oceans in MPAs by 2030, and numerous heads of state have made commitments to 30x30. In this talk I review the theory and empirical evidence for these claims. Both empirical evidence and theory suggest that target species yields can be increased if (1) stocks are seriously overfished and (2) the size of MPAs is set appropriate to the dispersal distances of the species and (3) the MPAs are enforced. But both empirical evidence and theory demonstrate that in the absence of overfishing yields will be reduced by establishing MPAs. It is widely argued that MPAs are proven to increase target fish abundance, and this has certainly been demonstrated inside of closed areas in many places, but there is no empirical evidence that, in the absence of overfishing, regional abundance of target species will be increased. Remembering that the major effect of an MPA is to dislocate fishing effort to open areas, the most common pattern is to see abundance increase inside closed areas, and decline in open areas, with no-net effect. The arguments for climate resilience and biodiversity protection are equally dubious. A major impact of climate change has been changes in species distribution, making any fixed area management ineffective as range shifts move fish from areas set up with the intention of protection. The dominant impact on marine biodiversity by fishing has been bycatch of non-target species and it is clear that bycatch is much better controlled by changes in fishing practice and incentives to fishing fleets than fixed area management. Finally, there are indeed many threats to marine biodiversity including climate change, ocean acidification, exotic species, pollution, land- based runoff, illegal fishing and plastics. MPAs protect the oceans from none of these. ************************************************************************************ Zoom link: https://umassd.zoom.us/j/93401753807?pwd=MHJVMkFDV3RQUFZhQS9lNEdTNWJlUT09 ************************************************************************************ To access the live broadcasting, go to https://echo360.org/directLogin and click on "Alternate login". You will have to login as "smast@umassd.edu" with the password: smastumassd. After login you will have to click on ALL CLASSES (MAR 700-01 - DEOS Seminar or MAR 700-02 - DFO Seminar) and click on the green LIVE streaming. To view a video of an SMAST seminar (post-October 1, 2014), go to https://www.umassd.edu/smast/events/seminar-series/ and click on a highlighted title. For additional information, please contact Sue Silva at s1silva@umassd.edu. 68776 Jan21 Understanding How Your Social Security May Be Impacted as a UMass Employee Not sure how your Social Security will be impacted by rules such as the Windfall Elimination Provision or Government Pension Offset? Sign up for this 60 minute session to learn more. Click here to register-https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_u-5XK_2jR369VLuzS-f68Q 68794 Jan26 The Hierarchy of Savings Join Fidelity Retirement Planner, Michael Fraser as he conducts a 10 Minute information session which covers The Hierarchy of Savings and then immediately following, hosts a 20 Minute Ask Fidelity Anything session. Register Here: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_afP3edl2RfWwleOwZeulHw 68785 Jan28 Am I on track to meet my retirement goals? Should I be doing anything different?†There are many pieces to ones retirement (MSERS or ORP, Social Security, 403b, 457, IRAs, etc.). Join Fidelity for this 60 minute session as they assemble the pieces of a retirement picture to help answer your questions. Register Here: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_lpCcUuDDTxaVVbHp_VSmiQ 68772 Jan29 Research Scholarship Recognition Event Ramprasad Balasubramanian, Ph.D Vice Provost for Research and Academic Affairs Invites the campus community to a Scholarship Recognition Event celebrating faculty that have received prestigious research fellowships in 2020. The faculty being honored: Professor Mark Altabet, Estuarine & Ocean Sciences, SMAST, Fellow of the American Geophysical Union Professor Vijaya Chalivendra, Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Professor Sigal Gottlieb, Mathematics, College of Arts & Sciences, Fellow of the Association of Women in Mathematics (AWM) Professor Kristen Sethares, Adult Nursing, College of Nursing & Health Sciences, Fellow of Heart Failure Society of America Honggang Wang, Electrical & Computer Engineering, College of Engineering, Fellow of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Join us via Zoom on Friday January 29, 2021 from 2pm -3:30pm Meeting ID: 961 5480 2982 Password: 700605 Contact: Stefanie Picard, stefanie.picard @umassd.edu Research Support 68779 Feb11 Understanding How Your Social Security May Be Impacted as a UMass Employee Not sure how your Social Security will be impacted by rules such as the Windfall Elimination Provision or Government Pension Offset? Sign up for this 60 minute session to learn more. Register here: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_u-5XK_2jR369VLuzS-f68Q 68788 Feb18 Am I on track to meet my retirement goals? Should I be doing anything different?†There are many pieces to ones retirement (MSERS or ORP, Social Security, 403b, 457, IRAs, etc.). Join us for this 60 minute session as we assemble the pieces of a retirement picture to help answer your questions. Register Here: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_LSXbTa6-RtqzHMGQqKZN8g 68782 Mar11 Understanding How Your Social Security May Be Impacted as a UMass Employee Not sure how your Social Security will be impacted by rules such as the Windfall Elimination Provision or Government Pension Offset? Sign up for this 60 minute session to learn more. Register Here: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_nnZMwcBxSLKc9K4aQipmUg 68791 Mar18 Am I on track to meet my retirement goals? Should I be doing anything different?†There are many pieces to ones retirement (MSERS or ORP, Social Security, 403b, 457, IRAs, etc.). Join Fidelity for this 60 minute session as they assemble the pieces of a retirement picture to help answer your questions. Register here: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2IBnk2noQ7aJuk9QMlxsdg Check the UMassD university calendar.