In December 2011, PacMARA held a Train the Trainers course in Edmonton, led by Dan Farr and Leif Olson. Five people* were successfully trained, including Norma Serra from PacMARA.  We are very excited to put them to work teaching Marxan around the world.  Coming up soon we will have a dedicated page [...]

Through discussions about the role of Marxan in a systematic conservation and resource use planning process in Chile in August 2011, ten fundamental good practice guidelines for using a decision-support tool like Marxan have emerged.

Norma Serra-Sogas is PacMARA’s new Program Manager.  To learn more about her visit her profile page.

The Decision Guide, produced by the Center for Ocean Solutions (COS) and PacMARA, is intended to assist practitioners in selecting appropriate decision support tools (DSTs) that can help them conduct marine spatial planning in their own jurisdictions.

Looking for holiday presents? Welcome to PacMARA’s new online store!
http://www.cafepress.ca/pacmara

Are you looking for a tool to streamline Marxan analyses?
David Tellier from the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources has developed scripts to reduce GIS technical difficulties and improve efficiency of data loading for Marxan projects!

The Sidney Consensus provides a basis for consistent legislation, planning, regulation, enforcement, monitoring, and adaptive management of human activities. Download it here!

“The Aquaculture Controversy in Canada,” written by Nathan Young and Ralph Matthews of UBC, discusses farming of aquatic organisms, one of the most promising but controversial new industries in Canada. The industry has the potential to solve food supply problems, but critics believe it poses unacceptable threats to human health, local communities, and the environment.

Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s draft National Framework for Canada’s Network of Marine Protected Areas provides strategic direction for MPA design that will be composed of a number of bioregional networks.

Daniel Pauly and Villy Christensen, of UBC’s Fisheries Centre, are leading the the project with 30 international marine scientists. The team will study the future of the oceans and monitor the impact of human activities on seafood resources with 3-d gaming technology.