Sustainable Management of Marine Resources

Ocean Partnerships Speed Networking "How can engaging with the arts and humanities shape our science?"
2023-07-06 13:00 - 14:00 (Europe/London)
Join the Ocean Partnerships network for another speed networking event over lunchtime! After a 10 minute introduction to this month’s theme, the speed networking begins and you will be paired up with another person for 5 minutes at a time over the course of the hour. A fantastic way to meet people outside your usual network! From academics, policymakers and science communicators to people from the industry and more.

This month’s theme has been chosen by Neil Banas, oceanographer and mathematical ecologist at the University of Strathclyde:
“How can engaging with the arts and humanities shape our science?”
Very often, artists are placed in the role of translators or spokespeople for finished scientific ideas. What would it look like to let engagement with the arts and humanities help shape scientific idea generation and research practice? What would the benefits be, and what are the barriers? What are the situations or problem areas where a more symmetrical relationship between practice-based arts, humanities, and science could have the biggest impact?
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SMMR-Net Training: Grant Writing with Dr Kate Smith
2023-06-27 13:00 - 16:00
Due to high demand this course is now fully booked – please feel free to have a look at our other Trainings and Webinars!
The SMMR-Net are excited to host Dr Kate Smith for this FREE half day training on Grant Writing for Researchers!
‘Grant Writing’ with Dr Kate Smith covers all you need to know to write successful grant applications speedily and effectively. Offering lots of do’s and don’ts and practical tips and techniques from lived experience, the session includes research councils and other grant-awarding bodies including philanthropic foundations, Fellowship applications, and collaborative applications. Exemplars from the pack are reviewed and discussion about narrative structure, financial narratives and recommendations for outputs and dissemination are set out. Includes Q&A and direct advice on applications.
Dr Smith has had successful applications to Yale for a Fellowship and won a global competitive Fellowship competition to Harvard in 2013.
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The Training will cover the following topics:

Introducing Grant Writing as a key researcher development skill. Developing a Grant Writing strategy.
Demonstrating the RCUK applications process (J-es etc).
Setting out non-RCUK grant-awarding bodies.
International applications including Fellowships.
What does a winning grant application contain (exemplars)?
What does an unsuccessful grant application look like (exemplars)?
The financials (Full economic funding, research assistants, contingencies etc).
Putting it all together: the narrative, the financials and the proposed outputs.
Success! Responsibilities of a PI, budget codes, end of grant reports.
Next steps.
Q&A and individual advice.

Skills for Collaborative Inter-Disciplinary Research Training
2023-06-06 13:00 - 2023-06-07 16:30
Back by popular demand – this is the third time the Sustainable Management of Marine Resources-Net are hosting this training. Dr Frank Siedlok (Heriot-Watt University) will run two half days of online training from 13:00 – 16:30pm on 6th and 7th of June 2023. This will be online via Microsoft Teams.
The course will cover 4 main sections:

Disciplines and interdisciplinarity:
Exploring what we understand by a discipline and being aware of how disciplinary communities function is an essential starting point. It helps us understand (i) the nature of our own expertise that can be of use in collaborative projects and (ii) how and why our terminologies and processes might be unfamiliar to other collaborators from other disciplines.
Understanding drivers of, and barriers to, IDR
IDR is more difficult than disciplinary research. In this part of the workshop we explore why that is the case and why, nevertheless, there are good reasons for engaging with this kind of work. Participants will be able to consider how IDR lines up with their own motivations and interests, as well as beginning to think about how to overcome barriers.
IDR practices and skills (part 1)
The primary assets collaborators bring to IDR are their disciplinary expertise and enthusiasm. But building IDR projects and communities from scratch requires thoughtful leadership. In this part of the workshop we look at the practices that help researchers grow and maintain IDR projects and build a collaborative community.
IDR practices and skills (part 2) and conclusion
In this final part of the workshop, the focus is on how researchers can begin to translate the practices and skills into their own contexts. In this way, the workshop group can begin to operate as a ‘community of (IDR) practice’ or problem-solving network of contacts for mutual support as new projects are explored in the future.

SMMR Annual Conference 2023
2023-05-16 - 2023-05-18 | MShed, Bristol, Princes Wharf, Wapping Rd, Bristol, BS1 4RN, United Kingdom
After a very successful inaugural conference in 2022, we are back with the second Annual Conference for the Sustainable Management of UK Marine Resources (SMMR). This conference will be held as a hybrid event from 16th – 18th May 2023. For those able to attend in person, we invite you to join us at the M-Shed in Bristol, and for those wishing to participate remotely, we will welcome you to the conference via our online Event Platform.
This transdisciplinary conference brings together members of the UK marine science community, funders, policy makers and practitioners, with the aim of promoting and communicating research, policy and impact excellence.
The first day and afternoon of the third day will be devoted to workshops, and more details will be available on these soon. The second day and morning of the third day will bring together expert plenary speakers and contributed talks and posters outlining the latest research and management practices that address key topics related to the sustainable management of UK marine resources. You will also be able to enjoy networking with your peers and making new contacts across the UK marine science research and practitioner community.
The Annual Conference Programme has now been released, containing the timetable for all the talks across this two day event.
Register for the event here
Please note that registration for in-person attendance closes at midnight on Friday 5th May.

SMMR-Net Webinar - Simple, elegant and useless: are we using the right models?
2023-05-03 13:00 - 14:00
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SMMR are pleased to host Jon Pitchford for the 2023 Webinar Series.
The talk will be 20-30 minutes long followed by 15 minutes of questions.
People like simple stories. They are easy to understand, efficient to communicate, and can be a very useful tool for getting people to agree. Unfortunately, if the stories are too simple then the agreements reached might actually be harmful. I will attempt to illustrate these ideas using mathematical models (which are just “stories”) for marine systems. I will cover some old descriptions of larval foraging and recruitment dynamics, where accidentally using the wrong model can lead to interesting insights in evolutionary ecology. This may or may not involve a dead gorilla. I will then describe some of the problems with Maximum Sustainable Yield agreements in fisheries, and discuss how developing size-based models and data could lead to practical new approaches to management.
Jon Pitchford is the PI of the SMMR project “Pyramids of Life: working with nature for a sustainable future”.

Policy Engagement for Researchers with Dr Jamie Gallagher
2023-04-27 13:00 - 16:00
The SMMR-Net are excited to host Jamie Gallagher for FREE this half day training on Policy Engagement for Researchers! 1-4pm Thursday 27th April March 2023 (online on zoom).
Researchers can provide essential information, direction and expertise to policy makers – but making your voice heard can be a challenge. Through this interactive workshop you will explore the legislative process and how you can work to influence both policy and policy makers. Led by engagement consultant Dr Jamie Gallagher you will discover how to engage with the parliamentary processes from contributing to a committee meeting to preparing briefing notes for MPs. The workshop will draw on successful (and unsuccessful) examples helping you to map your own policy engagement journey. The session will also cover impact monitoring and reporting, preparing you to report to funders or write an impact case study.
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Objectives
At the end of the workshop participants will be able to:

Understand of the legislative process and key intervention points
Be able to identify key policy engagement stakeholders and how to work with them
Work with the range of parliamentary services to ensure policy makers have accurate and up to date information
Plan out their own policy engagement plan
Devise and deliver your own evaluation plan

There are no limits on places on this course, so by signing up you be guaranteed a place. Please expect the sign up link and details to be sent out a few days before the event.

Ocean Partnerships Blue Humanities, Marine Science, and Science Studies
2023-04-19 13:00 - 14:00
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Join the Ocean Partnerships network for another speed network event over lunchtime. After a 10 minute introduction to this months theme you will be paired up with another person for 5 minutes at a time over the course of the hour. This is fantastic way to meet people outside your usual network from academics, policymakers, artists, science communicators, people from industry and more.. from different disciplines! This months theme has been chosen by Elis Jones from the University of Exeter. Elis Jones PhD Student at University of Exeter Blue Humanities, Marine Science, and Science Studies: Interdisciplinary Dialogues Many disciplines across science and the humanities are seeing increasing engagement with the ocean. This includes disciplines sometimes called the ‘Blue Humanities’, as well as those which study the practice of science itself, including philosophy, history and social studies of science, broadly termed ‘Science Studies’. This speed networking session will bring together people from marine science with those from these disciplines to discuss and engage with each other’s work, and to get a sense for the exciting developments taking place across the full breadth of ocean scholarship.

SMMR Webinar - Innovative software solution for the accurate and efficient capture and reporting of fisheries data
2023-04-05 13:00 - 14:00 | Online
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SMMR are hosting OLSPS for a talk on “Innovative software solution for the accurate and efficient capture and reporting of fisheries data”.
The Webinar will take place on 5 April 2023 from 1-2pm with a 30 minute talk, followed by a Q&A.
In recent years two technologies have emerged to monitor commercial fishing activities. These technologies are a) electronic logbooks (eLogs) for the electronic reporting (ER) of compliance reports, and b) electronic monitoring (EM), which refers to the use of Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) in order to record fishing activities on the vessels. While both ER and EM technologies are found to be very effective in their task, they still suffer from several significant shortcomings. EM technology is mainly hampered by the huge amount of video footage it produces, which makes the processing of its data very tedious and labour-intensive process. Electronic logbooks on the other hand, while capable of recording many data types with great detail, suffer from a possible lack of accountability, since a lot of data must be entered manually and certain entries cannot be verified, leaving room for misreporting.
In order to make the scanning of EM videos more practical and focused, OLSPS has developed a conceptual integration model between eLogs and EM cameras, which has maned iEMR – Integrated Electronic Monitoring and Reporting. This solution allows images recorded by cameras to be viewed and stored on the Olrac Dynamic Data Logger (OlracDDL) dashboard and to use the vessel date and time of activity as a common key that allows images taken by the cameras to be easily matched to data recorded and reported by the Olrac eLog. Examples of activities that are important to keep track of are discarding events, excessive catches, bycatch, and marine life interactions. The ability to match recorded images to relevant eLog records means that clear discrepancies between what the skipper reports and the actual visuals can be easily identified and scrutinized.
OLSPS is also experimenting with the integration of user-activated and supervised, AI-based, image processing technology into their iEMR solution which will reduce further the time of video scanning.

Ocean Partnerships - Marine stewardship, community engagement and creative practice
2023-03-22 13:00 - 14:00
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Join the Ocean Partnerships network for another speed network event over lunchtime. After a 10 minute introduction to this months theme you will be paired up with another person for 5 minutes at a time over the course of the hour. This is fantastic way to meet people outside your usual network from academics, policymakers, artists, science communicators, people from industry and more.. from different disciplines!
This months theme has been chosen by Maja Rimer from Creative Carbon Scotland. Title: Marine stewardship, community engagement and creative practice At Creative Carbon Scotland we believe in that collaborative, creative approaches can facilitate knowledge sharing and problem solving, especially when it comes to the climate crisis.
Through creative practice and place-based activities, we can connect climate science with lived experience and build resilience and empower communities. For this session we will therefore invite people to reflect on: How can we improve marine stewardship through community engagement and creative practice?
An example of one of our collaborations: Seas of the Outer Hebrides Bringing community members together though creative practice was at the heart of the Seas of the Outer Hebrides project, which was created in partnership with Marine Protected Area Management and Monitoring (MarPAMM).
Seas of the Outer Hebrides brought in an inclusive, creative approaches to build a shared vision for Marine Protected Areas in the region – by involving artists and creative practices to help explore the cultural dimension of residents’ relationship to the sea. The aim was to create a different and accessible way to work with the Outer Hebrides’ communities. Creative approaches can allow us to gain a deeper understanding of communities’ priorities for the marine environment while bringing in peoples’ relationship to the sea. Read more about it here: https://www.creativecarbonscotland.com/project/seas-of-the-outer-hebrides/

Powerful Posters - Training with Dr Jamie Gallagher
2023-03-21 13:00 - 16:00 | Online
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The SMMR-Net are excited to host Jamie Gallagher for this FREE half day training on Powerful Posters! 1-4pm Tuesday 21st March 2023 (online on zoom).

In this half day interactive workshop Dr Jamie Gallagher (winner of multiple Best Poster prizes) will take you through all you need to know to design and share an award-winning poster. Discover tips and tricks to put your work in the spotlight useful not only for posters but talks, public engagement and much more.
There are no limits on places on this course, so by signing up you be guaranteed a place. Please expect the sign up link and details to be sent out a few days before the event.

SMMR-Net Webinar - Economic, social and environmental impact assessment of MSP for UK marine-related industries
2023-03-08 13:00 - 14:00
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SMMR are pleased to host Alberto Roca for the 2023 Webinar Series.
The talk will be 20-30 minutes long followed by 15 minutes of questions.
Talk Title: Economic, social and environmental impact assessment of MSP for UK marine-related industries
Marine spatial planning (MSP) is a process of coordinating the use of marine resources in an attempt to achieve economic, social, and environmental objectives. This is an extremely challenging goal, and the benefits of MSPs are contested. In this seminar, we develop a marine input-output model for the United Kingdom. We use this model to explore relationships between greenhouse emissions, employment and gross value added in marine-related sectors and other industries. Based on our results, we identify three clusters of marine-related sectors, each characterised by a different relationship between environmental and socio-economic goals. Analysing the clusters could allow marine spatial planners to understand better how their policies will impact communities and the broader environment and prioritise accordingly.
I am Alberto Roca, an early environmental economist interested in Multi-sectoral Input-Output Models, Regional Models, and Environmental and Economic Impact Assessments. Currently, I’m a postdoctoral researcher at the University of York, working on the MSPACE project in which our research group conducts the socio-economic and environmental economic impact assessment on UK marine-related industries due to climate change.

Networking Through Story with Dr Anna Ploszajski
2023-01-31 13:00 - 16:00
The Sustainable Management of Marine Resources-Net are hosting Dr Anna Ploszajski who will run two half days of online training from 1pm on 10th January 2022 and 1pm on 31st January 2022. This event will be online and will also run alongside a month long networking event on SMMR/MASTS new networking site OPT (Ocean Partnership Tool).
Part 1: One half-day workshop on Networking Through Story the week of the 10th January 2023
In this workshop, award-winning materials scientist and storyteller Dr Anna Ploszajski will help you become a better networker through the study of story. We’ll cover an introduction to story, story structure, and think about the worlds & characters in our work. You’ll walk away with a draft of your ‘career story’, which you can use at networking events or conferences.
Part 2: One half-day follow-up Networking Skills workshop on 31st January 2023
You’ll be expected to work up the story draft you wrote in Part 1 into a three-minute career story, and you’ll be paired with another workshop participant to help you. In this follow-up workshop, we’ll discuss the exercise, share stories in the wider group, and think about other networking skills based on your career story that you can build on. By the end of the two workshops, participants will walk away with the skills and knowledge they need to be more confident, concise and effective at networking.
There are no limits on places on this course, so by signing up you be guaranteed a place.

Environmental Engagement in Practice: Session 3
2023-01-12 10:00 - 16:00 | Online
The National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement are running a series of events on ‘Environmental Engagement in Practice’.
Public engagement skills (online)
25th May 2022, 10.00 -16.00
This event will focus on practical skills that support public engagement work. All delegates will have the opportunity to participate in an inclusive engagement session, and then choose from a range of practical skills workshops including working with schools, working with policy makers, and creative storytelling.
This workshop is aimed at those who are keen to develop or enhance their public engagement practices, including those who are just starting out.
Registration has now closed for this event.
Ethics of engagement and dealing with controversy (online)
6th September 2022, 10.00-16.00
The ethics of engagement is a critical consideration when planning and delivering your work. This interactive event will explore the ethical considerations needed to do engagement well. Through case studies and discussion, delegates will have the opportunity to explore the nature of controversy, and how these can be managed in an appropriate way. This session will include a reflection on what people value and how values play out when working alongside others.
This workshop is aimed at those with some engagement experience, who are keen to reflect on their own practices, and develop new insights into how to improve their work.
Registration not yet open.
Evaluation, sustainability and making a case (online)
12th January 2023, 10.00-16.00

This workshop covers three main challenges for those seeing to embed engagement into their work: how to evaluate your programme effectively; if and how to sustain your work; and how to advocate for the value of engagement within your research. These separate but interlinked challenges will be explored through interactive workshops, reflective sessions, and panel discussions.
The event is aimed at anyone who has experienced one or more the challenges listed, who wants to explore options for addressing them in the future. From those with lots of experience of public engagement to those who are just starting out, the workshop will provide opportunities to reflect together and share ideas and perspectives.
Registration not yet open.
Contact
Please do get in touch if you have any questions or would like to discuss anything further.
NCCPE contact – Alyssa Chafee, Senior Project Officer (alyssa.chafee@uwe.ac.uk)
NERC contact – Grace Macmillan, Public Engagement Programme Manager (publicengagement@nerc.ukri.org)
The Environmental Engagement in Practice programme was developed as part of the NERC Researcher Engage Academy.

Networking Through Story with Dr Anna Ploszajski
2023-01-10 13:00 - 16:00 | Online

Introduction to Flexible Coding for Qualitative Marine Sustainability Research
2022-12-13 14:00 - 16:00 | Online
SMMR-Net are hosting Liliana Bastian and Dr. Sien van der Plank who will deliver a 2-hour workshop on 13th December 2022 from 14:00 -16:00.
This two-hour practical introduces flexible coding for the context of collaborative, qualitative research in marine sustainability. Flexible coding is a contemporary approach to qualitative data analysis developed by Deterding and Waters (2018) that is especially well suited to collaborative and group coding work.
The discussion-based session aims to aid researchers in social and ecological sciences in applying deductive and inductive coding to identify and characterise themes in marine social science data. Participants will a) gain an understanding of flexible coding and assess its usefulness for their own research, b) practice collaboratively developing a code book and coding using sample data, and c) learn strategies for managing and documenting collaborative coding processes. Researchers in social and ecological sciences with a range of experiences in qualitative coding are welcome.
The session is designed for those with limited coding experience, but it may also be a useful refresh for those who haven’t done any coding in a while.
Programme:
2:00-2:10 Introduction and Session Overview
2:10-2:30 Flexible Coding
2:30-2:50 Break-out sessions: Coding Practice
2:50-3.10 Coding Discussion and Reflection
3:10-3:15 Break
3:15-3:30 Break-out sessions: Coding Practice
3:30-3:45 Coding Discussion and Reflection
3:45-3:55 Strategies for Managing Collaboration
3:55-4:00 Closing
There are 16 places on this course and open to all career stages. If oversubscribed, priority will be given to those with current or planned marine social science research, for which flexible coding could be applied.
There is no cost to attend this course and if you are offered a place, you will be contacted no later than Dec 8th with attendance details.

Size-based multi-species fisheries modelling with mizer: a practical introduction
2022-10-20 13:00 - 14:00 | Online
Gustav Delius will show in a hands-on manner how to use the mizer R package (https://sizespectrum.org/mizer/) to set up a size-based multi-species model of a fished marine ecosystem and how to use it to explore the ecosystem consequences of different fishing scenarios. This is being used in the SMMR project “Pyramids of Life”. If this whets your appetite you are invited to an in-depth online mizer course that will run from the 7th to the 25th of November, which you can take part in, in your own time.

Sign up here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMkd-uopjMqHtKVHtLhxEO1ZnWOZoFyepj_
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Social Media Training - What's Your Story? Communicating your research to the world.
2022-09-16 09:00 - 12:30, 2022-09-13 09:00 - 12:30 | Online
Join Chris Stewart and Kate Ravilious as they host workshop to develop participants’ confidence and skills in communicating about their work as professional scientists — with a particular focus on the professional use of social media for networking and public engagement.
The two half-day workshops proposed here allow participants to expand their sci-com toolbox, starting with defining their communication goals and target audiences, and finding ways to tailor their message to specific audiences. They then explore the wide landscape of communication channels, from major social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook, to YouTube and podcasts, to mainstream print, radio and TV.
This event will be online.
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Environmental Engagement in Practice: Session 2
2022-09-06 10:00 - 16:00 | Online

Skills for Collaborative Inter-disciplinary Training
2022-08-02 12:00 - 17:00
Hold the date and watch our for a sign up link coming soon for for the training with Paul Hibbert surrounding Skills for Collaborative In-disciplinary research. This will run over two half days on the 1st and 2nd of August.
This will be the second time SMMR puts on this training due to the high demand and positive feedback.

Skills for Collaborative Inter-disciplinary Training
2022-08-01 12:00 - 17:00
Hold the date and watch our for a sign up link coming soon for for the training with Paul Hibbert surrounding Skills for Collaborative Inter-disciplinary research. This will run over two half days on the 1st and 2nd of August in the afternoon. Exact times to be confirmed.
This will be the second time SMMR puts on this training due to the high demand and positive feedback.

SMMR Webinar with Tara Marshall
2022-07-13 13:00 - 14:00
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PUf4-QviST-OL7Sv_N5DXw
Join us for the next SMMR Webinar in the series with Tara Marshall from the University of Aberdeen.
Lessons learned from the design and deployment of an industry-based tool for avoiding by catch in Scottish fisheries
C. Tara Marshall
University of Aberdeen
c.t.marshall@abdn.ac.uk
An innovative, web-based app, known as the Bycatch Avoidance Tool using Mapping (BATmap; https://info.batmap.co.uk ), was co-developed by the University of Aberdeen, the Scottish Fishermen’s Organisation and Scottish skippers and launched in June 2020. It is currently being routinely used by 16 fishing vessels operating on the west coast of Scotland. Skippers log the start and end time of each haul, and the total catch of cod, whiting and spurdog, three species which they may wish to avoid catching. The data are combined and alerts, including hotspot maps, are automatically sent out to users when pre-defined levels of catch are exceeded. This real-time, spatial information allows skippers to make more informed decisions about where and when to fish. The complex process of co-developing and implementing BATmap, the first successful implementation of information sharing for bycatch avoidance in European waters, will be reviewed to inform the ongoing development of similar initiatives in other fishing regions.

Marine Natural Capital Accounting: Impacts of the Sandeel Fishery in the North Sea
2022-07-06 12:15 - 13:15 | Online
Enhancing natural capital is a core element of the UK Government 25 Year Environment Plan (YEP). As such, we need to understand how we can enhance natural capital to achieve the ambition of providing multiple benefits to people and wildlife.
So, what would happen if we closed fisheries?
This online webinar, on 6 July, 12:15 pm – 1:15 pm, will demonstrate how Jo Bayes (Natural England) and Natalya Kharadi (eftec) conducted a practical exploration of integrating ecological and economic evidence to assess the impacts of closing the Sandeel fishery in the North Sea.
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SMMR Training: Visual Storytelling with Infographics
2022-07-05 09:30 - 16:30 | Online
Nigel Hawtin was the graphics editor at New Scientist for 20 years and companies including BBC, the UN, the NHS and many more have all been clients of his infographic content. In this training Nigel expertise will help you to learn how to take your own research and tell a story and how to visualise you research from a brief to finished graphic. Only some colour pencils and paper are required as this session will focus on the fundamentals of infographic design and not how to produce infographics with digital software.
Read more and register here.

Evidence Intermediary Organisations: How can they better connect research, policy and practice?
2022-06-28 17:00 - 18:30, 2022-06-21 17:00 - 18:30, 2022-06-07 17:00 - 18:30 | Online
Transforming Evidence for policy and Practice are running a series of three webinars around Evidence Intermediary Organisations: How can they better connect research, policy and practice?
7th June (5pm – 6.30pm) – How can evidence intermediary bodies work in a wider system?
21st June (5pm – 6.30pm) – Should intermediary organisations be involved in advocacy?
28th June (5pm – 6.30pm) – What would better look like?
For more information and to sign up follow this link Evidence Intermediary Organisations: How can they better connect research, policy and practice? (transforming-evidence.org)

ROCC WP1 Stakeholder Workshop (INVITE ONLY)
2022-06-07 10:30 - 15:30 | Plymouth University
Important to note this event is INVITE ONLY

ROCC, ‘Resilience of Coastal Communities’, is a collaborative project led by the University of Exeter and funded by SMMR, which seeks to explore the interplay between resilience, wellbeing, and environmental sustainability in coastal communities in Southwest England.
Industries and individuals who rely on marine resources make up the social and economic fabric of coastal communities, but increasingly face diverse threats — from climate change to political and regulatory change and crises. ROCC will develop a ‘nexus approach’ to consider the close relationships between human resilience, wellbeing and environmental sustainability, and to explore ways for solutions targeting one of these goals to also explicitly consider the other two.
This workshop will bring together key stakeholders involved in working towards these goals in the region to share experiences and help us identify how our research can support the challenges faced in addressing each of the nexus goals. The workshop aims to stimulate discussion about the value and application of this approach, and stakeholder perspectives will inform the direction of the project and ensure that our research reflects relevant local priorities.

One Ocean Hub Roundtable: Small-scale Fishers’ Human Rights
2022-06-06 14:00 - 16:00
Exploring Challenges, Opportunities and Alliances for the Protection of Small-scale Fishers’ Human Rights

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This two-hour roundtable is organised by the One Ocean Hub with the support and technical assistance of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The event will explore the need for a comprehensive understanding of the human rights of small-scale fishers and how different mandates across the United Nations System can contribute to enhancing the protection of the human rights of small-scale fishers, fisherworkers, and their communities.
This event will feature a video message from the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and it will bring together the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment, small-scale fishers, a national human rights institution, as well as researchers to share views on key challenges for the protection of small-scale fishers’ human rights. This roundtable discussion is aimed to advance awareness of the need for a holistic approach to the protection of the human rights of small-scale fishers and fish workers, and to explore the different UN mandates that can contribute opportunities for better international support for small-scale fishers representatives and advocates.
The key messages identified during the roundtable discussion will be shared with the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, other partners and international for a for further dialogue and action as part of the International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture.
Panellists
• Elisa Morgera, Director, One Ocean Hub
• Nicole Franz, Fishery Planning Officer, FAO
• David Boyd, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment
• Sisay Yeshanew, Development Law Specialist, FAO
• Eastern Cape traditional small-scale fisher, South Africa
• Jones Thomas Spartagus and Md. Mujibul Haque Munir, International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty
• Sebastian Mathew, International Collective in Support of Fishworkers,
• Sille Stidsen, the Danish Institute for Human Rights
• Dr Bolanle Erinosho, University of Cape Coast, Ghana
• Dr Tapiwa Warikandwa, University of Namibia, Namibia

SMMR Webinar
2022-05-18 13:00 - 14:00
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Join us for our next SMMR webinar, where we will hear from Dr Chis Leakey and Professor Abigail McQuatters-Gollop, followed by a Q and A session.
Dr Chris Leakey (MASTS and the People Ocean Planet iniative)
Dive-In, an interdisciplinary museum exhibition for public engagement in marine science and climate action.
Chris Leakey from MASTS and their People Ocean Planet initiative will talk about a recent collaboration between a museum, designers, climate communication specialists and marine scientists, developing and testing an exhibition of marine science that aimed to stimulate behavioural change in audiences.
Professor Abigail McQuatters-Gollop (University of Plymouth)
From science to policy: Connecting research and data to decision making
Biodiversity data and research are essential for informing management and policy, particularly in supporting the new generation of marine legislative drivers, which take a holistic ecosystem approach to management. In Europe, for example, the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) seeks to achieve Good Environmental Status (GES) of European seas, while at the global scale UN Sustainable Development Goal SDG14 strives to “Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development”. These instruments recognise the importance of biodiversity and marine ecosystems, but appropriate biodiversity data and research needed to support their implementation, assessment, and reporting. Communicating biodiversity data and science into policy requires multiple approaches from formal engagement to casual communication over social media. From project conception through to policy assessment, innovative and active engagement methods should be used to gain policy feedback, help frame the science in policy terms, and gather consensus from the wider scientific research community. Open communication and trust between scientists and decision-makers is instrumental to successfully using biodiversity science to fulfil policy needs.
