Dr. Andrew Constable awarded 2008 Pew Fellowship in marine co...(eb and wisely supports an ecosystem-base...)

This is a pioneering project that will further safeguard a unique marine ecosystem sorely in need of protection, said Dr. Pikitch, an expert in ecosystem-based management who co-authored a 2004 Science article on the topic.

Since the early 1990s, the Pew Fellowship in Marine Conservation has been awarded to more than 100 leading marine scientists, economists, attorneys, and other ocean conservationists from 29 countries. The fellowship program supports innovative projects led by mid-career, emerging leaders in ocean conservation and designed to develop and implement solutions to critical challenges in the marine realm. The four other 2008 Fellows will pursue projects that aim to: create thermal enhancement techniques that can help some reef corals endure dangerously warming oceans around the world; protect Chinas threatened marine environment by creating an unprecedented network of Marine Protected Areas; document the government subsidies leading to unsustainable ocean fishing globally; and, determine whether selective commercial fishing, in which only certain fish are captured, harms the ecosystem more than even fishing, in which fish are broadly captured and there is extensive by-catch and discards.

The mission of the Pew Institute for Ocean Science is to advance ocean conservation through science. Established by a generous multi-year grant from the Pew Charitable Trusts, the Pew Institute is a major program of the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science. Visit us online at www.pewoceanscience.org.