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Nov 6 Seminar on deep-water corals
 Dr. Peter
Etnoyer, the first doctoral fellow to graduate from HRI, will be
the speaker at this week's HRI Seminar on Friday, Nov 6.
His presentation will be called “Lophelia II Deep-Water Coral
Expedition: Reefs, Rigs and Wrecks.”
The weekly seminar is held on Fridays, unless otherwise indicated, and begins at 3:30 pm in the HRI Conference Center 127.
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HRI hosts wind energy discussion on Nov. 9
TAMU-CC will hold a panel discussion
on wind energy and wind farms from 6 pm to 8 pm on Monday,
November 9 in the HRI Multipurpose Conference
Center. The discussion, entitled "Blowing in the Wind of the
Coastal Bend - What We Know and Do Not Know About Wind Farms in
the Coastal Bend," is the first in an ongoing series of
environmental panels designed to share the best available
information of the science and engineering behind issues of
interest to area residents. "If through these panels we can
reduce or eliminate misinformation, translate technical and
scientific information for easier understanding by our citizens
and raise the level of possible policy debates by creating a
common ground of scientific and technical knowledge - we will
have succeeded in what we envision for the panels," stated a
press release by TAMU-CC.
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HRI Director testifies before federal task force
HRI Director Larry McKinney was
 invited to Washington DC in
September to testify before the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force about
Marine Spatial Planning
(MSP) and how that process might be applied to issues in the Gulf of Mexico. Dr. McKinney was one of four representatives asked to provide
perspectives from coastal regions of the country and the Great Lakes.
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HRI to host sea level rise conference
in March
Registration for the International
Conference on Sea Level Rise in the Gulf of Mexico began August
15.
 The
three-day conference, set for March 1-3, 2010, in Corpus
Christi, Texas, will be hosted by HRI. The conference will
examine the phenomenon of sea-level rise in the Gulf and
consider how people and the natural environment can or will
respond. The overall goal of the conference is to share knowledge among
researchers studying the natural processes and human dimensions
of sea-level rise in the Gulf of Mexico and to engage decision
makers and the public in planning for the future.
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McLaughlin writes
paper on Law of the Sea
HRI Endowed Chair for Marine Policy and Law
 Dr. Richard McLaughlin
published a paper this month discussing U.S. involvement in the Law of the Sea Convention. In his conclusion, he
writes, “... industries and environmental organizations
operating in the Gulf Region support U.S. membership in the Law
of the Sea Convention.
They understand that the U.S. must once again become a leading
voice for international
cooperation and the rule of law in the world’s oceans. The
status quo position that relies
on customary international law and the power of the U.S. Navy to
protect and assert the nation’s maritime interests is no longer
acceptable.”
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First volumes of Gulf publication available
Texas A&M University Press has
 released the first two volumes of a benchmark publication,
Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota. HRI Assistant Director Dr. Wes Tunnell, HRI Advisory Council Chair
Dr. Sylvia Earle and Dr. Darryl L. Felder
are the editors of what will result in a seven-volume series.
This landmark scientific reference for scientists, researchers and students of marine biology tackles the monumental task of
taking a complete biodiversity inventory of the Gulf of Mexico with full biotic and biogeographic information.
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