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Since August 2000, 22 students received the Masters of Marine Affairs degrees. This brings the total number of SMA graduates to 334. This year, student thesis topics have addressed salmon habitat protection (3), fisheries management (1), climate change and variability (2), resource conservation and restoration (5), regional environmental planning (2), deep seabed mining (1), whale conservation (3), tourism development and conservation (3), and marine protected areas (2). Thesis authors and titles are shown in Table 1.
Table 1. SMA Masters theses, 2000 - 2001 Academic
Year*
| Name |
Title |
| Anderson, Emily Kay |
Hydroelectric power and salmon: A comparative case study of eight hydroelectric power projects and the FERC relicensing process. |
| Balwani, Seema |
Approaching the Design of a National Climate Service: a public sector focus. |
| Barbeaux, Steven Jon |
Organizational control analysis method for observer programs with a case study on the Cook Inlet Marine Mammal observer program. |
| Bennett, Andrew Kennedy |
Regional management systems: A systems analysis of environmental planning in Grays Harbor, Washington |
| Fairbanks, Antonia Elizabeth |
An evaluation of the effectiveness of the sustainable development regime in the Arctic region. |
| Huey, Richard |
Cooperation vs. Coercion in the Negotiated Settlement for a Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study of the Lower Duwamish Waterway Site (Seattle, WA) |
| Ise, Jennifer |
Motivations of Rural Landowners to Participate in Conservation-Oriented Land Management Programs |
| Kim, Sungbum |
Understanding the issues about deep seabed mining for Korea: Will deep seabed minerals be exploited in the near future? |
| Kopp, Joel Alexis |
The ties that bind: Understanding the role and patterns of domestic ballast voyages in linking America's coastal ecosystems. |
| Lofgren, Kirk Jeffery |
Case study of the Georgia Strait Crossing Project: A natural gas pipeline. |
| Malone, David Allen |
Endangered species act injunctive jurisprudence in the Ninth Circuit: A call for clarity in the wake of salmonid listings. |
| Martin, Peter Francis |
Pulling and hauling in the fishery management process: Analysis of the final rule for bycatch reduction in the U.S. pelagic longline fisheries in the exclusive economic zone. |
| Mazzuca, Lori Lee |
Potential effects of low frequency sound (LFS) from commercial vessels on large whales. |
| McCracken, Holly Scarlett |
Institutional relationships guiding salmon habitat protection and restoration in the Cedar River of Washington State. |
| Morimoto, Gina Emiko |
The possible effects and management implications of climate variability/change on pinniped-salmonid interactions at low population levels of salmonids. |
| Oram, Risa |
Human - Marine Species Interactions: Coral Reef Dive Tourism and Education in Mactan and Olango Islands, Philippines |
| Pico, Michelle K. |
Analysis of Communication Between Scientists and Managers in the PNCERS Study Region |
| Rustan, Terry Jean |
Holland America Line's Half Moon Cay: Private island development and environmental management in the context of the International Chamber of Commerce's Business Charter for Sustainable Development. |
| Sims, Christy Leann |
The southern resident killer whale community of the Pacific Northwest: A policy analysis for conservation. |
| Tamura, Yoko |
Rapid Appraisal of Social Pattern of Use in the Design of Marine Protected Areas Using Geographic Information System: Case Study of the Orca Pass Initiative |
| Tinker, Aaron Bredin |
Marine NGOs and global policy: Influence and evolution in the issue area of marine protected areas. |
| Waddell, Jeanette Elizabeth |
The path toward sustainability: Linking tourism development and conservation in Utila, Bay Islands, Honduras. |
* See Appendix A for a compilation of thesis abstracts and
committee members.
