Graduates

Seventeen students graduated with the Master of Marine Affairs degree during the 2002-2003 Academic Year, bringing the total number of graduates since 1980 to 374. The topics covered in this year's graduate theses reflected well the diversity of faculty and student interest and research, curriculum offerings, and the on-going outreach and public service that are the hallmark of SMA. Graduating students are listed with their thesis titles in Table 1.

Three theses focused on the designation of marine protected areas as marine conservation measures, while a fourth concerned the consequences of marine conservation initiatives in Ecuador, and a fifth examined the role of fisheries in the economy of the West African nation of Republic of Guinea. Two students examined aspects of salmon restoration in Puget Sound, while two others examined efforts to protect and enhance the resources of Washington's outer coast. One student developed a bio-economic model for Pacific Whiting, an important West Coast commercial fish stock. Multi-national arrangements for activities that included the global collection and dissemination of climate information; marine environmental protection in the South China Sea; and cooperation between Korea and China in maritime shipping were the subjects of three of the theses completed. Strategies for aiding the recovery of endangered Steller Sea Lions in the North Pacific were explored, as were efforts by local communities to protect shorelines under Washington State's Shoreline Management Act. One thesis comprised a broad inquiry into the ways that social scientific research has influenced U.S. fisheries management, while one other examined application of the tools of strategic planning to redefinition of the role of Korea's maritime police agency.

COFS graduation June 2003.
*(from left)* Melissa Montgomery, Monika Thiele, Monica Fabara, Elizabeth Petras, Becky Ellis, Shannon Kinsella, and Jennifer Hernandez

Table 1. SMA Masters Theses, 2002 - 2003 Academic Year*
Name	Title
Bang, Tae Jin	Evaluating Policy Alternative for Implementing MPA in the Republic of Korea.
Buizer, James	Bridging Science to Society Through a New Boundary Organization for Climate Information: The International Research Institute for Climate Prediction.
Don, Christen	Evaluation of Near-shore Buffer Zones of the San Juan Islands National Wildlife Refuge Relative to their Function as a Marine Protected Area Network.
Erickson, Aleta	Integrating Law, Science, and Regulation in Public Lands Management: An Application of Policy Science to Manage Impacts from Human Trampling on the Rocky Shore of Olympic National Park, Washington, U.S.A.
Fabara, Monica	The Age of Spondylus and Management Implications: A Feasibility Analysis for the Management and Conservation of the Spiny Rock-Scallop, Spondylus calcifer, in the Southern Coast of Manabi, Ecuador.
Howlett, Sarah	The Olympic Region Harmful Algal Bloom (ORHAB) Partnership: Recommendations for a Future With Uncertain Federal Support.
Ishimura, Gaku	Bioeconomic Model Approach for a Fluctuating Fish Stock: Bioeconomic Assessment of Harvest Strategies for the Pacific Whiting Fishery.
Killerlain, Kate	Balancing Seafood Exports, Local Consumption and Sustainability of Marine Resources: Policy Assessment and Recommendations for the Republic of Guinea, West Africa.
Kim, Yang-Soo	New Shipping Cooperation between South Korea and China: Toward a Common Shipping Market.
King, Thomas	Enforcement of Marine Protected Areas: Case Studies of the New England and North Pacific Fishery Management Councils.
Lee, An-Ho	Strategies and Effectiveness of International Cooperation Regimes for Protection and Conservation of Marine Environment and Ecosystem in the Northwest Pacific Region
Montgomery, Melissa	Perceptions and Opinions Related to Restoration and Protection of the Lower Cedar River, King County, Washington.
Nightingale, Barbara	Meeting the Challenge of the Washington State Shoreline Management Act: Updating the City of Port Townsend Shoreline Management Program.
Petras, Elizabeth	Evaluating the Use of Marine Mammal Deterrents as a Management Response to Limit Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) Predation on the Endangered Western Stock of Steller Sea Lions.
Russell, Suzanne	An Inquiry Into the Use of Social Science in the Federal Management of U.S. Marine Fisheries.
Stevens, Chantal	Volunteer Initiative and Salmon Habitat Restoration in Washington - The Case of People for Salmon.
Yang, Dong Shin	A Study on the Organizational Change of Korea Maritime Policy Agency (KMPA) - Strategic Planning Approach for Acquiring Vital Missions.

* Thesis Abstracts are available on the SMA website.

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