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Posts from ‘January, 2010’

Robber Generations II – The Case of Fisheries

Day started early, around 0745, when I got up to the 4th floor to have breakfast and joined Tim, after Sidney and Dan Pauly joined in. Very pleasant view over the river and with nests of storks adorning several high-points in different sections of the town; they are now protect, as there are very few, [...]

Robber Generations I – The Case of Great Whales

My trip started at 0800 from Lisbon on a Bus drive to the Algarve where I arrived 1130, after overlooking some of the nice views that the Alentejo and the Algarve offer, just in time to meet Sidney and Tim Holt at Hotel Faro, very close to the bus station. I was greeted by Sidney [...]

On the road to the Algarve

Tomorrow I’m heading to the Algarve to attend 2 days of speeches by imminent scientists, one of them being my friend Sidney Holt, and the other Dan Pauly, a well-known scientist on fisheries management and advocate of Marine Protected Areas (MPA). I’ll stay with Sidney’s son, Tim Holt, also a good buddy, very kind for letting [...]

The [bloody] Cove

The fisrt time I saw footage of this film, was at the meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC), in Chile, 2008. I also had the chance of meeting some of the people involved in the making, Louie Psihoyos and Joe Chisholm, from Ocean Preservation Society (OPS). I was astonished, dismayed, and angry, by all the footage, and [...]

A importância dos “oceanários” na conservação dos oceanos

Por várias vezes aconteceu estar a fazer pesquisas sobre conservação de tartarugas em África, quais os stocks saudáveis de peixe para consumo em Portugal, áreas marinhas protegidas, práticas de sustentabilidade entre outros e o Oceanário de Lisboa é uma constante nos resultados dessas buscas. A semana passada, uma pessoa do Oceanário de Lisboa perguntou-me se [...]

7.º Campeonato Europeu de Jiu-Jitsu

O Complexo Desportivo do Casal Vistoso irá receber a maior prova de Jiu-Jitsu no velho continente nos próximos dias 28, 29, 30 e 31 de Janeiro de 2010. Informações e inscrições em http://www.cbjj.com.br/inscricaoeuro10.htm CURSO DE REGRAS Está previsto um curso sobre regras de jiu-jitsu no dia anterior ao evento.

Palestras por cientistas eminentes – Lectures by eminent scientists at the University of Algarve

Exmos(as) Senhores(as), Venho convidá-los para as palestras proferidas pelos professores Sidney Holt e Daniel Pauly nos dias 28 e 29 de Janeiro no Campus de Gambelas da Universidade do Algarve. Os professores Holt e Pauly são os investigadores que maior influência tiveram na gestão mundial dos recursos marinhos nos últimos 50 anos. As palestras são [...]