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<div style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(45, 40, 41);"><b>New Bedford, MA
- On Monday, October 20th from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm the Woods Hole
Research Center (<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.whrc.org/news/pressroom/PR-2014-Oct-20-Ocean-Acidification.html">http://www.whrc.org/news/pressroom/PR-2014-Oct-20-Ocean-Acidification.html</a>) will
host a conference entitled, 'Ocean Acidification and Southern
New England’ at the Waypoint Event Center, Fairfield Inn and
Suites, New Bedford, Massachusetts. </b></div>
<p class="Default" style="margin-top: 4pt; line-height: 12.05pt;"><span
style="color: rgb(34, 30, 31);">Fossil </span><span
style="color: rgb(34, 30, 31);">fuel emissions pump more</span><span
style="color: rgb(34, 30, 31);"> carbon dioxide into our
atmosphere every day. One quarter of these emissions are
absorbed by the ocean causing it to acidify, which could have
profound and irreversible effects. Shell­fish growers in the
Pacific Northwest have already been impacted through declining
oyster harvests linked directly with ocean acidification and
fishermen and aquaculturists across the globe are asking, “Who’s
next?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="margin-top: 4pt; line-height: 12.05pt;"><span
style="color: rgb(34, 30, 31);">The Ocean Acidification and
Southern New England Conference will jump start the search for
solutions for our region by bringing together coastal resource
users, planners, ocean acidification experts, stakeholders and
other concerned citizens. The goal of the conference is to find
common ground among these groups concerning the risks to our
region from ocean acidification. The conference will begin with
a discussion on what is known about ocean acidification.
Dialogue will follow that explores regional stakeholders’
concerns regarding aqua­culture, shellfish and fishing
industries. It will wrap up with what local opportunities New
England has to offset the effects of ocean acidification through
policy and legislative options. We hope to agree on a route
forward to protect and prepare the region for possible impacts,
and increase understanding of the need to reduce fossil fuel
emissions and adopt renewable energy systems.<br>
</span></p>
<p class="Default" style="margin-top: 4pt; line-height: 12.05pt;"><span
style="color: rgb(34, 30, 31);">There will be presentations from
the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, NOAA, UMass Dartmouth
School of Marine Sciences & Technology, Northeastern
University, the Island Institute, the Ocean Conservancy, as well
as speakers from the Mass. Lobstermen's Assoc., Saint Josephs
College, the NW Atlantic Marine Alliance, the Center of
Sustainable Fisheries, the East Coast Shellfish Growers Assoc.,
Roger Williams Univ., the New England Fisheries Council and more<small><small><small><small><small>.</small></small></small></small></small> <br>
</span></p>
<p class="Default"><o:p> </o:p>The conference will be held on <b><span
style="color: rgb(34, 30, 31);">Monday, October 20, from 8:30
a.m. to 4:30 p.m</span><span style="color: rgb(34, 30, 31);">.
at the Waypoint Event Center, Fairfield Inn & Suites, 185
MacArthur Drive, New Bedford, Massachusetts 02740. </span></b></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="color: rgb(34, 30, 31);"><o:p><b> </b></o:p></span><span
style="color: rgb(34, 30, 31);"><b>Seating is limited and
registration is required.</b> </span><b><u><span
style="color: rgb(34, 30, 31);">Please </span></u><span
style="color: rgb(34, 30, 31);"><u>RSVP</u> to Wendy Kingerlee
at</span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:wkingerlee@whrc.org"><span style="color: rgb(34,
30, 31);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(35, 63, 143);">wkingerlee@whrc.org</span></a><font
color="#221e1f">, or </font><span style="color: rgb(34, 30,
31);">508-444-1526.</span></b></p>
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NEW: Oct. 20, 2014 - Ocean Acidification Conference in New Bedford, MA
See: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://tinyurl.com/nqpvbbr">http://tinyurl.com/nqpvbbr</a>
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Mr. Thomas A. Stone, Scientist Emeritus
The Woods Hole Research Center
149 Woods Hole Road, Falmouth, MA 02540-1644
1-508-444-1524 (direct), 1-508-540-9700 (fax)
office email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:tstone@whrc.org">tstone@whrc.org</a>
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