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From The Chronicle Herald, April 12:

Jenna Stoner believes ocean sustainability has reached a critical point, and she thinks outreach is the solution.

The marine affairs student from Dalhousie University in Halifax said communication and collaboration between industry, government, science and society are vital to reaching a cohesive vision for ocean management. And since there wasn’t a forum in which all the sectors could discuss the issues, her class decided to make one.

The marine affairs students will host Building Bridges in Ocean Management, a sustainable oceans conference that began Friday night and continues today. The conference will include a diverse panel of experts and a keynote address from Sarika Cullis-Suzuki, environmental activist and daughter of David Suzuki.

The goal: hear from representatives of government, industry, academia, science and the public to better understand ocean sustainability.

Stoner, a conference co-chairwoman, said the problem in identifying and integrating an effective ocean management system is that there is no set definition for ocean management, as each sector has varying concerns.

Read the rest of this article at the Chronicle Herald's website.