FERN Newsletters

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In this issue:

Message from the FERN Coordinator

Socioeconomics Scoping Study for Tidal Power in Nova Scotia

Fundy Tidal Energy Environmental Monitoring Technical Workshop

Pathways of Effects for Marine Renewable Energy

Update from FORCE

Update from OEER

Tracking Lobster Movements in Minas Basin

The Maine Tidal Power Initiative

Marine Renewable Energy at Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Highlights of Students and Young Professionals Projects:

Use of Minas Passage by a threatened striped bass population
Characteristics of the flow in the channels of Digby Neck
Ambient noise measurement and marine mammal monitoring in a high-flow environment : defining baseline conditions prior to tidal turbine installation
Benthic habitat characterization of the tidal power turbine demonstration site in the Minas Passage, Bay of Fundy
Far-field effects of energy extraction on salt marsh hydrodynamics and depositional processes in the Minas Basin
Socio-economic benefits and challenges for communities in small-scale tidal energy development in the Bras d'Or Lakes, Cape Breton
Tidally-induced sediment transport patterns in the upper Bay of Fundy: a numerical study

In this issue:

Message from the FERN Executive & Coordinator

FERN - A Part of what is Moving the Bay of Fundy to the Centre of the Tidal World, Chris Campbell, OREG

Update on the Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy, Matt Lumley, FORCE

Update on the OEER Association, Jennifer Matthews, OEER

Technology Roadmap for Marine Renewable Energy, June 2011 Update, James Taylor

Upcoming Events

Updates from the FERN Subcommittees

Highlights of Members' Fundy Research Projects:

Potential Effects of Marine Renewable Energy Developments on the Aquatic Environment, Ted Currie, DFO
Resource Assessments of Tidal Currents, Richard Karsten, Acadia University
New Geological Survey of Canada Project, Phil Hill, GSC - Pacific
GSCA Sediment Dynamics Research in the Bay of Fundy, Michael Li, Angus Robertson, and Robert Prescott, GSC- Atlantic
Discovering the Seafloor of the Bay of Fundy, Brian J.Todd and John Shaw, GSC-Atlantic
Detection of Marine Mammals in the FORCE Leased Area during 2010, Dominic Tollit (SMRU Ltd) and Anna Redden (Acadia University)
Efficiency Implications for Ducted Tidal Turbines, M.Shives and C.Crawford, University of Victoria
Tidal Power- From Fundy to the World, Andrew Sullivan, University of Cambridge
The Development of Active Sonar for Marine Mammal Detection at the SeaGen Tidal Turbine, Cara Donovan, MCT

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