Community - University Research for Recovery Alliance
 
 



Welcome to the website of the CURRA

The Community-University Research for Recovery Alliance (CURRA) is a 5-year research program of innovative, interdisciplinary research projects related to helping communities and organizations along Newfoundland's west coast develop strategies for the recovery of fish stocks and fishery communities.

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Thanks for all the fish? Resource management and regional development in post-crash Iceland

Internet presentation and discussion with Anna Karlsdóttir and Karl Benediktsson, Faculty of Life and Environmental Science, University of Iceland.

The fishery resource is once again at the centre of Icelandic politics. The country is searching for a more equitable and sustainable model of resource development to replace the model that culminated in the spectacular bank crash in late 2008.

What's New



An international symposium, Rebuilding Collapsed Fisheries and Threatened Communities, will be held in Bonne Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, October 1-4, 2012. Bonne Bay is in the heart of Gros Morne National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in western Newfoundland, and the home of Memorial University's Bonne Bay Marine Station.

We are inviting proposals for sessions dealing with the lessons learned from taking a problem-solving approach to rebuilding fish stocks, fisheries and fishing communities including the challenges, trade-offs, barriers and opportunities for rebuilding.

The deadline for session proposals is November 9, 2011.


Fisheries-Tourism in Bonne Bay - Summary Report

A summary report prepared for the CURRA by Kristen Lowitt, PhD Candidate, Interdisciplinary Studies, Memorial University of Newfoundland.


The Western Shorefast - Winter 2011

The eighth issue of The Western Shorefast, a joint newsletter of the BBMS and the CURRA, is available here. (PDF)


Sivullitinit Pisimajut Inoset / A Legacy
for Life

For thousands of years Atlantic salmon (Kavisilik) and Arctic charr (Ikaluk) have persisted along the Labrador coast. The Labrador Inuit have acquired a wealth of knowledge about natural rhythms associated with the availability of their fishery resources. Today the Aboriginal people of Nunatsiavut believe in keeping healthy the Labrador populations of Atlantic salmon and Arctic charr and in preserving the rich traditions relating to their fisheries. Atlantic salmon and Arctic charr remain at the center of their culture and heritage, helping to define who they are and how they relate to their natural world.

A 30 minute documentary produced by Intervale Associates with the help of Vidcraft Productions for the Torngat Joint Fisheries Board.


CURRA-linked Namibian researcher studying small pelagic fisheries

Barbara Paterson, a visiting postdoctoral fellow at MUN and Conservation Corps intern Katie Rundquist, are conducting a study on the social ecology of small pelagic fisheries on the west coast of Newfoundland.