—A number of the 26 offshore oil and gas platforms off California may be nearing the end of their economic lives. Decisions as to the disposition of these platforms will be based on a number of parameters, including the biological role of the structures. One issue that has arisen is the possible contamination of fishes living around platforms resulting from contaminants released during drilling...

The Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act 28 of 2002 has created new categories rights to “minerals” that may be granted applicants by the Minister Minerals Energy. In this article nature these will examined. legislature labelled prospecting mining minerals as limited real in MPRD Act. remaining are not labelled. Provision is made for registration or recording revived Mining Titles Re...

Personality can play a large role in dispersal decisions, influencing how each individual estimates and values expected costs versus benefits of venturing out to explore the unknown. We contrast the impact of persistence on fitness using decision theory models to examine the relative success of prospecting movement (which is a widespread behavior used by animals to explore available breeding ha...