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General Information and Program

 

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Symposium
-Sanctuary Currents 1998-

March 7, 1998
8:00 AM - 4:30 PM

FREE ADMISSION

Cocoanut Grove, Santa Cruz, CA

Sponsored by:

  • Association of Monterey Bay Governments
  • NOAA/ Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
  • Monterey Bay Aquarium
  • University of California Sea Grant Extension Program

 

Organizing Committee:

  • Donna Myers - Association of Monterey Bay Governments
  • Liz Love - NOAA/Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
  • Andrew DeVogelaere - NOAA/Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
  • Korie Johnson - UC Sea Grant Extension Program
  • Carolyn Pomeroy - University of California Santa Cruz
  • Nick Papadakis - Association of Monterey Bay Governments
  • Kip Evans - NOAA/Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
  • Dorris Welch - University of California Santa Cruz
  • Rachel Saunders - Center for Marine Conservation

Program Schedule

8:00 - 8:45a

Registration

9:00a

Welcome

9:05 - 10:30a

General Plenary Session

May the Circle be Unbroken: Protecting the Monterey Bay through Integrated Cumulative Impacts Managment
Charles Lester, California Coastal Commission

Balancing Vessel Traffic in the Sanctuary
Chip Sharpe, US Coast Guard

Status of Fisheries in the MBNMS
Richard M. Starr, UC Sea Grant Extension Program

Ecotourism in the Sanctuary
Michelle Knight, Adventures by the Sea

10:30a - 12:00p

Break, Resource Fair, and Poster Session

12:00 - 1:00p

Lunch

1:00 - 2:30p

Research Symposium

Exotic Species in California's Coastal Waters
Andrew Cohen, San Francisco Estuarine Institute

Toxic Chemicals and Aquatic Organisms: An Overview of Recent Studies Around Monterey Bay
John Hunt, UC Santa Cruz

Visitor Impact on Rocky Shores: Are Marine Protected Areas Really Protected?
Dr. Steve Murray, CSU Fullerton

The Importance of Life History and Population Structure to the Design and Evaluation of Marine Reserves
Dr. Mark Carr, UC Santa Cruz

2:30 - 2:45p

Break

2:45 - 3:15p

Ricketts Memorial Lecture

Faunal Changes in Monterey Bay: Is Global Warming Starting to "Hurt"?
Dr. George Somero, Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University

3:30 - 4:30p

Social Hour and Awards

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