Research Activities Panel Agenda April 8th, 2005

Research Activity Panel: Meeting Agenda

Host: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)(DIRECTIONS)
Location: 110 Shaffer Road,Santa Cruz; Main conference room (#188)
Date: Friday, April 8th, 2005; 9 am to 12 pm

Institution Representatives:

• Chris Harrold (Chair)/Randy Kochevar, Monterey Bay Aquarium
• Andrew DeVogelaere (RAP Coordinator), MBNMS
• Greg Cailliet, MLML
• William Douros, MBNMS
• Michael Field/Curt Storlazzi, USGS
• Churchill Grimes/Mary Yoklavich, NOAA/NMFS
• Steve Moore (vice-Chair)/Rikk Kvitek, CSUMB
• Dan Costa/Mark Carr, UCSC
• George Somero/Fiorenza Micheli, Hopkins Marine Station
• Francisco Chavez/Charles Paull, MBARI
• Jan Roletto, GFNMS/CBNMS
• Robin Tokmakian/Leslie Rosenfeld, NPS
• Rick Starr, University of California Sea Grant
• Mark Stephenson, CDFG/Mar. Pollution Studies Lab
• William Sydeman, Point Reyes Bird Observatory
• Kerstin Wasson/Eric Van Dyke, ESNERR & ESF
• Geoff Wheat, NOAA/NURP

At-Large Representatives:

• Jim Harvey, Moss Landing Marine Labs
• Caroline Pomeroy, UCSC
• Charles Lester/Ross Clark, California Coastal Commission
• Charles Wahle/Aaron King, Institute for MPA Science
• Gary Sharp, Center for Climate/Ocean Resources Study

CONSENT ITEMS

9:00-9:10 Introductions/modifications to the agenda (Chris Harrold)

DISCUSSION ITEM

9:10-10:10 Implementing the new RAP “Purpose and Protocols” (Chris Harrold)

PRESENTATION

10:10-10:40 Assessment of Essential Fish Habitat for West Coast Groundfish (Mary Yoklavich, NMFS)

BREAK

10:40-10:55

DISCUSSION ITEM

10:55-11:50 Marine protected areas in California: Processes and Science Needs (MBNMS Staff)
11:50-11:55 Sanctuary Currents Symposium overview (Andrew DeVogelaere)

SUGGESTED FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS

11:55-12:00

Past, Current, and Future Agenda Items

• Status of research permits in the sanctuary
• Update from John Stephens, Adjunct Professor at Cal Poly, on his southern MBNMS (Cambria) studies
• Status of the Ocean Observatory system
• Implementation of the new RAP Purpose and Protocols
• Marine reserves and MLPA update.
  

Directions to: NMFS

The lab is located on the UC Santa Cruz Marine Science Campus at Terrace Point in Santa Cruz, California. You can enter the Marine Science Campus at the west end of Delaware Avenue, and the address is 110 Shaffer Road.

Getting to Santa Cruz:

• Santa Cruz is on the California coast at the north end of Monterey Bay. It can be reached by:
  1. going south on Highway 17 from San Jose
  2. taking the 1-North exit
  3. going west on Mission Street
• You can also go south on 1 from Half Moon Bay or north on 1 from Monterey or Moss Landing. Highway 1 becomes Mission Street as it goes through Santa Cruz.

Getting to the lab:

1. Get on Mission Street and go to the west end of town.
2. Turn south (toward the ocean) on Swift Street. (There will be a stoplight and a 7-11 at the corner.)
3. At the stop sign, turn right (west) on Delaware Avenue.
4. Go to the end of Delaware Avenue, past the De Anza mobile home park, and continue straight into the UC Santa Cruz Marine Science Campus. (There will be a gate, but it should be open during normal business hours.)
5. Follow the road as it veers left around a corner.
6. Go past the California Fish and Game building on the right.
7. The NMFS Santa Cruz Lab is the first building on the left, and has a sign identifying it. There will be the number 110 on the mailbox out front.
8. The building's main entrance is in the courtyard past the two large water tanks.

Detailed directions and maps can be found at:
http://santacruz.nmfs.noaa.gov/about_the_lab/directions.php