Research Activity Panel Agenda September 11th, 2009

Research Activity Panel: Meeting Agenda

Host: Fiorenza Micheli - Marine Conservaion Biology (Hopkins Marine Station)

Location:

Hopkins Marine Station,
Agassiz Building, Room 11,
120 Oceanview Boulevard,
Pacific Grove, CA (DIRECTIONS)

Date: Friday, September 11th, 2009; 9:00 am to 12:00 pm

* Sanctuary Advisory Council Member: Research (Primary)
† Sanctuary Advisory Council Member: Research (Alternate)

CONSENT ITEMS

9:00 - 9:10 Introductions/Modifications to the Agenda (Chris Harrold)

HOST PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION

9:10 - 9:55 Overview of Research at the Hopkins Marine Station (Fiorenza Micheli)

• Presentation (30 min)
• RAP Discussion (15 min)

PRESENTATION

9:55 - 10:25 Project to Use MPAs as Demographic Reference Sites for Assessment and Management of Data Limited Species (Alec MacCall/NOAA Fisheries)

• Presentation (15 min)
• RAP Discussion (15 min)

BREAK

10:25 - 10:40

 

MBNMS FEDERAL MPAs INITIATIVE AND DISCUSSION

10:40 - 11:10 Update (Mike Eng)

• Update (15 min)
• RAP Discussion (15 min)

STAFF/SAC REQUESTS TO RAP

11:10 - 11:20 Suggestions for Sanctuary Currents Symposium Theme 2010 (Erica Burton/MBNMS)

• RAP Discussion (10 min)

DISSCUSSION ITEMS

11:20 - 11:40 August 21st SAC Meeting Debrief (Chris Harrold)

• Presentation (10 min)
• RAP Discussion (10 min)

11:40 - 12:00 Expiration of 3-yr Terms and Filling Open Seats (Chris Harrold)

• Update (10 min)
• RAP Discussion (10 min)

ADJOURN

12:00

Future Agenda Items (running list):

• Water Quality
  • Critical coastal areas presentation (ASBS, areas water quality impaired, areas in good state; Ross Clark)
• SIMoN
• SIMoN Special Status Species Project (Jennifer Brown)
• Linking SIMoN to management (Amber Szoboszlai)
• MPAs
  • MPA monitoring projects (Jason Vasques/CDFG)
• Communication Partnership for Science and the Sea (COMPASS)
• Wave Model Development and Implementation (Paul Wittmann/Fleet Numerical)
• Data integration across monitoring programs (e.g., water quality, PISCO, MARINe, IOOS), and availability to the public
• MARS cable (per Kildow, speaker=Marcia McNutt or other)
• Recent event: Supreme Court allows Navy Sonar (per John Hunt)
• NOAA Twin Otter plane comes to Monterey
• Predicting sea level rise for the State of California (Larry Breaker, JPL, OPC)
• CeNCOOS update (new website; activities)
• High-res models of CA (Cayan or Dettinger/USGS)

Suggestions from 7/10/09 Meeting

• Presentations:
  • MBNMS Desal Guidelines (Brad Damitz)
  • CeNCOOS (or other OOS group) to inform/update RAP/SAC on current ocean acidification monitoring activities
  • National Weather Service Forecast Office (Tom Evans, Warning Coordination Meteorologist)
  • Offshore Membrane Enclosures for Growing Algae (OMEGA), Jonathan Trent, NASA-AMES
• Discussions:
  • Balanced scientific discussion on ocean acidification/climate change (MBARI?)
  • Sanctuary Currents Symposium Theme for 2010
  • Filling RAP open seats (Deep Sea, Marine Policy, Social Science)
  • California State Furloughs and RAP Members - reschedule meetings?
• Updates:
  • Expiration of 3-year Terms in November 2009 (16 members)

 

RAP Meeting Location (09/11/09):

Hopkins Marine Station
Agassiz Building, Room 11
120 Oceanview Boulevard
Pacific Grove, CA

Driving Directions to RAP Meeting:

http://www-marine.stanford.edu/find.htm