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MBNMS RAP Meeting Summary July 10th, 2009
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| A PDF verson of this file is available here |
Research Activity Panel: Meeting Summary
Chris Harrold, RAP Chair
Host: Mark Carr - Nearshore Ecology (University of California, Santa Cruz)
Location: Center for Ocean Health Building,
Long Marine Lab,
100 Shaffer Road
Santa Cruz, CA
Date: Friday, July 10th, 2009; 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
In Attendance:
| RAP Members |
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Discipline |
Primary/ Alternate |
Name |
| X |
Research Coordinator |
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DeVogelaere, Andrew |
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Biological Oceanography |
Primary |
Chavez, Francisco |
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Biological Oceanography |
Alternate |
Kudela, Raphael |
| X |
Deep Sea Ecology |
Primary |
Cailliet, Greg |
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Deep Sea Ecology |
Alternate |
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| X |
Estuarine Ecology |
Primary |
Wasson, Kerstin |
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Estuarine Ecology |
Alternate |
Van Dyke, Eric |
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Fisheries |
Primary |
Grimes, Churchill |
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Fisheries |
Alternate |
Vasques, Jason |
| X |
Marine & Coastal Geology |
Primary |
Storlazzi, Curt |
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Marine & Coastal Geology |
Alternate |
Paull, Charles |
| X |
Marine Conservation Biology |
Primary |
Harrold, Chris * |
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Marine Conservation Biology |
Alternate |
Micheli, Fiorenza |
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Marine Policy |
Primary |
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| X |
Marine Policy |
Alternate |
Sharp, Gary |
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Nearshore Ecology |
Primary |
Lindholm, James |
| X |
Nearshore Ecology |
Alternate |
Carr, Mark |
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Physical Oceanography |
Primary |
McPhee-Shaw, Erika |
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Physical Oceanography |
Alternate |
Ramp, Steve |
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Shelf & Slope Ecology |
Primary |
Yoklavich, Mary |
| X |
Shelf & Slope Ecology |
Alternate |
Starr, Rick |
| X |
Social Sciences |
Primary |
Pomeroy, Caroline |
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Social Sciences |
Alternate |
Kildow, Judith |
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Water Quality |
Primary |
Epel, David |
| X |
Water Quality |
Alternate |
Hunt, John † |
* Sanctuary Advisory Council Member: Research (Primary)
† Sanctuary Advisory Council Member: Research (Alternate)
| Guests |
| Name |
Institution |
| Choy, Steve |
Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary |
| Eng, Mike |
Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary |
| Higgason, Kelley |
Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary |
| LaFranchi, Chris |
West Coast Regional Office, NMS |
| Roletto, Jan |
Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary |
| Scheiblauer, Steve |
City of Monterey |
| Wolfe, John |
REEF |
CONSENT ITEMS
Introductions/modifications to the agenda (Chris Harrold)
HOST PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION
Science Informing the MLPA (Mark Carr)
- Mark gave a presentation on the science in the MLPA process, including:
- Role of the Science Advisory Team
- Design guidelines related to MPA goals
- Components of network design (e.g., size, spacing, levels of protection)
MBNMS FEDERAL MPAs INITIATIVE AND DISCUSSION
RAP's Role in MBNMS Federal MPAs Intiative (Mike Eng/MBNMS)
- Mike gave an update on the process and timeline of the MBNMS Federal MPA Initiative
- The MBNMS is in the beginning stages of conducting an Integrated Ecosystem Assessment (IEA) to assess the status of marine ecosystems and their components
- Next steps include:
- Convening an MBNMS/NMFS interagency team to develop a proposed framework for collaboratively pursuing an IEA
- Update to SAC (August 21st)
- Joint proposal by NMFS/MBNMS to PFMC (September 13th)
- Prepare joint cross-cutting proposal to NOAA
- Recruit additional participants
- Begin scoping process (early 2010)
- At this time, the MBNMS is developing inter-agency collaborations, and not requesting the RAP's involvement
DISCUSSION ITEM
June 19th SAC Meeting Debrief (Chris Harrold)
- Chris provided an update on the June SAC meeting
- Agenda items included:
- Ocean Acidification
- Oil drilling in and around CINMS
- Thank You Ocean Campaign
- Enforcement Working Group update
- MPA Process
- FOIA request made by coalition for sustainable fishing
- Monterey County Recycling Center and Desal
- For more info, see SAC website
STAFF/SAC REQUESTS TO RAP
Ocean Acidification and the MBNMS (Chris Harrold)
- SAC Action Item: MBNMS SAC approved the recommendations of the CINMS Ocean Acidification Report
- RAP provided recommendations and advice to MBNMS regarding the issue
- Chris Harrold will provide written recommendations from the RAP to the MBNMS
SUGGESTED FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
- 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)
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)
- 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 or other, schedule when MBARI hosts)
- 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)
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