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Research Activity Panel Agenda

March 12th, 2010

 

 

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Research Activity Panel: Meeting Agenda

Host: Curt Storlazzi - Marine and Coastal Geology (U.S. Geological Survey)

Location:

USGS Coaastal and Marine Geology
Pacific Science Center
400 Natural Bridges Drive
Santa Cruz, CA
(DIRECTIONS)

Date: Friday, March 12th, 2010; 9:00 am to 12:00 pm

Members
Name Discipline Primary or Alternate
Cailliet, Gregor Deep Sea Ecology Primary
Carr, Mark Nearshore Ecology Alternate
Chavez, Francisco Biological Oceanography Alternate
DeVogelaere, Andrew   Research Coordinator
Epel, David Water Quality Alternate
Grimes, Churchill Fisheries Primary
Haddock, Steve Deep-Sea Ecology Alternate
Harrold, Chris * Marine Conservation Biology Primary
Hunt, John † Water Quality Primary
Kudela, Raphael Biological Oceanography Primary
Lindholm, James Nearshore Ecology Primary
McPhee-Shaw, Erika Physical Oceanography Primary
Micheli, Fiorenza Marine Conservation Biology Alternate
Paull, Charles Marine & Coastal Geology Alternate
Pomeroy, Caroline Social Sciences Primary
Ramp, Steve Physical Oceanography Alternate
Scorse, Jason Social Sciences Alternate
Starr, Rick Shelf & Slope Ecology Alternate
Storlazzi, Curt Marine & Coastal Geology Primary
Vasques, Jason Fisheries Alternate
Wasson, Kerstin Estuarine Ecology Primary
Watson, Beth Estuarine Ecology Alternate
  Marine Policy Primary
  Marine Policy Alternate
  Shelf & Slope Ecology Primary

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

 

CONSENT ITEMS

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

    • New RAP Members

HOST PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION

9:10 - 9:55 Institutional Update (Storlazzi)

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

MBNMS FEDERAL MPAs INITIATIVE

9:55 - 10:25 MBNMS Marine Protected Area Process: Enhanced Ecosystem-based Management Initiative (Lisa Wooninck/MBNMS)

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

BREAK

10:25 - 10:40

 

PRESENTATION (requested by RAP)

10:40 - 11:10 Desalination Guidelines (Brad Damitz/MBNMS & GFNMS)

    • Presentation (20 min)
    • RAP Discussion (10 min)

DISCUSSION ITEMS

11:10 - 11:30 RAP Attendance, Quorum, and Meeting Schedule

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

11:30 - 11:55 Sanctuary Research Update (DeVogelaere & Jean de Marignac/MBNMS)

    • Presentation (15 min)
    • RAP Discussion (10 min)

11:55 - 12:00 Sanctuary Currents Symposium (Erica Burton/MBNMS)

SUGGESTED FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS

11:55 - 12:00 RAP Discussion (5 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)
  • 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
  • Recent event: Supreme Court allows Navy Sonar (per John Hunt)
  • 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)
  • National Weather Service Forecast Office (Tom Evans, Warning Coordination Meteorologist)
  • Presentation on IEAs (e.g., Phil Levin, Frank Schwing, John Stein), including IEAs that have been implemented (per Yoklavich)
  • MPAs
    • MPA monitoring projects (Jason Vasques)
    • Marine Spatial Planning presentation (per Harrold); Fio recently heard Marine Spatial Planning talk from Massachusetts, or speaker from Center for Ocean Solutions (Meg Caldwell)
  • Offshore Membrane Enclosures for Growing Algae (OMEGA), Jonathan Trent, NASA-AMES
    • Trent speaking at Sanctuary Currents 4/10/10; if Trent not talking about OMEGA (or other biofuels topic) at Currents, invite him to RAP meeting (per Hunt, DeVogelaere)
  • Mike Graham algae/abalone work at Kaiser Property (per Cailliet)

 


RAP Meeting Location (03/12/10):

USGS Coaastal and Marine Geology
Pacific Science Center
400 Natural Bridges Drive
Santa Cruz, CA

Directions:

http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/programs/html/facilities/sc/sc.directions.html

 

   
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