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California Current Ecosystem-Based Management Initiative:
Advancing the Science for Ecosystem-Based Management on the U.S. West Coast

FINAL AGENDA

NOTES:

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Tuesday, January 29, 2008

6:30-8:30pm: RECEPTION (Riviera Room, Seascape Hotel)
Opening remarks – Honorable Leon E. Panetta, Co-Chair, Joint Ocean Commission Initiative

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

8:00-11:30: MORNING PLENARY (Seascape Room, Seascape)

8:00: WELCOME -- Gary Griggs, UC Santa Cruz

8:10: SETTING THE STAGE
Moderator: Sarah Lester, UC Santa Cruz

• Embracing a new era – Jane Lubchenco, Oregon State University
• Science needs for EBM: Manager’s perspective – Bill Douros, NOAA National Marine Sanctuaries

8:40: EMERGING SCIENCE OF MARINE ECOSYSTEMS
Moderator: Elliott Norse, Marine Conservation Biology Institute

• Connecting the pieces: Scientific foundations of EBM – Karen McLeod, Oregon State University
• Coupled human and natural systems – Bonnie McCay, Rutgers University
• Ecosystem services – Heather Tallis, Natural Capital Project, Stanford University

9:25: BREAK
                       
9:45: EMERGING SCIENCE IN THE CALIFORNIA CURRENT
Moderator: Paul Siri, Ocean Science Applications

• Variability and change in the California Current – Francisco Chavez, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
• Atlantis ecosystem model for the California Current – Isaac Kaplan, NOAA NW Fisheries Science Center
• Mapping and estimating cumulative impacts of humans on marine ecosystems in the California Current – Benjamin Halpern, NCEAS, UC Santa Barbara
• Putting social science to work for ecosystem-based management – Carrie Pomeroy, California Sea Grant Extension

10:45: PLENARY DISCUSSION: SETTING THE STAGE AND EMERGING SCIENCE
Moderator: John Largier, UC Davis

11:30: TRANSIT from Seascape to Seymour Center, Long Marine Laboratory, UC Santa Cruz

12:00: LUNCH (La Feliz Room, Seymour Center)

1:00-6:00: AFTERNOON PLENARY AND BREAKOUT GROUPS (Seymour Center, Long
Marine Laboratory, and NOAA SW Fisheries Science Center)

1:00: A NEW FRAMEWORK FOR SCIENCE TO INFORM EBM
Moderator: Jonathan Phinney, NOAA SW Fisheries Science Center

• Integrated Ecosystem Assessments (IEA) – Phil Levin, NOAA NW Fisheries Science Center
• The SIESTA (Science to Inform Ecosystem Service Tradeoff Analysis) Method –  Steve Gaines, UC Santa Barbara
• Audience Q& A (30 min)

2:15: APPLYING THE “SCIENCE TO INFORM ECOSYSTEM SERVICE TRADEOFF ANALYSIS” METHOD
Moderator: Amber Mace, California Ocean Science Trust

• Biodiversity & fisheries – Christopher Costello, UC Santa Barbara
• Wave energy, fisheries & shoreline protection – Jack Barth, Oregon State University
• Aquaculture, agriculture, fisheries & tourism in Willapa Bay – Julia Parrish, University of Washington
• Audience Q& A (30 min)

3:30: BREAK

4:00: BREAKOUT 1: REACTIONS TO IEA AND SIESTA APPROACHES
                       
5:00: PLENARY DISCUSSION OF BREAKOUT 1
Moderator: Dave Fluharty, University of Washington

6:00: DINNER (Exhibit Hall and La Feliz Room, Seymour Center)

8:00: RETURN to Seascape for evening festivities

Thursday, January 31, 2007

8:00-12:00: MORNING PLENARY AND BREAKOUT GROUPS

8:00: MANAGEMENT AND POLICY CHALLENGES AS CASE STUDIES (Seascape Room)
Moderator: Steve Rumrill, South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR)

• Scaling up EBM to the LME scale – Andy Rosenberg, University of New Hampshire
• Case Study: Puget Sound – Mary Ruckelshaus, NOAA NW Fisheries Science Center
• Case Study: Klamath River – Michael Bowen, California Coastal Conservancy
• Case Study: Elkhorn Slough – Kerstin Wasson, Elkhorn Slough NERR
• Audience Q&A (15 min)

9:15: BREAKOUT 2: APPLYING THE “SCIENCE TO INFORM ECOSYSTEM SERVICE TRADEOFF ANALYSIS” METHOD TO CASE STUDIES (Seascape villas)
                       
10:30: BREAK (Rio Room)

10:50: BREAKOUT 2 cont.: ASSESSING THE STATE OF THE SCIENCE (Seascape villas)
                                   
11:50: LUNCH (Rio Room)

12:50-4:00: AFTERNOON BREAKOUT GROUPS AND PLENARY (Seascape)

12:50: BREAKOUT 2 cont.: MANAGEMENT/POLICY OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES

• Framing the discussion – Meg Caldwell, Stanford University (Rio Room; 10 min)
• Break-out groups (Seascape villas)

           
2:00: BREAK (Seascape Room)

2:15: PLENARY DISCUSSION OF BREAKOUT 2: APPLYING SIESTA, ASSESSING THE STATE OF THE SCIENCE, NEXT STEPS & KEY MESSAGES (Seascape Room)
Moderator: Meg Caldwell, Stanford University

3:45: CONCLUDING REMARKS
Kevin Ranker, County Commissioner, San Juan County, WA
Mark Carr, UC Santa Cruz

4:00: MEETING ADJOURNS

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