focus area history and reports
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Welcome
Nikola Garber
Focus Team Annual Meeting
October 14, 2010
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Perspiration• Reviewing impact statements
– 2008: 2787 impacts (1585 cleaned)• Improved impact guidance
– 2009: 670 impacts
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Appreciation• National Sea Grant
Implementation Plan• Identifying national stories• Strategic investments
• Aquaculture ($10.8M in 2010-12)• Invasive species ($2M in 2010 and
2011)• Providing national leadership and
support• Energy Use in Fisheries
Symposium• Big ideas
• Small Business and Innovative Research (SBIR)
• Budget initiatives
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Inspiration• NOAA Reorganization
• New NOAA Climate Service• Hallmark of new OAR is innovation
• NOAA Next Generation Strategic Plan• National Ocean Policy• Deepwater Horizon• Interagency disaster planning• Renewed NOAA/EPA MOA• SBIR
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Vision for the future• Big ideas
– SBIR– NOPP– NOAA annual budget initiatives
• Ground truthing
• Innovation
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Evolution of Focus Teams
Jim Murray
Deputy Director
National Sea Grant Office
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Beginnings• National Research Council recommendations• NOAA National Sea Grant College Program
Strategic Plan 2009-2013: Meeting the Challenge
• Four focus areas• Healthy Coastal Ecosystems• Hazard Resilient Coastal Communities• Safe and Sustainable Seafood Supply• Sustainable Coastal Development
• Three cross-cutting goals• Research, Education, Extension
• Purpose• To help the National Sea Grant College
Program develop and accomplish the goals and strategies outlined in the four focus areas described in the NOAA National Sea Grant College Program Strategic Plan.
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Focus Team Report:Safe and Sustainable
Seafood Supply
Jim Murray
National Sea Grant Office
Focus Team Annual Meeting
October 14, 2010
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MembersNational Sea Grant OfficeJim Murray (Chair)Gene Kim (Alternate Chair)Jacky Haskell (Coordinator)
Sea Grant Advisory BoardRolland A. (Rollie) Schmitten
State Sea Grant ProgramsChuck Wilson (Vice-Chair), Louisiana Sea
GrantDan Williams, Washington Sea GrantVicki Clark, Virginia Sea GrantPaul Olin, California Sea GrantBill Dupaul, Virginia Sea GrantPhil Moy, Wisconsin Sea GrantSteve Otwell, Florida Sea GrantDana Morse, Maine Sea Grant
NOAA, University, and Industry PartnersTerry Smith, National Marine Fisheries ServiceChristopher Moore, Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management CouncilGil Sylvia, Oregon State UniversityJeff Stephan, United Fisherman’s Marketing
Association, Inc.Ron Baird, University of North Carolina
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Activities and contributions• 2009 Seafood Science & Technology Conference
– Steve Otwell, Florida Sea Grant
• Focus Team Seafood Science & Technology Subcommittee
– Jeff Stephan, United Fisherman’s Marketing Association, Inc.
• Advice on Sea Grant Aquaculture Research and Extension National Strategic Investments
– Gene Kim, National Sea Grant Office
• Symposium at 2010 American Fisheries Society Meeting: “Local Catch – Quality, Marketing and Consumption”
– Terry Smith, National Marine Fisheries Service
• Energy Use in Fisheries Symposium– Chris Moore, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council
• Fisheries Extension Catch Share Workshop– Ken La Valley, New Hampshire Sea Grant– Tom Murray, Virginia Sea Grant
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Operating procedures
• Communication by conference calls
• Decision-making– Aquaculture subcommittee– Catch shares funding– In general, the goal is consensus. If not, the
chair and vice-chair decide.
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Hazard Resilient Coastal Communities
Mike Liffmann and LaDon Swann
Focus Team Annual Meeting
October 14, 2010
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Members
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Projects’ Funding Process1. HRCC solicited ideas in 2010 (Note: need to expand our
reach for earlier and more SG and other input)
2. Ideas submitted to Liffmann and Swann
3. Best ideas invited to submit proposals under a Broad Agency Announcement (very short time fuse)
4. Proposals subjected to three external reviews
5. Funding provided and projects underway
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HRCC Funded Activities• 2009 Climate Network Workshop
– Jess Whitehead, SC Sea Grant
• 2010 Coastal Processes Roundtable– Spencer Rogers, NC Sea Grant
• National Climate Survey– Joe Cone, Oregon Sea Grant
• Integrating Smart Growth, Hazards & Climate Change– Sarah van der Schalie, NOAA Oceans and
Coastal Resource Management
• SG-LG Climate Summit– Mike Spranger, Florida Sea Grant
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Special Recognition
DWH Oil Spill ResponseGulf of Mexico Sea Grant Programs
Climate NetworkJessica Whitehead, Esperanza Stancioff, & Chris Conger
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Sustainable Coastal Development
Heather Triezenberg and Brian Miller
Focus Team Annual Meeting
October 14, 2010
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Members
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2009 Activities• 2009 Sustainable Urbanism Seminar
-Kristen Grant, Maine Sea Grant
• 2009 Climate Network Workshop– Jess Whitehead, North Carolina Sea
Grant
• Smart Growth for Coastal & Waterfront Communities– Sarah van der Schalie, NOAA Oceans
and Coastal Resource Management
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Projects’ Funding Process1. SCD solicited ideas in 2010 (Note: need to expand our
reach for earlier and more SG and other input)
2. Ideas submitted to Liffmann and Miller
3. Best ideas invited to submit proposals under a Broad Agency Announcement (very short time fuse)
4. Proposals subjected to three external reviews
5. Funding provided and projects underway
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2010 Activities• Working Waterways & Waterfronts
National Symposium– Natalie Springuel, Maine Sea Grant– Tom Murray, Virginia Sea Grant
• NEMO U7 Symposium & Workshop– David Dickson, CT NEMO
• Sea Grant Coastal & Marine Tourism Roundtable
– Jim Falk and John Carey, Delaware Sea Grant
• Improved Land Use & Land Cover– Brian Miller & David Hart
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2011 Activities• Integrating Smart Growth, Hazards &
Climate Change– Sarah van der Schalie, NOAA Oceans and
Coastal Resource Management
• 2011 SG-LG Climate Summit– Mike Spranger, Florida Sea Grant
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Special Recognition
Coastal & Waterfront Smart GrowthPam Rubinoff and Sarah van der Schalie
Working Waterways & Waterfronts National Symposium
Natalie Springuel, Tom Murray and Kristen Grant
SCCD NetworkVicky Carrasco (Chair), John Jacob, Kristen Grant, Lisa Schiavinato, Joe Lucente, Robert Emanuel, & Jim Falk
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Focus Team Report:Healthy Coastal
Ecosystems
Miguel Lugo
National Sea Grant Office
Focus Team Annual Meeting
October 14, 2010
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MembersNational Sea Grant OfficeDorn Carlson (Chair)Miguel Lugo (Alternate Chair)Jacky Haskell (Coordinator)
Sea Grant Advisory BoardNancy Rabalais, Louisiana Universities
Marine Consortium
State Sea Grant ProgramsBarry Costa-Pierce (Vice-Chair), Rhode
Island Sea GrantAnders Andren, Wisconsin Sea GrantRobert Kent, New York Sea GrantDianne Lindstedt, Louisiana Sea GrantRussell Moll, California Sea Grant
NOAA PartnersMichele Dionne, Wells ReserveRoger Griffis, NOAA Fisheries
University PartnersSteven Gaines, UC Santa BarbaraRuss Herwig, University of WashingtonJudith Weis, Rutgers University
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Activities
• Sessions about Sea Grant’s activities in coastal ecosystem management at:
– 2009 International Marine Conservation Congress• Judith Weis, Rutgers University; Dorn Carlson, National Sea Grant Office
– 2009 Coastal Estuarine Research Federation Conference• Judith Weis, Rutgers University
– 2009 Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting• Dorn Carlson, National Sea Grant Office
• Support for the 2009 Sea Grant Climate Network Workshop
• Advice on the NSGO’s Invasive Species Research Regional Strategic Investments
• Support for the Working Group to Identify Critical New Directions in Marine and Coastal Ecosystem Science Research for NOAA Sea Grant
– Steven Gaines, UC Santa Barbara
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Operating procedures
• Communication by conference calls
• Decision-making by consensus
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Outstanding contributions
Judith Weis
Rutgers University
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Principles of Service
Jim Murray
Deputy Director
National Sea Grant Office
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Procedural Manual: Overview
• Need for clarity and communication on focus team roles, activities, and membership
• General guidance designed to:
• increase transparency
• improve communications
• increase consistency across teams
• avoid conflicts
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Responsibilities
• Facilitate national planning, implementation, synthesis, and reporting.
• Identify new national opportunities and directions.
• Catalyze cooperative efforts within Sea Grant and external partners.
• Solidify Sea Grant’s national identity.
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Membership• Nomination process ensures:
– Effective interaction with Sea Grant network and external partners
– Multi-regional perspective– Broad expertise within the focus areas
• Subcommittees– Within or among teams (cross-cuts)
• Term– Life cycle of the national plan
• Member replacement– May follow resignations– Recruitment emulates nomination process
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Communication• Teams
– Public conference calls and meetings
• Among teams– Cross-cutting issues– Cross-team communication for consistency
• With the Sea Grant network– Updates to the network– Input from the network– Communication with network groups
• With external audiences– On behalf of the network
• With the National Sea Grant Director– Periodic discussions– Focus team chairs are liaisons for frequent updates
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Funding• Focus team responsibilities
• NSGO may cover expenses as needed
• Focus area funding• Allocation of funds should be transparent,
participatory, and inclusive of ideas from focus team membership and the network
• Providing input on National Sea Grant Office funding• Upon request from the National Sea Grant
Director
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Challenge to Teams
Jim Murray
Deputy Director
National Sea Grant Office
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Challenge
• Use partnerships as a strategic tool and leverage or build contacts.
• Be innovative and creative in recommending new initiatives and opportunities.
• Collaborate across teams to address cross-cutting issues.
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Questions We Hope You Will Address
1. How well is the Sea Grant network achieving its national goals?
2. What national impacts should be highlighted in communication products and reporting?
3. Where are the gaps in the National Strategic Plan?
4. What are new opportunities or future directions?
5. Recommendations for focus area activities