november 11, 2009 mid-atlantic forum: sea grant method, regional activities, & emerging issues...
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November 11, 2009
Mid-Atlantic Forum:
Sea Grant Method, Regional Activities, & Emerging Issues
Troy HartleyVASG Director
• What we are:
o National network of 32 university-based research, extension and education programs.
o Supply science-based information to citizens, businesses, educators, resource managers, and policy makers….function is as a broker.
o Well-being of coastal and marine ecosystems and the communities that depend upon them.
Sea Grant: Basics
• What we are:
o Nationally—Four collective focus areas: Safe and sustainable seafood Healthy coastal ecosystems Sustainable coastal communities Hazard resiliency
o Virginia Sea Grant’s strategic focus areas: Safe and sustainable seafood Healthy coastal and ocean ecosystems Sustainable and resilient coastal communities Coastal and ocean literacy
Sea Grant: Basics
• How we do what we do:
Sea Grant: Basics
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VASG Weekly: 26N; 32% density; 2.1 weighted average path length
VASG + Partners: 210N; 3% density; 1.9 weighted average path length
Academic; Fed’l, state and local gov’t; NGOs; private sector
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• What do we do? Examples.
o Mid-Atlantic Coastal and Ocean Research Plan
o Ecosystem-based Fisheries Management
o Emerging issues: Climate Energy
Sea Grant: Action
Mid-Atlantic Coastal & Ocean Research Plan
www.midatlanticoceanresearchplan.org/
o NOAA NSGO-funded
o 4YR planning effort with Delaware SG lead
o Analysis of current capacity and state & regional plans—starting point for the Region:
Climate Energy
Water quality Living resources, fisheries
Habitat, ecosystem health
* What’s uniquely Mid-Atlantic? What’s missing?
Sea Grant: Action
Mid-Atlantic Coastal & Ocean Research Plan
www.midatlanticoceanresearchplan.org/
o Starting point for the Region +
o Multi-stakeholder process Listening sessions starting next year
o Interactive product—living resource for entire region
o MARCO—integrate research prioritization
Sea Grant: Action
Ecosystem-based Fisheries Management
www.mdsg.umd.edu/programs/policy/ebfm/
o 63 state and federal agencies, fisheries commissions, universities, NGOs
o Interconnections between five species, their physical and living environments, and human influences
o EPA-funding; MDSG convener, facilitator, coordinator
Sea Grant: Action
Ecosystem-based Fisheries Management
o Striped Basso Blue Crabo Menhadeno Oystero American Shad
Sea Grant: Action
Ecosystem-based Fisheries Management
o Habitat suitabilityo Stock assessmento Socioeconomicso Food web
Performance measures
Sea Grant: Action
Ecosystem-based Fisheries Management
Beyond conceptualization to implementation• Integrated management—NOAA, States, Commissions
• Integrated science tools—ecosystem tools *
• Stakeholder engagement
Sea Grant: Action
• Climate: Adaptation & Educationo NOAA NSGO—Office of Program Planning and
Integration: SG/Regional Team Climate Engagement mini-grants.
o VASG Outreach Tidal flood monitoring
and prediction workshops Clean Marina program
o VASG Research Historical data sets to assess trends Student-faculty teams Web-cast visiting scholar seminar series
Sea Grant: Emerging
• Energy: Research & Extension
o Marine Spatial Planning Science (e.g., human use, filling other gaps) Use of decision-support tools
o Renewable Energy A lot of activity in different states Algal biofuels VASG: policy students
Sea Grant: Emerging
• The Sea Grant Approacho University-based
Research, Extension, Education, Communication Place-based
o Strategic National and Regional Initiatives Leverage internal capacity of national network Partner with others Clear roles in partnerships that play to strengths
o SG end-user focus problem-solving orientation State experimentation Innovation diffusion through national network and a
program network
Sea Grant: Summary
