MPA Federal Advisory Committee - FAC Meetings Agenda
DRAFT Agenda
Marine Protected Areas Federal Advisory Committee
Omni Bayfront Hotel
900 North Shoreline Boulevard
Corpus Christi, Texas
April 24-26, 2006
Monday, April 24
| 8:00 |
Sign-In by All Participants
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| 8:30 |
Call to Order
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| 8:35 |
Committee Business |
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- Approval of Minutes of May 2005 meeting
- Review of Agenda
- Introduction of New Members
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| 9:00 |
Election of Chair and Vice Chair
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| 9:30 |
DOC/DOI Feedback on MPA FAC Recommendations
- Joseph A. Uravitch, National Marine Protected Areas
Center
Update on National System Framework - Jonathan
Kelsey, National Marine Protected Areas Center
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| 10:00 |
Discussion of DOC/DOI Feedback and
National System Framework
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| 10:30 |
Break
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| 10:45 |
New Charge for MPA FAC - Mary Glackin,
Department of Commerce Ex Officio Member
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| 11:15 |
Priorities for MPA Center's National
System Development Work - Joseph A. Uravitch, National
Marine Protected Areas Center
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| 12:00 |
Lunch
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| 1:00 |
Subcommittees Meet |
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- Regional Priorities and Coordination
- Incentives and Implementation
- Natural and Social Science
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| 3:15 |
Break
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| 3:30 |
State Perspectives on the National System
of MPAs - Katherine Andrews, Coastal States Organization
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| 4:00 |
Public Comments
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| 5:00 |
Adjourn
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| 6:30 |
Committee Dinner
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Tuesday, April 25
| 8:00 |
Call to Order
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| 8:05 |
Subcommittees Update Full Committee
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| 9:30 |
Subcommittees Meet
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| 12:00 |
Lunch
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| 12:45 |
Perspectives on MPAs from the Energy
Industry - TBD
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| 1:15 |
Panel: MPAs and Marine Management Issues in the Gulf of Mexico |
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- Gulf of Mexico Regional Governance
and Coordination - Dr. John Tunnell, Harte Research
Institute
- Planning for a Network of MPAs in
the Gulf of Mexico -
G.P. Schmahl, Sanctuary Manager, Flower Garden
Banks National Marine Sanctuary
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| 2:15 |
Challenges of Cultural Resource MPA Management |
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- Overview of Issues and Authorities
– Dr. Brian Jordan, MPA Center
- Lessons Learned from Cultural Resource
MPAs – Charles Beeker, Indiana University
and MPA FAC
- State Perspective on Cultural Resource
MPAs – Dr. John Halsey, State Archeologist
of Michigan and MPA FAC
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| 3:00 |
Break
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| 3:15 |
Subcommittees Meet
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| 5:00 |
Adjourn
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| 5:30 - 7:30 |
Reception at Ships of Discovery Museum
(at Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History)
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Wednesday, April 26
| 8:00 |
Call to Order
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| 8:05 |
Public Comment
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| 9:00 |
Understanding What We Have Now: Analyzing
the Marine Managed Areas Inventory - Dr. Charles Wahle,
National Marine Protected Areas Center
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| 9:30 |
Panel: Ecosystem Approaches to Management
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- Case Study: Identifying Priority
Conservation Areas from Baja to Bering – Dr.
Lance Morgan, Marine Conservation Biology Institute
- Case Study: Tools for MPA Design
under the Marine Life Protection Act - Dr. Steve
Gaines, Marine Science Institute, University of California,
Santa Barbara
- Ecosystem Approaches to Management
within NOAA – Dr. Ned Cyr, Ecosystem Observations
Program, NOAA
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| 11:30 |
Designation of Mission-Aransas National
Estuarine Research Reserve, Sally Applebaum, University
of Texas, Marine Science Institute
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| 12:15 |
Lunch
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| 1:15 |
Subcommittees meet
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| 3:00 |
Break
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| 3:15 |
Subcommittees report back to Full Committee
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| 4:30 |
Committee Business |
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- Follow up for next meeting
- Logistics for next meeting
- Other items
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| 5:00 |
Adjourn
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Thursday, April 27
| 8:00 - 12:00 |
Optional Field Trip to Mission-Aransas, Proposed National Estuarine Research Reserve Site (to be designated May 2006)
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