MPA Federal Advisory Committee
- FAC Meetings Agenda
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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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