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<div>Hi everyone:</div>
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<div>I am writing because I could really use some help, and hope I can
tap into the CINAR network. You can see from the message below that
Susan Avery was invited to testify at the Ocean Policy Task Force
meeting in Providence that we discussed in our conference call, but
will not be available. A description of the goals of the task force
and the meeting is attached. She has asked me to take her place
and I have agreed. This is an excellent opportunity to get some
visibility for CINAR at the top levels of NOAA and other
agencies.</div>
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<div>One problem is that I know very little about marine spatial
planning. However, at the University of Maine and at GMRI, and
perhaps at other partner institutions, there is expertise in this
area. What I'm hoping is that you can help me identify these
individuals and encourage them to help me with some text for this
testimony.</div>
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<div>Five minutes is very short -- about 800 words, so not much can be
said. I was advised by Jim Yoder to keep an emphasis on
ecosystem-based management, but to work marine spatial planning into
the presentation. His comments to me were:</div>
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<div><font color="#0000FF">At these meetings, scientists should talk
about what we believe are important research topics, and there are
certainly many research issues that need to be resolved before
ecosystem based management is a reality. I believe you should
talk about research based management in the CINAR context, and I can
help with a concluding section about marine spatial planning.
For example, marine preserves are an element of marine spatial
planning directly related to ecosystem based management.</font></div>
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<div> The other problem is that I am quite busy preparing for
congressional testimony that I will give in the House this week and I
will also be out of town the early part of next week. The
Providence meeting is a week from tomorrow. </div>
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<div>What I'm hoping is that you, or people at your institutions that
you would identify could be part of an e-mail discussion that would
ultimately generate the testimony as a group effort. I admit to being
quite ignorant about marine spatial planning, so I might also need to
be prepped for potential questions. Right now I am thinking that
this will just be testimony, but they might also accept concurrent
PowerPont slides. In that case, I would need even more
help.</div>
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<div>As I said, I think this is a wonderful opportunity for CINAR, and
I hope you can help me make this happen.</div>
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<div>Thoughts?</div>
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<div>Don</div>
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-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Nicole Bartlett [mailto:Nicole.Bartlett@noaa.gov]<br>
Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 11:36 AM<br>
To: Susan Avery<br>
Subject: Task Force Field Hearing on 9/24<br>
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Dr. Avery,<br>
<br>
Per a conversation with Diane, I am attaching a one-pager on the<br>
upcoming Ocean Policy Task Force hearing in Providence on 9/24. The
Task<br>
Force is requesting expert testimony from individuals on 8
different<br>
topics: Ocean governance, Renewable Energy, Fisheries/aquaculture,<br>
Climate change/hazard resilience, Marine recreation,
Ecosystem-based<br>
management/restoration, Research and Science and Tribes.<br>
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We would like to have someone from WHOI speak to the Research &
Science<br>
topic. This person will be asked to provide five minutes of
testimony<br>
and would ideally tie their remarks to the focus of the Task
Force's<br>
charge, marine spatial planning.<br>
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I understand you will be out of the country during the hearing, and
hope<br>
that you could recommend someone to represent WHOI in your place.
CEQ<br>
would like to send out formal invites ASAP, so there is a slight
amount<br>
of urgency on this one as you can imagine. Thanks in advance for
your<br>
help, and I look forward to meeting you in person sometime soon.<br>
<br>
Nicole<br>
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Nicole Bartlett<br>
NOAA Regional Coordinator, North Atlantic<br>
166 Water Street<br>
Woods Hole, MA 02543<br>
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ph 508/495-2149</blockquote>
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Donald M. Anderson<br>
Senior Scientist, Biology Department and<br>
Director, Cooperative Institute for the North Atlantic Region
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CINAR web: http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=30715<br>
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