<html><head><base href="x-msg://229/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><br></span></div><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><div align="center"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="700" style="width: 525pt; "><tbody><tr><td style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center; "><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black; "><img width="640" height="148" id="Picture_x0020_1" alt="http://seagrant.gso.uri.edu/newsletter/TEST/newsletter_Banner.jpg" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CD26EB.D2847AC0"></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></b></div></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><h1 style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 24pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: 22.5pt; "><span style="font-size: 15pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black; ">International Marine Spatial Planning Public Symposium<o:p></o:p></span></h1><h2 style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: 22.5pt; "><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: gray; ">May 16<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class="body" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 15pt; "><img width="200" height="100" align="right" alt="Offshore turbines" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_2" id="b9ece5b4-a020-43a8-b5ce-24cb384c28b3" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CD26EB.D2847AC0"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; ">11th Annual Ronald C. Baird Sea Grant Science Symposium<br>URI Providence Feinstein Campus<br><a href="http://seagrant.gso.uri.edu/baird/2012_marineplanning/2012_msp_registration.pdf" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 153); ">Download Registration Form - Fee: $100 (</span><strong><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); text-decoration: none; ">Student Rate $25</span></strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 153); ">)</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 153); text-decoration: none; "> </span></span></a><br><a href="http://seagrant.gso.uri.edu/baird/2012_marineplanning/Baird_Agenda.pdf" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 153); ">Download the Agenda</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="body" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 15pt; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; ">Join marine spatial planning experts from Norway, United Kingdom, France, The Netherlands, Germany, Canada, and the United States to discuss topics including:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; line-height: 15pt; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; ">How marine spatial planning affects economic, ecological, and regulatory issues<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; line-height: 15pt; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Options for structuring the governance system<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; line-height: 15pt; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Integrating science and local knowledge in the planning and analysis process<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; line-height: 15pt; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Bridging the gap between planning and implementation of a marine spatial plan<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class="body" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 15pt; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; ">For more information, please visit<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://seagrant.gso.uri.edu/baird" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 153); ">seagrant.gso.uri.edu/baird</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>or contact Amber Neville at<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:amber@crc.uri.edu" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 153); ">amber@crc.uri.edu</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="body" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 15pt; "><strong><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; ">SPONSORS:</span></strong><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; "><br></span></b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; "><a href="http://www.moore.org/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 153); ">Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation</span></a><br><a href="http://www.crmc.ri.gov/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 153); ">RI Coastal Resources Management Council</span></a><br><a href="http://www.boem.gov/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 153); ">Bureau of Ocean Energy Management</span></a><a href="http://www.crmc.ri.gov/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 153); text-decoration: none; "><br></span></a><a href="http://www.crc.uri.edu/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 153); ">URI Coastal Resources Center</span></a><a href="http://seagrant.gso.uri.edu/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 153); text-decoration: none; "><br></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 153); ">Rhode Island Sea Grant College Program</span></a><br><a href="http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/unitedstates/rhodeisland/index.htm" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 153); ">The Nature Conservancy</span></a><br><a href="http://www.oceanconservancy.org/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 153); ">The Ocean Conservancy</span></a><br><a href="http://www.noaa.gov/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 153); ">The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration</span></a><br><a href="http://www.uri.edu/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 153); ">The University of Rhode Island </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="body" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 15pt; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; "> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 3.75pt; "><td style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt; height: 3.75pt; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black; "><hr size="1" width="700" noshade="" align="center" style="width: 525pt; "></span></div></td></tr><tr style="height: 45pt; "><td style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(218, 218, 218); padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt; height: 45pt; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><p class="smfooter" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><img width="150" height="54" align="left" hspace="4" alt="Rhode Island Sea Grant and NOAA" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_3" id="e08db363-fff9-4fac-b761-7866f39d0fce" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:image003.jpg@01CD26EB.D2847AC0"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; ">To unsubscribe from the Rhode Island Sea Grant Newsletter,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:listserv@listserv.uri.edu" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: rgb(91, 181, 241); ">send an email</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>with "Signoff RI Sea Grant News" in the subject line, or contact<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:allard@gso.uri.edu" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: rgb(91, 181, 241); ">allard@gso.uri.edu</span></a>. For past issues, visit our<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://seagrant.gso.uri.edu/newsletter/newsarchive.html" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: rgb(91, 181, 241); ">e-newsletter archives</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(218, 218, 218); padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 3pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; padding-left: 3pt; height: 45pt; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div><br></div></span></blockquote></div><br></body></html>