[CINAR_PIs] I need your help - Ocean Policy Task Force

[Don Anderson]

Hi everyone:

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.

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.

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:

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.

  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.

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.

As I said, I think this is a wonderful opportunity for CINAR, and I 
hope you can help me make this happen.

Thoughts?

Don

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>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Nicole Bartlett [mailto:Nicole.Bartlett at noaa.gov]
>Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 11:36 AM
>To: Susan Avery
>Subject: Task Force Field Hearing on 9/24
>
>Dr. Avery,
>
>Per a conversation with Diane, I am attaching a one-pager on the
>upcoming Ocean Policy Task Force hearing in Providence on 9/24. The Task
>Force is requesting expert testimony from individuals on 8 different
>topics: Ocean governance, Renewable Energy, Fisheries/aquaculture,
>Climate change/hazard resilience, Marine recreation, Ecosystem-based
>management/restoration, Research and Science and Tribes.
>
>We would like to have someone from WHOI speak to the Research & Science
>topic. This person will be asked to provide five minutes of testimony
>and would ideally tie their remarks to the focus of the Task Force's
>charge, marine spatial planning.
>
>I understand you will be out of the country during the hearing, and hope
>that you could recommend someone to represent WHOI in your place. CEQ
>would like to send out formal invites ASAP, so there is a slight amount
>of urgency on this one as you can imagine. Thanks in advance for your
>help, and I look forward to meeting you in person sometime soon.
>
>Nicole
>
>--
>Nicole Bartlett
>NOAA Regional Coordinator, North Atlantic
>166 Water Street
>Woods Hole, MA 02543
>
>ph  508/495-2149
>fax 508/495-2033
>
>

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Donald M. Anderson
Senior Scientist, Biology Department and
Director, Cooperative Institute for the North Atlantic Region (CINAR)
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Mail Stop 32, Redfield 332
Woods Hole MA 02543-1049 USA

E-Mail:   danderson at whoi.edu
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Voice:  1 508 289 2351
Fax:      1 508 457-2027
Cell:      1  508 525 5777
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