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

Wed Sep 16 09:02:10 EDT 2009

Don,

Jim Wilson is one of the fathers of the term, marine spatial  
planning.  He gave a superb seminar two weeks ago on its future and  
just got $1M from NSF to realize some of that future.  I strongly  
recommend that he testify if he is willing.  It is really important at  
this moment because Jane Lubchenco has seized upon marine spatial  
planning as the way that ecosystem-based management will be  
implemented, and it is the only rational way to do it in coastal waters.

Regards,
Pete

On 16 Sep 2009, at 0806, Don Anderson wrote:

> 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
>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----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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