[CINAR_PIs] I need your help - Ocean Policy Task Force
Don Anderson
danderson at whoi.edu
Wed Sep 16 09:35:19 EDT 2009
Pete:
My guess is that it is too late for JIm to get on the list. I am
replacing Susan Avery for WHOI, and I'm sure that can't change. My
position as Director of CINAR allows me to mention our Institute and
what we can do to help NOAA, but I was not invited as a CINAR rep.
It's just an opportunity that we can take advantage of.
Is Jim the main person for me to work with at Maine in preparing the testimony?
Don
At 9:02 AM -0400 9/16/09, Pete Jumars wrote:
>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>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
>>>
>>>
>>
>>--
>>*********************
>>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
>>
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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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