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November 11, 2009

Mid-Atlantic Forum: Sea Grant Method, Regional Activities, & Emerging Issues Troy Hartley VASG Director. November 11, 2009. Sea Grant: Basics. What we are: National network of 32 university-based research, extension and education programs.

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November 11, 2009

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  1. Mid-Atlantic Forum: Sea Grant Method, Regional Activities, & Emerging Issues Troy Hartley VASG Director November 11, 2009

  2. Sea Grant: Basics • What we are: • National network of 32 university-based research, extension and education programs. • Supply science-based information to citizens, businesses, educators, resource managers, and policy makers….function is as a broker. • Well-being of coastal and marine ecosystems and the communities that depend upon them.

  3. Sea Grant: Basics • What we are: • Nationally—Four collective focus areas: • Safe and sustainable seafood • Healthy coastal ecosystems • Sustainable coastal communities • Hazard resiliency • Virginia Sea Grant’s strategic focus areas: • Safe and sustainable seafood • Healthy coastal and ocean ecosystems • Sustainable and resilient coastal communities • Coastal and ocean literacy

  4. Sea Grant: Basics • How we do what we do: VASG Weekly: 26N; 32% density; 2.1 weighted average path length VASG + Partners: 210N; 3% density; 1.9 weighted average path length Academic; Fed’l, state and local gov’t; NGOs; private sector

  5. Sea Grant: Action • What do we do? Examples. • Mid-Atlantic Coastal and Ocean Research Plan • Ecosystem-based Fisheries Management • Emerging issues: • Climate • Energy

  6. Sea Grant: Action Mid-Atlantic Coastal & Ocean Research Plan www.midatlanticoceanresearchplan.org/ • NOAA NSGO-funded • 4YR planning effort with Delaware SG lead • Analysis of current capacity and state & regional plans—starting point for the Region: Climate Energy Water quality Living resources, fisheries Habitat, ecosystem health * What’s uniquely Mid-Atlantic? What’s missing?

  7. Sea Grant: Action Mid-Atlantic Coastal & Ocean Research Plan www.midatlanticoceanresearchplan.org/ • Starting point for the Region + • Multi-stakeholder process • Listening sessions starting next year • Interactive product—living resource for entire region • MARCO—integrate research prioritization

  8. Sea Grant: Action Ecosystem-based Fisheries Management www.mdsg.umd.edu/programs/policy/ebfm/ • 63 state and federal agencies, fisheries commissions, universities, NGOs • Interconnections between five species, their physical and living environments, and human influences • EPA-funding; MDSG convener, facilitator, coordinator

  9. Sea Grant: Action Ecosystem-based Fisheries Management • Striped Bass • Blue Crab • Menhaden • Oyster • American Shad

  10. Sea Grant: Action Ecosystem-based Fisheries Management • Habitat suitability • Stock assessment • Socioeconomics • Food web Performance measures

  11. Sea Grant: Action Ecosystem-based Fisheries Management Beyond conceptualization to implementation • Integrated management—NOAA, States, Commissions • Integrated science tools—ecosystem tools * • Stakeholder engagement

  12. Sea Grant: Emerging • Climate: Adaptation & Education • NOAA NSGO—Office of Program Planning and Integration: SG/Regional Team Climate Engagement mini-grants. • VASG Outreach • Tidal flood monitoring and prediction workshops • Clean Marina program • VASG Research • Historical data sets to assess trends • Student-faculty teams • Web-cast visiting scholar seminar series

  13. Sea Grant: Emerging • Energy: Research & Extension • Marine Spatial Planning • Science (e.g., human use, filling other gaps) • Use of decision-support tools • Renewable Energy • A lot of activity in different states • Algal biofuels • VASG: policy students

  14. Sea Grant: Summary • The Sea Grant Approach • University-based • Research, Extension, Education, Communication • Place-based • Strategic National and Regional Initiatives • Leverage internal capacity of national network • Partner with others • Clear roles in partnerships that play to strengths • SG end-user focus  problem-solving orientation • State experimentation • Innovation diffusion through national network and a program network

  15. Thank you. Questions? Troy Hartley VASG Director thartley@vims.edu

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