Managing the World’s Oceans
Mr. Eric Schwaab Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Conservation and Management
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA
4 June 2013
• Science as a foundation -- we must proceed with a greater scientific understanding where we are and of the management challenges we face.
• Effective governance must build from a shared management framework.
• We need clear, shared goals and strategies.
• Implementation must be supported by compliance mechanisms, including assistance with meeting obligations, where needed.
• Effective monitoring is essential to measure progress, evaluate effectiveness of strategies and support adaptive management going forward.
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OCEANS 2012: HARNESSED BY THE OCEAN 3
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1970-1975
2003-2008
Summer flounder NEFSC Fall Trawl Survey
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NOAA Regional Ecosystems of the
United States
Based on Large Marine Ecosystems
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NOAA and France's Protected Areas
Agency have signed a "sister
sanctuary" agreement to support the
protection of endangered humpback
whales that migrate annually more
than 3,000 miles between NOAA's
Stellwagen Bank National Marine
Sanctuary off the Massachusetts coast
and Agoa Marine Mammal Sanctuary in
the Caribbean's French Antilles.
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Kobe plot for Atlantic bigeye tuna, from combined examinations of assessment models. Shaded
lines shown represent the 80% confidence limits for the historical trajectory (1950-2009) and solid
line represents the median estimated from the logistic production model. Points depict uncertainty
in current status not considered by the bootstrapping of the logistic production model.
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• March 2009: Federal
Ocean Acidification
Monitoring and Research
(FORAM) Act
• 2011: NOAA’s Ocean
Acidification Program was
established
NOAA OA Research and Monitoring Map
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International OA Observing Network
Ocean Conditions
Compliance (catch accounting)
Effective Catch Accounting
Ecosystem-based and Sustainable
Management Strategies
(goals, etc.) Profitable
Sustainable Fisheries
Shared Management Systems
Catch Shares/ Aligned Drivers
Shared Science
Effective Management
Thank you!