Focus Area History and Reports

Welcome

Nikola Garber

Focus Team Annual Meeting

October 14, 2010

Perspiration• Reviewing impact statements

– 2008: 2787 impacts (1585 cleaned)• Improved impact guidance

– 2009: 670 impacts

Appreciation• National Sea Grant

Implementation Plan• Identifying national stories• Strategic investments

• Aquaculture ($10.8M in 2010-12)• Invasive species ($2M in 2010 and

2011)• Providing national leadership and

support• Energy Use in Fisheries

Symposium• Big ideas

• Small Business and Innovative Research (SBIR)

• Budget initiatives

Inspiration• NOAA Reorganization

• New NOAA Climate Service• Hallmark of new OAR is innovation

• NOAA Next Generation Strategic Plan• National Ocean Policy• Deepwater Horizon• Interagency disaster planning• Renewed NOAA/EPA MOA• SBIR

Vision for the future• Big ideas

– SBIR– NOPP– NOAA annual budget initiatives

• Ground truthing

• Innovation

Evolution of Focus Teams

Jim Murray

Deputy Director

National Sea Grant Office

Beginnings• National Research Council recommendations• NOAA National Sea Grant College Program

Strategic Plan 2009-2013: Meeting the Challenge

• Four focus areas• Healthy Coastal Ecosystems• Hazard Resilient Coastal Communities• Safe and Sustainable Seafood Supply• Sustainable Coastal Development

• Three cross-cutting goals• Research, Education, Extension

• Purpose• To help the National Sea Grant College

Program develop and accomplish the goals and strategies outlined in the four focus areas described in the NOAA National Sea Grant College Program Strategic Plan.

Focus Team Report:Safe and Sustainable

Seafood Supply

Jim Murray



October 14, 2010

MembersNational Sea Grant OfficeJim Murray (Chair)Gene Kim (Alternate Chair)Jacky Haskell (Coordinator)

Sea Grant Advisory BoardRolland A. (Rollie) Schmitten

State Sea Grant ProgramsChuck Wilson (Vice-Chair), Louisiana Sea

GrantDan Williams, Washington Sea GrantVicki Clark, Virginia Sea GrantPaul Olin, California Sea GrantBill Dupaul, Virginia Sea GrantPhil Moy, Wisconsin Sea GrantSteve Otwell, Florida Sea GrantDana Morse, Maine Sea Grant

NOAA, University, and Industry PartnersTerry Smith, National Marine Fisheries ServiceChristopher Moore, Mid-Atlantic Fishery

Management CouncilGil Sylvia, Oregon State UniversityJeff Stephan, United Fisherman’s Marketing

Association, Inc.Ron Baird, University of North Carolina

Activities and contributions• 2009 Seafood Science & Technology Conference

– Steve Otwell, Florida Sea Grant

• Focus Team Seafood Science & Technology Subcommittee

– Jeff Stephan, United Fisherman’s Marketing Association, Inc.

• Advice on Sea Grant Aquaculture Research and Extension National Strategic Investments

– Gene Kim, National Sea Grant Office

• Symposium at 2010 American Fisheries Society Meeting: “Local Catch – Quality, Marketing and Consumption”

– Terry Smith, National Marine Fisheries Service

• Energy Use in Fisheries Symposium– Chris Moore, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council

• Fisheries Extension Catch Share Workshop– Ken La Valley, New Hampshire Sea Grant– Tom Murray, Virginia Sea Grant

Operating procedures

• Communication by conference calls

• Decision-making– Aquaculture subcommittee– Catch shares funding– In general, the goal is consensus. If not, the

chair and vice-chair decide.

Hazard Resilient Coastal Communities

Mike Liffmann and LaDon Swann


October 14, 2010

Members

Projects’ Funding Process1. HRCC solicited ideas in 2010 (Note: need to expand our

reach for earlier and more SG and other input)

2. Ideas submitted to Liffmann and Swann

3. Best ideas invited to submit proposals under a Broad Agency Announcement (very short time fuse)

4. Proposals subjected to three external reviews

5. Funding provided and projects underway

HRCC Funded Activities• 2009 Climate Network Workshop

– Jess Whitehead, SC Sea Grant

• 2010 Coastal Processes Roundtable– Spencer Rogers, NC Sea Grant

• National Climate Survey– Joe Cone, Oregon Sea Grant

• Integrating Smart Growth, Hazards & Climate Change– Sarah van der Schalie, NOAA Oceans and

Coastal Resource Management

• SG-LG Climate Summit– Mike Spranger, Florida Sea Grant

Special Recognition

DWH Oil Spill ResponseGulf of Mexico Sea Grant Programs

Climate NetworkJessica Whitehead, Esperanza Stancioff, & Chris Conger

Sustainable Coastal Development

Heather Triezenberg and Brian Miller


October 14, 2010

Members

2009 Activities• 2009 Sustainable Urbanism Seminar

-Kristen Grant, Maine Sea Grant

• 2009 Climate Network Workshop– Jess Whitehead, North Carolina Sea

Grant

• Smart Growth for Coastal & Waterfront Communities– Sarah van der Schalie, NOAA Oceans

and Coastal Resource Management

Projects’ Funding Process1. SCD solicited ideas in 2010 (Note: need to expand our

reach for earlier and more SG and other input)

2. Ideas submitted to Liffmann and Miller

3. Best ideas invited to submit proposals under a Broad Agency Announcement (very short time fuse)

4. Proposals subjected to three external reviews

5. Funding provided and projects underway

2010 Activities• Working Waterways & Waterfronts

National Symposium– Natalie Springuel, Maine Sea Grant– Tom Murray, Virginia Sea Grant

• NEMO U7 Symposium & Workshop– David Dickson, CT NEMO

• Sea Grant Coastal & Marine Tourism Roundtable

– Jim Falk and John Carey, Delaware Sea Grant

• Improved Land Use & Land Cover– Brian Miller & David Hart

2011 Activities• Integrating Smart Growth, Hazards &

Climate Change– Sarah van der Schalie, NOAA Oceans and

Coastal Resource Management

• 2011 SG-LG Climate Summit– Mike Spranger, Florida Sea Grant

Special Recognition

Coastal & Waterfront Smart GrowthPam Rubinoff and Sarah van der Schalie

Working Waterways & Waterfronts National Symposium

Natalie Springuel, Tom Murray and Kristen Grant

SCCD NetworkVicky Carrasco (Chair), John Jacob, Kristen Grant, Lisa Schiavinato, Joe Lucente, Robert Emanuel, & Jim Falk

Focus Team Report:Healthy Coastal

Ecosystems

Miguel Lugo



October 14, 2010

MembersNational Sea Grant OfficeDorn Carlson (Chair)Miguel Lugo (Alternate Chair)Jacky Haskell (Coordinator)

Sea Grant Advisory BoardNancy Rabalais, Louisiana Universities

Marine Consortium

State Sea Grant ProgramsBarry Costa-Pierce (Vice-Chair), Rhode

Island Sea GrantAnders Andren, Wisconsin Sea GrantRobert Kent, New York Sea GrantDianne Lindstedt, Louisiana Sea GrantRussell Moll, California Sea Grant

NOAA PartnersMichele Dionne, Wells ReserveRoger Griffis, NOAA Fisheries

University PartnersSteven Gaines, UC Santa BarbaraRuss Herwig, University of WashingtonJudith Weis, Rutgers University

Activities

• Sessions about Sea Grant’s activities in coastal ecosystem management at:

– 2009 International Marine Conservation Congress• Judith Weis, Rutgers University; Dorn Carlson, National Sea Grant Office

– 2009 Coastal Estuarine Research Federation Conference• Judith Weis, Rutgers University

– 2009 Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting• Dorn Carlson, National Sea Grant Office

• Support for the 2009 Sea Grant Climate Network Workshop

• Advice on the NSGO’s Invasive Species Research Regional Strategic Investments

• Support for the Working Group to Identify Critical New Directions in Marine and Coastal Ecosystem Science Research for NOAA Sea Grant

– Steven Gaines, UC Santa Barbara

Operating procedures

• Communication by conference calls

• Decision-making by consensus

Outstanding contributions

Judith Weis

Rutgers University

Principles of Service

Jim Murray

Deputy Director


Procedural Manual: Overview

• Need for clarity and communication on focus team roles, activities, and membership

• General guidance designed to:

• increase transparency

• improve communications

• increase consistency across teams

• avoid conflicts

Responsibilities

• Facilitate national planning, implementation, synthesis, and reporting.

• Identify new national opportunities and directions.

• Catalyze cooperative efforts within Sea Grant and external partners.

• Solidify Sea Grant’s national identity.

Membership• Nomination process ensures:

– Effective interaction with Sea Grant network and external partners

– Multi-regional perspective– Broad expertise within the focus areas

• Subcommittees– Within or among teams (cross-cuts)

• Term– Life cycle of the national plan

• Member replacement– May follow resignations– Recruitment emulates nomination process

Communication• Teams

– Public conference calls and meetings

• Among teams– Cross-cutting issues– Cross-team communication for consistency

• With the Sea Grant network– Updates to the network– Input from the network– Communication with network groups

• With external audiences– On behalf of the network

• With the National Sea Grant Director– Periodic discussions– Focus team chairs are liaisons for frequent updates

Funding• Focus team responsibilities

• NSGO may cover expenses as needed

• Focus area funding• Allocation of funds should be transparent,

participatory, and inclusive of ideas from focus team membership and the network

• Providing input on National Sea Grant Office funding• Upon request from the National Sea Grant

Director

Challenge to Teams

Jim Murray

Deputy Director


Challenge

• Use partnerships as a strategic tool and leverage or build contacts.

• Be innovative and creative in recommending new initiatives and opportunities.

• Collaborate across teams to address cross-cutting issues.

Questions We Hope You Will Address

1. How well is the Sea Grant network achieving its national goals?

2. What national impacts should be highlighted in communication products and reporting?

3. Where are the gaps in the National Strategic Plan?

4. What are new opportunities or future directions?

5. Recommendations for focus area activities