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Agenda: Protected Species Stock Assessment Improvement Plan Tier III Workshop 2006

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Tues, 7 March

9:00-10:15 Welcome, Intent/Scope of the Workshop - Jim Lecky, NMFS Office of Protected Resources

SAIP Background - Dr. Richard Merrick, NMFS Northeast Fisheries Science Center

Program, Planning, Budgeting, and Execution System (PPBES) and Ecosystems Goal Team - Steve Swartz, NMFS Office of Science & Technology

How this meeting will progress - Dr. Richard Merrick, NMFS Northeast Fisheries Science Center
10:15-10:30 Break
10:30-12:00 Big picture talk on EAM (EAM) - Elliot Norse, Marine Conservation Biology Institute (MCBI)

The Global EAM Perspective - Steve Murawski, NMFS Office of Science & Technology
12:00-1:00 Lunch (on your own)
1:00-5:00 Ecosystem Studies with A Protected Species Component (30 min case studies)

1:00-1:30 Disease and Ecosystems - Andy Dobson, Princeton University

1:30-2:00 International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) Ecosystem Assessment Working Group - Jake Rice, Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO)

2:00-2:30 Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR)/Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) - Christian Reiss, NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Center

2:30-2:45 Break

2:45-3:15 Energy Modeling and Analysis eXercise (EMAX) - Jason Link, NMFS Northeast Fisheries Science Center

3:15-3:45 Ocean Health - Teri Rowles, NMFS

3:45-5:00 Panel Discussion

5:00 Break for day

Wed, 8 March

8:30-1:00

Protected Species Studies with an Ecosystem Component (30 min case studies)

8:30-9:00 Ecosystem Approach in Terrestrial Frogs - Andrew Cunningham, London Zoological Society

9:00-9:30 Ecopath/Ecosim Model for Green Turtles in the Caribbean - Colette Wabnitz, University of British Columbia

9:30-10:00 Canadian Research on Cod-Seal Interactions - Garry Stenson, Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO)

10:00-10:15 Break

10:15-10:45 Ecosystem-scale analyses in support of management in Puget Sound - Mary Ruckelshaus and Michelle McClure, NMFS Northwest Fisheries Science Center

10:45-11:15 Eastern Tropical Pacific Dolphin Studies - Lisa Ballance, NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Center

11:15-11:45 Linkages Between North Atlantic Right Whales and their Habitat - Andrew Pershing, Cornell University

11:45-12:15 Ecosystem Approaches to Management for Coral Reefs - John Ogden

12:15-1:00 Panel Discussion

1:00-2:00 Lunch (on your own)
2:00-2:15 Charge for Working Group - Dr. Richard Merrick, NMFS Northeast Fisheries Science Center
2:15-5:00

Working Group sessions

2:15-3:15 Brainstorm first question

3:15-3:30 Brainstorm second question

3:30-4:15 Brainstorm third question

4:15-5:00 Brainstorm last question

5:00-5:30 Working Group Rapporteur and Chairs meet to discuss progress
5:30 Break for day

Thurs, 9 March

8:30-9:00 Convene in Plenary: Working Groups give Brief Status Reports
9:00-12:00 Continue Working Group discussions
12:00-1:00 Lunch (on your own)
1:00-4:30 Continue Working Group discussions - Break into smaller groups to draft report's parts
4:30-5:00 Working Groups reconvene - Review progress, determine next steps
5:00-5:30 Working Group Rapporteur and Chairs meet to discuss progress
5:30 Break for day

Fri, 10 March

8:30-10:00 Convene in Plenary: Working Groups present findings
10:00-10:15 Break
10:15-1:00 Synthesis discussion of Working Group results; Discuss next steps
1:00 Adjourn Workshop

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