[CINC] 5/20/11 Sanctuary Advisory Council Meeting

[Shauna Bingham]

CINC Volunteers,
you are invited and encouraged to attend sac meetings and can log these 
hours under training.
cheers - shauna


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Sanctuary Advisory Council Meeting
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*Friday, May 20, 2011*

*9:00 am -- 3:00 pm*
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*Casa Las Palmas***

*323 E. Cabrillo Blvd  ·  Santa Barbara, CA*
 

*D R A F T   A G E N D A*

 

/All times are subject to possible adjustment/

*9:00-10:00**AM**            1.         Administrative Business and 
Announcements*

*A.    Welcoming New Members *(Non-consumptive seat alternate; USCG seat 
member)

*B.    Comment on/Adoption of March 18th, 2011 Draft Key Outcomes* 
 (_Council Action Requested_)**

*C.    Sanctuary Superintendent's Report  *(_No Council Action Requested_)**

*D.    Brief Council Member Announcements  *(_No Council Action Requested_)

*10:00-10:45**AM**  2.     Ocean Acidification Action Plan for West 
Coast Sanctuaries*  (_Council Action Requested_)**

·   Overview of recently completed review version of ocean acidification 
action plan by task force members Linda Krop and Laura Francis 
(distributed to Council members via email and available to others at the 
meeting)

·   Highlights from the May 4^th "Your Changing Ocean" ocean 
acidification workshop at UCSB.

·   Council questions and discussion

·   _Council Action_: Provide feedback on report

*10:45-11:30**AM**  3.     SAC Summit Meeting Report*  (_No Council 
Action Requested_)**

·   Highlights from the annual Sanctuary Advisory Council Summit, held 
May 3-4 in Savannah, GA and attended by Eric Kett (Council Chair) and 
Mike Murray (CINMS staff)

·   Council Discussion

*11:30-11:45**AM**          4.         Public Comment *(1st of 2) (may 
be extended at the discretion of the Chair or used as a break)**

*11:45-12:30**PM**  5.     Offshore Wind and Wave Energy: Progress 
report from Conservation Working Group*  (_No Council Action Requested_)**

·   Overview of this topic from the Council's Conservation Working 
Group, who are developing a report for future Council consideration

·   Council Discussion

*12:30-1:30**PM            LUNCH  BREAK*

*1:30-1:45**PM**      6.     Ocean For Life  *(_No Council Action 
Requested_)**

·   Overview of the Ocean For Life program, which will happen at CINMS 
this July 14-25, 2011.  Claire Fackler with NOAA's Office of National 
Marine Sanctuaries will describe how this unique program will bring 
together 30 high school students from the Middle East and North America 
to foster cultural understanding through the study of the ocean 
ecosystem. (More information online at http://www.oceanforlife.org/)

·   Council questions

*1:45-2:15**PM**      7.     San Miguel Island Red Abalone *(_No Council 
Action Requested_)

·   Chris Voss will describe local efforts to evaluate the feasibility 
of a limited red abalone fishery off San Miguel Island

·   Council Discussion

*2:15-2:30**PM          **8.     Public Comment *(2nd of 2) (may be 
extended at the discretion of the Chair or used as a break)

*2:30-2:55**PM**      9.     Working Group Reports *(_No Council Action 
Requested_)

            Brief reports/announcements from active Working Groups:

A.    Channel Islands Technical Advisory Committee on Enforcement (Bill 
Struble, NOAA Office for Law Enforcement)

B.    Chumash Community Working Group (Luhui Isha, Vennise Miller-Forte)

C.    Sanctuary Education Team (Maria Petueli)

D.    Research Activities Panel (Dr. Bob Warner or Dr. Mark Steele)

E.    Recreational Fishing Working Group (Capt. David Bacon)

F.    Commercial Fishing Working Group (Bruce Steele)

G.    Conservation Working Group (Linda Krop)

*2:55**PM**              10.     **Meeting Close-Out* (_No Council 
Action Requested_)**

·   *Schedule for 2011 meetings and events:*

o   Saturday, July 9: Council field trip

o   Friday, July 22, Ventura

o   Friday, September 23, Santa Barbara

o   Friday, November 18, Ventura

*3:00**PM**              **ADJOURN*

-- 
Shauna Bingham 
Volunteer and Outreach Coordinator
NOAA Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
3600 S. Harbor Blvd. #2-202
Oxnard, CA 93035
Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov
(805) 382-6149 ext. 102
Fax (805) 382-9791
http://channelislands.noaa.gov

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