USC Sea Grant Regional Workshop

Held September 18, 2007

Summary of September 18, 2007 meeting at SCCWRP in Costa Mesa, CA

Sea Grant programs in Washington, Oregon and California worked together to develop a Regional Research and Information Plan for the California Current Large Marine Ecosystem.

An important step in this process was the prioritization of research and information needs for the West Coast. This was a stakeholder-driven process. Sea Grant had hoped to involve the broadest possible range of ocean and coastal interests in the process, including coastal residents, scholars and researchers; community organizations, marine conservation groups, state and local governments, resource managers at both the state and federal levels, and any person or group who depends on ocean resources for livelihood or recreation.

The workshops were organized with a panel discussion in the morning followed by break-out groups in the afternoon. The seven themes for the Break-out Groups were as follows:

1. Social And Economic Vitality of Coastal Communities
2. Coastal and Natural Hazards
3. Human Health
4. Ecosystem Dynamics, Quality and Connectivity
5. Ocean's Role in Climate Variability
6. Marine Transportation and Security
7. Ocean Education and Environmental Literacy

A description of the themes is available here.

For more detailed information on the entire project, please visit:
http://seagrant.oregonstate.edu/research/RegionalPlanning/

 

Workshop Documents

• Workshop Data and Summary
• Workshop Agenda (pdf)
• 2-page description of project (pdf)
• Description of themes (pdf)

Relevant Documents & Links

California Documents:
West Coast Oceans Agreement Discussion Paper (pdf)
OPC Strategic Plan (pdf)
CA Ocean and Coastal Information Research and Outreach Strategy (pdf)
California's Action Strategy (pdf)

National Documents:
Charting the Course for Ocean Science (JSOST) (pdf)
America's Living Oceans (Pew Oceans Commission) (pdf)
US Ocean Commission Report (pdf)
US Ocean Action Plan (pdf)
NOAA Regional Collaboration (pdf)

Links:
Oregon State Regional Research Page
SCCWRP
West Coast Governors' Agreement on Ocean Health
California Resources Page

 

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