FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 22, 1996 Contacts: Rick Starr, U.C. Sea Grant Extension, 633-2092 Liz Love, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, 647-4255 Rachel Saunders, Center for Marine Conservation, 375-4509 Donna Meyers, AMBAG, 883-3750 Local Communities Invited to Help Protect Ocean Sanctuary The Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Symposium will be held March 8-9, 1996 at Glasgow Hall at the Naval Postgraduate School off Sloat Avenue in Monterey. Entitled Sanctuary Currents '96: "Building Community Connections in Science, Education and Conservation", the symposium will feature talks about the marine sanctuary by marine researchers, educators and conservationists. On Friday evening, the Sanctuary Reflections Awards presentation and reception will be held from 6:00 p.m. - 7:15 p.m. at the LaNovia Room at Herrmann Hall. The Sanctuary Reflections Awards honor individuals and groups for their past efforts towards the designation of the Monterey Bay as a national marine sanctuary and for their continued involvement in the conservation and preservation of the Sanctuary. Award recipients include: Ť Special Recognition: Congressman Sam Farr, California 17th District Ť Research: Deborah Johnston, California Department of Fish and Game Ť Education: Dorris Welch: Education Director, Long Marine Laboratory Ť Conservation: Les Strnad, California Coastal Commission Ť Organization: Surfrider Foundation - Santa Cruz Chapter Ť Citizen - First year graduating classes of the Save Our Shore's Sanctuary Stewards Program and the Center for Marine Conservation and Friends of the Sea Otter BAYNET Program From 7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. the Annual Ed Ricketts Memorial Lecture will feature Dr. Steven Webster, Education Director from the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Mr. Webster will be honored as this year's recipient of the Edward Ricketts Memorial Award. Mr. Webster will be presenting a lecture entitled "Ed Ricketts: Where Are You When We Need You?" The lecture will be held in the Glasgow Auditorium at the Naval Postgraduate School Campus. On Saturday, March 9, at Glasgow Hall at the Naval Postgraduate School the symposium will be held from 9:00 - 4:30 p.m. Registration will begin at 8:15 a.m. at the door. There is no charge to attend the symposium. The morning program (9:00 - 9:30) will feature Mr. Mike Weber, co-author of The Wealth of Oceans, on the topic "Beyond Monterey Bay and Our Splendid Isolation". From 9:30 - Noon a presentation entitled "Patterns, Processes, and People: A Characterization of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary" will be held. Concurrent afternoon sessions to be held from 2:00-4:00 p.m. include: Ť Education Workshops focusing on hands-on K-12 marine science activities and curricula, water quality testing, and marine science resources on the World Wide Web Ť Marine Research Symposium featuring noted marine researchers and the latest in computer visualization of marine research and data. Topics include ocean circulation, ecology of large whales in Mexico and Monterey, and a fly through model for visualizing Monterey Bay spatial data. Ť Conservation panel entitled "Challenges and Opportunities in Ocean Conservation - Policies, Politics, and Citizen Action". Speakers will include staff from the offices of Representatives Sam Farr and Anna Eshoo, Gary Patton, General Counsel for the Planning and Conservation League, and Dave Dickson, Director of Constituency Development for the Center for Marine Conservation. Event organizers for the conference include the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, the Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments, the Center for Marine Conservation, U.C. Sea Grant Extension Program, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, and Long Marine Laboratories . * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *AGENDA* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Sanctuary Currents '96 Building Community Connections in Science, Education and Conservation March 8-9, 1996 Glasgow Hall US Naval Postgraduate School Monterey, California Sponsored by: Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments Monterey Bay Aquarium Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary University of California Sea Grant Extension Program US Naval Postgraduate School Conference Organizing Committee: Nicolas Papadakis, Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments Richard M. Starr, UC Sea Grant Extension Program Liz Love, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Rachel Saunders, Center for Marine Conservation Donna Meyers, Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments Dr. Gregor M. Cailliet, Moss Landing Marine Labs Dorris Welch, UCSC Long Marine Labs Melissa Hippard, Save Our Shores Jo Stallard, MBNMS Sanctuary Advisory Council Korie A. Johnson, UC Sea Grant Extension Program Dr. Andrew DeVogelaere, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary PROGRAM OF EVENTS Friday, March 8, 1996 6:00 Social Hour and Award Presentations 7:30 Ricketts Memorial Lecture Steve Webster, Monterey Bay Aquarium Ed Ricketts, Where Are You When We Need You? Saturday, March 9, 1996 8:15 Conference Registration 9:00 Keynote Speaker Michael L. Weber, Co-author of The Wealth of Oceans Beyond Monterey Bay and Our Splendid Isolation 9:30 Patterns, Processes and People: A Characterization of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Jo Guerrero, Moss Landing Marine Labs Introduction: What is a Site Characterization? Robert R. Curry, UC Santa Cruz, CSU Monterey Bay Watershed Institute Coupling Marine and Terrestrial Watershed Processes Stephen Ralston, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service Rockfish Recruitment and the Ocean Environment 10:20 Break 10:50 Donald C. Potts, Institute of Marine Sciences, UC Santa Cruz Biodiversity in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Andrew DeVogelaere, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Site Characterization: Its Role in Resource Management of the MBNMS Rikk Kvitek, Moss Landing Marine Labs Demonstration of MBNMS Site Characterization Web Page 12:00 Lunch, Poster session, Computer Demonstrations, Exhibits Concurrent Sessions 2:00 Conservation Panel Challenges and Opportunities in Ocean Conservation - Policies, Politics, and Citizen Action Panelists include: Mike Weber, co-author of The Wealth of Oceans Donna Blitzer, District Director for Congressman Sam Farr Rachel Dinno, Field Representative to Congresswoman Anna Eshoo Gary Patton, General Counsel for the California Planning and Conservation League David Dickson, Director of Constituency Development for the Center for Marine Conservation. 2:00 Education Workshops: Roberta Dean, MARE, Lawrence Hall of Science, UC Berkeley Hands-on Sanctuary Activities from MARE (K-8) Jane Orbuch, Shauna Reisiwitz and students, San Lorenzo Valley High School, and Kip Evans, MBNMS San Lorenzo Valley High School River Project (8-12) Linda Hagelin, West Valley College Bringing the Ocean into Your Classroom: FOR SEA (K-8) Marti Atkinson, UC Santa Cruz and Jory Post, Happy Valley School, Santa Cruz County Office of Education Marine Science Resources on the World Wide Web (K-12) Dorris Welch and Mary Engle, UCSC Long Marine Lab and Liz Love, MBNMS Sanctuary Science Activities (K-12) 2:00 Research Symposium: Data Visualization Michael McCann, Naval Postgraduate School, MBARI Visualizing Ocean Circulation Alex Pang, UC Santa Cruz and Wendell Nuss, Naval Postgraduate School Realtime Environmental Information Network Analysis System Donald A. Croll, UC Santa Cruz Deep Gluttony: Foraging Ecology of Large Whales in Mexico and Monterey Bay Norman M. Maher, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute A Fly-through Model for Visualizing Monterey Bay Spatial Data 4:00 Conference Wrap-up and Presentation of Poster Session Awards NOAA 6 of 6