Research Activity Panel: Meeting Agenda
California Department of Fish and Game
20 Lower Ragsdale Drive, Monterey CA
Friday  October 9, 1998
09:00 - 12:00


Introduction of members and guests (G. Cailliet)

  Institution Representatives
	Greg Cailliet, Moss Landing Marine Labs- Chair
	Rick Starr, U.C. Sea Grant- Vice Chair
	Andrew DeVogelaere, MBNMS- RAP Coordinator
	Lisa deMarignac, MBNMS- SAC Coordinator

	Jane Caffrey/Mark Silberstein, ESNERR and ESF
	William Douros, Monterey Bay NMS
	Michael Field/Steve Eittreim, USGS
	Churchill Grimes/Mary Yoklavich, NOAA/NMFS
	Chris Harrold/Randy Kochevar, Monterey Bay Aquarium 
	Deborah Johnston, CA DFG/ Monterey
	Rikk Kvitek/Steve Moore, CSUMB
	Patricia Port, Department of the Interior 
	Giacomo Bernardi/Dan Costa, UCSC
	Dennis Powers/Jennifer Nielsen, Hopkins Marine Station
	David Clague, MBARI 
	Jan Roletto, GFNMS/CBNMS
	Leslie Rosenfeld/Jeff Paduan, Naval Postgraduate School
	Mark Stephenson, CDFG/Mar. Pollution Studies Lab
	Geoff Wheat, NOAA/NURP
	Karen Worcester, Morro Bay Foundation
  At-Large
	Jim Harvey, Moss Landing Marine Labs
	Caroline Pomeroy, UCSC/CSUMB
	Les Strnad, CA Coastal Commission 
  Special Advisors
	Jim Rote, CSUMB
	Gary Sharp, CIRIOS


CONSENT ITEMS:

Modifications to the agenda (G. Cailliet)


PRESENTATIONS

Institutional Update: CDFG Marine Division reorganization (Rob Collins)

Studies at the Big Creek Marine Ecological Reserve (Dave VenTresca)

The live fish fishery: what we know and where to go (Greg Cailliet)


BREAK


DISCUSSION

Criteria for "no dumping" sites regarding Big Sur highway repair (Andrew De Vogelaere)

Sanctuary Currents: planning '98 (Bruce Richmond/Andrew De Vogelaere)


SHORT INFORMATION ITEMS

Verbal items:

Summary of the October SAC meeting (Greg Cailliet)

Update on Sustainable Seas Expeditions (A. De Vogelaere)

Legislation update (Caroline Pomeroy)

Update on PEARL (Gary Sharp)


Written items (no discussion unless there are questions):

Collaboration between NMFS and MBNMS (Andrew De Vogelaere)
	Through a collaborative effort with NMFS, Dr. Karin Forney will be spending 1/3 
time with the MBNMS in research program.  She is a scientist from the Southwest 
Fisheries Science Center in LaJolla, and will be working with us on a range of projects: 
causes of distribution and abundance of harbor porpoise, gill net fishing by-catch of harbor 
porpoise and Common Murre, and distribution maps of sea otters in offshore regions.  
We're looking forward to see Karin around our office for at least a year.

National Research Coordinators meeting (Andrew De Vogelaere)
	NMS Research Coordinators met in Monterey on October 7 and 8.  This is the first 
national meeting.

New Intern (Andrew De Vogelaere)
	Welcome to our new research intern, Jason Giffen.  He is from the Monterey 
Institute for International Studies.

Future Agenda (Greg Cailliet)
	Don't hesitate to forward agenda topics, speaker suggestions, and written items to 
G. Cailliet or A. De Vogelaere for future meetings.


Handouts available:
	MBNMS Newsletter
	PEARL Reports
	
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