[coral-injury] Today's call POSTPONED and quick request

[Collier, Chantal]

Kris,

 

The next USCRTF Steering Committee call is already set for 10/4 at 4:30
Eastern time. I'm afraid 10/3 would not work for me personally.

 

Chantal

 

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Chantal Collier
Coral Reef Program Manager
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
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From: coral-injury-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
[mailto:coral-injury-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov] On Behalf Of Kris McElwee
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 1:42 PM
To: Coral Reef Task Force - Injury working group
Subject: [coral-injury] Today's call POSTPONED and quick request

 

Hi all,

We got a huge response to today's meeting; at least 10 key individuals can't
make it. (And by key, I mean they're the ones who are usually on the calls.)
I propose that we postpone this call two weeks, to October 3 (and 4). Let me
know if that's a terrible date, and we'll consider pushing it another day or
week. This will give the CRCA reauthorization a couple more weeks to do its
thing in the Senate, as well.

Proposed: Our next working group call will be Wednesday, October, at 10:30
HST, 4:30pm EDT, 1:30pm PDT, and 6:30am Chamorro ST on Thursday, October 4.
Call-in info:
   Number: 866-700-2564
   Passcode: 6291251

One quick request, too. A while back Doug Helton asked if people had ideas
for a project to support this group. We got one idea (thanks, Chantal!) and
are asking one more time for additional ideas. You can send ideas to me or to
Doug.Helton at noaa.gov, by the end of this week. I'm going to propose two
ideas: a scoping document for designing and implementing a vessel grounding
database, and scoping for the trustee "Coral Teams" to work with Coast Guard.
I don't know whether either is within the contractor's area of expertise.

Cheers,
Kris

Here's Doug's original request:

I am looking for ideas for small scale R&D or tool development projects that
would be useful to the coral injury workgroup.  In my work on oil spills I
have helped develop a bunch of specific sampling protocols, sampling kits,
guidance on specific issues such as how to collect and preserve samples under
chain of custody, tips on how to photo-document and event, etc. I am
wondering if you all may have ideas more directly related to corals and
injury.  When I say small, I am thinking of a couple page report or synthesis
of information on a topic, preparation of a brief case history, modification
of an existing tool, methodology or protocol, etc, that could be accomplished
for less than $5,000 in contractor time and materials.

Some Methods and Protocols Projects that NOAA is currently working on
include: 

*	Underwater Video Mapping Summary
*	Initial grounding Assessment Summary
*	 Live Coral Triage Summary
*	Considerations For Using Remote Sensing Technologies To Assess Injury
To Benthic Habitats From Vessel Groundings
*	Using AquamapTM  and GPS Technologies for Underwater Mapping in
Emergency Assessments of Vessel Groundings

These are all fairly brief 3-12 page documents that summarize methods and
approaches.  They are all preliminary guidance not meant to replace expert
judgment, but may give folks a starting point to design a project 

Please let me know if you can think of other areas or projects that would be
beneficial to your activities.



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Kris McElwee, IMSG
Pacific Islands Coordinator
NOAA Office of Response and Restoration
NOAA Pacific Services Center
737 Bishop Street, Suite 2250
Honolulu, HI  96813-3213
 
Phone: 808-532-3207
Fax: 808-525-5388
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