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SUMMARY:Ecosystem Modeling for Fisheries Management in the Gulf of Mexico
DESCRIPTION:OneNOAA Science Seminar Series \nTitle: Ecosystem Modeling for Fisheries Management in the Gulf of MexicoPart of NOAA's RESTORE Science Program Seminar Series: Actionable Science in the Gulf of Mexico \nSpeaker(s):  \nDr. David Chagaris\, Assistant Professor\, IFAS Nature Coast Biological Station\, University of Florida\, and Dr. Igal Berenshtein\, Research Associate\, Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies\, University of Miami \nSponsor(s): NOAA RESTORE Science Program and NOAA's National Ocean Service Science Seminar Series. Points of contact are Andrew.Lade@noaa.govand for webinar questions\, Tracy.GIll@noaa.gov \nRemote Access: Register athttps://noaabroadcast.adobeconnect.com/ecosystemmodeling/event/registration.htmlAfter registering\, you will get a confirmation email with a link to the webinar. If you have not used Adobe connect before\, it is best to test your ability to use (and to download) Adobe Connect\, before the webinar\, at: https://noaabroadcast.adobeconnect.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm . Audio is over the computer\,so adjust the volume on your computer speakers or headset. Users should use either google\, IE or Edge on Windows or Safari if using a Mac. Questions will be addressed in the chat box. \nAbstract: The overall goal of this project is to integrate information on ecosystem stressors and predator-prey interactions into the assessment and management of fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM). Two existing trophic-dynamic ecosystem models for the GoM were updated and expanded. The first is an ecosystem model of the West Florida Shelf (WFS)\, that focuses on reef fish species and red tides. The second model is a Gulf-wide (U.S. territorial waters) ecosystem model that focuses on federally managed species\, the role of forage fish\, and effects of bycatch. Both models utilize the Ecopath with Ecosim and Ecospace (EwE) modeling software package. In the WFS EwE model\, a new feature was added to enable estimation of red tide mortality over space and time\, while accounting for potential bloom avoidance and effects of food web impacts on recovery times. An important output from this model is a time series of red tide mortality that can be incorporated into reef fish stock assessments and can also inform projection scenarios used by managers to set annual catch limits. The Gulf-wide EwE model focuses on Gulf menhaden and generates time series of predation mortality for stock assessment and presents managers with the tradeoff between menhaden harvest and predator populations. Primary end users of these tools include stock assessment scientists\, scientific advisory committees\, and state and federal fisheries managers.  Input from end users was obtained during an initial scoping workshop and we remained engaged with our end users by providing updates opportunistically during routine meetings. In the case of Gulf menhaden\, our end user engagement efforts highlighted constraints and limitations in their management structure\, impeding immediate uptake of the ecosystem information. Over the next year\, we will finalize ecosystem model outputs to upcoming stock assessments and management actions for gag grouper\, scamp\, gray snapper\, and Gulf menhaden as well as the recently initiated Gulf Fishery Ecosystem Plan. \nBio(s): \nDr. David Chagaris is a research assistant professor at the IFAS Nature Coast Biological Station\, University of Florida. Dr. Chagaris is a quantitative fisheries scientist that analyzes datasets and develops population dynamic and ecosystem models that incorporate environmental drivers\, food web dynamics\, and habitat interactions in order to understand how fisheries resources and marine ecosystems respond to fishing and environmental change. Those models are then used to improve population assessments\, screen policy options for unintended consequences\, evaluate ecosystem effects of natural and anthropogenic perturbations\, and develop new management reference points that account for ecosystem interactions and the uncertainty therein. Dr. Chagaris is also currently a member of the Gulf Council SSC\, the Gulf Council Ecosystem Technical Committee\, and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Ecological Reference Points workgroup. \nDr. Igal Berenshtein is a postdoctoral research associate at the Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies\, University of Miami\, and the NOAA Fisheries Southeast Fisheries Science Center.  Dr. Berenshtein is a quantitative marine ecologist working on the broad aspects of ecological and environmental questions by integrating analytical approaches\, such as biophysical modeling\, behavioral experiments\, empirical studies and ecosystem modeling. Igal has completed his first Postdoc at the university of Miami working on Marine pollution and larval dispersal\, and he is now in his second post-doc position at the Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies\, working on ecosystem modeling in the Gulf of Mexico. \nSubscribe to the OneNOAA Science Seminar weekly email: Send an email to OneNOAAscienceseminars-request@list.woc.noaa.gov with the word 'subscribe' in the subject or body. Visit the OneNOAA Science Seminar Series website for more information. \n{David Chagaris\, Professor\, IFAS Nature Coast Biological Station\, University of Florida and Dr. Igal Berenshtein\, Research Associate\, Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies\, University of Miami}
URL:https://secasc.ncsu.edu/event/ecosystem-modeling-for-fisheries-management-in-the-gulf-of-mexico-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200903T120000
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SUMMARY:Expanding Alabama’s Real-time Coastal Observing System for coastal management applications
DESCRIPTION:OneNOAA Science Seminar Series \nTitle: Expanding Alabama’s Real-time Coastal Observing System for coastal management applicationsSeminar 8 of 13 in NOAA's RESTORE Science Program Seminar Series: Actionable Science in the Gulf of Mexico \nSpeaker: BrianDzwonkowski\,Associate Professor\, University of South Alabama \nSponsor(s): NOAA RESTORE Science Program and NOAA's National Ocean Service Science Seminar Series. Points of contact are Andrew.Lade@noaa.gov and Tracy.GIll@noaa.gov . \nRemote Access: Register at: https://noaabroadcast.adobeconnect.com/dzwonkowski/event/registration.htmlAfter registering\, you will get a confirmation email with a link to the webinar. If you have not used Adobe connect before\, it is best to test your ability to use (and to download) Adobe Connect\, before the webinar\, at: https://noaabroadcast.adobeconnect.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm Audio is over the computer\, so adjust the volume on your computer speakers or headset. Users should use either google\, IE or Edge on Windows or Safari if using a Mac. Questions will be addressed in the chat box. \nAbstract:One of the many challenges in the management of coastal regions is their ever-changing environmental conditions. Being at the interface of terrestrial and marine regions\, coastal and estuarine systems can experience dramatic variability in their physical and biogeochemical properties which have significant ramifications for water quality and the associated ecosystem.  In order to support various Alabama stakeholders in their use and management of the coastal zone\, Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) developed a network of monitoring stations (Alabama’s Real-time Coastal Observing System\, ARCOS) beginning in 2003 that provide continuous real-time hydrographic and meteorological observations across coastal Alabama. To improve the quality of data as well as broaden the user community\, DISL has been in the process of upgrading and expanding the network capacity. In 2017\, supported by NOAA RESTORE program\, DISL has been modernizing the station infrastructure and data delivery platform as well as expanding the measurement parameters and spatial extent of the network. This work has also involved actively engaging with our existing users as well as developing additional uses of the network to attract new users and interest groups that could benefit from this decision support tool. In particular\, we will highlight a new understanding of regional hypoxia as well as guidance on the intensification potential for approaching hurricanes that has been provided by this network. This effort demonstrates the benefits that long-term monitoring of coastal and estuarine environments can provide to decision-making in coastal regions. \nBio:Brian Dzwonkowski is an Associate Professor in the Department of Marine Sciences at the University of South Alabama where he has been a faculty member since 2014. His research interests lie in coastal physical oceanography (i.e. things related to the structure and flow of water such as currents\, tides\, stratification) as well as how physical processes impact biogeochemical cycling and ecosystem function. He spends much of his time trying to understand the dynamics of Mobile Bay and the Mississippi Bight and how physical insights can inform our understanding and management of this region. \nSubscribe to the OneNOAA Science Seminar weekly email: Send an email to OneNOAAscienceseminars-request@list.woc.noaa.gov with the word 'subscribe' in the subject or body. Visit the OneNOAA Science Seminar Series website for more information.  \n(Brian Dzwonkowski\, Associate Professor\, University of South Alabama)
URL:https://secasc.ncsu.edu/event/expanding-alabamas-real-time-coastal-observing-system-for-coastal-management-applications/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200825T160000
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SUMMARY:Funding Opportunity: Planning for Actionable Science in the Gulf of Mexico
DESCRIPTION:OneNOAA Science Seminar Series \nTitle: Funding Opportunity: Planning for Actionable Science in the Gulf of Mexico  Webinar 3 of 3 announcing RESTORE Science Program Funding Opportunity.  \nSpeaker: Julien Lartigue\, Director\, NOAA RESTORE Science Program \nSponsor: NOAA RESTORE Science Program and NOAA's National Ocean Service Science Seminar Series. Points of contact: Andrew.Lade@noaa.gov and for webinar questions\, Tracy.GIll@noaa.gov \nRemote Access: Register athttps://noaabroadcast.adobeconnect.com/restorescience3/event/registration.htmlAfter registering\, you will get a confirmation email with a link to the webinar. If you have not used Adobe connect before\, it is best to test your ability to use (and to download) Adobe Connect\, before the webinar\, by visiting: https://noaabroadcast.adobeconnect.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm Audio is over the computer\, so adjust the volume on your computer speakers or headset. Users should use either google\, IE or Edge on Windows or Safari if using a Mac. Questions will be addressed in the chat box. \nAbstract: The NOAA RESTORE Science Program invites you to join a webinar on our current funding opportunity which will support teams of managers\, researchers\, and other stakeholders to plan a research project that informs a specific management decision impacting natural resources in the Gulf of Mexico. This funding opportunity lays the foundation for the co-production of actionable science in two ways. One way is by focusing on the creation of partnerships between natural resource managers and researchers. The second way is by providing those partnerships with funding to jointly scope and design a research project that informs a future natural resource management decision. NOAA is making approximately $2.5 million available through this competition to fund approximately 20 projects for 12 months each. As these planning projects conclude\, the Science Program plans to release a second competition for funding to execute and apply actionable science in the Gulf of Mexico. Each webinar is expected to last approximately 30 minutes\, and will begin with a 12-minute overview of the funding competition followed by questions from participants. A recording of the webinar will be placed here on the Science Program’s website by September 1. After the competition is publicly released on August 11\, an overview of the competition along with frequently asked questions can be found on the Science Program’s website. \nBio: Julien Lartigue is the Director of NOAA RESTORE Science Program. Julien uses his experience working at academic institutions across the Gulf States and with federal and state agencies to connect the research and information needs of resource managers to the problem-solving capacity within the research community. As a long-time resident of the Gulf Coast\, he is committed to the conservation and wise-management of the region’s natural resources and the future of its coastal communities. Julien has a BA in Biology from Swarthmore College and holds a PhD in Marine Sciences from the University of South Alabama. \nSubscribe to the OneNOAA Science Seminar weekly email: Send an email to OneNOAAscienceseminars-request@list.woc.noaa.gov with the word 'subscribe' in the subject or body. Visit the OneNOAA Science Seminar Series website for more information.  \n(Julien Lartigue\, Director\, NOAA RESTORE Science Program)
URL:https://secasc.ncsu.edu/event/funding-opportunity-planning-for-actionable-science-in-the-gulf-of-mexico-3/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200825T120000
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SUMMARY:Fish Predation on a Landscape Scale
DESCRIPTION:OneNOAA Science Seminar Series \nTitle: Fish Predation on a Landscape Scale   \nSpeaker: Cyril J. Michel\, University of California – Santa Cruz / NOAA-NMFSCo-Authors: Mark J. Henderson – USGS / Humboldt State University\, ArcataChristopher M. Loomis – Humboldt State University\, ArcataJoseph M. Smith – NOAA-NMFS-NWFSC\, SeattleNicholas J. Demetras – NOAA-NMFS\, Santa Cruz Ilysa S. Iglesias – NOAA-NMFS\, Santa Cruz Brendan M. Lehman –  NOAA-NMFS\, Santa CruzDavid D. Huff – NOAA-NMFS NWFSC\, Newport \nSponsor: NOAA's National Ocean Service (NOS) Science Seminar Series; coordinator is Tracy.Gill@noaa.gov. After the webinar\, we will likely email the recording and PDF of slides to registrants if/when available. \nRemote Access: Please register at: https://noaabroadcast.adobeconnect.com/fishpredation/event/registration.htmlAfter registering\, you will get a confirmation email with a link to the webinar. If you have not used Adobe connect before\, it is best to your ability to use Adobe Connect at the following link: https://noaabroadcast.adobeconnect.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htmAudio is over the computer\, so adjust volume on your computer speakers or headset. Users should use either google\, IE or Edge on Windows or Safari if using a Mac.  \nAbstract: California’s Central Valley salmon populations are in decline\, and it is believed that one of the major contributors to these declines is low survival during residence in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. The mechanism of their mortality is unclear\, but it is believed that a significant contributor is predation by the large populations of predators present there. However\, it is currently not clear what proportion of juvenile salmonid mortality can be directly attributed to fish predation\, largely because empirical data on predation has only been collected at limited spatial scales. In 2017\, we quantified predation mortality rates\, predator abundance\, and relevant environmental covariates in 21 randomly selected study sites in the Delta\, using a randomized selection protocol. Predation mortality rates were quantified using Predation Event Recorders (standardized predation monitoring devices)\, and predator densities were quantified using Dual-Identification Sonar cameras. This site selection protocol allowed for the inference of relationships between the environment and predation across a broader spatial scale than previous studies. Using these statistical relationships\, we then developed the capability to produce high-resolution spatially and temporally-explicit predation risk estimates. We then put these predation risk estimates in the context of their impacts on migrating juvenile salmon\, allowing us to assess the potential success of different potential survival-enhancing management actions.    \nBio(s): Cyril has spent his career to date passionately devoted to restoring salmon stocks in California's Central Valley. This work has led him through a natural progression\, starting with his Master's Thesis work on investigating the outmigration survival dynamics of juvenile late-fall Chinook salmon\, to present day\, which consists of being the team leader for the salmon acoustic telemetry and salmon predation programs at University of California Santa Cruz\, in affiliation with the National Marine Fisheries Service Southwest Fisheries Science Center. These two programs are both currently maturing and moving from the monitoring phase\, in other words\, assessing the spatial and temporal dynamics as well as environmental drivers of juvenile salmon survival and predation risk\, to the experimental phase\, with different studies testing ways to manipulate juvenile salmon survival and predation risk on a landscape scale. When Cyril isn't working tirelessly to restore salmon populations\, he's secretly out (trying to) catch them on his boat and keep them for dinner.   \nSubscribe to the OneNOAA Science Seminar Series weekly email: Send an email to OneNOAAscienceseminars-request@list.woc.noaa.gov with the word `subscribe' in the subject or body. Visit the OneNOAA Science Seminar Series website for more information. \n(Cyril J. Michel\, University of California\, Santa Cruz/NOAA-NMFS; Mark J. Henderson – USGS/Humboldt State University; Christopher M. Loomis – Humboldt State University; Joseph M. Smith\, NOAA-NMFS-NWFSC\, Seattle; Nicholas J. Demetras\, NOAA-NMFS\, Santa Cruz; Ilysa S. Iglesias\, NOAA-NMFS\, Santa Cruz; Brendan M. Lehman\, NOAA-NMFS\, Santa Cruz\, and David D. Huff\, NOAA-NMFS NWFSC\, Newport)
URL:https://secasc.ncsu.edu/event/fish-predation-on-a-landscape-scale/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200723T120000
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SUMMARY:Effects of nitrogen sources and plankton food-web dynamics on habitat quality for the larvae of Atlantic bluefin tuna in the Gulf of Mexico
DESCRIPTION:OneNOAA Science Seminar Series \nTitle: Effects of nitrogen sources and plankton food-web dynamics on habitat quality for the larvae of Atlantic bluefin tuna in the Gulf of MexicoSeminar No. 6 of 13 in NOAA's RESTORE Science Program Seminar Series: Actionable Science in the Gulf of Mexico \nSpeaker: Dr. Michael Stukel\, Associate Professor\, Florida State University \nSponsor: NOAA RESTORE Science Program and NOAA's National Ocean Service Science Seminar Series. Points of contact: Andrew.Lade@noaa.gov and for webinar questions\, Tracy.GIll@noaa.gov \nRemote Access: Register at: https://noaabroadcast.adobeconnect.com/plankton/event/registration.htmlAfter registering\, you will get a confirmation email with a link to the webinar. If you have not used Adobe connect before\, it is best to test your ability to use (and to download) Adobe Connect\, before the webinar\, at: https://noaabroadcast.adobeconnect.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm Audio is over the computer\, so adjust the volume on your computer speakers or headset. Users should use either google\, IE or Edge on Windows or Safari if using a Mac. Questions will be addressed in the chat box. \nAbstract: Bluefin tuna spawn in some of the most oligotrophic regions of the Gulf of Mexico.  In these stratified\, low nutrient waters\, low abundances of their mesozooplankton prey can lead to high starvation rates among Bluefin larvae and commensurately decreased recruitment.  Larval prey availability may become an even greater concern for this species in a future ocean in which warmer temperatures simultaneously drive decreased ecosystem productivity through increased stratification and increased food requirements as a result of higher metabolism. To investigate linkages between physical circulation\, the lower trophic level food web\, and larval Bluefin\, we have pursued two complementary modeling approaches: three-dimensional coupled ecosystem modeling and mass-balanced constrained food web modeling.  In the first approach\, we have developed a three-dimensional ecosystem model from nutrients to large and predatory mesozooplankton\, and validated the model against SEAMAP zooplankton abundance measurements and in situ zooplankton rate measurements.  We then developed a Lagrangian larval tuna model to advect simulated larvae through the dynamic prey field to quantify growth\, starvation\, predation\, and survivorship.  We use this model to investigate processes promoting larval tuna survivorship in current and future climate conditions.  With our second approach\, we explicitly acknowledge that larval tuna are selective feeders on specific mesozooplankton taxa and hence have constructed a mass-balance constrained food-web model that includes much greater complexity within the zooplankton community.  This food-web model is constrained using extensive (nutrients to tuna) measurements made during Lagrangian experiments conducted on two focused cruises in the Gulf of Mexico.  This modeling approach allows us to trace nitrogen from upwelled nitrate and nitrogen fixation through zooplankton communities and into larval tuna.  We then show how these modeling approaches can be linked to mechanistically predict the impact of interannual and longer-scale changes in the Gulf of Mexico on larval tuna recruitment. \nBio: Dr. Michael Stukel is an associate professor at Florida State University. His research spans the intersection of plankton ecology and marine biogeochemistry. He has a love for all the zooplankton of the oceans and a passion for understanding how these microscopic organisms influence everything from the global climate to local fisheries yield.  Appendicularians are his favorite plankton.  Unless it's ctenophores.  Or salps.  Perhaps phaeodarians\, krill\, Lingulodinium polyedrum\, hyperiid amphipods\, Tomopteris\, or pyrosomes.  It might be copepods.  But he doesn't like chaetognaths.  They always get stuck on the filter. \nSubscribe to the OneNOAA Science Seminar weekly email: Send an email to OneNOAAscienceseminars-request@list.woc.noaa.gov with the word 'subscribe' in the subject or body. Visit the OneNOAA Science Seminar Series website for more information.  \n(Michael Stukel\, PhD\, Associate Professor\, Florida State University)
URL:https://secasc.ncsu.edu/event/effects-of-nitrogen-sources-and-plankton-food-web-dynamics-on-habitat-quality-for-the-larvae-of-atlantic-bluefin-tuna-in-the-gulf-of-mexico/
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