Greetings CINC Volunteers:
Optional attendance encouraged, please record on your timesheet under
training.
Thank you,
Shauna
c h a n n e l is l a n d s n a tio n a l m a rin e s a n c t u a
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Sanctuary Advisory Council Meeting
*Friday, March 15, 2019*
*9:00 am – 3:30 pm*
*Museum of Ventura County*
*100 East Main Street · Ventura, CA 93001[1]
<https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#_ftn1>*
*D R A F T A G E N D A*
*All times subject to possible adjustment. Public attendance and comment
welcome. Meeting materials may be accessed in advance of the meeting at: *
*http://channelislands.noaa.gov/sac/meeting_announcements.html*
<http://channelislands.noaa.gov/sac/meeting_announcements.html>* or by
contacting **lindsay.marks@xxxxxxxx* <michael.murray@xxxxxxxx>*.*
*9:00-10:30**AM** 1. Administrative Business and Announcements*
*A. Welcoming New Council Members **(No Council Action Requested)*
*B. November 16, 2018 Draft Key Outcomes* (*Council Action Requested:
Consideration of Adopting*)
*C. Sanctuary Superintendent’s Report* (*No Council Action Requested*)
*D. Council Member Brief Announcements *(*No Council Action Requested*)
*E. Council Secretary Nomination & Election *(*Council Action Requested*)
*10:30-11:30**AM** 2. Whale Protection **(No Council Action
Requested)*
*A. **Presentation on Modernizing Citizen Science*
· Graduate students from the UCSB Bren School of Environmental
Science & Management will present their research on citizen science
based mobile
apps used for marine mammal data collection
<http://www.seatizenscience.org/> (Spotter Pro and Whale Alert). Project
team members: Rae Fuhrman, Sean Goral, Charlene Kormondy, Jasmine Vazin,
and Molly Williams.
· Council questions.
*B. **2018 Vessel Speed Reduction (VSR) Program Summary*
· A recap of results from the 2018 VSR program
<https://www.ourair.org/061918-news/>, by Lindsay Marks, Ph.D.
· Discussion about future directions for the program.
· Council questions and discussion.
*11:30-11:45**AM **3. Public Comment *(1st of 2) (may be extended at
the discretion of the Chair or used as a break).
*11:45-12:30**AM 4. Sanctuary Soundscape Program **(No **Council
Action Requested*)
· Learn more about a new program emerging at several national marine
sanctuaries, including CINMS, that will build system-wide capacity to
understand acoustic habitats (Lindsey Peavey Reeves, Ph.D., Research
Specialist, NOAA Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary)
· Council questions and discussion.
*12:30-1:30**PM LUNCH BREAK*
*1:30-1:45**PM** 5. U.S. Navy Projects **(No Council Action
Requested)*
· Summary of Navy projects in the vicinity of the sanctuary (Greg
Sanders, Point Mugu Sea Range Sustainability Office, NAVAIR, U.S. Navy).
· Council questions.
*1:45-2:45**PM** 6. **Council Work Topics and Management Plan
Pre-Scoping Discussion *(*Council Action Requested*)
*A. *2018 year-end CINMS and advisory council recap (Lindsay Marks).
· Appreciation and acknowledgment of the council’s accomplishments and
contributions.
*B. *Initial staff list of possible council work topics for 2019 (Mike
Murray).
*C.* CINMS management plan revision process: status update, upcoming
steps, issue identification before and after public scoping, discussion on
council’s role (Mike Murray, Phyllis Grifman).
*D. **Council Action*: Submit individual prioritization worksheets.
* 2:45-3:00**PM* *7. Public Comment *(2nd of 2) (may be
extended at the discretion of the Chair or used as a break).
*3:00-3:25**PM **8. Working Group Reports *(*No Council Action
Requested*)
*Brief reports by active sub-groups of the advisory council:*
*A. Chumash Community Working Group* (Luhui Isha Ward, Alicia Cordero)
B. Research Activities Panel (Bob Warner or Mark Steele)
C. Marketing Subcommittee (Lindsay Marks reporting for Michael Cohen)
D. Sanctuary Education Team (Cliff Rodrigues)
E. Recreational Fishing Working Group (Capt. David Bacon)
F. Commercial Fishing Working Group (Stephanie Mutz or John Hoadley)
G. Conservation Working Group (Kristen Hislop or Greg Helms)
*3:25**PM* * 9. Meeting Close-Out* (*No Council Action
Requested*)
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*Shauna Fry Bingham*
NOAA Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
Ocean Science Education Building 514, MC 6155
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-6155
(805) 893-6421
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Channel Islands Boating Center
3880 Bluefin Cir Oxnard, CA 93035
*Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
<http://channelislands.noaa.gov/>*
<https://www.facebook.com/ChannelIslandsNMS>
<https://twitter.com/NOAA_CINMS>
