Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Research Activity Panel meeting

The Research Activity Panel (RAP) of Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary is holding a virtual meeting Friday, January 8th.

Virtual meeting information is available upon request. Send an email to Erica.Burton@noaa.gov, and include your name and affiliation.

The MBNMS Research Activity Panel (RAP) is a working group of the MBNMS Advisory Council (AC).
For more information see, https://montereybay.noaa.gov/sac/rap/objectives.html.

MBNMS Research Activity Panel

Meeting Agenda

January 8, 2021

Host: Greg Cailliet – Deep-Sea Environment (Moss Landing Marine Labs – retired)

Location: Virtual Meeting (information available upon request; erica.burton@noaa.gov)

Date: Friday, January 8, 2021; 9:00 am to 12:00 pm

CONSENT ITEMS

9:00 – 9:10 Introductions/Modifications to the Agenda (John Hunt)

HOST PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION

9:10 – 9:40 MLML Research and Institutional Update (Jim Harvey/MLML)

SANCTUARY ADVISORY COUNCIL UPDATE

9:40 – 10:00 Summary of December 11th Advisory Council Meeting (John Hunt)

PRESENTATION REQUESTED BY RAP

10:00 – 10:25 Coastal Land-Air-Sea Interaction (CLASI) experiment (Jamie MacMahan/Navy Postgraduate School)

BREAK

10:25 – 10:35

PRESENTATION REQUESTED BY RAP

10:35 – 11:00 Ocean Discovery Institute: High School Research Program in Monterey Bay (Joel Barkan/Ocean Discovery Institute)

RAP DISCUSSION ITEMS

11:00 – 11:20 Discussion of Monitoring Opportunities Post-closure of Marina Sand Mining Plant (John Hunt)

11:20 – 11:40 Discussion of New West Coast Region/MBNMS Boat (Andrew DeVogelaere)

ED RICKETTS AWARD AND LECTURE

11:40 – 11:45 Ricketts Lecture and Award: 2020 and 2021 (Erica Burton)

QUICK UPDATES ON NEW HIRES AT INSTITUTIONS, AND FACILITY UPDATES

11:45 – 11:55 RAP Discussion (10 min)

SUGGESTED FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS

11:55– 12:00 RAP Discussion (5 min)

ADJOURN