Forum Objectives

• Clarify challenges and opportunities in the current management framework to facilitate a greater understanding of the impetus behind coastal and marine spatial planning (CMSP)

• Enhance awareness of the scientific and governance principles, characteristics and goals of CMSP

• Explore how the fisheries sector and in particular, the regional fishery management councils can contribute to and benefit from CMSP

• Identify current management tools and means by which fishery managers may engage constructively in multi-sector spatial planning with or without a formal framework for CMSP

Forum Resources (Days 1 and 2)

Information and data needs

MSP and fisheries

Daniel Dunn, Research Associate, Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University

Presentation

Mapping human communities onto ecosystems

Kevin St. Martin, Geographer, Rutgers University

Presentation

Use of fisheries data in ocean planning

John Weber, Managing Director, Northeast Regional Ocean Council

Presentation

Fisheries data and coastal and marine spatial planning

Dave Beutel, Aquaculture and Fisheries Coordinator, Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council

Presentation

Opportunities and support tools

Data portals and decision support tools

Melissa Foley, Early Career Science Fellow, Center for Ocean Solutions; Erin Prahler, Early Career Policy Fellow, Center for Ocean Solutions

Presentation

Management tools to support fisheries engagement in integrated ocean governance

Meghan Jeans, Program Director, Fisheries Leadership & Sustainability Forum

Presentation

Opportunities and impediments to using EFH authorities in CMSP

Karen Abrams, Senior Policy Analyst, NOAA Fisheries Office of Habitat Conservation

Presentation

Fisheries Leadership & Sustainability Forum

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