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Concurrent
Sessions A-C for Monday,
September 18
Concurrent Sessions D-G for Tuesday,
September 19
Concurrent Sessions H-I for Wednesday,
September 20
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
D, TUESDAY 8:00 A.M.
Coastal
Zone Management: Past, Present, and Future
RM
204
Chair:
Ralph Cantral, Chief of National Policy and Evaluation Division, NOAA Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management
Organizer:
Katherine Andrews, Executive Director, Coastal States Organization
Ralph
Cantral, Chief of National Policy and Evaluation Division, NOAA Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management:
The History of the Coastal Zone Management Act and How We Got a National System of Coastal Management
Phillip
Hinesley, Chief Coastal Section, State of Alabama:
The Current State of Coastal Management
Mel
Nutter, Former Chair, California Coastal Commission:
California’s Early Experiences with Coastal Management
Peter
Douglas, Executive Director, California Coastal
Commission: Coastal Management: Still Challenging, and Never Finished
Jack
Dunnigan, Assistant Administrator, NOAA:
The Future of Coastal Management
The Education and the Environment
Initiative
RM
203 B
Chair
and Organizer: Andrea
Lewis, Assistant Secretary, California
Environmental Protection Agency
Panelists for Discussion:
Francesca
Cava, Ocean Literacy Program Manager, National Geographic Society
Andrea
Lewis, Assistant Secretary, California Environmental Protection Agency
Gerald
Lieberman, Director, State Education and Environment Roundtable
Leslie
Mintz, Legislative Director, Heal the Bay
Jennifer
Rigby, Director, The Acorn Group
Susan
Sakakihara, Acting Assistant Director, California Integrated Waste Management Board
Sue
Stickel, Deputy Superintendent, Curriculum and Instruction Branch, California Department of Education
Shoreline and Beach Management
RM
203 A
Chair:
Reinhard Flick, Oceanographer, California Department of Boating and Waterways, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Steve
Aceti, Executive Director, California Coastal Coalition:
The Need for California to Increase its Investment in Beach Restoration
Ed
Andrews, Committee Member, Carlsbad Beach Preservation Committee:
Beach Management, Whose Responsibility Is It?: An Assessment of Beach Management in North San Diego County
Brian
Brennan, Executive Director, Beach Erosion Authority for Control, Operations and Nourishment (BEACON):
Regional Approaches to Shoreline Erosion and Management
Gary
Griggs, Director, Institute of Marine Sciences:
Considerations for Beach Nourishment in California
Scott
Grove, Student, Sonora High School: Physical Properties of Southern California Beaches and People’s Preferences: Considerations for Beach Nourishment Planning
Orville
Magoon, President, Coastal Zone Foundation:
World’s Most Successful Beach Nourishment Project
Ocean
Zoning: Examples of
Ecosystem-Based Governance
RM
202 B & C
Chair
and Organizer: Gail
Osherenko, Research Scientist,
Marine Science Institute,
University of California, Santa Barbara
Jon
Day, Director, Conservation Heritage and Indigenous Partnerships, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority:
Spatial and Temporal Ocean Planning and Management, Lessons Learned After 25 Years of Managing the World’s Most Complex Marine Ecosystem
Josh
Eagle, Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina School of Law:
Ocean Zoning: Legislative and Administrative
Responsibilities
Charles
Ehler, Consultant, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, Man and the Biosphere Programme:
Essential Elements of Sea Use Management: Lessons Learned from International Marine Spatial Planning and Ocean Zoning Practice
Elliott
Norse, President, Marine Conservation Biology
Institute: Zoning the “Last Frontier”: From Concept to Practice
Gail
Osherenko, Research Scientist, University of California, Santa Barbara:
Why Governance Matters: Diagnosis of the Problem
Robbin
Peach, Executive Director, Massachusetts Environmental Trust:
An Ecosystem Approach: More than Good Management,
Marketing, and Money
Susan
Snow-Cotter, Director, Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management:
Toward Comprehensive, State-Wide Ocean Planning in Massachusetts
Technologies for Monitoring
Bacteria in
Recreational Water
RM
202 A
Chair
and Organizer: Shakoora
Azimi-Gaylon, Environmental Scientist,
California State Water Resources Control Board
Shakoora
Azimi-Gaylon, Environmental Scientist, California State Water Resources Control Board:
Why Are New Technologies Needed for Monitoring Bacteria Indicators?
John
Griffith, Marine Microbiologist, Southern California Coastal Water Research Project:
Rapid Methods for Measuring Microbiological Quality of Recreational Water
Rachel T.
Noble, Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina:
Comparing Routine Methods for Assessment of Recreational Water
Linwood
Pendleton, Associate Professor, Department of
Environmental Health Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles:
Regional Public Health Cost Estimates of Contaminated Coastal Waters: A Case Study of Gastroenteritis at Southern California Beaches
Jill
Stewart-Pullaro, Microbiologist, NOAA:
Pathogen Source Tracking in South Carolina
The Nation's Maritime Industries: A
Glorious Past,
An Uncertain Future
RM
201 B
Co-Chairs:
Jerry Schubel, President and CEO, Aquarium of the Pacific
Dr. Mike Walter, Board of Harbor Commissioners, Port of Long Beach
Organizer:
Jerry Schubel, President and CEO, Aquarium of the Pacific
Norman
Fassler-Katz, Senior Consultant, California Senate Transportation Sub-Committee on California Ports and Goods Movement:
Ensuring the Future of California’s Maritime Industries
Judith
Kildow, Professor, California State University, Monterey
Bay: The Coastal Tourism and Recreation Industry: Need for Managed Growth
Geraldine
Knatz, Executive Director, Port of Los Angeles:
Coastal Ports and Terminal Operations
Keith
Michel, President, Herbert Engineering
Corporation: Commercial Ocean Shipping
Patrick
O’Connor, Executive Director, Exploration and Production Technology Group, BP America Inc.:
Offshore Oil and Gas Production: The New Era
Richard
Seymour, President, Ocean Engineering Group, Scripps Institution of Oceanography:
Offshore Resource Development: Wind, Wave, and Tide Energy
The
Human Dimension of Fisheries Management
RM
201 A
Co-Chairs:
Caroline
Pomeroy, Marine Advisor, California
Sea Grant Extension Program
Cynthia Thompson,
Economics Team Leader, NOAA Fisheries
Organizer:
Caroline
Pomeroy, Marine Advisor, California
Sea Grant Extension Program
Robert
Atanasio, California State Sea Grant Fellow, National Marine Protected Area Center:
Human Use Patterns and Intensity: The Distribution of Human Activities in the Marine Environment
Carolynn
Culver, Marine Advisor, University of California Sea Grant Extension:
Sustainable Fisheries: Managers, Fishery Participants, and Scientists Working Collaboratively Toward a Common Goal
Michael
Dalton, Assistant Professor, California State University, Monterey Bay:
Measuring Impacts on Fishing Communities: A Framework for Integrated Socioeconomic Assessment
Caroline
Pomeroy, Marine Advisor, California Sea Grant Extension Program:
Integrating Social Science Information into California’s Fishery Management Plans to Achieve Sustainable Fisheries: What’s Worked, What Hasn’t, and What Might
Stephen
Schroeter, Research Ecologist, University of California, Santa Barbara:
The Role of Collaborative Data Collection for Fishery Management: Lessons Learned from a Long-Term Study of Settlement of Red Sea Urchins in California

CONCURRENT SESSIONS
E, TUESDAY 10:15 A.M.
State and
Federal Partnerships in Coastal Management
RM 204
Chair and Organizer: William Douros, West Coast Regional Superintendent,
National Marine Sanctuary Program
John
Ugoretz, Nearshore Ecosystem/Marine Life Protection Act Coordinator, California Department of Fish and Game:
California’s National Marine Sanctuaries as Partners in Designing and Managing Marine Protected Areas in State Waters
Scott
Kathey, Federal Regulatory and Emergency Response Coordinator, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary:
Marine Enforcement: Crossing Federal/State Lines in National Marine Sanctuaries
Jaime
Kooser, Manager, San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve:
The Formal Model of State-Federal Partnerships: The National Estuarine Research Reserves
Gary
Davis, Visiting Chief Scientist, Ocean Programs, U.S. National Park Service:
Ocean National Parks Seek Stewardship Partnerships in California
Paul
Michel, Chief, Southwest/Border Office, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency:
Tapping Federal Resources and Services
through the Coastal America Partnership
Rebecca
Roth, Federal Programs Manager, California Coastal Commission:
What More Is Needed to Manage California’s Ocean
Ocean Education and
Outreach Programs
for All Californians
RM
203 B
Chair
and Organizer: Linda
Duguay, Director, University of Southern California Sea Grant Program
Linda
Chilton, Education Specialist, Cabrillo Marine Aquarium: Cabrillo Marine
Aquarium's Los Angeles Ocean Learning
Experiences
Amy
Coppenger, Director of Education, Aquarium of the Pacific: Cesar
Chavez Elementary and the Aquarium of the
Pacific: Combining the Best of Formal and
Informal Education
Linda
Duguay, Director, University of Southern California Sea Grant Program:
Centers for Ocean Science Excellence in Education (COSEE): A National and Regional Model for Engaging Ocean Scientists and Educator in Collaborative Activities
Sarah
Wilson, Research and Education Coordinator, The Ocean
Institute: SeaTech: After School Teens Hooked on Ocean Technology
Lynn
Whitley, Education Coordinator, University of Southern California Sea Grant Program:
Extending Marine Science Education to the Community through the University of Southern California Sea Grant Parent Child Education Program
Sabrina
Drill, Natural Resources Advisor, University of California Cooperative Extension:
Environmental Literacy among Recent Immigrants
Dan
Haifley, Executive Director, O’Neill Sea Odyssey:
Tomorrow’s Ocean Stewards
Mapping Beach and Coastal
Bluff
Erosion in California
RM
203 A
Chair
and Organizer: Mark
Johnsson, Staff Geologist, California
Coastal Commission
Jennifer
Dare,
Remote Sensing Outreach Coordinator, NOAA Coastal Services Center:
The California Coastal Armor and Bluff Erosion Database
Cheryl
Hapke, Coastal Geologist, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, U.S. Geological Survey:
Long-Term Coastal Cliff Retreat in California: A Systematic Analysis
Adam
Young, Ph.D. Candidate, University of California, San
Diego: Evaluation of Seacliff Erosion Protection Using Airborne LIDAR and GIS Spatial Analysis
Marissa
Yates, Graduate Student, Scripps Institution of Oceanography:
Seasonal Sand Level and Wave Energy Variability
on Southern California Beaches
Dave
Reid, Coastal Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey:
Regional Shoreline Change Trends along California’s Beaches
Ed
Thornton, Professor, U.S. Geological Survey:
The Effects of Sand Mining on Erosion Rates of Southern Monterey Bay
Improving
Coordination and Collaboration to
Advance Ecosystem-Based Management
RM 202 B & C
Chair: Amber Mace,
Knauss Sea Grant Fellow, Senate Commerce Committee
Jennifer
Martin, Program Manager, California Current Joint
Venture: A California Current Joint Venture
Sarah
Fischer, Pacific Regional Coordinator, NOAA National Marine Protected Area Center:
Marine Protected Area Science, Assessment, and Analysis: A Coordinated Effort on the US West Coast
Cope
Willis, Senior Technical Spatial Analyst, NOAA Coastal Services Center:
Linking Land and Sea: Northern California Coastal Conservation Needs Assessment
Jacqueline
Alder, Research Associate, Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia:
Including Humans in the Conservation Equation
Michael
Beck, Senior Scientist, The Nature Conservancy, University of California, Santa Cruz:
Conservation Leasing and Ownership of Marine Resources: New Tools for Conservation from Kelp Beds to Shellfish Reefs
Julia
Ekstrom, Graduate Student, University of California, Santa Barbara:
Evaluating Current Ocean Management Systems to
Facilitate the Development of Ecosystem-Based Management
Areas of
Special Biological
Significance (ASBS):
California's 34 State Water Quality Protection Areas
RM
202 A
Chair:
Dominic Gregorio, Chief Ocean Unit, State Water Resources Control Board
Organizer:
Constance Anderson, Environmental Scientist, Ocean Unit, State Water Resources Control Board
Constance
Anderson, Environmental Scientist, Ocean Unit, State Water Resources Control Board:
Areas of Special Biological Significance: California’s 34 State Water Quality Protection Areas
Meleah
Ashford, Water Resources Engineer, Ashford
Engineering: The ABC’s of ASBS Stewardship
Michelle
Mehta, Staff Council, Natural Resources Defense
Council: Aqua Gems: California’s 34 Areas of Special Biological Significance
Robert
Stein, Principal Engineer, City of Newport Beach:
Protection and Restoration of the Robert E. Badham ASBS: Implementing the Goals of the Ocean Protection Council Strategic Plan at Little Corona
Pete
Raimondi, Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz:
Monitoring and Distinguishing Changes and Ecosystem Dynamics from Pollution Impacts in Rocky Intertidal Ecosystems
Jack
Gregg, Water Quality Unit Manager, California Coastal
Commission: Critical Coastal Areas/ASBS Interface the Stakeholder’s Challenge
Reducing Environmental
Impacts of
Energy Production and Industry
RM 201 B
Chair: Fred Piltz,
Senior Environmental Scientist, Minerals Management Service
Maurice Hill, West Coast Coordinator, Renewable Energy and Alternate Use Program, Minerals Management Service: Renewable Energy and Alternate Use on the Federal
Outer Continental Shelf: A New Program under the Authority of the Minerals Management Service
Karen Hansen, Director, Beveridge and Diamond:
New Rules for Development of Ocean Resources
Gregory McMurray, Marine Affairs Coordinator, Oregon Department Land Conservation and Development: Ocean Wave Energy Facility Regulation: Integrated Management or Permitting Nightmare?
Sarah Abramson, Staff Scientist, Heal the Bay:
Will New Regulations Under Clean Water Act 316(b) Effectively Protect our
Coastal Environment from Ongoing Damage Caused by Coastal Power Plants?: A Case Study in Santa Monica Bay
Lara Ferry-Graham, Water Intake Structure Environmental Research (WISER) Program Manager, Moss Landing Marine
Laboratories: Evaluating the Ecological Effects of Once-Through Cooling: Contributions of the WISER Program
Commercial Fishing and California's Fishing
Heritage Harbors:
The Current Issues and Do They Have a Future in California
RM
201 A
Chair:
Caroline
Pomeroy, Marine Advisor, California
Sea Grant Extension Program
Organizer:
Rick
Algert, Harbor Director, City of Morro Bay
Steve Schieblauer, Harbormaster, City of Monterey
Panelists for Discussion:
Vanessa
DeLuca, President, State Fish Company:
California’s Wetfish Industry: Its Importance, Past, Present, and Future
Rod
Fujita, Senior Scientist, Environmental Defense:
The Proposed California Fisheries Fund
Zeke
Grader, Executive Director, Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Association:
The Pacific Coast Federation of
Fishermen’s Association Perspective
Dave
Hull, Chief Executive Officer, Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation, and Conservation District:
Assets Worth Protecting
Oscar
Pena, General Manager, Ventura Port District:
Reinvesting in the Infrastructure of Commercial Fishing
Janice
Peters, Mayor, City of Morro Bay: Current Issues in
Commercial Fishing and Commercial Fishing Heritage Harbors: Do They Have a Future in California?

CONCURRENT SESSIONS
F, TUESDAY, 2:00 P.M.
Management Plans for California's National
Marine
Sanctuaries: A Blueprint for the Future
RM
204
Chair:
Dan Basta, Director, NOAA National Marine Sanctuaries
Organizer:
Holly Price, Acting Superintendent, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
Maria
Brown, Superintendent, Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary:
Gulf of the Farallones National Marine
Sanctuary: Navigating the Future
Daniel
Howard, Superintendent, Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary:
Hard Bottoms, Soft Bottoms, and the Conservation
Science Plan at Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary
Chris
Mobley, Superintendent, Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary:
Charting a New Course for the Channel Islands
National Marine Sanctuary
Holly
Price, Acting Superintendent, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary:
New Approaches for a Complex Coastal Ecosystem: A Long-Term Management Plan for the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
Ocean
Literacy: Informal Education through
the California Aquarium Collaborative and
Formal Education in K-12
RM203
B
Chair
and Organizer: Jerry
Schubel, President and CEO, Aquarium
of the Pacific
Panelists for Discussion:
Christopher
Andrews, Director, Steinhart Aquarium
Nigella
Hilgarth, Executive Director, Birch Aquarium, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Mike
Schaadt, Acting Director, Cabrillo Marine Aquarium
Jerry
Schubel, President and CEO, Aquarium of the Pacific
Presentations:
Rita
Bell, Education Programs Manager, Monterey Bay
Aquarium: Developing a “Scope and Sequence” for Ocean Literacy
Francesca
Cava, Ocean Literacy Project Manager, National Geographic Society:
The Need for Ocean Literacy in the Classroom
Implications of a
Rising Sea Level for California
RM 203 A
Chair and Organizer: Lesley Ewing, Senior Coastal Engineer, California Coastal Commission
Peter
Bromirski, Assistant Project Scientist, Scripps Institution
of Oceanography: Projecting California
Coastal Climate and Sea Level Changes
Lesley
Ewing, Senior Coastal Engineer, California Coastal
Commission: Implications for California’s Open Ocean Coast from Accelerated Sea Level Rise
Reinhard
Flick, Oceanographer, California Department of Boating and Waterways, Scripps Institution of Oceanography:
Projected Sea Level Rise and the Beaches of California
Leslie
Lacko, Coastal Planner, San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission:
Planning for Sea Level Rise in San Francisco Bay
Susanne
Moser, Research Scientist, National Center for Atmospheric Research:
Adapting to the Impacts of Climate Change: How Ready Is Coastal California?
Advancements in Ecosystem-Based Management
RM
202 B & C
Chair:
Leah
Akins, Ocean and Coastal Policy
Analyst, California Resources Agency
John
Ogden, Director and Professor, Florida Institute of Oceanography:
Ecosystem Approaches to Management and Governance of Florida’s Coastal Ocean
Emily
Menashes, Deputy Goal Lead, NOAA Ecosystem Goal
Team: NOAA’s Ecosystem Approach to Management
Fanny
Douvere, Consultant, Man and the Biosphere, United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization:
European Perspective on Ecosystem-Based Management: New Approaches to Ocean Zoning and Governance
Carl
Nettleton, Founding Executive Director, San Diego Oceans Foundation:
A Collaborative Three-Legged Stool to Balance
Ocean Investigations, Decisions, and Public Understanding
Sarah
Abramson, Masters Graduate, University of California, Santa Barbara:
Advancements in Marine Ecosystem-Based
Management: From Characterization to Implementation
Harmful Algal
Blooms: Ecosystem Processes
and Human Health Risk
RM 202 A
Chair: David Caron, Professor, University of Southern California
Gregg
Langlois, Senior Environmental Scientist, California Department of Health Services:
Marine Biotoxins in California: A Statewide Perspective
David
Caron, Professor, University of Southern California:
Pseudo-nitzschia and Domoic Acid in the San Pedro Bay:
Anatomy of a Recent Harmful Algal Bloom.
Raphael
Kudela, Associate Professor of Ocean Science, University of California, Santa Cruz:
A Role for Anthropogenically Derived Nitrogen in the Formation of Harmful Algal Blooms Along the U.S. West Coast
Veronica
Vigilant, Graduate Student, University of California, Santa Cruz:
Patterns of Domoic Acid-Producing Diatoms,
Pseudo-nitzschia, in Waters and Food Webs of Central California (Monterey Bay)
Lilian
Busse, Associate Specialist, Scripps Institution of Oceanography:
Harmful Algal Bloom Monitoring as Part of the Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System
Ocean Water Desalination in California:
Needs versus Wants
RM
201 B
Chair:
Jerry Johns, Deputy Director, California Department of Water Resources
Organizer:
Fawzi Karajeh, Chief Water Recycling and Desalination Branch, California Department of Water Resources
Panelists for Discussion:
Joe Geever, California Regional Manager, Surfrider Foundation
Paul
Helliker, General Manager, Marin Municipal Water District
Tom
Luster, Analyst, California Coastal Commission
Jonas
Minton, Water Policy Advisor, Planning and Conservation League
Paul
Shoenberger, Assistant General Manager, West Basin
Municipal Water District
Got
Aquaculture? Why Not?
RM
201 A
Chair
and Organizer: Dennis
Hedgecock, Professor, University of
Southern California
John
Marra, Doherty Senior Scholar, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory:
When Will We Tame the Ocean?
Anthony
Michaels, Director, University of Southern
California: Aquaculture and Ocean Ecosystems
Charles
Santerre, Professor of Food Toxicology, Purdue
University: The Safety and Nutritional Benefits of Farmed Fish
Dale
Kiefer, Professor, University of Southern California:
A Fish Farm Information System for Analyzing Operations and
Environmental Impacts
Charles
Yarish, Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut:
The Use of Economically and Ecologically Important Seaweeds in Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture: A Guide for Sustainable Development of Marine Farms in the 21st Century
Tim
Eichenberg, Director, Pacific Regional Office, The Ocean Conservancy:
Why Strong Standards are Needed for Ocean Fish Farming in California

CONCURRENT SESSIONS
G, TUESDAY 4:15 A.M.
California
Invasive Species Management
RM 204
Chair: Susan Ellis,
Invasive Species Coordinator, California Department of Fish and Game
Jodi
Cassell, Marine Advisor, University of California Cooperative Extension Sea Grant:
The West Coast Ballast Outreach Project: Coordinating Ballast Water Information Exchange
Maurya
Falkner, California Marine Invasive Species Program Manager, California State Lands Commission:
Directing Policy Development: California’s Marine Invasive Species Program
Jamie
Gonzalez, Program Representative, California Sea Grant Extension Program:
Resolving Coastal Water Quality Protection
and Invasive Species Prevention Issues
Steve
Lonhart, Senior Scientist, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary:
Management of the Invasive Asian Kelp Undaria pinnatifida at its Current Northern Range Limit in Central California
Karen
McDowell, Environmental Planner, San Francisco Estuary Project:
California Aquatic Invasive Species Management Plan
Michael
Sowby, Environmental Program Manager, California Department of Fish and Game:
Survey of the Non-Indigenous Species Occurring Within the Coastal Waters of California
Creating
a Public Ocean Awareness
Campaign
RM
203 B
Chair and Organizer: Columbine
Culberg, Ocean Etiquette
Coordinator, NOAA National Marine Sanctuary Program
Rebecca Pollock, Project Manager, California State Coastal Conservancy, NOAA Coastal
Services Center
Panelists for Discussion:
Maria
Brown, Superintendent, Gulf of the Farallones National
Marine Sanctuary
Michael Hanrahan, President, The Ocean Channel, Inc.
Sarah
Marquis, West Coast/Pacific Media Coordinator, NOAA
National Marine Sanctuary Program
Tim
Zimmerman, Marine Science Communications Specialist,
University of California, Berkeley
Scott
Mullins, The Hive Advertising Agency
Coastal
Hazards and Protection
RM 203 A
Chair: Gary Griggs,
Director, Institute of Marine Science, University
of California, Santa Cruz
Bob
Battalio, Principal, Philip Williams and Associates, Ltd.: Coastal Morphology and Hazard Studies in Support of Coastal Zone
Management
Richard Eisner, Regional Administrator, Governor’s Office of Emergency
Services: California Tsunami Hazards: Science, Policy, and Management
Gary Griggs, Director, Institute of Marine Sciences, University of
California, Santa Cruz: Regional Approaches to Coastal
Protection
Heather Schlosser, Coastal Study Manager, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers: Multi-Purpose Submerged Reef at Oil Piers in Ventura County:
California for the National Erosion Control Development and
Demonstration Program (Section 227)
Nathaniel Scholz, Research Zoologist, NOAA Fisheries:
Assessing the Ecological Impacts of Storms
Stephen Sellers, Regional Administrator, Governor’s Office of
Emergency Services: Coastal Storms and Human Safety
Local and Regional Perspectives on Implementing
Marine Ecosystem-Based Management
RM 202 B & C
Chair and Organizer: Dean Wendt, Assistant Professor, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Richard
Cudney-Bueno, Director, Project PANGAS, School of Natural
Resources, University of Arizona: Project PANGAS: Implementing
Ecosystem-Based Management of Small-Scale Fisheries the Northern Gulf
of California, Mexico
Kit Rawson, Chair, San Juan Marine Resources Committee:
The San Juan County Marine Stewardship Area: An Ecosystem-Based
Management Plan for an Archipelago
Susan Schlosser, Marine Advisor, University of California Sea Grant
Program: A Community-Based Approach to Coastal Resource Management in
the Humboldt Bay Ecosystem
Barbara Peichel, Tidal Wetland Project Coordinator, Elkhorn Slough
National Estuarine Research Reserve: Ecosystem-Based
Management in Elkhorn Slough, California
Michael McGinnis, Acting Director, Coastal Policy Center, University
of California, Santa Barbara: Ecosystem-Based Planning and the
Southern California Bight
Dean Wendt, Assistant Professor, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo:
Marine
Ecosystem-Based Management in Action: A Case Study of
SLOSEA in Morro Bay, California
Endocrine Disruption: A New Threat for Coastal
Fish
RM
202 A
Co-Chairs:
Dan Schlenk, Professor, University of California, Riverside
Doris Vidal, Scientist, Southern California Coastal Water Research Project
Organizer:
Doris Vidal, Scientist, Southern California Coastal Water Research Project
James
Alamillo, Urban Programs Manager, Heal the Bay:
Educating Subsistence Anglers about Contaminated Fish in Los Angeles County
Kevin
Kelley, Professor, California State University Long
Beach: Endocrine Disruption in Marine Fish
Daniel
Schlenk, Professor, University of California,
Riverside: Relationships between Metrics of Reproductive Fitness,
Population, and Exposure to Estrogenic Chemicals in Demersal Flatfish Collected near the Municipal Wastewater Outfall of
Orange County, California, U.S.A.
Jim
Stahl, Chief Engineer and General Manager, Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts:
Promoting Public Stewardship: The “No Drugs Down the Drain” Campaign
Doris
Vidal, Scientist, Southern California Coastal Water Research Project:
Sexual Abnormalities and Other Endocrine Abnormalities in Southern Coastal California Coastal Flatfish
Carol
Vines, Research Associate, Bodega Marine Laboratory, University of California, Davis: Gillichthys mirabilis:
A Model Species for Detecting Endocrine Disruption in California Wetlands
Rigs to Reefs: Decommissioning of
California’s Oil Platforms
RM
201 B
Co-Chairs:
Drew
Bohan, Executive Policy Officer, California Ocean Protection Council
Sonke Mastrup, Deputy Director, Wildlife and Inland Fisheries, California Department of Fish and Game
Panelists for Discussion:
Linda
Krop, Chief Counsel, Santa Barbara Office, Environmental Defense Center:
Rigs to Grief: Leaving Abandoned Offshore Oil Rigs in Place
Ann Scarborough
Bull, Marine Ecologist, Minerals Management Service:
The Use of Oil and Gas Structures in State-Sponsored Artificial Reef Programs: Minerals Management Service Perspective and Policy
Milton
Love, Research Biologist, Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara:
An Overview of the Fish Assemblages of Oil and Gas Platforms and Natural Reefs off Southern California
Donna
Schroeder, Staff Research Associate, Marine Science
Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara:
Ecological and Political Issues Surrounding Decommissioning of Offshore Oil and Gas Facilities in California
George
Steinbach, California Artificial Reef Enhancement (CARE) Program:
CARE’s Perspective on Decommissioning of Oil Platforms
John
Ugoretz, Nearshore Ecosystem Coordinator, California Department of Fish and Game:
Moving Towards a State Policy on Rigs-to-Reefs: Considerations for Leaving Decommissioned Platforms in Place
Valuing California's Coast
RM 201 A
Chair and Organizer: Judy Kildow, Professor, California
State University Monterey Bay
Judy Kildow, Professor, California State University Monterey
Bay: Recent Estimates of California’s Coastal and Ocean Economics
Phillip King, Associate Professor, San Francisco State
University: Estimating Attendance at California’s Beaches: An Overview with an Analysis of Data from South Carlsbad and the City of Encinitas
Alistair Mcilgorm, Director and Professor, National Marine Science Centre:
Either Side of the Ocean: An International Comparison of Coastal Issues in California and Eastern Australia
Chad Nelsen, Environmental Director, Surfrider Foundation:
Non-Market Valuation of Surfing at Trestles in San
Clemente, California
Linwood Pendleton, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of California, Los
Angeles: The Non-Market Impact of Beach Water Quality Impairment in Southern California
Rodney Weihar, Chief Economist, NOAA: Developing Essential Coastal and Marine Economic, Demographic, and Social Data for Regional Ecosystems Management
Concurrent
Sessions A-C for Monday,
September 18
Concurrent Sessions D-G for Tuesday,
September 19
Concurrent Sessions H-I for Wednesday,
September 20

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