Fifteenth Meeting Washington D.C. May 4, 2006

Agenda & Summary

Week Overview

Business Meeting - May 4

Meeting Highlights

Decision Highlights

Awards

Press Release

Decision Items

Resolutions

• Illegal Use of Cyanide in International Trade
• International Year of the Reef 2008

Presentations

Steering Committee Updates

• Enforcement Working Group & Cyanide Detection
• Enforcement & The U.S. Coral Reef Task Force
• International Year of the Reef 2008
• Water Quality Working Group Update

Presentations

• Northwest Hawaiian Islands
• Final ESA Threatened Listing of Staghorn and Elkhorn Coral
• Caribbean Coral Bleaching Response: NOAA
• Caribbean Coral Bleaching Response: NPS & USGS
• Florida Reef Resilience Program
• Local Action Strategies Status Report

Public Comment

National Coral Reef Institute - Richard Appledorn

David Ballentine

Marine Aquarium Council - John Brandt

Nicholas Callendar

George Cavros & Pedro Monteiro

Cry of the Water - Dan Clark

Cry of the Water - Stephanie Clark

International Coral Reef Symposium - Richard Dodge

Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council - Ed Ebisui

UnderSea Adventures - Barbara Giacoppo

Global Coral Reef Alliance - Thomas Goreau

Reef Ball Foundation - Kathy Kirbo

Sierra Club - Judy Lang

Wayne MacWilliams

Ray McAllister

Floridians for a Sustainable Population - Joyce Tarnow

South Florida Diving Headquarters - Jeff Torode

Karen Gottlieb Tysenn

Workshops

May 5, 2006 Environmental Protection Agency: Bio-Criteria

Agenda

Presentation

• Coral Reef Biocriteria in the Pacific Islands
• Using Coral Reef Communities as Indicators to Waterbody Health

Human Dimensions in Coral Reef Management

Agenda

Presentation

• Human Dimensions Presentation