35th Meeting, Washington, DC, February 2016

Registration and Meeting Information

Meeting Registration

PDFs of the USCRTF Washington, DC 35th Business Meeting Agenda

Weekly Agenda

Presentations

Injury Response and Mitigation Handbook

• Gerry Davis, NOAA: US Coral Reef Task Force Draft Handbook on Coral Reef Impacts

Watershed Partnership Initiative Metrics

• Susie Holst, NOAA: Products for Managers to Implement the USCRTF Watershed Partnership Initiative
  • USCRTF Watershed Partnership Initiative Priority Ecosystem Indicators
• USCRTF Watershed Partnership Initiative Programmatic Checklist

USCRTF Strategy

• John McCarroll, EPA: USCRTF Strategy

Steering Committee Report

• Liza Johnson, DOI & Jennifer Koss, NOAA: Steering Committee Report

All Islands Committee Report

• Fran Castro, AIC Chair's Report

2016 Outlook on Coral Bleaching

• Mark Eakin, NOAA: 2016 Outlook on Coral Bleaching: El Niño, the guest overstaying his welcome

Maui Nui Makai Learning Network

• Manuel Mejia & Ekolu Lindsey: Improving the Practice of Coral Reef Conservation through the Maui Nui Makai Network

Briefing and Discussion on COP-21 Proceedings

• Introduction: Mark Eakin, NOAA
• Discussion on COP-21 Proceedings: Richard Driscoll, State Department

Public Comment

• Taylor Pool, Policy Analyst, American Fisheries Society: "The Future of the Nation’s Aquatic Resources: Recommendations for the Next Administration Initiative"
• Center for Biological Diversity: "Endangered Corals, Protecting Corals Under the Endangered Species Act"
• Wendy Wood-Derrer, Director of Development, Nova Southeastern University, Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography: "Coral Fellows Presentation USCRTF"
• Caribbean Coral Reef Institute, NOAA’s Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research: "Deep Coral Reef Ecosystem Studies Deep Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems"