OneNOAA Science Seminar Series Title: Communication, collaboration, and transparency: Tailoring ecosystem science to inform fisheries management
Speaker: Elizabeth Siddon - NOAA Fisheries, Alaska Science Center Co-Authors: Stephani Zador & Martin Dorn - NOAA Fisheries, Alaska Science Center
Sponsors: NOAA Office of Science and Technology and NOAA's Central Library, Point of Contact:Peg.Brady@noaa.gov
Overview: Ecosystem information is essential to U.S. federal fisheries managers that are charged with setting fisheries quotas. The ecosystem information is comprised of indicators such as physical and biological parameters that track and document changes in the ecosystem. To be effective the ecosystem information needs to be timely and at relevant spatial scales to be valuable to the decision-making process. The indicators are synthesized into an assessment within the Ecosystem Status Reports that are presented to managers annually. This information is shared immediately preceding the individual stock assessment reviews and the determination of quota recommendations, providing contextual information and operationalizing ecosystem-based fisheries management (EBFM).
Communication, collaboration, and transparency are integral components of this information sharing effort. Regular communication among scientists, managers, and fisheries practitioners enables information to be tailored to specific needs through iterative conversations. Collaboration and transparency are vital to ensuring a level of trust within the fisheries management system among all stakeholders.
Our presentation will focus on best practices, as well as new products we are implementing in order to improve trust, understanding, and engagement in the fisheries quota-setting process in Alaska.
About our Speaker: Elizabeth Siddon is a Fisheries Research Biologist at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries, in Juneau, AK. She holds a MS and PhD in Fisheries from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. She leads the Eastern Bering Sea assessment for the Ecosystem Monitoring and Assessment Program and is also the lead for the Eastern Bering Sea Ecosystem Status Report. She is also co-founder of SouthEast Exchange, a community partnership between STEM professionals and the Juneau School District with the goal of bringing place-based science into classrooms.
About our Co-Authors: Stephani Zador has been leading the development and production of Alaska's ecosystem status reports (ESR) since 2009. She recently moved to a new position as a deputy division director at the AFSC, but will continue to be involved with ESRs and providing ecosystem science to federal fisheries managers. She received her PhD at the Univ. of Washington in Aquatic and Fisheries Science and her MS at the University of Washington in Wildlife Science. Prior to graduate school, she worked for 7 years as a seabird biologist, primarily in Alaska, but also California and Antarctica. Martin Dorn is a Fisheries Research Biologist at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries, in Seattle, USA. He holds a M.Sc. in Biomathematics and a Ph.D. in Fisheries from the University of Washington. His current research focuses on modeling the effect of predation and climate change on the population dynamics of marine resources. Martin leads the stock assessment team for walleye pollock in the Gulf of Alaska. He is presently Co-Chair of Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Crab Plan Team and is an Affiliate Associate Professor at the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences at the University of Washington, Seattle.
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(Elizabeth Siddon - NOAA Fisheries, Alaska Science Center and Co-Authors: Stephani Zador & Martin Dorn - NOAA Fisheries, Alaska Science Center)
When
Wed Jun 12, 2019 7pm – 8pm Coordinated Universal Time
Where
Via webinar or in NOAA Central Library, 2nd Floor, SSMC #3, 1315 East-West Hwy, Silver Spring, MD. USA (map)
