" Marine Spatial Planning and Commercial Fisheries "
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| Artwork Courtesy Matthew Smith |
Fisheries Roundtable
May 16, 2012
6:00 to 8:00pm
Lane Memorial Library
2 Academy Avenue,
Hampton NH
The Northeast Regional Ocean Council (NROC) was formed in
2005 by New England’ s Governors to implement solutions to New England’s
coastal and ocean management issues. NROC includes the New England states and
federal agency partners, such as the US Coast Guard, Department of the
Interior, NOAA, and others. NROC is just
gearing up for a multi-year effort to enhance data and science related to human
activities and natural resources in New England’s marine waters. This work, an
important first phase in the region’s ocean planning effort, includes working
with commercial fishermen to use existing information and data to characterize
commercial fishing in marine waters. NROC is similarly gearing up projects to
work with the maritime commerce (ports and shipping), recreational boating, and
energy industries to provide information (spatial and otherwise) related to
those human uses.
Objective: This
Roundtable will provide an opportunity for the fishing community and the public
to provide feedback to help shape these projects. For example, NROC is working
with existing data to help characterize spatial patterns of activity related to
commercial fishing. This, and other aspects of the NROC work plan [http://collaborate.csc.noaa.gov/nroc/planning/work-plan/default.aspx],
will be discussed at this Roundtable.
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Invited Speakers:
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Steve Couture, NH Department of Environmental Services
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George LaPointe, ME Department of Marine Resources
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Matt
Magnusson, University of New Hampshire, Whittemore School of Business and
Economics, Author of “Health of NH Seafood Harvesting Industry: Annual Report
for 2010”
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Josh
Weirsma, Manager, NH Groundfish Sectors XI and XII
Questions? Contact Erik Chapman - 603.862.1935, erik.chapman@unh.edu
