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A community conference sponsored by
Draft Agenda
last revised 5/9/05
PowerPoint
presentations, in PDF format, are linked in this agenda. Speaker names are linked to biographies
where available.
Thursday, April 21
8:00 a.m.
Registration desk opens
9:00 a.m.
Opening remarks
Moderator: Phil
Smith, Program Administrator, Restricted Access Management,
NOAA Fisheries, Alaska Region
- Welcome: The Importance of Community to Fisheries Management, Dr.
James Balsiger, Regional Director,
NOAA Fisheries, Alaska Region
- Keynote,
Ross Shotton, Fishery Resource
Officer, Food and Agriculture Organization, United Nations, Rome
10:00 a.m.
Morning coffee break
10:15 a.m.
Alaska's community fisheries management
programs: Where are we now? (Panel 1)
- Community Development Quota Program, Mark Davis, Director of Banking, Securities, and Corporations, Alaska Dept. of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development
- Local Area Management Plans, Eric
Jordan
- Chignik Salmon Cooperative, Axel
Kopun and Heather McCarty
- Community Quota Program for Halibut/Sablefish,
Brian Templin, City Planner,
City of Craig
- BSAI crab rationalization, Steve
Minor
12:00 p.m.
Lunch (no host)
1:15 p.m.
Coastal communities and fisheries management:
Finding and using the data to analyze impacts
(Panel 2)
Facilitator: Wanetta
Ayers, Executive Director, Southwest Alaska Municipal
Conference
Powerpoint presentation: Coastal
communities and fisheries management: Finding and using the data
to analyze impacts
(PDF, 404 KB)
- Dr. Michael Downs, Senior
Social Scientist, EDAW Inc.
- Dr. Jennifer Sepez, Anthropologist,
Economics & Social Sciences Research Program, NOAA Fisheries,
Alaska Fisheries Science Center
- Courtney Carothers, Graduate Research Assistant, Economics & Social
Sciences Research Program, NOAA Fisheries
2:45 p.m.
Community considerations in state-managed
fisheries: The Alaska Board of Fisheries process and legal framework
- Ed Dersham, Vice Chair, Alaska Board of Fisheries
- Diana Cote, Executive Director, Alaska Board of Fisheries
3:30 p.m.
Afternoon break
3:45 p.m.
Community considerations in federally
managed fisheries: The North Pacific Fishery Management Council
and NOAA Fisheries process and legal framework
- Chris Oliver, Executive Director, North Pacific Fishery Management Council
- John Lepore, NOAA General Counsel
- Jay Ginter, Sustainable Fisheries Division, NOAA Fisheries, Alaska Region
5 p.m.
Closing remarks—adjourn for the day
Friday, April 22
8:30 a.m.
Opening remarks
8:45 a.m.
Case study 1:
Community-based management in the fixed gear groundfishery off Nova Scotia
9:45 a.m.
Morning break
10:00 a.m.
Case study 2: The community panels project—institutionalizing
social science data collection
11:10 a.m.
Case study 3:
International perspectives on community-based fishery management
- Ross Shotton, Fishery Resource
Officer, Food and Agriculture Organization, United Nations, Rome
12:10 p.m.
Lunch (no host)
1:15 p.m.
Case study 4:
Alaska coastal communities and the salmon industry—the future
- Dr. Steve Langdon, Professor of Anthropology, University of
Alaska Anchorage
- Bob Waldrop and Chuck McCallum, Members, Alaska Board of Fisheries
Salmon Restructuring Committee
2:30 p.m.
Breakout sessions
This is an opportunity for small groups to discuss the
conference presentations, the questions below and other issues related
to fisheries management and Alaska's coastal communities.
- What are Alaska's coastal community needs? What are we trying
to protect, sustain, or promote?
- Were there tools, provisions, or programs
presented in the case studies
that might work in Alaska?
- What goals are these programs intended to meet?
- What are the key elements of these programs that make them
effective?
- How can and should communities be involved in determining the
objectives, design, and implementation of these programs?
- What are effective and appropriate ways to represent communities
in a regulatory regime?
- How can government provide meaningful opportunities for community
development via public policy while also supporting community
efforts to determine their own futures?
3:30 p.m.
Afternoon break
3:45 p.m.
Continue breakout groups
5:30 p.m.
Reception*
(no host bar and appetizers)
Brief presentation: Alaska
Coastal Communities Observer System
- Gale Vick,
Executive Director, Gulf of Alaska Coastal Communities Coalition
*Sponsored by Gulf of Alaska
Coastal Communities Coalition, Norton Sound Economic Development
Corporation, Central Bering Sea Fishermen's Association, and
Aleutian Pribilof Island Community Development Association
Saturday, April 23
9:00 a.m.
Opening remarks
9:30 a.m.
Breakout group reports
- Each facilitator provides a summary of each group's recommendations
and/or conclusions
11:00 a.m.
First steps: Discuss process for furthering
measures recommended in the working groups
- Is this action within the BOF/State, NPFMC/Federal, legislative,
or community authority?
- What mechanisms are necessary to further these recommendations?
- What is the most effective course of action? What steps could
communities take to get there?
- Discuss modifications as we learn more about the obstacles
to implementation
12:00 p.m.
Closing remarks
- Discuss plan for proceedings and adjourn conference
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