Protected Resources Program and the National Marine Sanctuary Program : strategic planning workshop final report : working together to conserve and recover protected resources in national marine sanctuaries : December 6-8, 2004, NOAA Fisheries Southwest Regional Office, Long Beach, California.
"The National Ocean Service (NOS) National Marine Sanctuary Program (NMSP) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Protected Resources Program (PRP) share Federal stewardship responsibilities for many of the same resources. While the PRP has responsibility for protected species through...
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| Format: | Government Document eBook |
| Language: | English |
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[Silver Spring, Md.] :
U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service,
[2006]
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| Series: | NOAA technical memorandum NMFS-OPR ;
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| Online Access: | https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo10979 |
| Summary: | "The National Ocean Service (NOS) National Marine Sanctuary Program (NMSP) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Protected Resources Program (PRP) share Federal stewardship responsibilities for many of the same resources. While the PRP has responsibility for protected species throughout their entire range, the NMSP has similar responsibilities for those resources and habitats that occur within sanctuaries' boundaries. The two programs have taken a significant strategic step forward towards improved coordination of conservation and recovery of protected species. The goal of the planning workshop was to increase the collaboration between the two NOAA programs by identifying and formalizing joint activities that build upon existing capabilities and improve the implementation of conservation and recovery plans for protected resources within sanctuaries' waters. On December 6-8, 2004, staff from both programs met at the NMFS Southwest Regional Office in Long Beach, California to outline the steps necessary to move forward with collaborative projects between NOAA line offices. The goals of the workshop included mutual learning about each other's programs and staffs and identifying and formalizing joint activities that forward shared capabilities. In recent years, several internal and external reports looking at the science and management processes used by NOAA have reported an imbalance between the resources needed to meet legislative mandates and stakeholder expectations, and the resources available to NOAA. Although the workshop identified a need for some additional resources, its primary output was a set of projects that incorporate coordinated activities that improve management and decision making through increased efficiency and improved cooperative science and management. Progress towards the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) mission goals will be improved with the execution of collaborative, geographically-based conservation and recovery of protected resources in national marine sanctuaries. The two programs support the NOAA mission goal to protect, restore and manage the use of coastal and marine resources through Ecosystem Approaches to Management (EAM). An EAM is an approach that is: "geographically specified, adaptive, takes account of ecosystem knowledge and uncertainties, considers multiple external influences, and strives to balance diverse societal objectives. Implementation will need to be incremental and collaborative." These two programs have taken significant steps towards improved cooperative conservation and EAM by completing a comprehensive assessment of shared capabilities and existing partnerships, specifically looking for mutual regional priorities and targets for integration. Improving coordination and partnering between the two programs to achieve species recovery would enhance protected species populations and their ecosystems. Progress can be gained by the development of regulations and permitting activities that affect marine protected resources in sanctuaries; by facilitating a more coordinated program to assess, characterize and monitor protected resources in sanctuaries; improving the development and implementation of conservation and recovery strategies within sanctuaries' waters; improving the efficiency in animal stranding response, and by developing joint education and outreach programs."--Exec. Summary. |
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| Item Description: | Title from Web page (viewed on January 23, 2007). Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (29 pages). |
| Format: | System requirements: PDF reader. Mode of access: World Wide Web. |