Meeting Agenda

Economics and Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management in Chesapeake Bay Workshop

October 16-17, 2007

Hall of States

Washington, DC October 16th8:30-9:00 Continental Breakfast

9:00-9:15 Welcome and Introductions (Rita Curtis, National Marine Fisheries Service) 9:15-9:45 Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management, a Federal Perspective
            Steve Murawski, National Marine Fisheries Service

9:45-10:15 Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management in Chesapeake Bay
            Ed Houde, Chesapeake Biological Lab

10:15-10:30 Break

10:30-11:00 Economic Challenge of EBFM in Chesapeake Bay
            Jim Kirkley, Virginia Institute of Marine Science

11:00-11:30 Fisheries Production & Eutrophication 
            Denise Breitburg, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

11:30-12:00 A Bioeconomic Model of Water Quality & Fisheries
            Matt Massey, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

12:00-1:00 Lunch (provided)

1:00-1:30 Oyster Bottom & Recreational Fisheries
            Rob Hicks, College of William & Mary- invited 1:30-2:00  Economics and Ecopath with Ecosim
            R. Sumaila, University of British Columbia - confirmed
2:00-2:30 Computable General Equilibrium Model, Alaskan Fisheries
           John Tschirhart, University of Wyoming - confirmed
2:30-3:00 Portfolio Analysis and Chesapeake Bay Fisheries
            Doug Lipton, University of Maryland - confirmed
            Stephen Kasperski, University of Maryland -confirmed
3:00-3:15 Break

3:15-4:30 Facilitated Group Discussion
            Recommendations for approaches and models for economics of fisheries ecosystem interactions. (Jon Kramer or Jack Greer, Maryland Sea Grant to facilitate)
October 17 
8:00-8:30 Continental Breakfast8:30-9:00 The Aleutian Islands Fishery Ecosystem Plan and Process
            Jennifer Sepez  - Alaska Fisheries Science Center, NMFS
9:00-9:30  Decision Support Models
            David Tomberlin - NMFS/Santa Cruz

9:30-10:00 Marine reserves in the northeast US:  public preferences and policy implications
            Kristy Wallmo - National Marine Fisheries Service
10:00-10:15 Break
10:15-10:45     Socioeconomics and the Ecosystem Approach to Management of Marine Resources
            Jon Sutinen, University of Rhode Island
10:45-12:00 Continuation of facilitated group discussion. 12:00 Lunch (Provided) ADJOURN

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