EBM Feasibility Working Group

November 17-20, 2006

Agenda

 

Overarching goals:

  • Refine project plan
  • Identify and commit to written products
  • Define responsibilities and timelines
  • Begin analysis
  • Get to know each other and have thoughtful discussions

 

Work schedule: 9 AM-noon, 1-4 PM

 

November 17

AM

-         Working group member introductions

o       interests, research, etc

o       what bringing to group

o       expectations

-         NCEAS orientation: meeting with NCEAS technicians

-         Project overview (Patrick)

-         Discussion points:

o       Clarification of definitions and project goals

 

PM

-         Overview of contexts and EBM efforts

o       Presentations by working group members

§         Governance, fishery types, and marine systems for each site: Philippines (2), Caribbean, Benguela, Hawaii

§         Discussion points: site similarities and distinctions

-         Overview of available data sets

o       Presentation by working group members

§         Data types (qualitative/quantitative), scale, software platform, etc.

§         Discussion points: Data strengths and gaps, data platform compatibility

 

November 18

AM

Developing research agenda:

-         Key research questions: Presentation by Kem

o       Discussion: Are these the right questions? What are the priorities? What are other research groups doing?

-         Framework for analysis: Presentation by Patrick

-   drawn from Pomeroy et al. (2001), building from the Workshop in Political Theory Analysis at Indiana University (Ostrom 1990)

-   Discuss other possible frameworks

 

 

PM

Outputs from Working Group

-         Outreach and educational efforts

o       Discussion led by Alan and Kevern

o       What’s needed? How best to deliver?

-         Use of GIS as modeling and scenario planning tool

o       Presentation by Marina Alberti

-         Publications

o       What journals? When?

 

Timeline and workplan

-         Realistic time commitment

-         Means of communication

-         How to motivate engagement

 

 

November 19

AM

Subgroup work: Work plan development for site-specific analysis

 

-         Develop plan for data gathering, data merging, analysis

o       Philippines Group: Patrick, Bob, Alan, Kem, Marina, Nygiel, Mike, Liza, Dave, Mark, Claudia, Richard

o       Case study group (Caribbean, Benguela, Hawaii): Kevern, Brian, Robin

 

-         Whole group discussion with NCEAS data technicians

 

PM

Initial data analysis

-         explore options for data set merging

-         link data with framework

 

November 20

 

AM

-         Continued analysis

-         TBD based on previous days’ work

-         Linkages to other research and educational groups