Pacific Marine Estuarine Fish Habitat Partnership (PMEP)
Meeting Agenda, Links to Presentations, Notes and Updated Documents (May 25-26, 2010)
Background:
By request of the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission representing several key stakeholders and entities, the Pacific Marine Estuarine Fish Habitat Partnership (PMEP) was granted candidate partnership status in 2009 under the National Fish Habitat Action Plan (NFHAP) - see http://www.fishhabitat.org/ for more details. The purpose of the PMEP is to conserve and restore marine and estuarine habitats along the Pacific coast through a coordinated multi-state effort.
Meeting:
The first meeting of the group was held on May 25th and 26th, 2010 in Portland, Oregon, at the McMenamin's Kennedy School.
Meeting Goals:
1. Further develop and refine the partnership - clearly establish its relevance and purpose.
2. Determine the partnership's niche - answer: "How can this new partnership aid other ongoing partnership efforts?" "What can it accomplish that others cannot?"
3. Develop a mission statement with goals and objectives that articulate the breadth and scope of the partnership.
4. Review completed broad-scale scientific assessments that will likely contribute towards identifying critical marine and estuarine areasto focus conservation and restoration efforts.
5. Define the geographic scope for the fish habitat partnerships.
6. Define the priority needs for initial work.
7. Establish organizational and governance structure for the partnership.
Outcomes:
At the end of the meeting, an interim steering committee was established to organize subsequent meetings to further the development of a strategic plan. The Interim Steering Committee will take deliberate heed of the direction and ideas established by participants in this first meeting in regards to goals and priorities, geographic scope and phasing, and the vision and mission and bylaw documents. However, it was noted that the State of California and other key players were missing from the meeting for an eventual scope of the partnership extending from SE Alaska and British Columbiaon down the coast to northern Baja, California.
Final Agenda, Meeting Presentations and Documents:
The final meeting agenda, links to the presentations, and documents used or generated during the meeting are posted below.
Agenda (May 2010)
Purpose and Objectives of the National Fish Habitat Action Plan, Susan-Marie Stedman, NMFS
The Role of Fish Habitat Partnerships in NFHAP, Tom Busiahn, USFWS
Atlantic Coastal Fish Habitat Partnership, Susan-Marie Stedman, NMFS
Western Native Trout Initiative and Role of Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Robin Knox, WNTI
and Christopher Estes, WAFWA, ADFG
Overview of Pacific Coast Joint Venture, Carey Smith, PCJV
Results of the Pre-Meeting Survey on PMEP
Pacific Northwest Coast and Marine Ecoregional Assessments, Dick Vander Schaaf, TNC
National Fish Habitat Assessment for the Pacific Coast, Susan-Marie Stedman, NMFS for C. Greene
Alaska Coastal Assessment, Dr. K Koski, NMFS
North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Mary Mahaffy, USFWS
Geographic Scope of Partnership
Draft Operating Procedures/Bylaws, Stan Allen, PSMFC
Workshop Recap from Day One, Dan Shively, USFWS and Stan Allen, PSMFC and Fran Recht, PSMFC
Draft Vision, Mission, and Goals for the Pacific Marine Estuarine Fish Habitat Partnership, Fran Recht, PSMFC
Comments on Draft Vision, Mission, and Goals for the Pacific Marine Estuarine Fish Habitat Partnership, Fran Recht, PSMFC
Next Steps, Dan Shively, USFWS and Stan Allen, PSMFC and Fran Recht, PSMFC
Last Modified: Friday, 02-Mar-2012 08:02:17 PST
