Symposium on West Hawaii's Marine Ecosystem

Bridging the Gap Between Science and Management

About

A future of healthy, clean, biodiverse, and productive oceans with sustainable resource use requires us to translate our current understanding of marine ecosystems in a way that facilitates effective resource management and policy decision making. The two-day symposium will bring together local community members, scientists, and managers to present and discuss scientific research and traditional knowledge that can directly inform management of West Hawaii's marine ecosystem.

This symposium sponsored by the Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research and is free and open to the public. We ask that all attendees register in advance so that we can send important updates and information.

If you have any questions, please contact: Jamison Gove.

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Schedule

Day 1 Day 2

Tuesday, December 5, 2017

8:15-9:00 AM	Registration
9:00	Welcome and Introductions	Jamison Gove
9:10	Implementing Ecosystem-Based Management: A Conceptual Framework for Providing Science	Michael Seki
9:30	Aquatic Resource Management Planning at Hawaii’s Division of Aquatic Resources	Bruce Anderson
9:40	Introduction to 30 by 30: Developing a Statewide Marine Management Plan to Effectively Manage 30% of Nearshore Waters by 2030	Anne Chung
10:00	Controversy, Conflict & Conservation: The Effectiveness of an MPA Network in Sustainably Managing the West Hawai‘i Aquarium Fishery	William Walsh
10:15	Hawai‘i Monitoring and Reporting Collaborative (HIMARC), Science to Support Effectively Managing Hawaii’s Nearshore Marine Resources	Mary Donovan
10:30	Estimating Nearshore Fisheries Production from the Main Hawaiian Islands Using Commercial and Non- Commercial Sectors	Kaylyn McCoy
10:45	Break
11:00	Coral Reefs of Kaloko-Honok hau National Historical Park in Hawai‘i: Before, During, and After the 2015 Coral Bleaching Event	Sheila McKenna
11:15	Are coral reefs recovering in West Hawai‘i? Benthic Status and Trends at Long-Term Monitoring Sites	Lindsey Kramer
11:30	Recruitment Dynamics of Scleractinian Corals along the Kona Coast of the Big Island of Hawai‘i	Ross Martin
11:45	High-Resolution Mapping of Coral and Algal Cover Along Big Island Reefs	Greg Asner
12:00 PM	Mapping Anthropogenic Stress over Time and Space for the Nearshore Environment in West Hawai‘i	Joey Lecky
12:15	Lunch
1:30	Defining Drivers of Exposure and Sensitivity of Unprecedented Mass Coral Bleaching in the Main Hawaiian Islands —	Rusty Brainard
1:45	Assessing Natural Versus Human Drivers of Coral Reef Communities in West Hawai‘i	Jamison Gove
2:00 -	Relative Resilience of Coral Reefs in the West Hawai’i Habitat Focus Area: Recent Bleaching Impacts and Potential Management Actions	Eric Conklin
2:15	West Hawai‘i Sea Surface Temperature Dynamics: Past, Future, and Relevance to Reefs	Jeffrey Polovina
2:30	Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments for Marine and Coastal Habitats in West Hawai‘i	Jeffrey Maynard
2:45	Sea Level Rise as a Catalyst for Coastal Conservation Action in West Hawai‘i	Chad Wiggens
3:00	Break
3:15	Evaluating Management Strategies to Optimize Ecosystem Services Provided by Coral Reefs	Mariska Weijerman
3:30	Coral Resilience Module Experiment (CReME): Enhancing Herbivores to Protect Corals	Mark Hixon
3:45	Extreme Dispersal Events: How El Niño Events Affect Reef Fish Population Connectivity in the West Hawai‘i Region	Donald Kobayashi
4:00	Life History Strategies Shape Larval Reef Fish Settlement Success Off West Hawai‘i Island	Anna Neuheimer
4:15	Scientific Seas Presents: Science of Slicks (short film)
4:25	Surface Slicks as Important Nursery Habitat for Larval Fish in West Hawai‘i	Jonathan Whitney
4:40	Physical Drivers of West Hawaii’s Surface Slicks and Their Effects on Larval Fish	Katharine Smith
5:00-6:30	Meet local organizations making positive contributions to science, conservation and management related to the marine ecosystem in West Hawai‘i	Information Booth Sessions

Wednesday, December 6, 2017

8:15 - 9:00 AM	Registration
9:00	Coastal and Ocean Observations and Forecasts to Support Place-based Science and Management	Fiona Langenberger
9:10	Pelekane Bay Water Quality Buoy: A New Resource for Coastal Ocean Management	Steven Colbert
9:30	Linking Wastewater and Fertilizer Inputs to Coral Reef Health: Integrating Monitoring and Modeling Approaches for Conservation Planning	Kim Falinski
9:40	Spatial Distribution and Sources of Land-Based Dissolved Inorganic Nutrients at Coral Reefs in South Kohala	Jazmine Panelo
10:00	Sewage Pollution Source Tracking on South Kohala Reefs	Devon Aguiar
10:15	Identifying Locations of Sewage Pollution within Puako’s Watershed and Comparison of On-Site Sewage Disposal Systems for Management Actions	Tracey Wiegner
10:30	Break
10:45	West Hawai‘i Habitat Focus Area Partnership: Science, Restoration, Conservation and Community Action	Shannon Ruseborn
11:00	Working Together to Understand, Quantify and Manage for Tipping Points on the Reefs of Hawai‘i	Mary Donovan
11:15	An Ocean Health Index for West Hawai‘i	Eva Schemmel
11:30	Monitoring Human Behavior and Perceptions in Hawai‘i Through NOAA’s National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP)	Arielle Levine
11:45	Exploring Oceanic Whitetip Shark Interactions in Hawaii’s Small-Scale Fisheries Through Fisher Engagement	Mia Iwane
12:00 PM	Revealing Complex Social-Ecological Interactions Through Participatory Modeling in Hawai‘i	Rebecca Ingram
12:15	Working together to represent communities within the West Hawai‘i Integrated Ecosystem Assessment (IEA)	Lunch Interactive Session
1:45	Movement Behavior and Habitat Use of Pelagic Predators in the Waters Surrounding West Hawai‘i	Melanie Hutchinson
2:00	Persistent and Dense Concentrations of Micronekton Along the Kona Coastline: A Potential Food Resource for Marine Mammals and Pelagic Fishes	Jeffrey Drazen
2:15	An Assessment of Mesophotic Reefs in Hawai‘i as Fishing and Climate Change Refugia	Zach Caldwell
2:30	In-situ Measurements of Environmental Variables at Keahole and other Hawaiian Deep Sea Coral Beds	Frank Parrish
2:45	Effects of Open Circuit SCUBA Exhaust on Reef Fish Surveys	Keolohilani Lopes
3:00	Break
3:15	Reef Fish Aquaculture in Kona	Syd Kraul
3:30	Rebuilding Our Reefs One Polyp at a Time	Bill Coney
3:45	Marine Aquaculture Opportunities in West Hawai‘i	Julien Stevens
4:00	Revitalization of the Fishpond of Kiholo	Rebecca Most & Kuʻulei Keakealani
4:30	Closing Remarks	Jamison Gove

Last updated by Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center on 08/09/2018