PROGRAM SCHEDULE:


8:15 to 9:00 AM Registration

9:00 to 9:05 - Welcome, Carolyn Thoroughgood , Professor of Marine Bioscience  and Chairperson of MARACOOS

9:05 to 9:10 – Welcome, Steven Lohrenz, Dean of SMAST, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth

9:10 to 9:15 –Plan for Day: Moderator, Gene Kray, Dean of Continuing Education, West Chester University (Retired)

9:15 to 10:15 - Mid-Atlantic Observatory; Status and Products. Wendell Brown , Professor of Oceanography, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth & Scott Glenn, Professor of Physical Oceanography, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

10: 15 to 11:15 - Coast Guard Search and Rescue Capabilities. Art Allen, Oceanographer, U. S. Coast Guard Office of Search and Rescue

11:15 to 12:15 – Commercial/ Recreational Fishers Needs. Greg DiDomenico, Executive Director, Garden State Seafood Association  & Adam Nowalsky, Chairman of the New Jersey Chapter of the Recreational Fishing Alliance

12:15 to 1:30 LUNCH

1:30 to 4:30 - Hands on Activities on a one hour rotating schedule:

Group A- Modeling Information/Resources Alan Blumberg, Professor of Oceanography, Stevens Institute of Technology

          B- By-Catch Models; Developments and Progress.
              John Manderson,Fisheries Biologist, NOAA Fisheries,  Greg DiDomenico, Executive Director, Garden State Seafood Association & Greg DeCelles, Graduate Student, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth

           C- Tutorial on Use and Interpretation of Data.          
               Josh Kohut, Assistant Professor of Marine and Coastal Sciences,   Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

4:30 to 5:30 Wrap Up Discussion