Monday, March 30 • 8:30am – 12:30pm
Symposium 1: Designing MPAs and MMPA Networks
Symposium 1 Presenters:
Erich Hoyt, Senior Research Fellow, Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society, UK (Moderator)
- Brad Barr, NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, USA
- Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara, Honorary President, Tethys Research Institute, Milano, Italy
- Ricardo Sagarminaga, ALNITAK Marine Research and Education Centre, Spain
- Trevor Ward, Greenward Consulting, Perth, WA, Australia
- Irini Papanicolopulu, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
Monday, March 30 • 2:00pm – 4:00pm
Panel 1: Marine Mammal Research within MPAs and the Link to Networking
Convener: David Mattila, Science and Rescue Coordinator, NOAA’s Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary, USA
Panelists:
- Liz Slooten, Dept. of Zoology, University of Otago, NZ, Hector’s dolphins: research on the effectiveness of MPAs
- Leila Hatch, Marine Ecologist, NOAA’s Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, USA, Scientific innovation at the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary
- Sascha Hooker, Sea Mammal Research Unit, UK, Northern bottlenose whale research in the Gully, eastern Canada
- Rob Williams, Marine Mammal Research Unit, Univ. of British Columbia, Canada, Vessel impact work and the need for MPAs as experimental controls with reference to the cetaceans in British Columbia
- Ana Canadas, Research Director of Alintak, Spain, Spatial modeling as a tool for designing Marine Protected Areas for small cetaceans in Spain
- Mabel Augustowski, Environmental Dept. of São Paulo Government, Brasil
Bryde’s whales in Southeast Brazil – integrating research to MPA management - Rubaiyat Mansur Mowgli, Bangladesh Cetacean Diversity Project for Wildlife Conservation Society, Bangladesh, Understanding our Waters – A proposed Protected Area Network for Cetacean Diversity (PANCD) in Bangladesh
- Vincent Ridoux, Professor, Institute of Littoral and Environmental Sciences, University of Rochelle, France, Cetacean surveys of the French Caribbean and Guyana: their implication for current and potential MMPAs.
- David Mattila, Science and Rescue Coordinator, NOAA’s Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary, USA, Ocean-wide, international, collaborative studies of Humpback Whales: Rationales for MMPA participation, key findings and the link to Networking.
Monday, March 30 • 4:30pm – 6:00pm
Panel 2: Whaling and Whale Sanctuaries: Conflicts and Synergies
Convener: Arne Bjørge
Panelists:
- Arne Bjørge, Chair IWC Scientific Committee, Norway, History and status of IWC Whaling Sanctuaries
- José Truda Palazzo, Jr, IWC Commissioner from Brazil, IWC Whaling Sanctuaries: the Brazilian perspective
- Doug DeMaster, IWC Deputy Commissioner, USA, A review of IWC Whaling Sanctuaries
- Christophe Lefèbvre, AAMP and IUCN, France, Agoa: a project for a marine mammal Sanctuary in the French West Indies
- Lui Bell, SPREP, Pacific, Samoa, The positives (and challenges) of National (EEZ) Whale Sanctuaries in Oceania and the SPREP whale and dolphin action plan
- Mike Donoghue, New Zealand IWC delegation, How can the IWC better contribute to both IWC and non-IWC whale sanctuaries
- Irini Papanicolopulu, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy, Whaling sanctuaries: the international legal framework
Tuesday, March 31 • 8:30am – 10:45am
Symposium 2: Managing MMPAs
Symposium 2 Presenters:
- Dan Basta, Director, NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, USA
- Lorenzo Rojas-Bracho, Instituto Nacional de Ecología, México
- Jorge Urban, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur, México
- Giuseppe Notarbartolo di-Sciara, Honorary President, Tethys Research Institute, Milano, Italy
- Spyros Kotomatas, MOm, the Hellenic Society for the Study and Protection of the Monk Seal, Greece
- Rosa Pires, Parque Natural da Madeira Service, Madeira
Tuesday, March 31 • 11:00am – 1:00pm
Panel 3: How can MPAs and Networks of MPAs Ensure Threat Mitigation to Cetaceans?
Convener: Simone Panigada, European Cetacean Society and Vice President of the Tethys Research Institute, Italy
Panelists:
- Simone Panigada, European Cetacean Society, Italy, Ship strikes in the Mediterranean Sea
- Chris Gabriele, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, USA, Ship Strikes at Glacier Bay National Park
- David Mattila, NOAA’s Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary, Entanglements and Networking: How MMPAs can understand and mitigate this human impact for large whales
- Randy Reeves, Chair of the IUCN Species Survival Commission Cetacean Specialist Group, Canada, Effectiveness Checklist: elements to ensure that protected area is achieving its goals
- Leila Hatch, Marine Ecologist, NOAA’s Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, USA, Using real-time tools to manage ship strike risk in marine protected areas and Studying and managing noise within marine protected areas
- David Hyrenbach, Hawaii Pacific University, USA, How to deal with temporally and spatially dynamic critical habitats?
- Colleen Corrigan, UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, UK, How to deal with multi Countries MPAs and high seas?
- Irini Papanicolopulu, University of Milan, School of Law, Milano, Italy, Existing regulations: have they worked?
Tuesday, March 31 • 2:00pm – 4:00pm
Panel 4: Managing the Balance between Commercial and Economic Interests within MPAs for Cetaceans
Convener: Naomi McIntosh, NOAA’s Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary, USA
Panelists:
- Nikolai Pavlov, Director, Komandor Islands State Nature Biosphere Reserve, Russia, Balance between Commercial and Economic Interests within Komandorskiy Reserve, Russia
- Cristina Castro, Machalilla National Park, Ecuador, The Balance Between Commerce and Conservation in Ecuador
- Lars Bejder, Research Fellow, Murdoch University Cetacean Research Unit, Australia, Are time/area closures the solution for the long-term sustainability of spinner dolphin tourism in Hawaiian waters?
- Giuseppe Notarbartolo di-Sciara, Honorary President, Tethys Research Institute, Milano, Italy, Red Sea spinner dolphins protected, supported by controlled ecotourism
- Kauahi Ngapora, Chief Operating Officer, Kaikoura Whale Watch, Ngai Tahu, Whale Watch, Kaikoura, New Zealand
- Naomi McIntosh, Superintendent, NOAA’s Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary, USA, Maintaining Flexibility in Sanctuary Design and Management
Tuesday, March 31 • 4:30pm – 6:00pm
Panel 5: Refining Management for Improved MPAs and MPA Networks
Convener: Brad Barr, NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, USA
Panelists:
- Alessandra Vanzella-Khouri, UNEP Caribbean Environment Programme, Jamaica, The CaMPAM experience: a social capacity building network to
enhance MPA management in the Wider Caribbean and its linkages to marine mammal conservation - Mabel Augustowski, Environmental Department of Sao Paulo State Government, Brazil, Improving MMPAs and MMPA Networks: examples from Brazil
- Tundi Agardy, Sound Seas, USA, Passing MPAs and MPA Networks
- Mike Donoghue, Department of Conservation, New Zealand, Improving MMPAs and MMPA Networks: the New Zealand Perspective
- Steve Gittings, NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, USA, Using “condition reports” to guide management and track performance in
marine protected areas - Miguel Iñíguez, Fundación Cethus, WDCS International, Argentina Alternate Commissioner, IWC, Argentina, Latin American Cooperation Strategy for the Conservation of Cetaceans: Improving MMPA Networks
- Jorge Urban Ramirez, University of Baja California Sur, México, Improving MMPAs and MMPA Networks: Examples from Mexico
Wednesday, April 1 • 2:00pm – 4:00pm
Symposium 2: Managing MMPAs (Continued)
Symposium 2 Presenters:
David Mattila, Science and Rescue Coordinator, NOAA’s
Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary, USA (Moderator)
- Lindy Weilgart, Research Associate, Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Canada
- Maria Elizabeth Carvalho da Rocha, Southern Right Whale Environmental Protection Area (MPA), Brazil
- Nikolai Pavlov, Director, Komandor Islands State Nature Biosphere Reserve, Russia
- Craig MacDonald, NOAA’s Gerry E. Studds Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, USA
- Idelisa Bonnelly de Calventi, Executive Director of the Dominican Marine Studies Foundation, Dominican Republic
- Lisa Andon, Micronesia Conservation Trust, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM)
Wednesday, April 1 • 4:30pm – 6:30pm
Panel 6: MPAs and MPA Networks vs. “Traditional” Marine Mammal Management Tools – Are they Alternatives or to be Integrated?
Convener: Randall Reeves, Chair of the IUCN Species Survival Commission Cetacean Specialist Group, Canada
Panelists:
- Michael Simpkins, NOAA Fisheries, Office of International Affairs, USA, Identification of “traditional” tools and the “added value” problem
- Giuseppe Notarbartolo di-Sciara, Honorary President, Tethys Research Institute ,Milano, Italy, The downside issue: can protected areas be not only ineffective but even counterproductive
- Liz Slooten, Otago University, NZ, and Karin Forney, NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center, USA, Managing fishery conflicts in, alongside, and near protected areas
- Tundi Agardy, Sound Seas, USA, Adaptive management
- Sue Miller-Taei, Conservation International, Samoa and Mike Donoghue, Department of Conservation, NZ, Nesting marine mammals within broader ecosystem concerns and the “downstream effects” problem
Friday, April 3 • 11:00am – 12:40pm
Symposium 3: Networking for the Future of MMPAs and MMPA Networks
Symposium 3 Presenters:
- Tundi Agardy, Sound Seas, USA (Moderator)
- David Hyrenbach, Hawai’i Pacific University, Pew Fellow, USA
- Kirstin Dobbs, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Australia
- Doug DeMaster, Alaska Region, NOAA Fisheries, USA