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News from the region and SGA
Sylvain De Guise
CTSG
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NESGC research competition
NART
PIE review
Allocations Committee 3
Reauthorization
Growth Committee
Sea Grant Marketing
Anything else?
NESGC research competition
• Last cycle
– Decision support for the economic analysis of trade-offs in coastal
and marine spatial planning for the US Northeast Region; PI: Porter
Hoagland, Marine Policy Center, Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution, and collaborators
– Climate change adaptation and ecosystem service resilience in
Northeast coastal communities; PI: Robert Johnston, George Perkins
Marsh Institute, Clark University, and collaborators
– Social and Economic Impact Assessment of Catch Share Management
in the Northeast Multispecies Fishery; PI: Christopher Glass,
University of New Hampshire, and collaborators
– The governance role of local authorities in marine spatial planning: a
legal assessment of prospects and problems; PI: John Duff, Dept. of
Environmental, Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Massachusetts
Boston
NESGC research competition
• This cycle
– Coastal Hazards and Northeast Housing Values:
Comparative Implications for Climate Change
Adaptation and Community Resilience; PI: Robert
Johnston, George Perkins Marsh Institute, Clark
University, and collaborators
– Buy Out or Build Back? A Comparative Assessment of
Approaches to Employing Public Funding to
Vulnerable Coastal Properties in the Northeastern
United States; PI: John Duff, Dept. of Environmental,
Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of
Massachusetts Boston
– BOEM contribution?
NART
• The recognized portal for regional, here to
stay
• Sea Grant incrementally recognized
PIE review
• Charge: Put PIE on a diet! (Jim Hurley, Sylvain De Guise)
• Planning:
– National plan first, then state plans
– Inform NSGO of significant changes
• Implementation:
– Fully implement the tasks of the Focus Teams
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Planning and synthesis
New opportunities
Catalyze cooperation
Solidify Sea Grant’s identity
PIE review
• Evaluation:
– Program Director’s Impact Report 50%
– Site Review Team (SRT) Report 35%
– Annual Review Summary 15%
Allocations Committee 3
• Charge: Implement AC2 recommendations
(Jonathan Pennock, Jim Eckman, Sylvain De Guise)
• Principles:
– Preserve network (keep all existing programs)
– Minimum program size concept
– Allocate funds based on needs (people and miles
of coast)
Allocations Committee 3
Reauthorization
• We thought we had a year…
• Senators Shatz (HI) and Wicker (MS) want to
introduce Bill in this session (1 week for SGA
input)
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5% cap for NSGO
Regional mandate
Authorization level
Solidify education in Sea Grant
NOT allocations among programs
Growth Committee
• Grow Sea Grant by $20M (LaDon)
• Targeted opportunities (coastal resilience)
• Marketing strategy (Paul)
Anything else?
Questions?