
Meredith White (Mook Sea Farms), Mike Congrove (Oyster Seed Holdings) and Peter Hughes (Atlantic Cape Fisheries) will share their perspectives about the challenges related to ocean acidification facing the commercial shellfish industry and discuss the research and technology they’ve invested in to mitigate the impacts of acidification. Their presentations will be followed by a Q&A discussion with scientists Joe Salisbury, Jeremy Testa, and Daphne Munroe whose areas of expertise focus on carbonate chemistry and how it relates to sustainable management of shellfish and aquaculture resources.
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The OA Alliance will provide an overview of Ocean Acidification Action Plans. Case studies from New York and Maine will provide examples of process, partnerships, data/ research and content that are informing state’s OA Action Plan recommendations.
Speakers: Jessie Turner, Project Manager, OA Alliance; Sherryll Jones, New York State Ocean Coordinator, Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation; Esperanza Stancioff, Chair of the Maine Ocean and Coastal Acidification Partnership, Extension Professor, Climate Change Educator University of Maine; Nathan Robbins, Climate and Adaptation Program, Commissioner’s Office, Maine Department of Environmental Protection; Kisha Santiago-Martinez, New York Department of State; Chair, Mid-Atlantic Regional Council on the Ocean (MARCO)
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