Managing the World’s Oceans

Mr. Eric Schwaab Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Conservation and Management

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA

4 June 2013

• Science as a foundation -- we must proceed with a greater scientific understanding where we are and of the management challenges we face.

• Effective governance must build from a shared management framework.

• We need clear, shared goals and strategies.

• Implementation must be supported by compliance mechanisms, including assistance with meeting obligations, where needed.

• Effective monitoring is essential to measure progress, evaluate effectiveness of strategies and support adaptive management going forward.

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OCEANS 2012: HARNESSED BY THE OCEAN 3

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1970-1975

2003-2008

Summer flounder NEFSC Fall Trawl Survey

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NOAA Regional Ecosystems of the

United States

Based on Large Marine Ecosystems

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NOAA and France's Protected Areas

Agency have signed a "sister

sanctuary" agreement to support the

protection of endangered humpback

whales that migrate annually more

than 3,000 miles between NOAA's

Stellwagen Bank National Marine

Sanctuary off the Massachusetts coast

and Agoa Marine Mammal Sanctuary in

the Caribbean's French Antilles.

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Kobe plot for Atlantic bigeye tuna, from combined examinations of assessment models. Shaded

lines shown represent the 80% confidence limits for the historical trajectory (1950-2009) and solid

line represents the median estimated from the logistic production model. Points depict uncertainty

in current status not considered by the bootstrapping of the logistic production model.

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• March 2009: Federal

Ocean Acidification

Monitoring and Research

(FORAM) Act

• 2011: NOAA’s Ocean

Acidification Program was

established

NOAA OA Research and Monitoring Map

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International OA Observing Network

Ocean Conditions

Compliance (catch accounting)

Effective Catch Accounting

Ecosystem-based and Sustainable

Management Strategies

(goals, etc.) Profitable

Sustainable Fisheries

Shared Management Systems

Catch Shares/ Aligned Drivers

Shared Science

Effective Management

Thank you!