Bob Earll & Duncan Jones 2015 Welcome Events

Large numbers of Manx Shearwaters & Gannets South West Marine Ecosystems Conference 2015 Welcome to the conference and PML Thanks for all your support Photo: Tom Brereton MARINElife

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Events & observations in 2014: Delegates will be invited to bring along and comment on the events and their observations of 2014 using structured approach Duncan & Hannah Jones Facilitating & Bob Earll IntroductionOne of the themes of the SWME events has been to consider the events of the previous year and it’s highlighted in the meeting objective:‘2.To assess the annual events – ecological and oceanographic - of the previous year that have affected the south west marine ecosystems – making the linkages between environmental and biological phenomena e.g. SST on plankton or mackerel and cetaceans. We will be asking delegates to contribute their observations on the year in question’Delegates have been asked to think about their observations from 2014 (and event sheet is available). Delegates will be asked to record interesting events and categorise them. After the conference these will be typed and circulated to delegates. You can see the events from 2013 in the ecosystems archive. http://coastal-futures.net/ecosystems/south-west-ecosystems-2015 Producing a Report on the events and observation of 20141.IntroductionThis is an interesting challenge. Quite a lot of groups produce annual reports of what they see and do although these often come out during the following year. Lots of people keep lists of the relative abundance of their records for the year. If summaries and relative abundance lists were edited/collated into one document it would be useful way of getting a more rounded picture of events in the south west in any one year. It provides the logical final point of the process we have developed realising objective 2 of the meeting. We use the events section as an ice-breaker at the meeting, getting the audience to contribute their observations. In 2013 for the first time we asked delegates to complete observation forms we then collated these (250+) in an excel spreadsheet in discrete categories which is available in the archive. Many of the presentations and the delegate notes reflect on events in the previous year. Producing an annual report is the logical last step.This note develops some thoughts on the process. 2.Categories Those in the events form are as follows:Weather - Oceanography (including plankton) – benthos – fish – birds – seals – cetaceans – Management issues The categories above are ‘lumped’ … but if expanded might include:• Weather – Oceanography – Plankton (including jellyfish)• Benthos including intertidal• Fish – including sharks, basking sharks and sun fish• Birds - including turtles – (yes, I know turtles aren’t birds!)• Seals • Cetaceans• Management issues – including fisheries, mpas, other impacts – bird wrecks PIB, oil etc 3.Some Admin criteria & rules • The process would be designed to minimise the burden on any one person – clear tasks shared across lots of people – with the idea that tasks would change every year - against clear time limited deadlines • The report would only be electronic and would sign-post and point to existing reports and links • There would be no intellectual claim on the material – authors would retain their rights and it wouldn’t pre-empt publication elsewhere • There would be a clear timetabled process – with outputs circulated to the wider SWME address group and archived 4.Process Event observations would be typed up after the event – these and delegate notes would be made available to all and archived 30 days after the event Keith Hiscock of the MBA has agreed to act as the 2014 reports overall editorEditorial groups would be called for at the event – editors would be selected for each group among the group (annually) Editors would prepare a rough / incomplete draft [2 pages max] by 60 days after the event and circulate to editorial group Responses would be expected by 90 days. A

Transcript of Bob Earll & Duncan Jones 2015 Welcome Events

Large numbers of Manx Shearwaters & Gannets

South West Marine Ecosystems Conference 2015

Welcome to the conference and PML

Thanks for all your support

Photo: Tom Brereton MARINElife
The Southwest Marine Ecosystems Conferences

The objectives of the meetings include:

1. Networking professionals and volunteers

2. To assess the annual events ecological and oceanographic - of the previous year

3. Ecology of south-west marine ecosystems and species including benthic this year

4. Management and southwest marine ecosystems
SWME15Thanks to PML & Your Envelopes Receipts, Badges, Programme, Events & Observation, Evaluation formBob - Another 3 years passing everything on

New things: Benthic and intertidal added

Archive for previous presentations Coastal Futures website

Annual report for the preceding year 2014

Focus on particular species this year Porpoises

Twitter #SWME15
The links between people networking professionals volunteers

Events - Observations - Science Policy - Management - Conservation
Each year is interesting The story of the year .....2014

South-west Marine Ecosystems

Objective 2 regular part of the programme

Inputs from speakers & your collective input

This is a device for pulling the information together
An Annual Report for 2014 in Practice

It is one of the objectives of the meeting . And been a regular part of past meetings [see page 3 -4 of the delegate notes

Input from speakers and you last year 250+ records on the Excel file in the categories the report simply pulls this together

The Categories Weather - Oceanography (including plankton) benthos fish birds seals cetaceans Management issues

The process designed to spread the load and minimise the burden on any one person Keith Hiscock has agreed to be the overall editor in 2014

2 pages per category signposting to other Headlines and links highlighting key points only electronic .. Not precluding other publications - Archived

Process time limed and clear The first part to set up editorial groups for each category today evaluation form .
Events Observations in 2013 last year

Objective 2.To assess the annual events ecological and oceanographic - of the previous year that have affected the south west marine ecosystems ...

What stood out for you last year? Please use the following categories at the start of what you write: Weather - Oceanography (including plankton) benthos fish birds seals cetaceans Management issues

The winter 2013/14 storms

We will ask you to leave these behind after the event and we will collate the responses and return these to you.

Your Name___________________________

Category _______________________ Observation _________

Objective 1. Networking ..... Discuss this with to someone you dont know
Photo: Mike Newman
FINAL SLIDE

Evaluation - Key lessons your comments helpful

EVENTS form

Outputs: Key points via email Alert

PowerPoint presentations on the CMS server

Valuables / Take things with you including leaflets

Refreshments outside

Thank you to the speakers, chairmen, sponsors and all of you

Feedback forms & Events forms
Grey seal feeding at the surface with a large conger eel
The effects of this winters storms ...........

Photo : Dave Jenkins