Transcript Ecosystem Indicator Partnership: Where are we going and how can

Gulf of Maine Council:
Ecosystem Indicator Partnership:
ESIP Organization
Gulf of Maine Council
Ecosystem Indicator Partnership Steering Committee
Program Manager
Indicator Work Groups
•Aquatic Habitats
•Contaminants
•Climate Change
•Fisheries/Aquaculture
•Coastal Development
•Eutrophication/Nutrients
ESIP Membership:
ESIP is composed of 100 members from 42 difference agencies
including:
•Federal: USFW, USGS, NOAA, EC, DFO, EPA
•State/Province: NB Dept. Of the Environment, Maine State Planning
Office, NH Dept. of Environ. Services
•Academia: UNH, USM, U Maine, URI, Acadia University, Dalhousie
ESIP’s Focus on Three Major
Areas…Today
ESIP
Membership
ESIP Indicator
Reporting Tool
ESIP Monitoring
Map
Determination
of Priority
Indicators
Council’s State
of the
Environment
Reporting
ESIP Goals and Timelines
Indicators are quantitative or qualitative measures that provide information about
the status of or changes in natural, cultural, and economic aspects of an
ecosystem.
May 2008 – Subcommittees decide on priority
indicators
March 2008 – All 6 ESIP Subcommittees revisit TOR
and determine scope for next 12 months
May 2008 – ESIP publishes framework for regional
reporting of indicators and GeoConnections project
completed
June 1, 2008 – ESIP publishes framework for
regional reporting of habitat and climate change
indicators (data rich)
Example of Coastal
Development Subcommittee
Progress
Formation of Subcommittee (Rolling)
Indicators from Summit
Indicators from GOMC presentation
Internal GOMC documents
List of indicators…
At this point, subcommittees are identifying top 23 priority indicators from this list
How the Subcommittee decisions impact the various ESIP products
ESIP Indicator
Reporting Tool
Subcommittee
Top 2-3 Indicators
State of the Env.
Report
Gulf of Maine Times
Science Translation Product
ESIP Monitoring Map
Query by indicator to locate monitoring data
Follow data back to source
ESIP Is the Umbrella…..
Data Availability
Data Analysis
ESIP Monitoring Map
ESIP Indicator Reporting
Tool
Shows locations and
then sends to parent
organization which
might be…
Gulfwatch
Tier 1 Habitat
Monitoring
Habitat Monitoring
Gulfwatch
Map
Habitat Restoration
Map
Products with more detail on smaller scale as in Tier 2 and Tier 3 Habitat Monitoring Map