Archives by Tag 'marine mammals'

New York Marine Endangered Species Workshop (October 2008)

CONCUR helped design and facilitate an October 2008 workshop focused on protecting marine endangered species in New York State waters. The three-day workshop, held in Port Jefferson, NY, and sponsored by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, brought together researchers, academics, local, state and federal officials, NGOs and others interested in improving [...]

Harbor Porpoise Take Reduction Team (2007-present)

CONCUR is facilitating the Harbor Porpoise Take Reduction Team for the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). This work – one of four Take Reduction Teams being facilitated for NMFS by CONCUR – strives to identify consensus-supported approaches that can reduce bycatch to sustainable levels. After an initial stakeholder assessment, CONCUR convened and [...]

NMFS Marine Mammal Serious Injury Workshop (September 2007)

CONCUR worked with NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to organize, convene, and facilitate a 3-day expert workshop in September 2007. The workshop brought together NMFS staff, leading veterinarians, pathobiologists, and marine mammal scientists to share new data and information on serious injuries of marine mammals. The objectives of the workshop were to evaluate NMFS’ [...]

Facilitated Workshop Jeopardy Analyses under Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act (2004)

CONCUR was retained by NOAA Fisheries to help design and facilitate a three-day Technical Workshop on jeopardy assessment in August 2004. The goal of the workshop was to solicit individual comments from scientific experts in the disciplines of conservation biology, population ecology, and risk assessment on the current analytical framework by which NOAA Fisheries evaluates [...]