ATTACHMENT B: Meeting Agenda

 

CONSERVING THE MARINE RESOURCES OF THE GULF OF MAINE

Second Meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee for a

Regional Pilot Project to Implement the Global Programme of Action

for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-Based Activities

Quality Inn King’s Grant Hotel

Danvers, Massachusetts, USA

29-30 October 1997

 

Tuesday, October 28, 1997

7:30-9:00 pm Welcome and Informal Reception

 

Wednesday, October 29, 1997

8:00 am Registration, Coffee and Introductions

SESSION 1: INTRODUCTIONS AND REVIEW OF ACTIVITIES TO DATE

8:30 Welcome and Review of Activities to Date

• Martha Rosas, Commission for Environmental Cooperation

9:00 Review of Meeting Agenda and Deliverables

• Colleen Mercer Clarke, Ad Hoc Committee Liaison

9:15 Committee Structure

• Election of Co-Chairs

• Membership and Working Groups

• Adoption of agenda

10:15 Break

SESSION 2: Regional Action Plan – Status to Date

10:30 CEC Project Budget Status and Schedules

• Martha Rosas, Commission for Environmental Cooperation

11:00 Working Group Progress

Pollutants

• William Borland, J.D. Irving Ltd.

Habitats

• Henrietta List, Community Science Network

Other Actions

• All Ad Hoc Committee Members

12:00 Lunch

 

SESSION 3: Regional Action Plan – Development and Implementation

1:30 pm Working Group Sessions - Project Development

Pollutants

• William Borland, J. D. Irving Ltd.

Habitats

• Henrietta List, Community Science Network

Other Actions

• TBA

2:45 Break

SESSION 4: REGIONAL ACTION PLAN – IMPLEMENTATION

3:00 Working Group Sessions - Project Implementation

Pollutants

• William Borland, J.D. Irving Ltd.

Habitats

• Henrietta List, Community Science Network

Other Actions

• TBA

4:00 Reporting of the Working Groups

• William Borland, J.D. Irving Ltd.

• Henrietta List, Community Science Network

• TBA

• All Ad Hoc Committee Members

5:00 Adjournment

Thursday, October 30, 1997

8:00 am Coffee

 

SESSION 5: Regional Action Plan – Plenary Session

8:30 Crafting of the Regional Action Plan

• All Ad Hoc Committee Members

10:30 Break

10:45 Commitments to Action

• All Ad Hoc Committee Members

12:00 Adjournment