Traditionally, coastal and ocean areas have been managed and governed at isolated levels with little cooperation or coordination across local, state, tribal, federal or international boundaries. In recent years, this traditional approach has been rejected in favor of ecosystem-based management which considers the cumulative impacts on the entire ecosystem. In this panel we focus on cooperative and adaptive management strategies to provide a foundation to advance a more effective ecosystem-based approach to coastal and ocean policy.
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- Mr. John Briscoe – Briscoe Ivester & Bazel LLP
John Briscoe has practiced law for 35 years from offices in San Francisco. In ocean-law cases he has represented the States of Alaska, Hawaii, California, and Georgia, and the Territory of Guam. Most of these cases originated, or ended, in the United States Supreme Court. (One, a fisheries case, was decided by the California Supreme Court.) He represented the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia in litigation against Eritrea in the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, and has been an adviser to the Republic of Korea in matters relating to sovereignty and maritime boundaries. From 1998-2000 he served as a special adviser to the United Nations Compensation Commission in Geneva, on the environmental claims against Iraq arising from the Gulf War.
He has published numerous articles, and edited one book on the Law of the Sea. He is a member of the board of the Law of the Sea Institute, the advisory board of the California Sea Grant Program, and from 1990-2000 was a visiting scholar at the Boalt Hall School of Law.
- Dr. Billy D. Causey –Regional Director, Southeast Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Region National Marine Sanctuary Program
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Billy Causey is the Southeast Regional Director for the National Marine Sanctuary Program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. His area includes North Carolina through Florida, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. Previously, he had managed National Marine Sanctuaries in the Florida Keys since 1983, when he became the Manager of the Looe Key National Marine Sanctuary. As the manager of this marine protected area he developed the education, science and enforcement programs and sustained an interagency partnership between the state and federal governments. He served as the Superintendent of the 2900 square nautical mile Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary from August 1991 to September 2, 2006, when he assumed his current position. Dr. Causey has been the lead National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) official in the development of the management plan for the Keys Sanctuary, which is the third largest marine protected area in the United States. He serves as the liaison with local, state and other federal agencies responsible for management of natural resources in the Southeast Region. Dr. Causey’s academic interests are in coral reef ecology, coral reef fishes, sustainable management, and marine zoning. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Corpus Christi in 1967, and a Master of Science degree from Texas A&I University in 1969. Three years of post graduate work at the University of South Florida introduced him to the Florida Keys coral reef ecosystem. On May 6, 2006, Billy Causey was bestowed with an Honorary Doctorate in Science from the University of South Florida.
- Mr. Arlo Hemphill – Conservation Fellow, Deep Search International
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Arlo H. Hemphill is the Vice President for Conservation with Deep Search International, a new non-profit organization dedicated to advancing an ocean conservation ethic through the use of cutting-edge technology and exploration. Additionally, as a member of the World Commission on Protected Area's (WCPA's) High Seas Task Force and a former Steering Group member of the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC), Arlo works with colleagues around the world to communicate on and advance a comprehensive governance regime for the 64% of the ocean beyond national jurisdictions. A marine biologist, conservationist and resource manager, Arlo has worked in numerous marine as well as terrestrial and aquatic biomes in conjunction with Conservation International, the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, the U.S. National Park Service, Nova Southeastern University's Oceanographic Center, the Broward County Sea Turtle Conservation Program, and Ecuador's Jatun Sacha Foundation. Arlo directs the Defying Ocean's End Office, co-founded the Congal Biomarine Reserve - a privately-run mangrove and aquaculture research station in coastal Ecuador, is currently active in a major web-based ocean awareness initiative, and maintains research interests in epipelagic, coral reef and deepsea fishes.
- Mr. Chris Dorsett - Gulf of Mexico Fish Conservation Director, The Ocean Conservancy
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Chris Dorsett is the Gulf of Mexico Fish Conservation Director for the Ocean Conservancy in their Gulf of Mexico regional office in Austin, Texas. Before serving in this capacity, Dorsett worked on fish conservation initiatives including ending overfishing, bycatch reduction and habitat protection in the Pacific and Western Pacific regions for the Ocean Conservancy and in the Gulf of Mexico as Director of Fisheries for the Gulf Restoration Network in New Orleans, LA. Dorsett is currently a member of the Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee which provides advice to the Secretary of Commerce on living marine resource issues.
Dorsett holds a B.S. in Marine Fisheries from Texas A&M University and a J.D. from the University of Texas.
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