Below is a brief description of the tenth public meeting, the eighth in a series of nine regional meetings. The agenda, minutes, testimony and responses to follow-up questions will be posted when they become available.

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Agenda (including links to speakers' written statements and follow-up questions)
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Minutes (pdf, 320kb)

The U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy held its tenth public meeting August 21-22, 2002, in the Hotel Captain Cook’s Discovery Ballroom, 4th at K Street, Anchorage, Alaska.

At the meeting, the Commission heard presentations on coastal and ocean issues of concern to the Alaska Region. The agenda included invited speakers representing local and regional government agencies and non-governmental organizations and comments from the public.

Issues highlighted at the meeting included:

• North Pacific Living Marine Resources – Historic Perspective
• Management of North Pacific Living Marine Resources I
• Management of North Pacific Living Marine Resources II
• Arctic Issues
• Marine Emergency Planning and Response
• Marine Operations and Enforcement

The Commission will use the information received at the meeting to help formulate its recommendations for a coordinated and comprehensive national ocean policy, as required by the Oceans Act of 2000. This meeting was the eighth in a series of nine region-specific meetings to be held by the Commission.

• Mr. Clem Tillion (pdf, 72kb) – Halibut Cove, Alaska - Why does it work in Alaska? A Historical Overview of Fisheries Management Since Alaska Statehood
  • Response to the Commission’s Follow-up Questions (pdf, 72kb)
    
• Mr. David Benton (pdf, 72kb) – Chairman, North Pacific Fishery Management Council
  • Response to the Commission’s Follow-up Questions (pdf, 180kb)
    

1:15 p.m.

• The Honorable Tony Knowles (pdf, 564kb) - Governor of Alaska
  

1:30 p.m.

• The Honorable Ted Stevens (pdf, 80kb) - United States Senator, State of Alaska
  

2:00 – 4:00 p.m. - Management of North Pacific Living Marine Resources I

• Mr. Morgen Crow (pdf, 124kb) – Executive Director, Coastal Villages Region Fund - Comments, Observations and Recommendations for the Future - Western Alaska CDQ Program and U.S. Ocean Policy
• Mr. Trevor McCabe (pdf, 76kb) – At-sea Processors Association - Rationalized Fisheries in the North Pacific: Quota-based Management Systems Are Working
• Mr. Terry Leitzell (pdf, 144kb) - General Counsel, Icicle Seafoods, Inc. - The Federal-Public Partnership in Fisheries Management: Benefits and Failures
• Mr. Peter Van Tuyn (pdf, 520kb) – Litigation Director, Trustees for Alaska – This Fish Smells: Justification for a New System of Management for Human Interactions with Our Seas
• Mr. Robert Penney (pdf, 120kb) – Founder and Chairman Emeritus, Kenai River Sportfishing Association
  

4:00 – 4:10 p.m. - Break

4:10 – 6:00 p.m. - Management of North Pacific Living Marine Resources II

• Mr. Jay Stinson (pdf, 148kb) – President, Alaska Dragger’s Association
• Ms. Dorothy Childers (pdf, 172kb) – Executive Director, Alaska Marine Conservation Council
  • Response to the Commission’s Follow-up Questions (pdf, 108kb)
    
• Mr. John Winther (pdf, 128kb) – General Agent, Ocean Prowler LLC
• Mr. Charles Johnson (pdf, 96kb) – Executive Director, Alaska Nanuuq Commission - Subsistence and Co-Management of Marine Resources
  • Response to the Commission’s Follow-up Questions (pdf, 440kb)
    
• Mr. Ron Clarke (pdf, 432kb) – Executive Director, Marine Conservation Alliance - North to the Future: The North Pacific as a Model of Fisheries Management
  
  • Response to the Commission’s Follow-up Questions (pdf, 116kb)

6:00 p.m. - Adjourn

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 2002

8:30 – 10:30 a.m. - Arctic Issues

• Dr. James Balsiger (pdf, 72kb) – Regional Administrator, Alaska Region, National Marine Fisheries Service
• Dr. Clarence Pautzke (pdf, 124kb) – Executive Director, North Pacific Research Board - Leaving a Legacy of Responsible Fishery Management and Marine Research
  • Response to the Commission’s Follow-up Questions (pdf, 180kb)
    
• RADM Craig E. Dorman (USN, Ret.) (pdf, 112kb) – Vice President for Research, University of Alaska
  • Response to the Commission’s Follow-up Questions (pdf, 108kb)
• Mr. George B. Newton, Jr. (pdf, 2.5MB) – Chairman, U.S. Arctic Research Commission
  • Response to the Commission’s Follow-up Questions (pdf, 52kb)
• Mr. James Ayers (pdf, 224kb) – Director, North Pacific, Oceana, Inc.
  • Response to the Commission’s Follow-up Questions (pdf, 124kb)
    

10:30 – 10:40 a.m. Break

10:40 a.m. – 12:20 p.m. - Marine Emergency Planning and Response

• Mr. Timothy R.E. Keeney (pdf, 164kb) – Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, U.S. Department of Commerce - Marine Emergencies: Prevention, Preparedness, Response and Restoration
• Captain Robert G. Ross, USCG (pdf, 464kb) – Chief, Office of Strategic Analysis, U.S. Coast Guard - The Coast Guard’s “Player-Coach” Role in Oil Spill Response
• Mr. John Pennington (pdf, 68kb) - Northwest Regional Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Response to the Commission’s Follow-up Questions (pdf, 208kb)
    
• Dr. Gary L. Thomas (pdf, 72kb) – President, Prince William Sound Science Center - An ecosystem approach to improving our understanding of anthropogenic impacts in Prince William Sound
  

12:20 – 1:20 p.m. Lunch Break

1:20 – 3:00 p.m. Marine Operations and Enforcement

• RADM James W. Underwood, USCG (pdf, 176kb) – Commander, 17th Coast Guard District, Alaska - U.S. Coast Guard operations and challenges in Alaska
  • Response to the Commission’s Follow-up Questions (pdf, 100kb)
    
• The Honorable Timothy M. Burgess (pdf, 964kb) – U.S. Attorney, District of Alaska, U. S. Department of Justice
• Ms. Kris Balliet (pdf, 1MB) – Regional Director, Alaska Regional Office, The Ocean Conservancy
• Mr. Larry Whiting (pdf, 64kb) – Managing Partner, Terra Surveys LLC
  

3:00 – 3:10 p.m. - Break

3:10 – 5:10 p.m. - Public Comment

5:10 – 6:00 p.m. - Commission Business

6:00 p.m. Adjourn


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Summary

At its eighth regional meeting, held August 21-22, 2002, in Anchorage, Alaska, the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy announced that it was preparing to release a mid-term report that would highlight key observations from the initial six regional public meetings held by the Commission. The release date for the document, “Developing a National Ocean Policy”, was not set by the time of the meeting.
The topic areas discussed at the public meeting in Alaska included:

• North Pacific Living Marine Resources – Historic Perspective
• Management of North Pacific Living Marine Resources I
• Management of North Pacific Living Marine Resources II
• Arctic Issues
• Marine Emergency Planning and Response
• Marine Operations and Enforcement

Following the invited and public testimony on August 22, the Commission’s Working Groups chairs reported on the half-day meeting each group held on August 21, prior to the start of the public meeting. Highlights included:

• Research, Education and Marine Operations Working Group – Staff briefed the group on the status of the university education and facilities survey that CORE – the Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education – has been contracted to conduct. It was also noted that the K-12 ocean education white paper that Science Advisory Panel member Dr. Sharon Walker is drafting will be ready for Commission review shortly. The group discussed progress being made on the facilities assessment effort, noting areas of particular importance. The majority of the meeting time was spent refining the analysis of the issues and questions listed in the “Toward a National Ocean Policy” document.
  
  
• Stewardship Working Group – The chairman gave an overview of the August 8-9 meeting held with the working group’s Science Advisory Panel members. The discussions at that meeting focused on living marine resource issues, fishery management issues and marine protected areas. Also, the federal Marine Protected Areas Center encyclopedia of existing federal marine protected areas was distributed to the working group.
  
  
• Governance Working Group – The working group discussion focused on coastal zone management and non-living marine resource issues. Potential frameworks for presenting draft costal zone recommendations to the Commission also were discussed.
  
  
• Investment & Implementation Working Group – Did not meet.

In other business, the Commission approved the minutes from the Boston meeting, subject to staff technical changes. The minutes will be circulated to the presenters for their review, and should be available on the web site within a month.


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Commission Follow-up Questions

Based on testimony received at the meeting, the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy posed specific follow-up questions to many of the presenters. The responses received by the Commission become part of the record for the meeting. The list of current responses includes only the electronic files received by the Commission. To access these documents, go to the individual’s name listed above, or use the links provided below. Please note that the current list of responses does not include responses received in hard copy by the Commission.


Responses to Follow-up Questions:

• Mr. Clem Tillion (pdf, 72kb)
• Mr. David Benton (pdf, 180kb)
• Ms. Dorothy Childers (pdf, 108kb)
• Mr. Charles Johnson (pdf, 440kb)
• Dr. Clarence Pautzke (pdf, 180kb)
• RADM James W. Underwood, USCG (pdf, 100kb)
• Mr. Jim Ayers (pdf, 124kb)
• Mr. John E. Pennington (pdf, 208kb)
• Mr. Ron Clarke (pdf, 116kb)
• RADM Craig E. Dorman, USN (Ret.) (pdf, 108kb)
• Mr. George B. Newton, Jr. (pdf, 52kb)

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