All times in Central Daylight Time
Tuesday April 19
Getting Familiar with the Problem
9:00-9:15 Introductions and purpose (Ryan Takeshita, NMMF)
9:15-10:15 Conceptual frameworks and unified approaches (Lori Schwacke, NMMF & Len Thomas, CREEM)
10:15-10:45 Integrating response, restoration, and evaluations into frameworks (Teri Rowles, NOAA)
10:45-11:00 Break
11:00-12:00 Dolphin data/gaps from NOAA workshop (Kristi Fazioli, UHCL & Heidi Whitehead, TMMSN)
12:00-1:15 Lunch
1:15-2:30 Presentations on Houston-area stressors and their overlap (NOAA super-team)
Point sources and historical events in Galveston Bay (Bryand Duke, NOAA)
Persistent organic pollutants (Tracy Collier, Western Washington U)
Petroleum/PAHs (Susan Snyder, NOAA)
Hg (Michel Gielazyn, NOAA)
Low salinity and cold temperatures (Teri Rowles)
Human, fishery, and vessel interactions (Ryan Takeshita and Laura Engleby, NOAA)
2:30-3:15 Discussion on Houston-area stressors and their overlap, data gaps, and how to address them (Lead: Dan Hahn, NOAA)
3:15-3:30 Break
3:30-4:55 Decision tree discussion and case study -- adapting for NRDAs (Ryan Takeshita)
4:55-5:00 Daily wrap up (Ryan Takeshita)
Wednesday April 20
A Deep Dive into the Stressors
9:00-9:15 Kick off (Ryan Takeshita)
9:15-10:00 Adapting the decision tree for response, injury assessment, restoration, and evaluation (Lead: Ryan Takeshita)
10:00-12:00 Break-out groups:
Identify and prioritize stressors of interest
Identify data/gaps relevant for assessing stressors using a PCOMs framework
How to integrate response and restoration into our draft decision tree
12:00-1:15 Lunch
1:15-3:00 Report out on and discuss break-out group conversations (Group discussion)
3:00-3:15 Break
3:15-3:45 Reprioritize/discuss overall framework/priorities based on break-outs (Lead: Ryan Takeshita)
3:45-4:55 PCOMs/Decision tree case study #1 (Lead: Lori Schwacke)
4:55-5:00 Daily wrap up (Ryan Takeshita)
Thursday April 21
Case Studies & Developing the Framework
9:00-9:15 Kick off (Ryan Takeshita)
9:15-9:45 Revisit PCOMs/decision case study #1 (Lead: Lori Schwacke)
9:45-10:45 PCOMs/decision case study #2 (Lead: Len Thomas)
10:45-11:00 Break
11:00-11:30 PCOMs/decision case study #2, continued (Lead: Len Thomas)
11:30-12:00 PCOMs/decision case study #3 (Lead: Ailsa Hall)
12:00-1:15 Lunch
1:15-2:15 PCOMs/decision case study #3, continued (Lead: Ailsa Hall)
2:15-3:00 PCOMs/decision case study #4 (Lead: TBD)
3:00-3:15 Revisit response, restoration, and evaluations: how to integrate into frameworks (Lead: Teri Rowles)
3:15-3:30 Break
3:30-4:45 Discuss recommendations, caveats, footnotes, internal dialogs about how to apply the suite of frameworks/models (Lead: Ryan Takeshita)
4:45-5:00 Daily wrap up (Ryan Takeshita)
Friday April 22
Developing the Framework & Identifying Future Needs
9:00-9:15 Kick off (Ryan Takeshita)
9:15-10:30 Identify and prioritize data gaps to evaluate cumulative stressors in the Houston area dolphins: Flow chart steps 1 and 2 (Lead: Ryan Takeshita)
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-12:00 Identify and prioritize data gaps to evaluate cumulative stressors in the Houston area dolphins: Flow chart step 3 (Lead: Michel Gielazyn)
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:00 Next steps and task assignments (Lead: Ryan Takeshita)
Fin