[Ecolunch] Ecolunch Thurs 12/14

[Allen Hurlbert]

Please join us for this week's Ecolunch seminar on Thursday, December 14th at 12:15 p.m. Our speaker will be Mick Kronman, Santa Barbara Harbor Operations Manager.  The title of his talk is "Critical thinking in marine resource management". An abstract and short bio are provided below.
 
Allen

ABSTRACT
Fisheries science and fisheries management are demanding, complicated disciplines.  Discerning fact from fiction and reality from perception, takes a commitment to objectivity and intellectually rigorous thought, plus an abiding respect for the mysteries of the sea. In short, sound marine resource management requires critical analysis that is open-minded, long on inquiry and short on simple answers.  

Topics to be touched on will include: 

	Humans' role in resource management
	Marine mammals
	Marine Protected Areas
	Abundance vs. Availability
	Landings data as a measure of fishery health
	Bycatch
	Trawling
	Sustainability

BIOGRAPHY
Mick Kronman is Harbor Operations Manager for the City of Santa Barbara.  He graduated from UCSB in 1972 with a BA in Political Science, then went fishing.  He skippered commercial charter boats (diving and fishing), then worked for years as a commercial fisherman.  After his fishing career, Mick worked as a researcher and journalist, publishing over 1,000 articles is 35 separate publications, focusing mostly on commercial fishing and marine resource management.  During the course of fishing and journalism, Mick went to sea in 33 different West Coast fisheries and spent over 2,000 days at sea.  In the 1990s, Mick consulted in the field of commercial fisheries, working for interests both public and private, including management of SB County's Fisheries Enhancement Fund Program.  He also served on the City's Harbor Commission, and was appointed Harbor Operations Manager in May 2000.


GENERAL INFORMATION 
Ecolunches are Thursdays, at 12:15 pm (Brown Bag Lunch) National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, 735 State St., Suite 300, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Phone: (805) 892-2500

A schedule of upcoming Ecolunch seminars is available on the web at:
http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/fmt/doc?/nceas-web/center/local/ecolunch.html

DIRECTIONS FROM UCSB BY BUS: You can get to NCEAS by taking the 11:40 a.m. bus (# 24x) from campus. From the transit center, walk one block east to State Street and two blocks south to the Balboa Building at 735 State Street. To return to campus, you can take the 1:30 p.m. bus (#24x) from the transit station and be back on campus by 1:49 p.m. Or you can take the 2:20 p.m. bus and arrive on campus at 2:39.

BY CAR: take Highway 101 South. Once in Santa Barbara, exit on Carrillo Street. Turn left onto Carrillo. Drive 5 blocks and turn right on State Street. NCEAS is located on the right side at 735 State St., Suite 300. To Park: Drive past NCEAS on State Street and make your first right on Ortega Street. Drive 1 block and turn right on Chapala Street. Park in the underground Mall parking lot on your right. (First 75 minutes free). Once you are at the Balboa Building: We are on the third floor in the lounge area.