Ocean Conditions Symposium

Agenda

When: July 1, 1999 ? 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Where: The Governor Hotel
Ballroom
611 SW 10^th Avenue at Alder
Portland, Oregon
Phone: (503) 224-3400

Sponsor: Northwest Power Planning Council
Phone: (503) 222-5161 ? (800) 452-5161

9:00-9:15 Opening and welcoming remarks
Todd Maddock, Chairman, Northwest Power Planning Council
Donna Silverberg, Facilitator

9:15-9:45 Consideration of ocean conditions in the Council's Fish and Wildlife Program. Chip McConnaha and Gustavo Bisbal, Northwest Power Planning Council

9:45-9:55 Questions and answers

9:55-10:25 Climate effects on salmon populations. George Taylor, Oregon State University

10:25-10:35 Questions and answers

10:35-10-45 BREAK

10:45-11:15 Sources and effects of variability in the Columbia River estuary and plume. Ed Casillas, National Marine Fisheries Service

11:15-11:25 Questions and answers

11:25-11:55 Sources and effects of variability in the Northeast Pacific Ocean. Richard Beamish, Canada Department of Fisheries and Oceans

11:55-12:05 Questions and answers

12:05-1:00 LUNCH BREAK

1:00-1:30 The transition between ocean science and policy. Daniel Bottom, Oregon State University

1:30-1:40 Questions and answers

1:40-2:25 Management strategies I: Ocean conditions and management of the freshwater system. Panel/Council/audience discussion

2:25-2:35 BREAK

2:35-3:20 Management strategies II: Ocean conditions and "the four H's". Panel/Council/audience discussion

3:20-3:50 Closing remarks. Robert Francis, University of Washington

3:50-4:00 Questions and answers

4:00 Adjourn

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