Ocean Observing: Serving Stakeholders in the Pacific Islands

2016 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 47-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa M. Iwamoto ◽  
Fiona Langenberger ◽  
Chris E. Ostrander
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Islands ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Resource Managers ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Natural Resource Managers ◽  
Large Benefit ◽  
Stakeholder Needs ◽  
Ocean Observing ◽  
Super Users

AbstractOperating an ocean observing system in a region as vast and diverse as the Exclusive Economic Zone of the U.S. Pacific Islands poses common and unique challenges that require tailored solutions. In order to address stakeholder needs for ocean data and information in a cost-effective and impactful manner, the Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) functions under a framework of stakeholder-driven priority setting. This strategy employs an innovative categorization of stakeholders into four general categories for the purpose of delineating levels of engagement: (a) data super users, (b) industry and natural resource managers, (c) informed public ocean users, and (d) the general public. Stakeholder needs are continuously gathered through many avenues, including staff dedicated to communications and engagement throughout the region and a higher-level governance framework composed of signatory partners. Principles of degree of need and potential for positive impact are utilized for prioritization. Although PacIOOS cannot engage with all stakeholders in the region, the approach taken to identify, engage, and respond to stakeholders serves as an effective and efficient method to ensure that both specific ocean stakeholders and stakeholders, writ large, benefit from the resources and efforts expended to advance ocean observing in the region. Two case studies from separate geographies and components of the PacIOOS program illustrate the value of this stakeholder-driven approach to users in the region. This approach may serve as a model for how to effectively address stakeholder needs and improve decision making through a regional ocean observing system.

scholarly journals Real-Time Observations of the February 2010 Chile and March 2011 Japan Tsunamis Recorded in Honolulu by the Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System

Oceanography ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Fiedler ◽  
Margaret McManus ◽  
Michael Tomlinson ◽  
Eric De Carlo ◽  
Geno Pawlak ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Pacific Islands ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Ocean Observing

scholarly journals haracterizing the Effects of Two Storms on the Coastal Waters of O‘ahu, Hawai‘i, Using Data from the Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System

Oceanography ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 182-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Tomlinson ◽  
Eric De Carlo ◽  
Margaret McManus ◽  
Geno Pawlak ◽  
Grieg Steward ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coastal Waters ◽  
Pacific Islands ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Ocean Observing

Advances in the Ocean Observing System in the Gulf of Maine: Technical Capabilities and Scientific Results

2011 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neal R. Pettigrew ◽  
C. Patrick Fikes ◽  
M. Kate Beard
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Maine ◽  
Meteorological Data ◽  
Coast Guard ◽  
Remote Access ◽  
Resource Managers ◽  
Salinity Anomaly ◽  
Natural Resource Managers ◽  
Scientific Results ◽  
The University ◽  
Ocean Observing

AbstractThe Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems (NERACOOS), which began in 2008, includes the University of Maine’s comprehensive data buoy array in the Gulf of Maine (GoM). The University of Maine buoy system started in 2001 as part of the Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System (GoMOOS). The buoys provide a wide variety of oceanographic and marine meteorological data in real time to scientists, environmentalists, the National Weather Service, the U.S. Coast Guard and Canadian Coast Guard, educators, regional natural resource managers, the GoM fishing and maritime industries, and the general public. The GoM observing system is presently undergoing a redesign of the buoy control system to enhance remote access and reduce operational costs. The enhancements will allow remote trouble-shooting and reprogramming of the buoys and subsurface sensors. The system will also accommodate sensors from other research groups and allow them post-deployment control without assistance from our buoy group.Over the near-decade of operation, the system has revealed marked seasonal and interannual variability of the circulation and physical properties of the GoM. In the fall of 2004 to spring of 2005, Doppler currents measured an outflow of deep salty slope waters that suggest a regime shift in the inflow and outflow of transports through the Northeast Channel. During the same period, a salinity anomaly event lowered salinity throughout the GoM by roughly 2 psu by the winter of 2005. In following years, the previously unusual slope outflow and reduced salinity have often reoccurred.

Managers' Views of Dispersed Recreation along Forest Roads

1978 ◽  
Vol 76 (9) ◽  
pp. 583-585
Author(s):  
Kent B. Downing ◽  
Cynthia M. Moutsinas
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Northwest ◽  
Natural Resource ◽  
Road Vehicle ◽  
Forest Roads ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Resource Managers ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Natural Resource Managers ◽  
Hunting And Fishing

Abstract A survey of public and private natural-resource managers in the Pacific Northwest revealed considerable generalized support for dispersed recreation along forest roads. Most managers indicated they would favor some activities, such as hiking, hunting, and fishing. But they would strongly discourage other activities such as extended living and most forms of off-road vehicle use.

Principles for integrated island management in the tropical Pacific

2014 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 193 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stacy D Jupiter ◽  
Aaron P Jenkins ◽  
Warren J Lee Long ◽  
Sean L Maxwell ◽  
Tim J B Carruthers ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cost Effectiveness ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Pacific Islands ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Well Being ◽  
New Approach ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
National Systems

We propose a new approach for island-wide planning and implementation of ecosystem management in the Pacific, recognizing a lack of replicability, sustainability and cost-effectiveness in other approaches. ʻIntegrated island managementʼ (IIM) operates through coordinated networks of institutions and communities focused on sustainable and adaptive management of natural resources. IIM enables simultaneous and cost-effective achievement of ecosystem-based management, climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction while conserving biodiversity, maintaining ecosystem services and securing human health and well-being. We present ten guiding principles for IIM, and then use these to evaluate 36 case studies from the Pacific islands. Most case studies were pilot or demonstration projects with little evidence of planning to ensure long-term financial and human capacity needs were sustained, beyond the life of the projects, or could be replicated at significant scales. Management outcomes in the Pacific will be enhanced by: (1) building on foundations of customary management practice and social networks; (2) working holistically across relevant ecological and governance scales, through coordinated but decentralized and nested institutions; (3) empowering local communities to participate in integrated planning and implementation; and (4) embedding IIM practice into national systems for long-term sustainability and replication. These also ultimately depend on the context and externalities, beyond the control of practitioners. Cost-effectiveness and appropriateness are also critical for successful IIM in the Pacific islands but ultimately there is little alternative for effective biodiversity conservation.

scholarly journals A Sustainable and Low-Cost Soil Filter Column for Removing Pathogens from Swine Wastewater: The Role of Endogenous Soil Protozoa

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (18) ◽  
pp. 2472
Author(s):  
Lavane Kim ◽  
Tao Yan ◽  
Russell Yost ◽  
Guy Porter
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Islands ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Swine Wastewater ◽  
Recycled Water ◽  
E Coli ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Soil Media ◽  
Proper Design ◽  
Soil Filtration

The increase of swine production in the Pacific Islands has inevitably led to environmental pollution concerns from discharged wastewater derived from both washing and manure. The slurry accumulates in lagoons, where supernatant wastewater containing high levels of pathogens and nutrients becomes nonpoint source water pollution that deteriorates the quality of receiving water bodies. Soil filtration is a promising cost-effective technology for removing pollutants from swine wastewater; however, the excessive growth of bacteria in soil media often accompanies the filtration process. This study investigates soil filtration mediated by protozoa activities to remove Escherichia coli (E. coli) in synthetic swine wastewater. The experiment used plastic columns packed with Leilehua soil from Oahu Island, Hawaii. The soil physicochemical adsorption was seen to reduce 95.52–96.47% of E. coli. However, the average removal efficiencies were increased to 98.17% in a single stage, and 99.99% in two sequential columns, under predation conditions. The filtration media containing naturally established bacterivores with the prey, provided a bioactive means to remove E. coli from the influent. The proper design of Leilehua soil filters potentially removes E. coli from the influent to meet the standard level of recycled water.

Participatory Mapping in Browns Canyon National Monument, Colorado (USA)

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
John Harner ◽  
Lee Cerveny ◽  
Rebecca Gronewold
Keyword(s):  
Land Management ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Management Plan ◽  
Bureau Of Land Management ◽  
National Monument ◽  
Resource Managers ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Us Forest Service ◽  
Natural Resource Managers

Natural resource managers need up-to-date information about how people interact with public lands and the meanings these places hold for use in planning and decision-making. This case study explains the use of public participatory Geographic Information System (GIS) to generate and analyze spatial patterns of the uses and values people hold for the Browns Canyon National Monument in Colorado. Participants drew on maps and answered questions at both live community meetings and online sessions to develop a series of maps showing detailed responses to different types of resource uses and landscape values. Results can be disaggregated by interaction types, different meaningful values, respondent characteristics, seasonality, or frequency of visit. The study was a test for the Bureau of Land Management and US Forest Service, who jointly manage the monument as they prepare their land management plan. If the information generated is as helpful throughout the entire planning process as initial responses seem, this protocol could become a component of the Bureau’s planning tool kit.

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