U.S. Coral Reef Task Force Coral Disease Working Group
Pacific Preparedness Workshop Agenda
Date: Friday, October 27, 2023
Time: 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Location: Reef Room 1-3
Frenchman’s Reef
5 Estate Bakkeroe,
Charlotte Amalie 00802
St. Thomas, USVI
Contact:
Caroline McLaughlin, Florida Sea Grant
(305) 753-6067
cmclaughlin1@ufl.edu
Courtney Tierney, USVI DPNR CZM
(732) 779-0052
courtney.tierney@dpnr.vi.gov
Agenda:
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8:45 am – Arrival, sign-in, and snacks
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9:00-9:15 am – Welcome & Introductions
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9:15-11:10 – Intervention
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Goal-Setting for Intervention
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Disease Treatment and Identification Interactive Activity
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Logistics of Intervention
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Permitting
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Funding
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11:10-11:25 – Break
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11:25-11:45 – Jurisdiction-Based Breakout Exercise
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11:45-12:00 – Breakout Report Out
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12:00 -1:00 – Capacity Building for Coral Rescue
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Lightning Presentations from USVI Coral Rescue Practitioners
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University of the Virgin Islands
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The Nature Conservancy
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Coral World & Ocean Reef Initiative
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Principles of Genetic Management & Coral Rescue