Radisson Hotel

1500 Canal Street

New Orleans, Louisiana

March 4-6, 1999

Dr. Ronald Baird, Director

National Sea Grant College Program

1315 East-West Hwy, SSMC3, Room 11716

Silver Spring, MD 20910

Topic: Sponsor Presentation

Dr. George Crozier

Dauphin Island Sea Lab

101 Bienville Boulevard

Dauphin Island, AL 36528

Topic: Gulf of Mexico Marine Research Plan

Dr. Michael Dagg

Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)

DeFelice Marine Center

8124 Highway 56

Chauvin, LA 70344-2124

Topic: Scientific Background on Nutrient Enhanced Coastal Ocean Productivity Program (NECOP)

Dr. James Giattina

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Region 4 Gulf of Mexico Program Office

Building 1103, Room 202

Stennis Space Center, MS 39529-6000

Topic: EPA Gulf of Mexico Program

Dr. Susan Henrichs

University of Alaska, Fairbanks

Institute of Marine Science

137 Irving II

Fairbanks, AK 99775-7220

Topic: Review of the Coastal Ocean Processes (CoOP) Program

Dr. Terry Howey, Director, Coastal Programs and

Dr. Gregory DuCote , Coastal Resources Program Manager

State of Louisiana Department of Natural Resources

Coastal Management Division

P.O. Box 44487

Baton Rouge, LA 70804-4487

Topic: Impact of Regional Programs on Coastal Zone Management

Dr. David Johnson

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1315 East-West Hwy.

Room 9608, Bldg. 3

Silver Spring, MD 20910

Topic: Coastal Ocean Programs (NECOP and others)

Dr. Alexis Lugo-Fernandez

Gulf of Mexico OCS Region (MS 5433)

1201 Elmwood Park Blvd.

New Orleans, LA 70123-2394

Topic: Louisiana-Texas Shelf Physical Oceanography Program (LaTex)

Dr. Donald Scavia, Director, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1305 East-West Highway

Rm. 13508, Bldg. SSNC4

Silver Spring, MD 20910-3281

Topic: Sponsor Presentation

Dr. Gene Meier

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Region 4 Gulf of Mexico Program Office

Building 1103, Room 202

Stennis Space Center, MS 39529-6000

Park Plaza Hotel

64 Arlington Street

Boston, Massachusetts

June 4-5, 1999

Dr. Donald Anderson

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Biology Department

266 Woods Hole Road, MS 32

Wood Hole, MA 02543-1049

Topic: ''Funding for Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) Science in the Gulf of Maine: RMRP Versus other Options."

Dr. Wendell Brown

University of New Hampshire

Ocean Process Analysis Laboratory/EOS

142 Morse Hall, 21 Emerson Road

Durham, NH 03824-3525

Topic: "RMRP: Prototype for a Science-based National Coastal Ocean Observing System."

Mr. Paul Howard, Chairman

New England Regional Fishery Management Council

5 Broadway, Route 1 South

Suite 3

Saugus, MA 01906

Topic: Research Needs of the New England Fishery Management Council

Dr. Matt Liebman

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

1 Congress Street, Suite 1100

Boston, MA 02114-2023

Topic: The EPA's Participation in Regional Programs

Dr. Judy Pederson

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

MIT Sea Grant College Program

292 Main Street, C38-300

Cambridge, MA 02139

Topic: Accomplishments of the Gulf of Maine Regional Marine Research Program

Mr. Peter Shelley

Conservation Law Foundation

120 Tilson Avenue

Rockland, ME 04841

Topic: The Need for Regional Research to Support Conservation

Dr. David Townsend

University of Maine

School of Marine Sciences

5741 Libby Hall

Orono, ME 04469-5741

Topic: History of the Regional Marine Research Program

Dr. Gordon Wallace

University of Massachusetts

Boston Harbor Campus, 100 Morrisey Blvd.

Environmental, Coastal, and Ocean Sciences Program

Boston, MA 02125

Topic: Regional Association for Research on the Gulf of Maine (RARGOM)

Ms. Dolores Wesson, Assistant Director

University of California, San Diego

California Sea Grant College, Bldg. T16

8602 La Jolla Shores Drive

La Jolla, CA 92037

Topic: The Southwest Regional Marine Research Program

Dr. Lewis Incze

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

P.O. Box 475

McKown Pt. Rd.

West Boothbay Harbor, ME 04575