SYMP 9 - The Ocean Decade: Opportunities for Ecological Research and Engagement Across Disciplines

Organizer(s)

• AD

  Angee Doerr

  Oregon State University / Oregon Sea Grant
  Newport, Oregon, United States

Co-organizer(s)

• ES

  Erin Satterthwaite

  California Sea Grant & CalCOFI, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD, California, United States
• AB

  Alessandra Burgos

  Cascadia CoPes Hub Project Manager
  Oregon State University, United States
• AF

  Alyson Fleming

  University of Wisconsin Madison & University of North Carolina Wilmington, United States
• HL

  Hannah Lachance

  NOAA, United States

The United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (Ocean Decade; 2021- 2030) began in 2021, intended as a global commitment and challenge to bring together partners around the world in support of ocean research and management in support of the Sustainable Development Goals for the 2030 Agenda. Although ocean ecosystems are the largest and most complex systems on the earth, marine and coastal science tends to be significantly underrepresented at ESA. With the current global focus on the Ocean Decade, it is important to identify opportunities for collaboration across disciplines, institutions, sectors, and career stages. As ocean ecosystems and coastal communities continue to change, trained, actionable leaders are needed to guide those changes and support the wellbeing and livelihoods of coastal communities. This session will introduce the work being done by the U.S. Early Career Ocean Professional (ECOP) Node, one of the global ECOP Nodes, as well as the U.S. Ocean Studies Board more broadly. Speakers will highlight opportunities for innovation and collaboration in ocean data generation and application, focusing on both natural and social sciences, from eDNA and machine learning to community engagement and policy development. And across all talks, there will be a focus on both the need for and opportunities to work across disciplines, helping to develop the complex solutions necessary to address intractable ocean challenges.

Presentations:

• 1:30 PM – 1:50 PM PDT

  Five actionable pillars to engage the next generation of leaders in the co-design of transformative ocean solutions
  

  Presenting Author: Erin Satterthwaite – California Sea Grant & CalCOFI, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD

  Co-author: Valeriya Komyakova – University of Tasmania

  Co-author: Natalia Erazo – Scripps Institution of Oceanography

  Co-author: Louisa Gammage – University of Cape Town

  Co-author: Gabriel Juma – Alfred Wegener Institute

  Co-author: Rachel Kelly – University of Tasmania

  Co-author: Daniel Kleinman – Seaworthy Collective

  Co-author: Delphine Lobelle – Fugro

  Co-author: Rachel Sapery James – WWF

  Co-author: Norlailia Mohd Zanuri – Universiti Sains Malaysia
• 1:50 PM – 2:10 PM PDT

  Innovation and Collaboration along the knowledge-to-action continuum
  

  Presenting Author: Angee Doerr – Oregon State University / Oregon Sea Grant
• 2:10 PM – 2:30 PM PDT

  Transdisciplinary Science in Marine and Coastal Systems
  

  Presenting Author: Alessandra Burgos – Oregon State University
• 2:30 PM – 2:50 PM PDT

  Ocean protein for the plant: interdisciplinary research to improve sustainable aquaculture practices
  

  Presenting Author: Maya deVries, Biological Sciences – San José State University

  Co-author: Noah Kolander – Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, San José State University

  Co-author: Luke Gardner – Moss Landing Marine Laboratories and California Sea Grant Extension Program, UC San Diego

  Co-author: Michael Graham – Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, San José State University

  Co-author: Scott Hamilton – Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, San José State University
• 2:50 PM – 3:00 PM PDT

  Discussion