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Outreach and Education USVI Style:
Virgin Islands Territorial Fishery Stakeholder Engagement Initiative (VITFSEI)
Presentation to the Caribbean Fishery Management CouncilApril 11, 2012
Lia OrtizNOAA CRCP ContractorUSVI Liaison
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Marine and Fisheries Resources Management & Conservation
Global problem
Local action
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Outreach and Education: USVI Style
Phase 1: Understanding the USVI community and its
interactions with the environment
• Community structure and demographics
• Community relations and culture
• Historic ethno-ecology
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The USVI Fishery: A Dynamic History
Hispanic immigration to USVI
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SOURCE: Alexandris, K., Ortiz, L., and Pittman, S. 2010. An ethnoecological investigation of social resilience and adaptation patterns: a Caribbean/USVI fishing community case study. Resilience 2011: Resilience, Innovation, and Sustainability. Navigating the Complexities of Global Change. Second International Science and Policy Conference, Tempe, Arizona. March 11-16, 2011.
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Addressing the issue
Phase 2: Identifying and Acknowledging the gaps• Determine the capacity of community through gauging
the awareness and knowledge
• Identify and develop best means for maintaining open, reciprocal communication
• Providing scientifically sound data based in social science techniques to inform efforts (lead by the academic research team at UVI)
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Bridging the gaps
Phase 3: Engaging, Educating and Motivating
• Engaging community in planning and development
• Educating community through implementation
• Motivating community through engaging and educating
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Virgin Islands Territorial Fisheries Stakeholder Engagement Initiative (VITFSEI)
• Fishing community representatives• Non-governmental Organizations• Academia• Resource Management Agencies
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VITFSEI is one shared vision
USVI marine environment and fishing community
around for generations to come
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VITFSEI formed in response to…
USVI Local Action Strategies
Community Interest!
USVI’s Coral Reef Management Priorities
NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program’s Domestic Goals and Objectives 2010-2015
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VITFSEI Goals
• Increase community awareness• Improve community knowledge• Support and build community capacity• Strengthen relationships• Increase understanding of, and support for, management actions
• Establish grounds for ownership of marine and fisheries resources
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The USVI Community
Regulators, Scientists, Supporters
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VITFSEI tiered process
VITFSEI
Quantifying gaps
Addressing
Gaps
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Evaluation and Monitoring
•Attendance/Demographics assessment
•Pre- and Post-workshop marine and fisheries science literacy questionnaire
•Quarterly or semiannual newsletter
(aimed to educate, communicate and seek perspectives)
•Marine Environmental Community Awareness Project Results
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Deliverables
• Newsletter-Post Phase II• Phase I and II Proceedings•Scientific articles-Bi-annual• Bi-annual highlight of
accomplishments
Timeline
Phase I: 6 months
Phase II: 6 months
Phase III: 6 months
First Cycle:
January 2013-July 2014
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Long Live VITFSEI!
Biannual Cycle
Sustaining
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VITFSEI Broader Impacts
• Need for minimizing challenges and gaps between science and society is evident pertaining to marine and fisheries environmental resources
• Empower communities and resource managers to develop a framework that can serve as a long-term approach to adaptive communication and education efforts
• Fostering sustainable ecological, economic and socio-cultural outcomes of human and environment interactions
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CFMC Outreach and Education Plan for the USVI
Developing a framework:
MECAP VITFSEI
Ideal world!
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CFMC Outreach and Education Plan for the USVI
Developing a framework:
MECAP VITFSEI
Other efforts
Reality
System changes
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Coming up with a plan…
Phase 1: Identifying the awareness and knowledge gaps
Phase 2: Addressing these gaps by setting goals, objectives and strategies
Phase 3: Using the previous adaptive framework for developing the plan, incorporating Phases 1-2
Biannual revisions, 5 year goals
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Collaborators
Lia Ortiz (NOAA CRCP) Paige Rothenberger (CZM, STXEEMP)
Christine Settar (VIMAS) Kostas Alexandris (UVI-CMES)
Edward Schuster (SCCFA) Gerson Martinez (SCCFA)
Carlos Farchette (CFMC) Julian Magras (STFA)
Kemit Amon-Lewis (TNC) Anne Marie Hoffman (TNC)
William Coles (DFW) Alex Webbe (UVI-MMES)
Marcia Taylor (VIMAS) Roy A. Pemberton, Jr. (DFW)
Juan Cruz (DFW)
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Links to previously mentioned documents:
USVI Local Action Strategies
http://www.coralreef.gov/las/lasfactsheets2009/las09/lasusvi.pdf
http://www.coralreef.gov/las/USVI%20LAS.pdf
USVI’s Coral Reef Management Priorities
http://coralreef.noaa.gov/aboutcrcp/strategy/reprioritization/managementpriorities/resources/usvi_mngmnt_clr.pdf
NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program’s Domestic Goals and Objectives 2010-2015
http://coralreef.noaa.gov/aboutcrcp/strategy/currentgoals/resources/3threats_go.pdf
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Questions?
Primary Contacts:
Lia Ortiz (Lia.Ortiz@noaa.gov)
NOAA-CRCP Contractor
USVI Liaison
Christine Settar (csettar@uci.edu)
UVI-VI Marine Advisor
Paige Rothenberger (Paige.Rothenberger@dpnr.gov.vi)
DPNR CZM-Coral Reef Initiative Coordinator