Resource management through permitting in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
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McGowan MG102McGowan Building
411 Pacific St
Monterey, CA 93940 View in Campus Map
Free
Open to the Public
The Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary covers over 6,000 square miles of water along the coast of California, from San Francisco to Cambria.
Talk Title: Resource management through permitting in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
Speaker: Speaker: Kacy Cooper, Permit Coordinator at Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
Monday, November 4, 2024
6:00pm to 7:30pm
In-person event
McGowan 102
411 Pacific Street, Monterey, CA 93940
About the Topic
The Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary encompasses a variety of unique ecosystems from sandy beaches, to tide pools, to kelp forests, and offshore seamounts teeming with life, and species from tiny shrimp to giant blue whales. National marine sanctuaries balance environmental protection, stewardship and ocean research with other compatible uses. One key method of balancing all of these uses and impacts is through the issuance of permits to conduct otherwise prohibited activities.
Learn more about the glamorous world of permitting and how this tool is used by sanctuaries to enhance collaboration and data sharing, analyze cumulative impacts to sanctuary resources, and address broader issues such as climate change, invasive species, and wildlife disturbance.
About the Speaker
Kacy Cooper joined MBNMS as the Permit Coordinator in February 2024. Prior, she was the California Sea Grant Fellow at Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary where she coordinated the Sanctuary Advisory Council and supported other programs including Resource Protection, Education and Outreach, and Research. Kacy completed her masters degree in international environmental policy with a focus on ocean and coastal resource management from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in Monterey, December 2022. Her main focus of work included developing a roadmap to authorizing pop-up fishing gear in the California Dungeness crab fishery. Along with her professional work, Kacy is an avid scuba diver, traveler, fantasy book reader, and animal enthusiast.
Event Location: McGowan Building, Room 102
The McGowan Building is located at 411 Pacific Street, Monterey, CA, 93940, on the campus of the Middlebury Institute of International Studies. Attendees should enter through the glass doors from Pacific Street, and the MG102 is located inside to the right. View the campus map.
No Zoom this fall, but most lectures recorded
This fall, all classes are back 100% in-person, and our lecture series has followed suit. Zoom will not be an option for public participation, but in-person attendees are certainly welcome. Can’t make it in person? No problem! Most lectures will be recorded (as permitted by our speakers) and the videos uploaded to the CBE YouTube, with a link added to each event announcement as it becomes available.
Parking
Parking is available in any Middlebury Institute campus lot after 5 p.m., no parking permit required, no fee. View the campus map. (be sure to not confuse city lots with campus lots—city lots do charge a fee). Free parking is also available on the street (time limits on surrounding streets end at 6 p.m.).
Questions
Contact Rachel Christopherson at the Center for the Blue Economy at cbe@miis.edu or (831) 647-4183.
Gratitude to Our Sponsors
We thank the Loker Hicks Foundation and the Nancy Eccles and Homer M. Hayward Family Foundation our sponsors.
About the Host
The Center for the Blue Economy is a research center at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies, that provides economic and policy analysis to support the development of a robust and equitable blue economy for the 21st century. The Center uses the World Bank’s definition of the Blue Economy: the sustainable use of ocean resources for economic growth, improved livelihoods and jobs, and ocean ecosystem health. We must maintain ocean health to maintain human health, economic health, and the health of the planet. Climate change is linked, inextricably, to a healthy ocean. We are co-leading a movement for Ocean Climate Action Now. Consider joining our Center for the Blue Economy Newsletter List (3-4x per year by email).