The COMPASS Project will have its Annual Meeting virtually again in 2021 via Webinar, on the 2nd November.
Its theme will be investigating the project's Impact and Legacy
Times | Content |
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09.00 – 09.15 |
Welcome and introduction |
09.15 – 10.40 |
Session 1 - Salmonids: presentations & panel |
10.40 – 10.50 |
Break |
10.50 – 12.15 |
Session 2 – Oceanography Presentations & Panel |
12.15 – 13.15 |
Session 3 - Data Management: Presentation & Panel |
13.15 – 14.00 |
Lunch break |
14.00 – 15.25 |
Session 4 - Cetaceans: Presentation & Panel |
15.25 – 15.35 |
Break |
15.35 – 16.55 |
Session 5 - Modelling: Presentation & Panel |
16.55 – 17.00 |
Close out |
Format (for all webinar sessions):
- Introduction by Chair
- Presentations on session topic
- Panellists introduce themselves
- Open panel discussion based on the questions asked by the Chair
- Incoming questions from the audience via chat function or hand raising function
Session 1: Salmonids (09.15 – 10.40)
This session will focus on outputs from salmon and sea trout tagging and tracking over the past 4 years of the COMPASS project
Chair: Cathal Gallagher (IFI)
Panel Members: Willie Roche & James Barry (IFI), Robert Rosell & Richard Kennedy (AFBI), Art Niven (DAERA)
Rapporteur: Erika Bodnar
Presentations (1 hour):
- Sea trout (Richard Kennedy, AFBI)
- Salmon between river and shelf edge (Willie Roche & James Barry, IFI)
- Informing the Need for MPA’s for salmon & sea trout (Robert Rosell, AFBI)
Panel discussion (25 minutes):
- Future policy for Sea Trout management
- Future policy for Salmon management
- Are differences in management of species between regions justified or should there be more harmonized policy for their survival?
Session 2: Oceanography (10.50 – 12.15)
This session will focus on oceanographic monitoring, new technology and partnership supported by COMPASS to develop regional long-term observations.
Chair: Glenn Nolan (Marine Institute)
Panel Members: Oliver O’Cadhla (DHLGH), Evin McGovern (MI), Alejandro Gallego (MS), Andrew Dale (SAMS)
Rapporteur: Adam Mellor (AFBI)
Presentations (1 hour)
- Moorings and a case study : Loch Ewe – Jennifer Scott (MS)
- Pressures: Ocean acidification - Margot Cronin (MI)
- Technology: COMPASS Glider missions - Andy Dale & Estelle Dumont (SAMS)
Panel discussion (25 min):
- What is the legacy impact of the Oceanographic Activity?
- What are the obstacles to integrated and long-term observations?
- What should we prioritise and where?
Session 3: Data Management (12.15 – 13.15)
This session will focus on data values chains in marine science, plus the lessons from and the legacy of the data management task in the Compass Project
Chair: Clare Postlethwaite (BODC)
Panel Members: Adam Leadbetter (MI), Adam Mellor (AFBI), Lucy Scott (UNESCO)
Rapporteur: Kate Gilmore
Presentations (30 min)
- Marine Data Setting the scene (Clare Postelthwaite - BODC)
- Introduction to Data Management in COMPASS (Adam Leadbetter MI)
- Demonstration of the COMPASS Data Portal (Sagar Kevin MI)
Data Infrastructurese: European and Global - Mark Hebdon (British Oceanographic Data Centre)
Panel discussion (30 min):
- How to overcome the “pulse” in data management activity in a project (engagement at the planning/beginning stages and right at the end, but drops off in the middle)
- How best to make project data interoperable with regional / global systems
- What is the data legacy (value chain) for COMPASS / Interreg Va projects
Session 4: Ocean sound and marine mammal observations from passive acoustics (14.00 – 15.25)
Chair: Ben Wilson (SAMS)
Panel Members: Denise Risch (SAMS), Ewan Edwards (MS), Suzanne Beck (AFBI)
Rapporteur: Susanna Quer (MS)
Presentations (1 hour)
- Seasonal distribution of Harbour porpoises across the COMPASS study region (Ewan Edwards, MS)
- The wider scope of passive acoustic monitoring: emerging opportunities and unexpected finds (Suzanne Beck, AFBI)
- Legacy and importance of long term data time series for monitoring MPA’s (Denise Risch, SAMS)
Panel discussion (25 min):
- The value of PAM for MPA designation and monitoring.
- PAM and other ocean observations: opportunities and synergies
- Beyond COMPASS and MarPAMM: towards a long-term UK/Irish underwater sound strategy.
Session 5: COMPASS model products, context and applications (15.35 – 16.55)
Chair: Adam Mellor (AFBI)
Rapporteur: Colleen Ward
Presentations (40 min)
- Overview of Modelling task (Andy Dale, SAMS)
- Presentation on interface of 3 COMPASS models (Diego Pereiro, MI)
Slido poll: Which model product would you find most useful?
Short science talks followed by Q&A (40 min):
1. Scottish context and SSM - Alejandro Gallego (MS)
2. Model-glider comparisons - Dima Aleynik (SAMS)
3. Modelling the 2018 beaked whale strandings - Andy Dale (SAMS)
Glossary:
- AFBI – Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute
- BODC – British Oceanographic Data Centre
- DAERA – Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
- DHLGH – Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
- IFI – Inland Fisheries Ireland
- MI – Marine Institute
- MSS – Marine Scotland
- SAMS – Scottish Association for Marine Science
- UNESCO – United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation