COMPASS Annual Meeting - 2nd November 2021

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

 

Compass Annual Meeting timetable

Times	Content
09.00 – 09.15	Welcome and introduction (Adam Mellor, COMPASS Project Lead)
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):

1. Future policy for Sea Trout management
2. Future policy for Salmon management
3. 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):

1. What is the legacy impact of the Oceanographic Activity?
2. What are the obstacles to integrated and long-term observations?
3. 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):

1. 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)
2. How best to make project data interoperable with regional / global systems
3. 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):

1. The value of PAM for MPA designation and monitoring.
2. PAM and other ocean observations: opportunities and synergies
3. 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