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GOM Ecosystem Restoration Strategy
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• Pres. Obama “Look Beyond DWH”
• Mabus report Sep 2010
• Key Recommendation – Gulf Coast Ecosystem
Restoration Task ForceDead Zone
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• Executive Order
• Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force
• Innovation solutions• Large scale• Science-based• Restoration= protecting,
conserving for resilience
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• Living coastal and marine resources
– Depleted populations– Offshore environments– Oysters, corals, etc.– Sentinel species, sites– Invasive species
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• Recommendations– Recovery plans– Fishery-dependent data– Fishery-independent data– Priority offshore areas– Criteria for reef restoration– “Canaries in the coalmine”– Invasive species mgt plans
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• Adaptive Management– Restoration efficacy– New insight into Gulf function,
health– ‘Critical elements’ identified
• Science Plan
• Implementation Strategy