2009
ACC
OMPL
ISHM
ENTS
Olym
pic C
oast
Nat
iona
l Mar
ine S
anct
uary
span
s 3,31
0 squ
are m
iles o
f mar
ine w
aters
off th
e rug
ged O
lympic
Pen
insula
. Th
e san
ctuar
y is h
ome t
o man
y mar
ine m
amma
ls an
d sea
birds
, dive
rse po
pulat
ions o
f kelp
and i
ntertid
al alg
ae, a
nd th
riving
inve
rtebr
ate
comm
unitie
s. Th
is sa
nctua
ry is
also r
ich in
cultu
ral re
sour
ces,
with
more
than
180 d
ocum
ented
histo
rical
shipw
reck
s and
the v
ibran
t co
ntemp
orar
y cult
ures
of th
e Mak
ah, Q
uinau
lt, Ho
h and
Quil
eute
Natio
ns. E
stabli
shed
July
16, 1
994.
WES
T CO
AST
REGI
ONAL
PRI
ORIT
IES
Krill
Harv
est P
rohi
bite
d alo
ng th
e Wes
t Coa
st
In Au
gust
2009
, NOA
A pu
blish
ed a
regu
lation
proh
ibitin
g the
harve
sting
of kr
ill (sm
all sh
rimp-
like c
rusta
cean
s key
to th
e mar
ine fo
od
web)
in th
e Exc
lusive
Eco
nomi
c Zon
e (EE
Z) of
f the c
oasts
of C
alifor
nia, O
rego
n and
Was
hingto
n. W
hile t
he th
ree s
tates
curre
ntly h
ave
regu
lation
s pro
hibitin
g the
harve
sting
of kr
ill wi
thin t
hree
mile
s of th
eir co
astlin
es, th
ere w
as no
simi
lar fe
dera
l restr
iction
with
in the
EEZ
, wh
ich st
retch
es fr
om th
ree t
o 200
mile
s fro
m the
coas
t. Th
e krill
proh
ibitio
n was
adop
ted as
Ame
ndme
nt 12
to th
e Coa
stal P
elagic
Spe
cies F
isher
y Man
agem
ent P
lan, w
hich w
as de
velop
ed by
the
Pac
ific F
isher
y Man
agem
ent C
ounc
il (PF
MC) u
nder
the M
agnu
son-
Stev
ens F
isher
y Con
serva
tion a
nd M
anag
emen
t Act.
The
krill
harve
st pr
ohibi
tion w
as or
igina
lly pr
opos
ed to
the P
FMC
and N
OAA
Fishe
ries S
ervic
e by t
he W
est C
oast
Regio
n of th
e NOA
A Of
fice o
f Na
tiona
l Mar
ine S
anctu
aries
. It re
flects
stro
ng te
amwo
rk wi
thin N
OAA
and a
comm
itmen
t to ad
dres
sing t
he is
sues
raise
d by t
he P
FMC
and t
he sa
nctua
ry ad
visor
y cou
ncils
for n
ation
al ma
rine s
anctu
aries
in C
alifor
nia. T
he ru
le pr
eser
ves k
ey ec
ologic
al re
lation
ships
in th
e Ca
liforn
ia Cu
rrent
ecos
ystem
, whic
h inc
ludes
five n
ation
al ma
rine s
anctu
aries
. NO
AA P
artn
ers T
est N
ew R
esea
rch
Vess
el Ok
eano
s Exp
lorer
Th
e Offic
e of N
ation
al Ma
rine S
anctu
aries
’ Wes
t Coa
st Re
giona
l Offic
e has
been
assis
ting N
OAA’
s Offic
e of O
cean
Exp
lorati
on an
d Re
sear
ch in
deve
loping
explo
ratio
n tar
gets
of mu
tual in
teres
t in sa
nctua
ry wa
ters t
o fiel
d tes
t the n
ew N
OAA
rese
arch
ship
Okea
nos
Explo
rer a
s par
t of g
ener
al sh
aked
own o
f the v
esse
l. This
effor
t culm
inated
in Ju
ly 20
09 w
ith a
multi-
day m
ultibe
am so
nar m
appin
g fiel
d tria
l off t
he ce
ntral
and n
orthe
rn C
alifor
nia co
ast, d
uring
whic
h res
earch
ers m
appe
d app
roxim
ately
2,200
squa
re m
iles o
f the s
eaflo
or at
hig
h res
olutio
ns. A
reas
map
ped i
nclud
ed th
e dee
p por
tions
of C
orde
ll Ban
k and
secti
ons o
f Gulf
of th
e Far
allon
es an
d nor
thern
Mo
ntere
y Bay
natio
nal m
arine
sanc
tuarie
s. In
addit
ion, a
reas
adjac
ent to
Cor
dell B
ank a
nd G
ulf of
the F
arall
ones
natio
nal m
arine
sa
nctua
ries w
ere m
appe
d. Th
e loc
ation
of th
e Wor
ld W
ar II-
era s
hip U
SS In
depe
nden
ce w
as al
so co
nfirm
ed du
ring t
his m
ission
.
OCNM
S AD
VISO
RY C
OUNC
IL M
EMBE
RS
Offic
ers
Rese
arch
: Dr.
Terri
e Klin
ger (
Chair
) Al
terna
te: Jo
hn C
alamb
okidi
s Ma
rine B
usine
ss/P
orts/
Indus
try:
Bob B
ohlm
an (V
ice C
hair)
Al
terna
te: F
rank
Holm
es
WA
Dept
of Fis
h and
Wild
life: T
eres
a Sco
tt (Se
cretar
y) Al
terna
te: va
cant
Othe
r Non
-Gov
ernm
enta
l Mem
bers
Ch
ambe
r of C
omme
rce/T
ouris
m/ R
ecre
ation
: Me
redit
h Par
ker
Alter
nate:
Mike
Gur
ling
Citiz
en-a
t-Lar
ge: R
oy M
orris
Al
terna
te: B
ob B
oeke
lheide
Co
mmer
cial F
ishing
: Joe
l Kaw
ahar
a Al
terna
te: D
oug F
ricke
Co
nser
vatio
n/Env
ironm
ental
: Fan
Tsa
o Al
terna
te: Jo
dy K
enne
dy
Educ
ation
: Elle
n Math
eny
Alter
nate:
Gen
e Woo
dwick
Lo
cal G
over
nmen
t
Coun
ties (
Rotat
ional
Seat
: Mike
Doh
erty
Alter
nates
: Phil
John
son,
Al C
arter
St
ate G
over
nmen
t
WA
Dept
of Ec
ology
: Chip
Boo
the
Alter
nates
: Dian
e Buto
rac,
Rebe
cca P
ost
WA
Dept
of Na
tural
Reso
urce
s: Br
ady S
cott
Alter
nate:
Dav
id Ro
berts
Tr
ibal
Gove
rnm
ent
Ho
h Trib
e: Da
vid H
udso
n Al
terna
te: Jo
e Gilb
ert
Maka
h Trib
e: St
eve J
oner
Al
terna
te: D
ana S
arff
Quile
ute T
ribe:
Mel M
oon
Alter
nate:
Jenn
ifer H
agen
Quina
ult N
ation
: Ed J
ohns
tone
Alter
nate:
Joe S
chum
acke
r Fe
dera
l Gov
ernm
ent
NO
AA F
isher
ies (n
on-vo
ting)
: Kev
in Du
ffy
Alter
nate:
Jane
t Sea
rs No
rthwe
st St
raits
Com
miss
ion: G
inny B
road
hurst
Al
terna
te: C
aroli
ne G
ibson
U.
S. C
oast
Guar
d (no
n-vo
ting)
: Ca
pt Sc
ott B
orne
mann
Al
terna
te: va
cant
U.S.
Dep
t of In
terior
(non
-votin
g): K
aren
Gus
tin
Alter
nate:
Stev
e Fra
dkin
U.S.
Fish
and W
ildlife
Ser
vice:
Kevin
Rya
n U.
S. N
avy (
non-
votin
g): G
eorg
e Har
t Al
terna
te: Jo
hn M
iller
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://ol
ympi
ccoa
st.n
oaa.g
ov
Colla
bora
tion
in M
anag
emen
t Plan
Rev
iew:
A Ne
w Mo
del in
Oce
an G
over
nanc
e Ol
ympic
Coa
st Na
tiona
l Mar
ine S
anctu
ary s
taff c
ontin
ued t
o mak
e pro
gres
s for
the
seco
nd ye
ar of
revie
w an
d rev
ision
of th
e san
ctuar
y’s 19
94 m
anag
emen
t plan
. La
st ye
ar’s
scop
ing pr
oces
s bro
ught
over
1,50
0 com
ments
from
the p
ublic
. In
2009
, staf
f wor
ked c
losely
with
the s
anctu
ary a
dviso
ry co
uncil
and
Inter
gove
rnme
ntal P
olicy
Cou
ncil t
o prio
ritize
issu
es an
d for
m go
als fo
r the
new
plan.
Staff
also
hoste
d wor
ksho
ps an
d wor
king g
roup
s to c
larify
issu
es an
d pr
ioritie
s and
deve
loped
stra
tegies
that
can b
e inc
orpo
rated
into
the ne
w pla
n. Sa
nctu
ary a
Cat
alyst
in R
egio
nal E
duca
tion
The N
OAA
Offic
e of E
duca
tion s
electe
d Olym
pic C
oast
Natio
nal M
arine
San
ctuar
y to
host
to the
newl
y cre
ated P
acific
Nor
thwes
t Bay
-Wate
rshed
Edu
catio
n and
Tr
aining
(B-W
ET) G
rants
Pro
gram
. B-W
ET pr
ogra
ms in
Che
sape
ake B
ay, H
awai`
i an
d Cali
fornia
furn
ish fu
nds f
or ed
ucati
on or
ganiz
ation
s tha
t eng
age s
tuden
ts in
field-
base
d lea
rning
oppo
rtunit
ies. E
xper
ience
s in C
alifor
nia an
d the
Pac
ific
North
west
are f
ocus
ed on
sanc
tuary
infor
matio
n and
ocea
n lite
racy
conc
epts,
and
prov
ide op
portu
nities
for a
dire
ct co
nnec
tion t
o the
sanc
tuary.
Thr
ough
the B
-WET
ex
pans
ion in
to the
Pac
ific N
orthw
est, s
anctu
ary s
taff a
re ab
le to
serve
partn
er
orga
nizati
ons,
teach
ers a
nd st
uden
ts thr
ough
out O
rego
n and
Was
hingto
n and
im
prov
e the
deliv
ery o
f NOA
A ed
ucati
on pr
oduc
ts. D
uring
its fir
st tw
o yea
rs, P
acific
No
rthwe
st B-
WET
gran
ts ha
ve to
taled
mor
e tha
n $1.2
milli
on.
Unde
rsta
ndin
g Dy
nam
ic Oc
ean
Even
ts:
Seab
ird D
ie-of
fs an
d Pl
ankt
on B
loom
s In
early
Sep
tembe
r 200
9, ro
ugh s
eas a
nd un
usua
lly hi
gh de
nsitie
s of o
ne sp
ecies
of
plank
ton w
reak
ed ha
voc o
n san
ctuar
y sea
bird p
opula
tions
. The
comb
inatio
n ca
used
the d
eaths
of th
ousa
nds o
f bird
s inc
luding
Wes
tern G
rebe
s and
Com
mon
Murre
s, lis
ted as
“spe
cies o
f con
cern
,” tha
t live
in ne
ar-sh
ore z
ones
of th
e sa
nctua
ry. S
anctu
ary s
taff a
nd vo
luntee
rs fro
m the
Coa
stal O
bser
vatio
n and
Se
abird
Sur
vey T
eam
surve
yed b
each
es an
d doc
umen
ted hu
ndre
ds of
seab
ird
morta
lities
, as w
ell as
the o
ccur
renc
e of s
oap-
like f
oam
create
d by t
he pl
ankto
n br
eakin
g apa
rt du
ring i
ntens
e stor
m an
d sur
f con
dition
s. As
the s
cale
and
comp
lexity
of th
e eve
nt be
came
appa
rent,
sanc
tuary
staff,
along
with
triba
l, stat
e, an
d fed
eral
reso
urce
agen
cies,
coor
dinate
d data
colle
ction
on w
ater a
nd bi
rd
samp
les, m
onito
red o
cean
ogra
phic
cond
itions
, con
ducte
d ove
rfligh
ts an
d or
ganiz
ed bi
rd re
scue
and r
ehab
ilitati
on ef
forts.
Oc
ean
Acid
ifica
tion:
Mob
ilizin
g fo
r Mon
itorin
g an
d Re
sear
ch
Ocea
n acid
ificati
on is
the g
radu
al sh
ift in
seaw
ater a
cidity
due t
o inc
reas
ing le
vels
of ca
rbon
diox
ide ab
sorb
ed in
the o
cean
. As n
ew in
forma
tion e
merg
es, s
anctu
ary
rese
arch
ers a
nd th
eir co
lleag
ues h
ave m
obiliz
ed to
bette
r doc
umen
t and
un
derst
and t
rend
s in o
cean
chem
istry
and p
otenti
al eff
ects
to ma
rine o
rgan
isms
withi
n the
sanc
tuary,
partic
ularly
spec
ies w
ith ca
lcium
carb
onate
shell
s and
sk
eletal
stru
cture
s. Th
e san
ctuar
y is w
ell-si
tuated
to se
rve as
a “se
ntine
l” of
chan
ges i
n oce
an pr
oces
ses.
Deep
wate
r Cor
als F
eatu
red
in N
ew E
xhib
it In
an ef
fort to
furth
er ed
ucate
the p
ublic
on de
ep co
ral c
ommu
nities
fou
nd du
ring r
ecen
t res
earch
expe
dition
s, the
sanc
tuary
deve
loped
“S
ecre
ts of
the D
eep,”
an ex
hibit a
t the O
lympic
Coa
st Di
scov
ery
Cente
r fea
turing
mod
els of
coldw
ater c
oral
comm
unitie
s. Th
e pro
ject
chall
enge
d exh
ibit fa
brica
tors a
t BIO
S, LL
C, th
e exh
ibit c
ontra
ctor,
to po
rtray
cora
l and
rock
fish s
pecie
s tha
t hav
e not
been
mod
eled f
or
exhib
its be
fore,
and t
here
fore h
ave n
ot be
en se
en by
visit
ors t
o aq
uaria
or sc
ience
mus
eums
. Lo
cal P
artn
ers P
rom
ote H
ands
-on
Lear
ning
Ol
ympic
Coa
st Na
tiona
l Mar
ine S
anctu
ary e
duca
tors h
ave i
ncre
ased
the
ir rea
ch in
to loc
al sc
hools
on th
e nor
thern
Olym
pic P
enins
ula
throu
gh a
partn
ersh
ip be
twee
n the
Olym
pic C
oast
Disc
over
y Cen
ter
and t
he A
rthur
D. F
eiro M
arine
Life
Cente
r in P
ort A
ngele
s, W
ash.
locate
d adja
cent
to ea
ch ot
her,
the fa
cilitie
s offe
r com
pleme
ntary
expe
rienc
es fo
r visi
ting K
-12 s
tuden
ts. T
hrou
gh th
e new
prog
ram,
over
1,2
00 st
uden
ts ha
ve st
udied
mar
ine bi
ology
, usin
g acti
vities
de
velop
ed ar
ound
ocea
n lite
racy
princ
iples
. The
partn
ersh
ip co
ntinu
es
to ex
pand
to in
clude
the O
lympic
Par
k Ins
titute,
the C
lallam
Cou
nty
Marin
e Res
ource
s Com
mitte
e and
seve
ral re
giona
l priv
ate
found
ation
s. Se
attle
Aqu
ariu
m H
elps P
rom
ote O
cean
Lite
racy
Ol
ympic
Coa
st Na
tiona
l Mar
ine S
anctu
ary c
ontin
ued i
ts pa
rtner
ship
with
the S
eattle
Aqu
arium
in 20
09 to
bring
ocea
n scie
nce t
o ele
menta
ry stu
dents
in ru
ral c
ommu
nities
of th
e Olym
pic C
oast.
St
uden
ts fro
m the
Quin
ault,
Quile
ute, H
oh an
d Mak
ah In
dian
rese
rvatio
ns ha
ve vi
sited
the A
rthur
Feir
o Mar
ine Li
fe Ce
nter,
Olym
pic
Coas
t Disc
over
y Cen
ter an
d Sea
ttle A
quar
ium, in
addit
ion to
stud
ying
marin
e biol
ogy o
n the
ir loc
al be
ache
s. Th
e pro
ject, f
unde
d by a
NOA
A En
viron
menta
l Lite
racy
Gra
nt, is
in its
third
year
. Sa
nctu
ary C
ollab
orat
es o
n Oc
eano
grap
hic S
tudy
Sa
nctua
ry re
sear
ch st
aff co
ntribu
ted to
a gr
ound
brea
king r
epor
t, “An
Oc
eano
grap
hic C
hara
cteriz
ation
of th
e Olym
pic C
oast
Natio
nal M
arine
Sa
nctua
ry an
d Pac
ific N
orthw
est,”
prod
uced
in co
llabo
ratio
n with
NO
AA’s
Natio
nal C
enter
s for
Coa
stal O
cean
Scie
nce.
The r
epor
t co
mbine
d data
from
remo
te se
nsing
and o
ther s
ource
s to c
reate
an
over
view
of ph
ysica
l and
ocea
nogr
aphic
cond
itions
in th
e san
ctuar
y. Th
is inf
orma
tion p
rovid
es a
found
ation
for o
ngoin
g dec
ision
-mak
ing
nece
ssar
y for
man
aging
sanc
tuary
reso
urce
s. It a
lso re
fines
rese
arch
qu
estio
ns an
d prio
rities
and e
ngag
es re
sear
ch pa
rtner
s in
unde
rstan
ding o
ngoin
g tre
nds,
as w
ell as
cond
itions
that
emer
ge fr
om
clima
te ch
ange
, oce
an ac
idific
ation
and o
ther p
roce
sses
.
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