FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE					February 22, 1996

Contacts:	Rick Starr, U.C. Sea Grant Extension, 633-2092
		Liz Love, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, 647-4255
		Rachel Saunders, Center for Marine Conservation, 375-4509
		Donna Meyers, AMBAG, 883-3750


Local Communities Invited to Help Protect Ocean Sanctuary


The Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Symposium will be held  March 8-9, 
1996 at Glasgow Hall at the Naval Postgraduate School off Sloat Avenue in Monterey.  
Entitled Sanctuary Currents '96: "Building Community Connections in 
Science, Education and Conservation", the symposium will feature talks about 
the marine sanctuary by marine researchers, educators and conservationists.

On Friday evening, the Sanctuary Reflections Awards presentation and reception will 
be held from 6:00 p.m. - 7:15 p.m. at the LaNovia Room at Herrmann Hall.  The 
Sanctuary Reflections Awards honor individuals and groups for their past efforts 
towards the designation of the Monterey Bay as a national marine sanctuary and for 
their continued involvement in the conservation and preservation of the Sanctuary.
Award recipients include:

	Special Recognition:  Congressman Sam Farr, California 17th District
	Research:  Deborah Johnston, California Department of Fish and Game
	Education: Dorris Welch: Education Director, Long Marine Laboratory
	Conservation: Les Strnad, California Coastal Commission
	Organization: Surfrider Foundation - Santa Cruz Chapter
	Citizen - First year graduating classes of the Save Our Shore's Sanctuary 
	Stewards Program and the Center for Marine Conservation and Friends of the 
	Sea Otter BAYNET Program
 
From 7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. the Annual Ed Ricketts Memorial Lecture will feature Dr. 
Steven Webster, Education Director from the Monterey Bay Aquarium.  Mr. Webster 
will be honored as this year's recipient of the Edward Ricketts Memorial Award.  Mr. 
Webster will be presenting a lecture entitled "Ed Ricketts: Where Are You When We 
Need You?"  The lecture will be held in the Glasgow Auditorium at the Naval 
Postgraduate School Campus.

On Saturday, March 9, at Glasgow Hall at the Naval Postgraduate School the 
symposium will be held from 9:00 - 4:30 p.m.  Registration will begin at 8:15 a.m. at the 
door.  There is no charge to attend the symposium.  The morning program (9:00 - 9:30) 
will feature Mr. Mike Weber, co-author of The Wealth of Oceans, on the topic "Beyond 
Monterey Bay and Our Splendid Isolation".   From 9:30 - Noon a presentation entitled 
"Patterns, Processes, and People: A Characterization of the Monterey Bay National 
Marine Sanctuary" will be held.

Concurrent afternoon sessions to be held from 2:00-4:00 p.m. include:

	Education Workshops focusing on hands-on K-12 marine science activities 
and curricula, water quality testing, and marine science resources on the World 
Wide Web
	Marine Research Symposium featuring noted marine researchers and the 
latest in computer visualization of marine research and data.   Topics include 
ocean circulation, ecology of large whales in Mexico and Monterey, and a fly 
through model for visualizing Monterey Bay spatial data. 
	Conservation panel entitled "Challenges and Opportunities in Ocean 
Conservation - Policies, Politics, and Citizen Action".  Speakers will include staff 
from the offices of Representatives Sam Farr and Anna Eshoo, Gary Patton, 
General Counsel for the Planning and Conservation League, and Dave 
Dickson, Director of Constituency Development for the Center for Marine 
Conservation.

Event organizers for the conference include the Monterey Bay National Marine 
Sanctuary, the Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments,  the Center for Marine 
Conservation, U.C. Sea Grant Extension Program, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, 
and Long Marine Laboratories .


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Monterey Bay 
National Marine Sanctuary

Sanctuary Currents '96

Building Community Connections in Science, 
Education and Conservation



March 8-9, 1996

Glasgow Hall
US Naval Postgraduate School
Monterey, California


Sponsored by:

Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
University of California Sea Grant Extension Program
US Naval Postgraduate School


Conference Organizing Committee:

Nicolas Papadakis, Association of Monterey Bay Area 
Governments
Richard M. Starr, UC Sea Grant Extension Program
Liz Love, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
Rachel Saunders, Center for Marine Conservation
Donna Meyers, Association of Monterey Bay Area 
Governments
Dr. Gregor M. Cailliet, Moss Landing Marine Labs
Dorris Welch, UCSC Long Marine Labs
Melissa Hippard, Save Our Shores
Jo Stallard, MBNMS Sanctuary Advisory Council
Korie A. Johnson, UC Sea Grant Extension Program
Dr. Andrew DeVogelaere, Monterey Bay National Marine 
Sanctuary


PROGRAM OF EVENTS


Friday, March 8, 1996

6:00	Social Hour and Award Presentations

7:30	Ricketts Memorial Lecture
Steve Webster, Monterey Bay Aquarium
Ed Ricketts, Where Are You When We Need You?



Saturday, March 9, 1996

8:15	Conference Registration

9:00	Keynote Speaker
Michael L. Weber, Co-author of The Wealth of Oceans
Beyond Monterey Bay and Our Splendid Isolation

9:30	Patterns, Processes and People: A Characterization 
of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary

Jo Guerrero, Moss Landing Marine Labs
Introduction: What is a Site Characterization?

Robert R. Curry, UC Santa Cruz, CSU Monterey Bay Watershed 
Institute
Coupling Marine and Terrestrial Watershed Processes

Stephen Ralston, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National 
Marine Fisheries Service
Rockfish Recruitment and the Ocean Environment

10:20	Break

10:50	Donald C. Potts, Institute of Marine Sciences, UC Santa Cruz
Biodiversity in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary

Andrew DeVogelaere, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
Site Characterization: Its Role in Resource Management of the 
MBNMS

Rikk Kvitek, Moss Landing Marine Labs
Demonstration of MBNMS Site Characterization Web Page




12:00	Lunch, Poster session, Computer Demonstrations, 
Exhibits

	Concurrent Sessions

2:00	Conservation Panel

Challenges and Opportunities in Ocean Conservation - Policies, 
Politics, and Citizen Action

Panelists include: 
Mike Weber, co-author of The Wealth of Oceans
Donna Blitzer, District Director for Congressman Sam Farr
Rachel Dinno, Field Representative to Congresswoman Anna Eshoo
Gary Patton, General Counsel for the California Planning and 
Conservation League
David Dickson, Director of Constituency Development for the Center 
for Marine Conservation.

2:00	Education Workshops:

Roberta Dean, MARE, Lawrence Hall of Science, UC Berkeley
Hands-on Sanctuary Activities from MARE (K-8)

Jane Orbuch, Shauna Reisiwitz and students, San Lorenzo Valley 
High School, and Kip Evans, MBNMS
San Lorenzo Valley High School River Project (8-12)

Linda Hagelin, West Valley College
Bringing the Ocean into Your Classroom:  FOR SEA (K-8)

Marti Atkinson, UC Santa Cruz and Jory Post, Happy Valley School, 
Santa Cruz
County Office of Education
Marine Science Resources on the World Wide Web (K-12)

Dorris Welch and Mary Engle, UCSC Long Marine Lab and Liz Love, 
MBNMS
Sanctuary Science Activities (K-12)


2:00	Research Symposium: Data Visualization

Michael McCann, Naval Postgraduate School, MBARI
Visualizing Ocean Circulation

Alex Pang, UC Santa Cruz and Wendell Nuss, Naval Postgraduate 
School
Realtime Environmental Information Network Analysis System

Donald A. Croll, UC Santa Cruz
Deep Gluttony: Foraging Ecology of Large Whales in Mexico and 
Monterey Bay

Norman M. Maher, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
A Fly-through Model for Visualizing Monterey Bay Spatial Data


4:00	Conference Wrap-up and Presentation of Poster 
Session Awards



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