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    Events & observations in 2014: Delegates will be invited to bring along and comment on the events and their observations of 2014 using structured approach Duncan & Hannah Jones Facilitating & Bob Earll Introduction One of the themes of the SWME events has been to consider the events of the previous year and it’s highlighted in the meeting objective: ‘2.To assess the annual events – ecological and oceanographic - of the previous year that have affected the south west marine ecosystems – making the linkages between environmental and biological phenomena e.g. SST on plankton or mackerel and cetaceans. We will be asking delegates to contribute their observations on the year in question’ Delegates have been asked to think about their observations from 2014 (and event sheet is available). Delegates will be asked to record interesting events and categorise them. After the conference these will be typed and circulated to delegates. You can see the events from 2013 in the ecosystems archive. http://coastal-futures.net/ecosystems/south-west-ecosystems-2015 Producing a Report on the events and observation of 2014 1.Introduction This is an interesting challenge. Quite a lot of groups produce annual reports of what they see and do although these often come out during the following year. Lots of people keep lists of the relative abundance of their records for the year. If summaries and relative abundance lists were edited/collated into one document it would be useful way of getting a more rounded picture of events in the south west in any one year. It provides the logical final point of the process we have developed realising objective 2 of the meeting. We use the events section as an ice-breaker at the meeting, getting the audience to contribute their observations. In 2013 for the first time we asked delegates to complete observation forms we then collated these (250+) in an excel spreadsheet in discrete categories which is available in the archive. Many of the presentations and the delegate notes reflect on events in the previous year. Producing an annual report is the logical last step. This note develops some thoughts on the process. 2.Categories Those in the events form are as follows: Weather - Oceanography (including plankton) – benthos – fish – birds – seals – cetaceans – Management issues The categories above are ‘lumped’ … but if expanded might include: • Weather – Oceanography – Plankton (including jellyfish) • Benthos including intertidal • Fish – including sharks, basking sharks and sun fish • Birds - including turtles – (yes, I know turtles aren’t birds!) • Seals • Cetaceans • Management issues – including fisheries, mpas, other impacts – bird wrecks PIB, oil etc 3.Some Admin criteria & rules • The process would be designed to minimise the burden on any one person – clear tasks shared across lots of people – with the idea that tasks would change every year - against clear time limited deadlines • The report would only be electronic and would sign-post and point to existing reports and links • There would be no intellectual claim on the material – authors would retain their rights and it wouldn’t pre-empt publication elsewhere • There would be a clear timetabled process – with outputs circulated to the wider SWME address group and archived 4.Process Event observations would be typed up after the event – these and delegate notes would be made available to all and archived 30 days after the event Keith Hiscock of the MBA has agreed to act as the 2014 reports overall editor Editorial groups would be called for at the event – editors would be selected for each group among the group (annually) Editors would prepare a rough / incomplete draft [2 pages max] by 60 days after the event and circulate to editorial group Responses would be expected by 90 days. A

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    Events & observations in 2014: Delegates will be invited to bring along and comment on the events and their observations of 2014 using structured approach Duncan & Hannah Jones Facilitating & Bob Earll Introduction One of the themes of the SWME events has been to consider the events of the previous year and it’s highlighted in the meeting objective: ‘2.To assess the annual events – ecological and oceanographic - of the previous year that have affected the south west marine ecosystems – making the linkages between environmental and biological phenomena e.g. SST on plankton or mackerel and cetaceans. We will be asking delegates to contribute their observations on the year in question’ Delegates have been asked to think about their observations from 2014 (and event sheet is available). Delegates will be asked to record interesting events and categorise them. After the conference these will be typed and circulated to delegates. You can see the events from 2013 in the ecosystems archive. http://coastal-futures.net/ecosystems/south-west-ecosystems-2015 Producing a Report on the events and observation of 2014 1.Introduction This is an interesting challenge. Quite a lot of groups produce annual reports of what they see and do although these often come out during the following year. Lots of people keep lists of the relative abundance of their records for the year. If summaries and relative abundance lists were edited/collated into one document it would be useful way of getting a more rounded picture of events in the south west in any one year. It provides the logical final point of the process we have developed realising objective 2 of the meeting. We use the events section as an ice-breaker at the meeting, getting the audience to contribute their observations. In 2013 for the first time we asked delegates to complete observation forms we then collated these (250+) in an excel spreadsheet in discrete categories which is available in the archive. Many of the presentations and the delegate notes reflect on events in the previous year. Producing an annual report is the logical last step. This note develops some thoughts on the process. 2.Categories Those in the events form are as follows: Weather - Oceanography (including plankton) – benthos – fish – birds – seals – cetaceans – Management issues The categories above are ‘lumped’ … but if expanded might include: • Weather – Oceanography – Plankton (including jellyfish) • Benthos including intertidal • Fish – including sharks, basking sharks and sun fish • Birds - including turtles – (yes, I know turtles aren’t birds!) • Seals • Cetaceans • Management issues – including fisheries, mpas, other impacts – bird wrecks PIB, oil etc 3.Some Admin criteria & rules • The process would be designed to minimise the burden on any one person – clear tasks shared across lots of people – with the idea that tasks would change every year - against clear time limited deadlines • The report would only be electronic and would sign-post and point to existing reports and links • There would be no intellectual claim on the material – authors would retain their rights and it wouldn’t pre-empt publication elsewhere • There would be a clear timetabled process – with outputs circulated to the wider SWME address group and archived 4.Process Event observations would be typed up after the event – these and delegate notes would be made available to all and archived 30 days after the event Keith Hiscock of the MBA has agreed to act as the 2014 reports overall editor Editorial groups would be called for at the event – editors would be selected for each group among the group (annually) Editors would prepare a rough / incomplete draft [2 pages max] by 60 days after the event and circulate to editorial group Responses would be expected by 90 days. A

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    Events & observations in 2014: Delegates will be invited to bring along and comment on the events and their observations of 2014 using structured approach Duncan & Hannah Jones Facilitating & Bob Earll Introduction One of the themes of the SWME events has been to consider the events of the previous year and it’s highlighted in the meeting objective: ‘2.To assess the annual events – ecological and oceanographic - of the previous year that have affected the south west marine ecosystems – making the linkages between environmental and biological phenomena e.g. SST on plankton or mackerel and cetaceans. We will be asking delegates to contribute their observations on the year in question’ Delegates have been asked to think about their observations from 2014 (and event sheet is available). Delegates will be asked to record interesting events and categorise them. After the conference these will be typed and circulated to delegates. You can see the events from 2013 in the ecosystems archive. http://coastal-futures.net/ecosystems/south-west-ecosystems-2015 Producing a Report on the events and observation of 2014 1.Introduction This is an interesting challenge. Quite a lot of groups produce annual reports of what they see and do although these often come out during the following year. Lots of people keep lists of the relative abundance of their records for the year. If summaries and relative abundance lists were edited/collated into one document it would be useful way of getting a more rounded picture of events in the south west in any one year. It provides the logical final point of the process we have developed realising objective 2 of the meeting. We use the events section as an ice-breaker at the meeting, getting the audience to contribute their observations. In 2013 for the first time we asked delegates to complete observation forms we then collated these (250+) in an excel spreadsheet in discrete categories which is available in the archive. Many of the presentations and the delegate notes reflect on events in the previous year. Producing an annual report is the logical last step. This note develops some thoughts on the process. 2.Categories Those in the events form are as follows: Weather - Oceanography (including plankton) – benthos – fish – birds – seals – cetaceans – Management issues The categories above are ‘lumped’ … but if expanded might include: • Weather – Oceanography – Plankton (including jellyfish) • Benthos including intertidal • Fish – including sharks, basking sharks and sun fish • Birds - including turtles – (yes, I know turtles aren’t birds!) • Seals • Cetaceans • Management issues – including fisheries, mpas, other impacts – bird wrecks PIB, oil etc 3.Some Admin criteria & rules • The process would be designed to minimise the burden on any one person – clear tasks shared across lots of people – with the idea that tasks would change every year - against clear time limited deadlines • The report would only be electronic and would sign-post and point to existing reports and links • There would be no intellectual claim on the material – authors would retain their rights and it wouldn’t pre-empt publication elsewhere • There would be a clear timetabled process – with outputs circulated to the wider SWME address group and archived 4.Process Event observations would be typed up after the event – these and delegate notes would be made available to all and archived 30 days after the event Keith Hiscock of the MBA has agreed to act as the 2014 reports overall editor Editorial groups would be called for at the event – editors would be selected for each group among the group (annually) Editors would prepare a rough / incomplete draft [2 pages max] by 60 days after the event and circulate to editorial group Responses would be expected by 90 days. A

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    Large numbers of Manx Shearwaters & Gannets

    South West Marine Ecosystems


    Conference 2015
    Welcome to the conference and
    PML
    Thanks for all your support

    Photo: Tom Brereton MARINElife

    The Southwest Marine Ecosystems Conferences

    The objectives of the meetings include:


    1. Networking professionals and volunteers
    2. To assess the annual events ecological and oceanographic
    - of the previous year

    3. Ecology of south-west marine ecosystems and species


    including benthic this year
    4. Management and southwest marine ecosystems

    SWME15
    Thanks to PML & Your Envelopes Receipts, Badges,
    Programme, Events & Observation, Evaluation form
    Bob - Another 3 years passing everything on

    New things: Benthic and intertidal added


    Archive for previous presentations Coastal Futures
    website
    Annual report for the preceding year 2014
    Focus on particular species this year Porpoises
    Twitter #SWME15

    The links between people networking professionals


    volunteers
    Events - Observations - Science
    Policy - Management - Conservation

    Each year is interesting


    The story of the year .....2014
    South-west Marine Ecosystems
    Objective 2 regular part of the
    programme
    Inputs from speakers & your
    collective input

    This is a device for pulling the


    information together

    An Annual Report for 2014 in Practice


    It is one of the objectives of the meeting . And been a regular part of past
    meetings [see page 3 -4 of the delegate notes

    Input from speakers and you last year 250+ records on the Excel file in the
    categories the report simply pulls this together
    The Categories Weather - Oceanography (including plankton) benthos fish
    birds seals cetaceans Management issues
    The process designed to spread the load and minimise the burden on any one
    person Keith Hiscock has agreed to be the overall editor in 2014
    2 pages per category signposting to other Headlines and links highlighting key
    points only electronic .. Not precluding other publications - Archived

    The first part to set up editorial groups


    for each category today evaluation form .
    Process time limed and clear

    Events Observations in 2013 last year


    Objective 2.To assess the annual events ecological and oceanographic - of
    the previous year that have affected the south west marine ecosystems ...

    What stood out for you last year? Please use the following categories at the
    start of what you write: Weather - Oceanography (including plankton)
    benthos fish birds seals cetaceans Management issues
    The winter 2013/14 storms
    We will ask you to leave these behind after the event and we will collate the
    responses and return these to you.
    Your Name___________________________
    Category _______________________ Observation _________

    Objective 1. Networking ..... Discuss this with to someone you dont


    know

    Photo: Mike Newman

    FINAL SLIDE
    Evaluation - Key lessons your comments helpful
    EVENTS form
    Outputs: Key points via email Alert
    PowerPoint presentations on the CMS server

    Valuables / Take things with you including leaflets


    Refreshments outside
    Thank you to the speakers, chairmen, sponsors and all of you
    Feedback forms & Events forms

    Grey seal feeding at the surface with a large conger eel

    The effects of this winters storms ...........

    Photo : Dave Jenkins

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