Dear all,
Please join us for a 1-day workshop on Saturday 29th April at the ECS Conference, Middlefart, Denmark.
Aim: Identify
potential European partners and discuss objectives of a future Joint Cetacean Protocol with coverage throughout European seas.
Summary
The Joint Cetacean Protocol (JCP) assembled effort-related cetacean sightings datasets from all major UK, and some European sources. These data represented the largest cetacean sightings
resource ever collated in Europe: 38 data sources, at least 542 survey platforms; over 1 million km of effort; and over a 17-year period (1994-2010) in European shelf seas. There is currently no mechanism to maintain and develop the JCP (e.g. collate and store
new datasets) and at the 2016 ECS conference a workshop was held to discuss the future of the JCP and what its future objectives should be. These included:
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Developing standardised methods to increase the pool of robust and compatible datasets;
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Developing an electronic data capture system that includes formatting, validation and data upload tools;
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Developing a central European database;
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Working towards making these data open access;
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Identifying products required by stakeholders, such as maps or atlases; and
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Identifying data gaps and working with data providers to fill them.
In March 2017, JNCC hosted a UK and Ireland workshop towards further development and prioritisation of these objectives and to draft a plan of how they could be achieved. Ultimately,
the JCP aims to broaden its coverage to a European level and this ECS 2017 workshop will gauge interest from potential European partners and review the outputs of the March workshop from a European perspective. Combining the outputs of this and the previous
ECS 2017 workshop will ensure that the future JCP will deliver for both UK and European stakeholders. The workshop is aimed at stakeholders that collect/collate cetacean visual/digital survey datasets and end users of these data.
Contact
Kelly Macleod, Joint Nature Conservation Committee (UK:
Kelly.Macleod@jncc.gov.uk)
and Tim Dunn, Joint Nature Conservation Committee (UK: Tim.Dunn@jncc.gov.uk)
Participation fee: €5
Workshop programme:
10:00 Welcome
10:05 History of the JCP: aims and uses
10:20 Data types and ‘standard’ for the JCP
10: 35 Discussion
10:45
Presentation sessions: exploration of effort-related survey data within Europe
10:45 ‘Overview of the Marine Ecosystems Research Programme’ (MERP) James Waggit/Peter Evans, Bangor University, UK.
11:05 ‘Monitoring cetaceans opportunistically’ Lucy Babey, European Cetacean Monitoring Coalition, UK
11:25 Coffee
11:45 ‘Marine Megafauna Monitoring in France: The MEGASCOPE and SAMM Surveys’ Matthieu Authier, La Rochelle, France
12:05 ‘Standardized surveying of marine mammals with aerial high definition videos’ Caroline Hoeschle , BioConsult SH / HiDef Aerial Surveying Ltd .
12:25 ‘Harbour porpoise surveys in the south-eastern North Sea’ Anita Gilles, Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research, Germany.
12:45 Lunch
13:45 Objectives of a new JCP
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Summary from the ECS 2016
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Discussion: scope of the objectives from a wider European perspective?
14:15 Break-out groups: Prioritisation of objectives
15: 00 Break
15:10 Feedback from break out groups
15: 30 Working arrangements at the European scale
15:45 Next steps
16:00 Close
Kelly Macleod
Senior Marine Species Advisor
PhD
JNCC, Inverdee House, Baxter Street, Torry, Aberdeen, AB11 9QA
Tel: 01224 266 550, Direct Dial: 01224 266 584 , Mobile: 07964 598 206
Email:
kelly.macleod@jncc.gov.uk
Skype: kelly.macleod5
My working days are: Monday to Thursday, 9-3pm
25
years delivering innovative solutions to realise the value of nature.