Webinar: Monitoring Acidification in the New York Bight
Like many coastal states, ocean acidification is
a subject of deep concern for New York State. Bipartisan legislation
created the New York State Ocean Acidification Task Force in late 2016 and
ocean acidification is a major topic of concern as outlined in the New
York State Ocean Action Plan released in 2017. The NY OAP contains
sixty-one actions that will be implemented to achieve better-managed and
healthier ocean ecosystems that will benefit people, communities, and the natural
world. To reach these long-term goals, the NY State Department of
Environmental Conservation (NYS DEC) seeks to coordinate short-term
actions that will guide State government funding, research, management,
outreach, and education choices. Recognizing the need for better
monitoring of carbonate chemistry in the coastal ocean, NYS DEC funded a
bold new plan to simultaneously monitor carbonate chemistry and the
pelagic food web from zooplankton to whales. Cruises will be
conducted seasonally over the next 10 years and these data will
be combined with censuses of marine mammals, fisheries acoustics and
data collected in other efforts using state of the art modeling
and visualization.
The Mid-Atlantic Coastal Acidification Network (MACAN) will host a webinar on Jan. 8 from 1-2 p.m. to present data from the first cruise conducted in
July 2018 and discuss ongoing plans to monitor carbonate chemistry at
intense spatial and temporal scales in the New York Bight. Attendees may register at
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7438297712889278211.