COI/CabrilloMarineDebrisMonitoringandAssessmentTrainingProgram
Fall2015/Oceanography10Agenda
OurobjectiveistotrainCOIambassadorstoassistwithdocumentation,removal
anddiscussionofmarinedebrisonfutureexpeditionstoisolatedareas,andto
increaseplasticpollutioneducationandawarenessinlocalcommunitiesglobally.
Wehave6meetingsthissemester.#’s1,2and3willstartat4:30pmand4,5and6at4:00pm.
Meetings#1,2and6willtakeabout1.5hours;theotherswillbeshorter.Ourgoalisawell‐
roundedideaofPlasticPollutionandexperiencewithdocumentationandremovalofdebrisfrom
theenvironmenttoanestablishedstandard.StudentsarerequiredtocreateabriefPowerPoint
presentationdocumentingtheprocessandpresentittothegroupattheendofthesemester.
Meeting#1:TuesdaySeptember15th,MeetinRoom816@4:25PM
IntroduceCOI,DefinePlasticPollutionglobally.Create4groupsandoutlinefieldstrategiesfor
meetings2‐5perbothtypesofNOAAMarineDebrisMonitoringandAssessmentProtocol
(MDMAP).Discussionincludes;safetyandefficiencytechniques,fieldtools,creatingthe“spine”
and“ribs”,anddatacollection.WewillexplaindataentryguidelinesanddisplaytheCabrillo
Ocean10web‐pagewithCOIlinks,includingNOAAMDMAPdataentryprocess.
Meeting#2:WednesdaySeptember16th,MeetatNewBrightonBeach@4:25PM
Day1ofdebrisdocumentationandremovalaccordingtotheMD‐MAPguidelines.Document100
meters(m)ofshoreline.COIinstructorswilldemonstrateandassiststudentsinthisprocess.
Meeting#3:WednesdayOctober14th,MeetatNewBrightonBeach@4:25PM
Repeattheprocessdemonstratedatmeeting#2.COIinstructorsareonhandtoassiststudents.
Meeting#4:WednesdayNovember11th,MeetatNewBrightonBeach@3:55PM
Performtheprocessfrompriorfieldoutingswithoutassistance.
COIInstructorswillmonitorandphotodocumentstudentteamsforproperprocedure.
Meeting#5:TuesdayDecember1st,MeetatNewBrightonBeach@3:55PM
Quicklyandefficientlyperformtheentireprocess.Photodocumentyourefforts.
COIinstructorswillcritiquestudentprocessforefficiencyandconsistency.
AllDatafromeachgroupmustbeturnedinforonlinedataentryatmeeting#6.
Meeting#6:WednesdayDecember2ndMeetinRoom705@3:55PM
Eachgroupisresponsibletopresentandsubmita10‐15minutePowerPointpresentation
discussingplasticpollution,theNOAAMD‐MAPprotocolandthevalueofourtraining.
Studentsareencouragedtocontactalocalcommunitygroup,organizationorbusinesstogive
theirpresentationforpubliceducationandoutreach.Hereisyourchancetomakeadifference.