OPC Science Advisory Team (OPC-SAT)
The goal of the Ocean Protection Council Science Advisory Team (OPC-SAT) is to ensure that the best available science is applied to OPC policy decisions. Members of the team assist in reaching this goal by developing recommendations on scientific issues identified by the OPC. The OPC-SAT also convenes working groups and forums to discuss research priorities and critical management problems.
The California Ocean Science Trust (OST) coordinates the Ocean Protection Council Science Advisory Team (OPC-SAT) in accordance with the OPC Five-year Strategic Plan. The Executive Director of the OST, Skyli McAfee, coordinates activities and serves as co-chair of the OPC-SAT providing guidance on scientific issues and management problem requests from the OPC.
Primary Tasks
OPC-SAT members may be called upon to:
- Develop recommendations on scientific issues identified by the OPC;
- Respond to information requests from the OPC;
- Evaluate the technical merit of scientific and technical projects proposed to the OPC;
- Provide technical advice on OPC agenda items and reports;
- Convene technical working groups and scientific forums to address critical management problems;
- Assist in ranking and refining annual research priorities;
- Identify critical emerging science issues that should be of concern to the OPC and the state; and
- Provide recommendations on implementing the federal Ocean Research Priorities Plan and Implementation Strategy
OPC-SAT Members
Biographical Sketches for Science Advisory Team Members
Richard F. Ambrose, Professor/Director
University of California, Los Angeles/Environmental Science and
Engineering
Alexandria B. Boehm, Assistant Professor
Stanford University
Mark Carr, Professor
University of California, Santa Cruz
Daniel R. Cayan, Meteorologist
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Francisco Chavez, Senior Scientist
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Kenneth Coale, Director
Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, San Jose State University
Christopher Costello, Associate Professor
University of California, Santa Barbara
John Field, Fisheries Scientist
NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center
Steve Gaines, Professor/Director
University of California, Santa Barbara/Marine Science Institute
Gary Griggs, Professor/Director
University of California, Santa Cruz/Institute of Marine Sciences
Frances Gulland, Director of Veterinary Science
The Marine Mammal Center
Madeleine Hall-Arber, Professor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Tony Haymet, Director/Vice Chancellor
Scripps Institution of Oceanography/University of California, San Diego
Sam Johnson, Research Geologist
U.S. Geological Survey
Karen McLeod, Director of Science
Communication Partnership for Science and the Sea, Oregon State University
Mark Moline, Associate Professor
California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo
Steven N. Murray, Professor/Dean
California State University Fullerton/College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Karina J. Nielsen, Assistant Professor
Sonoma State University
Jeffrey D. Paduan, Associate Professor
Naval Postgraduate School
Harry N. Scheiber, Professor
University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law
Jerry Schubel, President and CEO
Aquarium of the Pacific
John J. Stachowicz, Associate Professor
University of California, Davis
William Sydeman, President
Farallon Institute for Advanced Ecosystem Research
Stephen Weisberg, Executive Director
Southern California Coastal Water Research Project
