NOAA Library Seminars
Date: May 7, 2025 | 2-3 PM ET
Register to attend: https://vimeo.com/event/5070546
Speaker: Dr. Michael V. Jakuba, Senior Engineer, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Seminar Contacts: library.seminars@noaa.gov
Abstract: Long endurance marine robotics (operating for weeks to months) offers reduced costs, weather-independence, and improved scalability for tasks ranging from fisheries stock assessment to bathymetric mapping. The rapid development of autonomous surface vessels (ASVs) has realized some of this potential, facilitated partly by readily accessible energy and GPS navigation—resources unavailable to subsea robots. In this talk, I will present results from several projects that address these limitations through multi-vehicle approaches, novel operating paradigms, and targeted technology development.
Keywords: AUV/UUV, long endurance
Sponsors: NOAA Library and NOAA Ocean Exploration
Accessibility: Captions are available during the live presentation and once uploaded to the NOAA Library YouTube Channel automatic captions are added. Sign language interpreting services and closed captioning are available, but need to be requested at least 5 days before the event.
Recordings: Recordings will be shared 24 hours after the event on the NOAA Library YouTube channel.
NOAA Library Seminars
Date: May 14, 2025 | 3-4 PM ET
Register to attend: https://vimeo.com/event/5105768
Speaker: Dr. Jenny Bigman, quantitative ecologist with NOAA Fisheries Office of Science and Technology (OST)
Seminar Contacts: library.seminars@noaa.gov and EBFM/EBM Environmental Science Coordinator, Peg Brady (peg.brady@noaa.gov)
Abstract: Macroecology, a subfield of ecology, focuses on understanding the generality of relationships among organisms and their environments, typically at large spatial scales. Much work in this field tests predictions of theory, including those related to how species will respond to climate change. In this talk, Dr. Bigman will share examples of how macroecological theory can be used to frame research questions that aim to understand and predict how species will respond to a changing climate, especially in the context of fisheries.
Keywords: Macroecology, spatiotemporal models, fishes
Sponsors: NOAA Library (can be more/others as well)
Accessibility: Captions are available during the live presentation and once uploaded to the NOAA Library YouTube Channel automatic captions are added. Sign language interpreting services and closed captioning are available, but need to be requested at least 5 days before the event.
Recordings: Recordings will be shared 24 hours after the event on the NOAA Library YouTube channel.
NOAA Library Seminars
Date: May 6, 2025| 3-4 PM ET
Speakers: Polina Dineva, NOS OCM, Economist. Tim Schierenbeck, NOS OCM, Geospatial Analyst.
Seminar Contacts: library.seminars@noaa.gov
Abstract: In early 2025, the NOAA Office for Coastal Management released the Employment in Coastal Inundation Zones (ECIZ) Visualization Tool showing data on businesses in coastal hazard areas. The tool includes coastal hazard footprints for FEMA Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHA), hurricane storm surge, sea level rise, and tsunamis. It accompanies the ECIZ data that includes the number of businesses and employment in inundation zones by county and state. This information can be used by states, counties, floodplain managers, emergency managers and coastal managers to identify industries most at risk and the potential economic impact from interrupted economic activity as a result of coastal hazards.
Keywords: Economics, geospatial, inundation
Sponsors: NOAA Library and NOS
Accessibility: Captions are available during the live presentation and once uploaded to the NOAA Library YouTube Channel automatic captions are added. Sign language interpreting services and closed captioning are available, but need to be requested at least 5 days before the event.
Recordings: Recordings will be shared 24 hours after the event on the NOAA Library YouTube channel.
NOAA Library Seminars
Date: May 8, 2025| 2-3:30 PM ET
Register to attend: https://vimeo.com/event/5065107
Speakers: CDR Monique Richards, Chief of NOAA Behavioral Health and Wellness (BHW) - Opening Remarks; CAPT Sean Bennett, OMAO BHWO - Event Moderator; LCDR Candice T. Karber, OAR BHWO - Event Moderator, and Dr. Rebecca Shisler Marshall, Centered Living Cognitive Psychologist - Invited External Speaker
Seminar Contacts: library.seminars@noaa.gov and candice.karber@noaa.gov
Abstract: This session will focus on discovering simple, powerful ways to reduce stress, restore emotional balance, and support your family’s well-being. Learn how calming your own nervous system can positively impact your children, and take home easy techniques everyone can use. Explore this more at the BWH website: https://sites.google.com/noaa.gov/behavioral-health-and-wellness/upcoming-events
Keywords: Behavioral Health and Wellness, Mental Health Awareness, and Family Well-Being
Sponsors: NOAA Library and NOAA Behavioral Health and Wellness Program
Accessibility: Captions are available during the live presentation and once uploaded to the NOAA Library YouTube Channel automatic captions are added. Sign language interpreting services and closed captioning are available, but need to be requested at least 5 days before the event.
Recordings: Recordings will be shared 24 hours after the event on the NOAA Library YouTube channel.
NOAA Library Seminars
Date: May 13, 2025 | 2-3 PM ET
Register to attend: https://vimeo.com/event/5098979
Speakers: Lisa Peterson, Fisheries Office of Science and Technology, FIS Program Director and Jennifer Cudney, Fishery Management Specialist with the Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Management Division, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NOAA Fisheries
Seminar Contacts: library.seminars@noaa.gov (can be more/other people as well)
Abstract: When individuals or teams encounter a problem while working on a project or initiative, they oftentimes try to solve it through the seemingly most direct path possible. This is often referred to as “first-order problem-solving,” working around a problem or applying a “patch” to accomplish an immediate objective without actually addressing the root cause of the problem. This presentation will introduce participants to an approach known as A3 problem-solving, which offers a step-by-step guide for identifying and describing—and fully addressing—the real problem or issue. In addition, the presentation will include demonstrations of tools that can be used to improve processes and thereby enhance outcomes. Finally, this presentation will also demonstrate how a relatively small investment in time can return significant dividends.
Keywords: Problem-solving, continuous improvement
Sponsors: NOAA Library and NOAA Fisheries
Accessibility: Captions are available during the live presentation and once uploaded to the NOAA Library YouTube Channel automatic captions are added. Sign language interpreting services and closed captioning are available, but need to be requested at least 5 days before the event.
Recordings: Recordings will be shared 24 hours after the event on the NOAA Library YouTube channel.
NOAA Library Seminars
Date: June 11, 2025 | 3-4 PM ET
Register to attend: https://vimeo.com/event/4883987
Speaker: Kelly Denit, Director of NOAA Fisheries' Office of Sustainable Fisheries
Seminar Contacts: library.seminars@noaa.gov , EBFM/EBM Environmental Science Coordinator, Peg Brady (peg.brady@noaa.gov)
Abstract: Under the requirements of the Magnuson Stevens Act, U.S. federal fisheries management constantly strives to balance ecological and economic sustainability. NOAA Fisheries and our partners have advanced our efforts to address this tension through our expanded work to implement ecosystem based fisheries management. This presentation highlights the ecosystem-based fisheries management (EBFM) planning process described in the EBFM roadmap and case studies that demonstrate the principles of the EBFM guidelines.
Keywords: ecosystem based fisheries management; sustainability, economic viability
About the Speakers: Kelly Denit is the Director of NOAA Fisheries' Office of Sustainable Fisheries. The Office of Sustainable Fisheries supports the implementation of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA), manages fisheries for Atlantic highly migratory species, and helps ensure the safety of seafood sold in the United States. Ms. Denit joined NOAA Fisheries in 2005 and has held various positions in international fisheries, the NOAA Program Coordination Office, and the Office of Sustainable Fisheries. Ms. Denit earned a B.S. in Ecology from Yale University and an M.S. in Biological Oceanography from the University of Miami. She also completed NOAA’s Leadership Competencies Development Program in 2014.
Sponsors: NMFS Ecosystem Based Management/Ecosystem Based Fishery Management Seminar Series (EBM/EBFM) and NOAA Library.
Accessibility: Captions are available during the live presentation and once uploaded to the NOAA Library YouTube Channel automatic captions are added. Sign language interpreting services and closed captioning are available, but need to be requested at least 5 days before the event.
Recordings: Recordings will be shared 24 hours after the event on the NOAA Library YouTube channel.
