SMAST Events 59552 Feb16 Catholic Mass Catholic Mass is celebrated in the Reflection Room on the 2nd floor of the Campus Center. 61863 Feb19 Department of Fisheries Oceanography Seminar - Cate O'Keefe The School for Marine Science and Technology Department of Fisheries Oceanography Seminar Announcement "New England Herring Management: An Example of Trade-offs in a Stakeholder Driven System" Cate O'Keefe Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries Wednesday, February 19, 2020 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm SMAST East Rooms 101/102 836 S. Rodney French Blvd, New Bedford ************************************************************************************ To access the live broadcasting, go to https://echo360.org/directLogin and click on "Alternate login". You will have to login as "smast@umassd.edu" with the password: smastumassd. After login you will have to click on ALL CLASSES (MAR 700-01 - DEOS Seminar or MAR 700-02 - DFO Seminar) and click on the green LIVE streaming. To view a video of an SMAST seminar (post-October 1, 2014), go to https://www.umassd.edu/smast/events/seminar-series/ and click on a highlighted title. For additional information, please contact Sue Silva at s1silva@umassd.edu. 59555 Feb23 Catholic Mass Catholic Mass is celebrated in the Reflection Room on the 2nd floor of the Campus Center. 61782 Feb24 Department of Fisheries Oceanography PhD Proposal Defense-Amanda R. Hart The School for Marine Science and Technology Department of Fisheries Oceanography PhD Proposal Defense "Handling Uncertainty in Fisheries Management: Developing Tools in Support of Management Strategy Evaluation" By Amanda R. Hart Advisor Gavin Fay Department of Fisheries Oceanography, SMAST, UMD Committee Members Steve Cadrin, Department of Fisheries Oceanography, SMAST, UMD Robert Griffin, Department of Fisheries Oceanography, SMAST, UMD Geret DePiper, NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center Allan Hicks, International Pacific Halibut Commission Monday, February 24, 2020 1:00 pm SMAST East, Rooms 101/102 836 S Rodney French Blvd, New Bedford Abstract: Sustainable fisheries management requires an understanding of interactions between fish, marine environments, fishing activities,and fisheries governance. Managing with imperfect information about these interactions can result in undesirable differences between the expected and realized management outcomes. Management Strategy Evaluation (MSE) is a model simulation method that rigorously tests management alternatives before they are implemented to help align expected and realized management outcomes. Tests can be conducted in the context of natural variability, uncertain stock status, and imperfect management implementation to assess potential trade-offs between management alternatives and identify alternatives that are robust to these uncertainties. The goal of this dissertation is to develop tools that support the integration of MSE into existing management processes, using four case studies from the Northeast U.S. as examples. Chapter 1 applies MSE to aid in the development of new Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management (EBFM) alternatives and demonstrates the viability of statistical tree analysis to quickly evaluate management results across multi-species systems. Chapter 2 uses MSE to explore the consequences of technical interactions between groundfish and invertebrate fisheries on management outcomes. Chapter 3 examines the effect of northward population shifts on the U.S. recreational summer flounder fishery and couples environmental drivers, biological models, and economic models that describe angler response to management regulations. Chapter 4 focuses on the synthesis and communication of MSE results using a novel visualization tool developed with Atlantic herring MSE results and validated through a written survey. Models and visualization tools developed as part of this dissertation are expected to aid in the development of EBFM and support long-term planning in single-species management to mitigate potential conflicts and improve management outcomes. Although these MSE case-studies currently serve a supplementary role to fishery stock assessment procedures, they provide opportunities to explicitly assess management consequences and help build a public familiarity with MSE procedures and results that will facilitate the expanded use of this tool in the future. For additional information, please contact Sue Silva at s1silva@umassd.edu. 61331 Feb25 Department of Fisheries Oceanography Special Seminar-Dr. Julia Stewart Lowndes The School for Marine Science and Technology Department of Fisheries Oceanography Special Seminar Announcement "R and teamwork for better science in less time" Dr. Julia Stewart Lowndes, PhD Senior Fellow and Director of Openscapes National Center for Ecological Analysis & Synthesis (NCEAS) Tuesday, February 25, 2020 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm SMAST East Rooms 101/102 836 S. Rodney French Blvd, New Bedford Abstract: R has demonstrable potential to accelerate scientific research, since it not only provides powerful analytical tools that increase reproducibility but also creates a new frontier for communication when combined with the open web. But thus far, the power of R have largely been harnessed by individuals; how do we harness this power as teams in science, within and beyond the research group? I will discuss how our Ocean Health Index team dramatically improved how we work by creating an analytical workflow with R – and by peer-learning and peer-teaching the skillsets we needed on-the-job by engaging with the broader #rstats and #openscience communities (Lowndes et al. 2017 Nature Ecology & Evolution; ohi-science.org). I will also discuss Openscapes, which I developed as a Mozilla Fellow: Openscapes is a mentorship program to engage and empower science teams with open data science tools and practices (Lowndes et al. 2019, Nature; openscapes.org). My work aims to help catalyze the fundamental shift needed in scientific culture where we value and prioritize data science, collaboration, and open practices, and provide training and support for our emerging scientific leaders – not only as individuals, but as teams. Bio: Julia Stewart Lowndes PhD is a marine ecologist, data scientist, and Senior Fellow at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS). As founding director of Openscapes (created as a Mozilla Fellow in 2019) and science program lead of the Ocean Health Index, she works to increase the value and practice of environmental open data science. She is also a co-founder of Eco-Data-Science and R-Ladies Santa Barbara, and is a Carpentries instructor. She earned her PhD at Stanford University in 2012 studying drivers and impacts of Humboldt squid in a changing climate. ************************************************************************************ To access the live broadcasting, go to https://echo360.org/directLogin and click on "Alternate login". You will have to login as "smast@umassd.edu" with the password: smastumassd. After login you will have to click on ALL CLASSES (MAR 700-01 - DEOS Seminar or MAR 700-02 - DFO Seminar) and click on the green LIVE streaming. To view a video of an SMAST seminar (post-October 1, 2014), go to https://www.umassd.edu/smast/events/seminar-series/ and click on a highlighted title. For additional information, please contact Sue Silva at s1silva@umassd.edu. 61796 Feb27 Our Bodies Our Doctors Documentary The story of a rebellion in the field of medicine as a cohort of physicians face abortion stigma within their own profession and confront religious control over health care decisions. 59558 Mar1 Catholic Mass Catholic Mass is celebrated in the Reflection Room on the 2nd floor of the Campus Center. 61802 Mar18 50 Years of Reproductive Justice with Faye Wattleton CWGS 50th Anniversary dinner and speaking program with Faye Wattleton. 59561 Mar22 Catholic Mass Catholic Mass is celebrated in the Reflection Room on the 2nd floor of the Campus Center. 61799 Mar25 Byllye Avery Byllye Avery, the founder of the National Black Women's Health Project, the first national organization to specialize in Black women's reproductive health issues. She has worked to develop healthcare services and education that address black women's mental and physical health stressors. Sponsored by Sociology and Anthropology, Health and Society, the Chancellor's Office, Women's & Gender Studies and the Center for Women, Gender, & Society. 61667 Apr4 Relay for Life Want to have fun, make friends, and make a difference in the lives of people fighting cancer? Come to our Relay for Life Event! Relay For Life at UMass Dartmouth is a team fundraising cancer walk event where team members take turns walking around a track to raise money for the American Cancer Society. Our event is held in the campus quad from noon to midnight (weather permitting, or in the gym). Each team is encouraged to set up a themed campsite at the event and continues their fundraising efforts by collecting donations for food, goods, games, and activities. This money will count towards their overall team fundraising goal. We generally have bouncy houses, games, sports competitions, music and performers, food, and so much more every year! It is a day filled with fun and celebrating how far we have come in the fight against cancer, while working to find the cure. Start a team with your friends or your club, or come as you are! 59564 Apr5 Catholic Mass Catholic Mass is celebrated in the Reflection Room on the 2nd floor of the Campus Center.