Semi-Annual Report

Covering Activities from January 1 2011 to June 30 2011

www.calstate.edu/coast

COAST

THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY (CSU) Council on Ocean Affairs, Science and Technology (COAST) is the umbrella organization for marine and coastal related activities within the CSU. COAST integrates system-wide resources and promotes interdisciplinary multi-campus collaborations to advance marine and coastal research and education throughout the CSU and disseminate this information to the public for the development of responsible policy statewide. The scope of COAST includes the ocean, coast and coastal watersheds. COAST’s goals are to

• Advance our knowledge of California’s natural coastal and marine resources and the processes that affect them.

• Support research related to California’s marine, estuarine, and coastal regions.• Develop innovative solutions to the economic, sociological, ecological and technological

challenges that our coastal zone faces.• Promote environmental literacy to foster stewardship and sustainable use of California’s

coast.

COASTisaCSUsystem-wideaffinitygroupsupportedbycontributionsfromtheindividualCSUcampuses and the Chancellor. Please visit us online at www.calstate.edu/coast to learn more.

2010-2011 Program HighlightsCOAST met multiple major milestones in 2010-2011. With a generous contribution of $500,000 from Chancellor Reed, we were able to implement a number of new initiatives to grow the program significantly. In addition to continuing to offer support to faculty seeking extramural fundingthrough theFacultyResearch IncentiveProgram,wealso supported intercampus collaborationand resource sharing through the new Collaborative Resource Sharing Program.

At the same time, we developed several new programs to provide support to marine science undergraduate and graduate students across the entire CSU to conduct research and travel to scientificmeetingstopresenttheresultsoftheirresearch.WealsolaunchedanewCSUStudentSummerInternshipPrograminconjunctionwiththeCaliforniaDepartmentofFish&Game.

InJanuary2011weheldthefirstannualCOASTFaculty-StudentResearchPosterReceptionattheChancellor’sOffice.Thishighlysuccessfuleventprovidedfacultyandstudentsfrom20campusesthe opportunity to meet CSU Presidents and Trustees and discuss their research with them, and a second poster reception is already being planned for 2012.

All of our new programs will continue in 2011-2012. We look forward to additional growth and development this year and hope you will be part of our efforts!

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COAST Faculty Research Incentive Program

ROI=6.4:1

Increased Extramural Grant ActivityThe COAST Faculty Research Incentive Programcontinues to generate a positive return on investment. During the reporting period, two more grants were awarded to CSU faculty members who received COAST assigned time funding, bringing the total return on investment to date to 6.4:1:

• Sean Craig*, HSU, and Joshua Mackie*, SJSU.NationalScienceFoundation:RUI:Colonization genetics of globally invasive marine bryozoa: Does adaptation prior or post-introduction determine spread? $355,586

• KathrynLeonardandBradleyMonsma*,CSUCI.W.M.KeckFoundation:CIStepladderProgramforInterdisciplinaryResearchandLearning(SPIRaL).$250,000

*RecipientofCOASTFacultyResearchIncentiveAward.

In Spring 2011 COAST received applications for assigned time funding through the FacultyResearchIncentiveProgram.Eightawardsweremadeto12facultymembersatninecampuses.The AY 2011-2012 award recipients are

• Dr.DonaldReed (Geology,San Jose):Using COAST research to promote ocean science foundation through integrated video podcasting, research data-driven exercises and social media: curriculum development across the CSU system.

• AnneE.Todgham(Biology,SanFrancisco)andLarsTomanek (BiologicalSciences,SanLuis Obispo): A global perspective on thermal tolerance limits: transcriptomic and proteomic signals of heat stress in intertidal limpets.

• Patrick Krug (Biological Sciences, Los Angeles) and Angel Valdes (Biological Sciences, Pomona): RUI: ARTS: Biodiversity of herbivorous sea slugs: how algal diversity and photosynthetic ability affect rates of speciation and endemism.

• Misgana Muleta (Civil & Environmental Engineering, San Luis Obispo): Hydrologic prediction uncertainty analysis to control sedimentation of the Morro Bay Estuary.

• RebeccaLewison(Biology,SanDiego)andEllenHines(BiologicalSciences,SanFrancisco):Creating a spatially explicit risk assessment of fisheries bycatch: a comparative approach.

• Karen Crow-Sanchez (Biology, San Francisco): The evolution of novel morphologies in fishes: the basal and most diverse group of vertebrates.

• AnaPitchon(Anthropology,DominguezHills)andStevenHackett(Economics,Humboldt):Alternative market channels for key California fisheries in a landings constrained environment.

• Aparna Sreenivasan (Science and Environmental Policy, Monterey Bay): Analysis of cyanobacteria presence and toxicity in freshwater environments in the Monterey Bay.

Invested $256,614Requested $8.8 MSecured $1.65 M

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CSUprofessorsRickStarr(MossLandingMarineLaboratories)andDeanWendt(CaliforniaPolytechnic State University) submitted a full proposal titled Integrating the MLMA and MLPA - Developing new ways to manage California’s nearshore fisheries using catch data from marine protected area monitoring in collaboration with partners from UC Santa Barbara, Stanford University, CaliforniaDepartment of Fish&Game andNOAANationalMarine FisheriesService(NMFS).Theproposalwasoneofthreeselectedforfullproposaldevelopmentfromapoolofpre-proposalsintheCaliforniaSeaGrantCaliforniaOceanProtectionCouncil(OPC)-FocusedResearchandOutreachInitiative.Iffunded,theprojectwilldemonstratehowdatacollectedatthescaleofmarineprotectedareas(MPAs)canbeusedinfisherymodelstoinformlarge-scalefisheriesmanagement.Thetotalamountrequestedwas$720,000overthreeyears.CA Sea Grant requires 50%match from non-federal funds; COAST committed to provide$20,000 in match. The funds would be used primarily to support student assistantships, thereby supporting faculty research and student engagement.

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A tagged fish is released in a marine protected area. Image courtesy of Tom Mattusch.

Collaborative Resource SharingThe new COAST Collaborative Resource Sharing Program is designed to foster intercampus collaboration and technology transfer by promoting resource sharing across the CSU. The program allowsaPIfromoneCSUcampustoapplyforfundingforhighlyspecializedanalyses,services,oruseofuniqueequipmentprovidedbyadifferentCSUcampus.Examplesincludeproteomicanalysis, use of autonomous underwater vehicles, seafloor mapping services, and inductivelycoupledplasmamassspectroscopy(ICP-MS).Awardsfacilitatethegenerationofeitherpreliminarydatasetsleadingtothesubmissionoffullproposalstoexternalfundingagenciesandorganizationsor the completion of ongoing research projects and subsequent submission ofmanuscripts forpublicationinpeer-reviewedscientificjournals.

ThefirstroundofawardsmadethroughtheCollaborativeResourceSharingProgramwentto17faculty members and research scientists at nine campuses:

• NewellGarfield(Geosciences,SanFrancisco)andMarkMoline(BiologicalSciences,SanLuis Obispo): Monitoring a channel depth using the Cal Poly autonomous underwater vehicle and integrated equipment. $5,300

• CarlJ.Carrano(ChemistryandBiochemistry,SanDiego)andAndrewZ.Mason(BiologicalSciences, Long Beach): Iron uptake and storage in marine algae and cohabitating bacteria. $6,500

• Anne Todgham (Biology, San Francisco) and Lars Tomanek (Biological Sciences, San Luis Obispo): Protein and gene expression in thermally stressed intertidal limpets: a mechanistic primer to predict the effect of climate change on marine organisms. $8,200

• G. Jason Smith (Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, San Jose) and Thomas Savage(Chemistry, Sacramento): Collaborative sharing of gas chromatography-mass spectrometry resources at Sacramento State for studies elucidating the biochemical pathway to domoic acid.$2,777

• Bengt Allen (Biological Sciences, Long Beach) and Lars Tomanek (Biological Sciences, San Luis Obispo): Proteomic responses of rocky intertidal organisms to thermal stress: predicting changes in community structure and ecosystem function in response to a warming climate. $5,000

• DianaSteller(MossLandingMarineLaboratories,SanJose)andRikkKvitek(ScienceandEnvironmentalPolicy,MontereyBay):Utilizing the CSUMB acoustic habitat mapping assets to delineate the shallow-water rhodolith beds at Catalina Island, California. $5,000

• SeanCraig(BiologicalSciences,Humboldt),JoshuaMackie(BiologicalScience,SanJose)and Frank Cipriano (Biology, San Francisco): Microsatellite analysis of globally invasive bryozoans (Watersipora spp.) introduced to California. $4,800

• DanielleZacherl(BiologicalScience,Fullerton)andAndrewZ.Mason(BiologicalSciences,Long Beach): Do California grunion, Leuresthes tenuis, return to their natal beach to spawn? $6,080

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Research Support for Undergraduate and Graduate Students

Student Awards for Marine Science ResearchThe goals of the COAST Student Awards for MarineScience Research Program are to stimulate student interest in marine-related careers, increase student participation in faculty-mentored research, and provide students with the opportunity to obtain the skills necessary to join a highly skilled, technologically advanced workforce. For Summer 2011 COAST provided $88,500 to a total of 59 students at15campusesthroughthisprogram(Table1).Eachofthe 10 undergraduate and 49 graduate students received $1,500. When combined with support provided during the academic year, the total awarded to students through this programin2010-2011was$177,500.

Student Travel AwardsThe COAST Student Travel Award Program supports undergraduate and graduate student travel to marine, estuarine and coastal-themed scientific meetings andconferences or special thematic sessions of more general scientificmeetingstopresenttheresultsoftheirresearch.The goals of the program are to enable students to participate inwhat is often a transformative experienceand to highlight CSU research at a national level. COAST provided$16,557intravelsupporttothreeundergraduateand 17 graduate students to make either oral or posterpresentations at regional, national and international meetings (Table 2).

Due to institutional travel restrictions, a graduate student from California State Polytechnic University Pomona couldnotcompletehertriptoLaPazMexicotopresenttheresultsofherresearchatthe44thAnnualMeetingoftheWesternSocietyofMalacologists.Uponrequestfromher advisor and department, she was permitted to use her travel award to complete a sampling trip to Hawaii with her fellow graduate students and advisor.

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Testimonials from AY 2010-2011 COAST

Student Marine Research Award Recipients

“In addition to being proud to receive an award that recognizes my contribution to research at SDSU, I appreciate the fact that given these challenging economic times this generous award represents a valuable resource.”

- Mary Thomas, SDSU Doctoral Student

“My COAST experience nurtured my interest in a future career as a marine biologist by providing me with an opportunity to think critically about marine research, as well as developing my ability to plan, problem solve and collect data for scientific research projects. I am very grateful to the COAST program and all of its contributors for this wonderful opportunity”

- Kellan Korcheck, HSU Undergraduate Student

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Federal Work-Study Pilot ProgramIn2010-2011COASTinitiatedapilotprojectwithCSULosAngelesandHumboldtStateUniversityto increase the number of federally funded work-study students participating in coastal and marine research.COASTprovided$5,000toeachcampusastherequired25%institutionalmatch.

Two graduate students at CSULA, Steve Resendez and Francisco Pena, participated in the program. BotharegraduatestudentsinMechanicalEngineeringwithDr.SamuelLandsberger,DepartmentofMechanical Engineering andKinesiology. Steve and Francisco areworking on the SubBotproject, the goal of which is to design submersible robots that can provide real-time online access to data collection and sight-seeing around California’s marine and coastal environments. Using robotic camera systems, researchers and visitors can control what they see and capture video of theirexploration.Thesubmarinescanbeequippedwithaplethoraofunderwatersensors,includingnightvisioncapability.ThisworkisbeingconductedwithDr.JulieKalman,Mr.EdMastroandMr.LarryFukuharaoftheCabrilloMarineAquarium.

At HSU, five undergraduate students participated in the program. Environmental ResourceEngineering students Adam McGuire and Chuck Swanson worked with Dr. Matthew Hurst,Assistant Professor of Chemistry, and Dr. Frank Shaughnessy, Professor of Biology. Time series waterqualitydatafromHumboldtBaywereusedtoexplorelinksbetweenfieldandlaboratory-based measurements and to understand how light is transmitted through the water column, which has implications for organisms such as eelgrass and oysters. Their research is part of a larger monitoring program of California coastal waters. Oceanography student David Phillip worked withDr.JeffryBorgeld,ProfessorofOceanography, toexaminesuspendedsedimentsfromtheEelRiverduringstormeventsandparticulateorganiccarboninputtothecoastalocean.Anotheroceanographystudent,ChrisReinsch,Jr.,participatedinabroaderstudyofoceanacidificationalong

the North Coast with Dr. Jeffrey Abell,Assistant Professor of Oceanography. Chris analyzed samples collected along a transect line off Trinidad Head. The results are used byDr.VictoriaFabryatCSUSanMarcostoassesstheimpactofoceanacidificationon commercial shellfish species. Last,Alyssa Guerrero worked with Dr. SeanCraig, Professor of Biology, on the effects of different levels of copper in anti-fouling paints used on boat hulls on marine fouling organisms. Specifically, they investigatedthe resistance of an invasive bryozoan, Watersipora sp., to these copper-based paints.

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HSU work-study students deploy a CTD from the R/V Coral Sea. Image courtesy of Humboldt State University.

COAST-CDFG Student Summer Internship ProgramCOASTandtheCaliforniaDepartmentofFish&Game(CDFG)developedasummerinternshippilotprogramexclusivelyforCSUstudents.Ninestudentswereselectedfromapoolof48applicants.Studentsworkedinthefield,laboratoryandofficewithCDFGbiologistsonavarietyofprojectsincluding abalone, salmon, sandbass and the scientific collectingpermit process.Theyhandledlivefish,raisedabalone,conductedenvironmentalsampling,andusedGIStovisualizedata.Theylearned skills that complement their CSU education and better prepare them to join the workforce. CDFGbenefittedfromhavingadequatepersonnelinthefieldduringahiringfreezeduetothestatebudget crisis. COAST provided support up to $1000 per month per student.

COAST-CDFGSummer2011StudentInterns(Undergraduate students in italics)

• Veronica Benavides (Stanislaus) - Coastal SalmonidInternship,Ft.Bragg,CA

• Nathaniel Bruns (Northridge) - Southern California Sport Fisheries Internship, LosAlamitos, CA

• Autumn Cleave (San Francisco) - Native Fisheries Research Internship, Sacramento,CA

• Austin Helget (Sacramento) - Southern California Sport Fisheries Internship, LosAlamitos, CA

• Carissa Long (Long Beach) - Coastal SalmonidInternship,Ft.Bragg,CA

• Heidi Lovig (Humboldt) - Coastal Salmonid Internship,Ft.Bragg,CA

• Athena Maguire (Sonoma) - North Coast AbaloneResearchInternship,BodegaBay,CA

• Jodie Mazzucchi (Sonoma)-NorthCoastAbaloneResearchInternship,BodegaBay,CA• Elizabeth Parks(Stanislaus)-NativeFisheriesResearchInternship,Sacramento,CA

COASTwillcontinuethispartnershipwithCDFGin2012andexpandtheinternshipprogramtoinclude additional partners, such as non-profit organizations like Point Reyes BirdObservatory(PRBO), providing students with a wider variety of host institutions and professional development experiences.

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Heidi Lovig (HSU) testing alkalinity. Image courtesy of California Department of Fish & Game.

Ballast Water Treatment Testing at the Golden Bear Facility: A CSU-Government-Industry Partnership

The discharge of ships’ ballastwater is considered the primary vector in the spread of aquaticinvasive species. The maritime industry and international, federal and state agencies have made significant efforts to foster the development of commercial ballast treatment systems that willremoveorinactivateplanktonicorganismsfromballastwaterforthepurposeofabatingtheaquaticinvasive species problem. Recently, California MaritimeAcademy (CMA) andMoss LandingMarineLaboratories (MLML)have teamedwith the naval architecture andmarine engineeringfirm, GlostenAssociates, Inc. (SeattleWA), to form a Government-University-Industry (GUI)partnershipknownastheGoldenBearFacility(GBF),presentlydevotedtoshipboardtestingofcommercial ballast water treatment technologies.

ThekeyingredientintheGBFpartnershipistheT/S Golden Bear,CMA’scadettrainingvesselownedbytheDepartmentofTransportation,MaritimeAdministration(MARAD)andoperatedbyCMA.T/S Golden Bear remains at dock 8 months of the year in Vallejo, CA where it houses and trainsCMAstudentcadetsduringtheacademicyear.Everysummer,itembarksonanextended4-month trainingvoyage,providingat-seacadet training.MARADhas investedover$1M inamajorrefitoftheshiptoallowopen-deckinstallationoflargeballastwatertreatmentsystems.PriortothecapabilitiesofGBF,ballasttreatmentstakeholderssuchasvendorsandfederalagencies(e.g.,EPA),hadtoarrangeforcomplicatedengine-roominstallationsonvolunteershipsinordertotesttreatment systems.Thecostof a typical installationcouldexceed$500,000.AtGBF, treatmentsystems can now be installed in two days, literally for the cost of crane rental. Bill Davidson and RichMuller(CMA)provideoveralloperationofGBF,Dr.NickWelschmeyer(MLML)providesscience testing and methods development, and Kevin Reynolds (GlostenAssociates) providesmarineengineeringexpertiseanddirectlinkstomaritimeindustries.

ThegoalsoftheGBFpartnershipareto1. Provide an effective platform, for the research, development, testing and evaluation of

technologies and practices that reduce marine vessel environmental impacts.2. Advance United States merchant shipping and environmental technology business interests.3. Develop stewards of the environment through CSU student education, community involvement,

and maritime business outreach.

InitsfirstyearofoperationGBFcompletedshipboardtestingoftheBalpureelectrochlorinationtreatmentsystemunderworkingconditions inBusan,S.Korea;Kobe,Japan;Guam,USA;andSan Francisco Bay. The test resulted in TypeApproval of the Balpure System under German

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Administration sponsorship, following International Maritime Organization (IMO) regulatoryguidelines.GBFrecentlycompletedanationalintercalibrationofballasttestfacilitiesfortheU.S.EPAEnvironmentalTechnologiesVerification(ETV)programandisnowengagedinschedulingnew treatment vendors seeking regulatory approval to enter the commercial market. Funding for GBFhasbeenprovidedbyMARAD,NOAAandprivatemaritimeindustryclients,withsupportfrom the California State Lands Commission (CSLC), California’s lead agency in the regulation of ballast water.

Formoreinformation,pleasecontactBillDavidson,CaliforniaMaritimeAcademy,bdavidson@csum.edu,orDr.NickWelschmeyer,MossLandingMarineLaboratories,welschmeyer@mlml.calstate.edu.

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GBF team members and representatives of California State Lands Commission (California’s lead ballast water regulation agency) view open-deck installation of the Balpure™ ballast water treatment system on T/S Golden Bear. Image courtesy Lynn Takata, CSLC.

First Annual Faculty-Student Research Poster Reception

COASThosteditsfirstannualfaculty-studentposterreceptionattheChancellor’sOfficeonJanuary252011,followingthefirstdayofaBoardofTrusteesmeeting.Facultyandstudentrepresentativesfrom 20 CSU campuses were present along with the Consortium Representatives from the Ocean StudiesInstituteandMossLandingMarineLaboratories.

Eachfaculty-studentteampresentedaposterontheirresearchandhadtheopportunitytointeractdirectlywithcampusPresidents,CSUTrusteesandChancellor’sOfficestaff.PresidentsandTrusteeshad a chance to meet individual faculty members and students, learn about their research and get a sense of the breadth and depth of marine and coastal related research conducted throughout the CSU.

Followingthesuccessofthisevent,asecondposterreceptionwillbeheldattheChancellor’sOfficeinJanuary2012(tentative).Again,eachcampuswillbeinvitedtosendonefaculty-studentteamandwill be encouraged to send recipients of COAST funding if appropriate.

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San Luis Obispo President Jeffrey Armstrong, graduate student Nate Hall, and Dr. Dean Wendt discuss Nate’s research at the first annual COAST meeting January 25, 2011, Long Beach, CA. Image courtesy of COAST.

Fourth Annual System-Wide Meeting

The fourth annual COAST system-wide meeting was held on April 28 2011 at the Chancellor’s OfficeinLongBeach.Therewereroughly75participantsincludingrepresentativesfromeachofthe23campuses,MossLandingMarineLaboratoriesand theOceanStudiesInstitute.Studentswereinvitedtoparticipateforthefirsttime;18studentsrepresenting14campusesattended.Themeetingwasheldback-to-backwiththeannualCSUWaterResourcesandPolicyInitiatives(WRPI)meeting in order to minimize travel costs for people attending both meetings and to enhance cross-pollinationbetweenthetwogroups.AjointCOAST-WRPIreceptionwasheldtheeveningbeforetheCOASTmeetingtoallowCOASTandWRPImemberstonetworkinamoresocialsetting.

The all-day meeting began with remarks from Chancellor Reed and President Rollin Richmond (HSU)thatfocusedontheimportanceofCOASTandtheCSUinaverydifficulteconomicclimate.A brief update from each campus on its COAST-related research and activities was followed by a review of COAST’s activities and successes in the last year. The three active COAST Networks—EnvironmentalEffectsonMarineLife(EEML),GeospatialResearch,EducationandTechnology(GREAT) and Science-Policy Integration—each presented the need and vision for their groupalong with current and planned activities.

The lunch hour was dedicated to faculty networking and a student working lunch during which the students provided feedback regarding the new student support programs and how COAST could bettersupportandcommunicatewithstudents in thefuture. In response,COASTdevelopedaFacebookpageinearlyJune(www.facebook.com/CSUCOAST).Thepageprovidesnewsupdatesand links to employment, funding and additional educational opportunities geared toward students.

During the afternoon, Network breakout groups convened to determine how they can best serve their constituents. The breakout groups also served to engage faculty members not previously recruited to the Networks. A fourth group met to brainstorm about potential themes for future networks.Ideasthatgeneratedsignificantinterestincludedmarinebiodiversityandconservation,marine science education and outreach, marine renewable resources, geohazards and coastal disturbances, coastal monitoring, and coastal watersheds. The COAST leadership will work with the members to identify leaders to advance these ideas.

The2012annualmeetingwillbeheldonApril252012attheChancellor’sOfficeinLongBeach–save the date!

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Stakeholder Outreach and Engagement

COASTwasasponsorofthePRIMO16-PollutantResponsesinMarineOrganismsmeetingheldMay15-182011inLongBeach,CA.Thislargelyinternationalmeetingfocusesontheeffectsofanthropogeniccontaminantsonmarineorganisms’healthandfunction.Drs.ZedMasonandKevinKelley of CSU Long Beach organized the 2011 meeting and encouraged COAST’s participation. As asponsor,COASTwasoneofahandfulofexhibitorsonsite,hadacolor,full-pageadvertisementinsidethebackcoveroftheprogram,andsponsoredaspecialsession,ImpactsofChangingOceanConditions, which featured a presentation by Dr. Lars Tomanek of Cal Poly SLO. This was a successful outreach endeavor that resulted in increasing awareness of COAST and the CSU. We highlightedCSUmarineresearch,recruitedseveralnewstakeholderstotheEnvironmentalEffectsonMarineLife(EEML)Network,andconnectedwithCSUfacultymembersandstudents.

COASTwasalsoasponsorofCapitolHillOceanWeek(CHOW)inWashingtonDCJune7-92011.Drs.TobyGarfield(SFSU)andRheaWilliamson(EastBay,nowatHumboldt)attendedonbehalfofCOAST.InadditiontoattendingCHOWeventstheyhadtheopportunitytomeetwithmembersof theCalifornia delegation during a periodwhen they are specifically focused onmarine andcoastal issues. COAST will continue to participate in this national event and use the opportunity to bring COAST and the CSU to the attention of our federal representatives.

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Outlook for the Next Six Months

OverthenextsixmonthsCOASTwill• AnnouncefundingopportunitiesforAY2011-12,includingStudentAwardsforMarineScience

Research, Student Travel Awards and Collaborative Resource Sharing Awards. These programs willprovide$170,000insupporttoCSUfacultymembersandstudents.

• Continue to support the federal work-study pilot programs at CSULA and HSU. • Planforthesecondannualfaculty-studentresearchposterreceptionattheChancellor’sOfficeinLongBeachinconjunctionwiththeJanuary2012BoardofTrusteesmeeting.Eachcampuswillbe invited to send a faculty-student team to present the results of their research.

• BeanexhibitoratSACNAS2011inSanJose,CA.COASTwillbeoneofseveralinstitutionsin a marine science block and will provide information on CSU marine and coastal resources and opportunities, with the goal of increasing participation in graduate programs throughout the CSU.

• Support the Networks in planning meetings and workshops to engage their members and further their goals.

• Workwithnewpartnerstodevelopadditionaloptionsforthe2012SummerStudentInternshipProgram.

• Coordinate with other marine and coastal organizations to effectively engage stakeholders. • Providesupportforfacultytoprepareproposalstoexternalfundingagencies.

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Trinidad Head Lighthouse, Trinidad California. Image courtesy of Humboldt State University.

COAST Semi-Annual Report, October 2011Cover photograph: California Maritime Academy T/S Golden Bear. Image courtesy of Veronica Boe, CMA.

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