The Second Annual Meeting of the Yellow Sea MPA Network and Training Workshop


 

The Second Annual Meeting of the Yellow Sea MPA Network and Training Workshop on Benthos Survey for Ecosystem-based Management of Coastal Wetlands in the Yellow Sea were held in Dalian and Dandong in China, 5~9 September 2010. The UNDP/GEF Yellow Sea Project, the Korea Maritime Institute (KMI), and the Liaoning Ocean and Fisheries Science Research Institute (LOFSRI) had organized the activities to further develop the network of MPA managers, local governmental officers, NGO staff members and associate scientists. Participants exchanged information and experiences in managing costal habitats in the Yellow Sea; they discussed expectations and activities for future MPA network categorized by five aspects: scientific & technical aspect, policy aspect, public awareness aspect, social economic aspect, and service aspect. The workshop provided them with field exercises to obtain an in-depth understanding of coastal wetland ecosystems and their ecological linkages.

 

 

                                                                                                         

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MPA Network Meeting Participants

 

Training Workshop Participants

 

Meeting & Workshop Photos

 

 

Second Annual Meeting of the Yellow Sea MPA Network

Dalian, China, 5 September 2010

                                        Chair: Yihang JIANG

 

 

Opening Ceremony

 

 

Session 1: Exchange Experiences of the MPA Network

 

 

Topic

 

 

Name

 

Institution

 

Why do we need a MPA network?: 

Korean perspective

 

Jong Geel JE

 

Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute

 

 

Recent progresses of protecting the seagrass bed habitat off  Rongcheng

 

 

Xinjun ZHANG

 

Rongcheng Fishery    Technology Extension Center

 

Threats to marine and coastal biodiversity in the NOWPAP region

 

Sangjin LEE

 

Northwest Pacific Action Plan of UNEP

 

MPAs in Korea: MLTM-KOEM MPA management and activities

 

 

Soohyun WOO

 

Korea Marine Environment Management Corporation

 

Yalujiangkou Wetland National Nature Reserve

 

Yaquan SUN

 

Dandong City Ocean and Fisheries Bureau

 

Promoting biodiversity in Muan tidal flat by resident participationand establishing the management system of integrated marine environments

 

Seung Hwa LEE

 

Eco-Horizon Institute

 

Activities of Ganghwa Tidalflat Center for sustainable use of Ganghwa tidal flat (PDF)

 

Ina MUN

 

Ganghwa Tidalflat Center

 

Special Marine Protected Areas (SMPA) in HuangHe Delta

 

 

Guangdao PAN

 

Oceanic and Fishery Bureau of Dongying

 

Effective conservation and sustainable use of Suncheon Bay

 

 

Incheol KIM

 

Suncheon City

 

Photo: Presentations

 

 

Session 2: Expectation to the MPA Network

 

 

Session 3: Proposed Workplan for 2010 and Onwards

 

 

Training Workshop on Benthos Survey for Ecosystem-based Management of Coastal Wetlands in the Yellow Sea

Dalian and Dandong, China, 6~9 September 2010

 

 

Day One: Lecture Session in Dalian                                                                                         Chair: Nianbin WANG

 

 

Topic

 

 

Name

 

Institution

 

Ecosystem-based Management Approach and

its Application in Yalu River Estuary Demonstration Project

 

 

Lun SONG

 

Liaoning Ocean and Fisheries Science Research Institute (LOFSRI)

 

Species of commercially important marine benthos and its relationship with humans in the Yalu River Estuary: Shellfish fishery and stock management

 

Yaqing CHANG

 

Dalian Ocean University

 

Commonly-seen shorebirds in the Yalu River Estuary and its interaction with benthos

 

 

Haixiang ZHOU

 

Ligong University

 

Benthos sampling techniquesand case study of Yalu River Esturary

 

 

Lun SONG

 

LOFSRI

 

Photo: Lectures

 

 

Day Two: Laboratory Exercise at LOFSRI in Dalian                                                                 Instructor: Lun SONG

        

 

Day Three: Field Work at Yalu River Estuary in Dandong                             Instructor: Lun SONG & Haixiang ZHOU

       

 

Day Four: Field Work at Yalu River in Dandong