Information from the Open Ocean Monitoring and Adaptive Management Workshop
On February 4, 2019 the Open Ocean Restoration Area Trustees held a workshop to seek input on the identification and prioritization of information needed to facilitate restoration of resources injured by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The workshop was held during the 2019 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference. More than 50 stakeholders participated.
The workshop included an overview of the Open Ocean Trustee Implementation Group’s restoration goals, current restoration priorities and development of our strategy for monitoring and adaptive management. Participants worked in