Tuesday, July 16, 2019 to Thursday, July 18, 2019
Honolulu, Hawaii
Pacific Islands: Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) Workshop and Training

Overall Objectives
Training for local agency staff and scientists to initiate and conduct a successful NRDA for an oil spill, or threat of an oil spill. Develop personal connections with NOAA staff who support and assist the NRDA effort remotely.
Outcomes
The workshop will cover basic NRDA principles, organizational planning, ephemeral data collection, coordination with response, data collection for exposure and assessment, and data management.
Presentations
- Welcome, Nancy Kinner
- Overview of NRDA/NRDA Science, Amy Merten
- Legal Considerations, Rachel Ramos
- Overview of Quantification and Scaling, Chris Geiguere
- Ephemeral Data Collection:
- General Data Collections, Laurie Sullivan
- Fish and Coral Data Collections, Matt Parry
- Turtles Data Collections, Brian Stacy
- Mammals Data Collections, Lori Schwacke & Teri Rowles
- Conducting an Emergency Restoration, Matt Parry
- Scenario Overview, Amy Merten
- Overall Conceptual Model, Laurie Sullivan
- Legal Considerations Part II, Rachel Ramos
- Introduction of Restoration, Matt Parry
- Data Management, Michele Jacobi
- Groundings (threat of oil release), Matt Parry
- National Pollution Funds Center, Monica Rusk
- Transitioning Response and NRDA: Challenges for the Hawaiian Islands, Laurie Sullivan
Resources
Venue
NOAA Inouye Regional Center
1855 Wasp Blvd
Honolulu, HI
Organizing Committee
Nancy Kinner, CRRC
Laurie Sullivan, NOAA
Michelle Barbieri, NOAA NMFS
Amy Merten, NOAA
Shawn Murakawa, NOAA NMFS
Matthew Parry, NOAA Restoration Center
Teri Rowles, NOAA NMFS
Shannon Ruseborn, NOAA Restoration Center, DARRP
Brian Stacy, NOAA HQ NMFS Protected Resources
Jessican White, NOAA, Sanctuaries
Sarah Wilkin, NOAA NMFS OPR
Ruth Yender, NOAA ORR SSC
Questions? Contact Kathy Mandsager