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"The old paradigm of CMSP is based on top-down thinking. Projects work when local groups are involved in spatial planning, as local economic drivers prevail over distant macroeconomic drivers." ural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Au- thority, a master-permitted marine sci- ence and technology park supporting 40 different businesses. Humboldt County also has an oppor- tunity to serve as an example to other coastal communities faced with similar resource management needs. Connecticut. Resource managers and industry face significant challenges in sit- ing aquaculture activity along the heav- ily utilized coastline of Long Island Sound. The lack of means to access and integrate community usage information was inhibiting the evaluation of coastal development applications. Connecticut SeaGrant and the University of Con- necticut Center for Land Use Education and Research developed an interactive GIS-based online map viewer, where users can create, print and share maps. It was found that starting at a 1:50,000 kilometer scale then upscaling and downscaling as need be was effective; for example, to 1:100,000 kilometers to look at the effect of local activity on nearby towns and to 1:10,000 kilome- ters or less to show activity in neighbor- ing properties. There was always satellite imagery available for the GIS, but that was not the case for shoreline bathyme- try. The GIS was still useful, however; for instance, to analyze property for shellfish farm applications at sites that had no ac- cess from land. Conclusions The old paradigm of CMSP is based on top-down thinking. The new COEXIST- PROJECT paradigm has a higher proba- bility of success because it is based on a bottom-up, community-based model. Projects work when local groups are in- volved in spatial planning, as local eco- nomic drivers prevail over distant, macroeconomic drivers. Complex data needs to be presented in an accessible manner to all stakehold- ers. This can be done most effectively through local workshops, where com- munity stakeholders meet to determine their needs by consensus and use GIS as a tool to show relevant information, in- stead of being presented with an on- slaught of layered data sets, to help the community make CMSP decisions. Successful CMSP programs start by in- corporating all involved at the local level and secondarily seeking government as- sistance to implement stakeholder-de- fined programs. The involvement of local groups in CMSP data analysis and decision mak- ing creates more effective policies at the community level. Acknowledgments Also contributing to this article were Steve Cross of the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, Ray RaLonde of Alaska Sea Grant, Don Webster of Maryland Sea Grant and Tessa Getchis of Connecticut Sea Grant. References For a list of references, contact Peter Becker at beckerpete@gmail.com. Peter Becker is an oceanographer with more than 50 years of consulting and management experience in the marine industry worldwide. He received a bachelor's in chemistry from Wagner College and a Ph.D. in oceanography from Old Dominion University. Gavin Burnell is the head of zoology and ecol- ogy in the School of Biological, Earth and En- vironmental Sciences at the University College Cork. His consultancy work includes review- ing applications for Marine Stewardship Coun- cil certification. He is the external examiner for the master's program in sustainable aquacul- ture at Stirling University (U.K.). Dr. Tetsuzan Benny Ron is the aquaculture program coordinator of the University of Hawaii. He created www.aquaculturehub. org, a social networking website. Ron received a NOAA grant to create the Aquaculture Training On-Line Learning program offered by the University of Hawaii. www.sea-technology.com When size, performance and robustness matter STIM210 High Performance Gyro Module Key features • Low bias error over temperature • Low bias instability (0.5°/h) • Low noise (0.10°/√h) • Excellent performance under vibration and shock • Compensated digital output, RS422 • Available in 1, 2 or 3 axes • Calibrated for axis misalignment • Customer confi gurable output format, sampling rate and fi lter setting • Insensitive to magnetic fi elds • ITAR free Sensonor sales@sensonor.com www.sensonor.com AUGUST 2012 / st 35

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