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Past Meetings

Year	Agendas/Minutes	Presentations and Documents	Photographs	Other
2023	Agenda Draft Minutes	Host Lab Dauphin Island Sea Laboratory, April 16-18, 2023 Presentations and Documents Dauphin Island Sea Lab - John Valentine Public Policy Update - Meg Thompson NAML Education Committee Update - Melinda Simmons Inclusion II: Field Safety & Security - Ruth H. Carmichael, Dauphin Island Sea Lab	Photographs	Attendee List
2022	Agenda Minutes	Host Lab University of Georgia Marine Institute, Sapelo Island, Georgia, May 1-3, 2022 Presentations and Documents Federal Science Partners Update	Photographs
2021	Minutes	Business Meeting, April 27, 2021
2020	Agenda Minutes	Virtual Meeting, April 28, 2020
2019	Agenda Minutes	Host Lab University of Southern Mississippi, Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, Marine Education Center; 101 Sweetbay Drive, Ocean Spring, MS 39564, May 5-7, 2019, Host: Read Hendon Presentations and Documents *Internal Issue* 1. Mitigating Disaster Impacts on Academic Institutions in the Gulf of Mexico Region - Hendon 2. Hurricane Michael - Coleman 3. Resilience and Adaptability in Response to the Impacts of Coastal Land Loss and Flooding - McClain 4. Improving Gulf Resilience to Disaster and Further Opportunities - Dausman 5. Hurricane Katrina, FEMA and Recovery - Howard 6. Sustaining Academic Networks and integration with Management - Part of Sea Grant's DNA - Swann 7. How Academic Is Now Integrated with Disaster Response - Henry 8. Severe Weather Action Plan, Univ. of Texas Marine Science Institute 9. Hurricane Preparedness Plan - Gulf Coast Research Laboratory 2019 *External Issue* External Reviews - Eggleston	Photograph
2018	Agenda Minutes	Host Lab Eckerd College, Galbraith Marine Science Center, 4200 54th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33711, April 8-10, 2018, Host: Joel Thompson Presentations and Documents Presentation by Joel Widder and Meg Thompson, Federal Science Partners Archiving of OCS Invertebrate Specimens and Genomic Tissue Samples, Katie Ahlfeld, Smithsonian Institution Hurricane Preparedness, Adam Colby, Eckerd College Hurricane Preparedness, Bob Dickey, UTMSI	Photographs
2017	Agenda Minutes	Host Lab Center for Marine Science, University of North Carolina Wilmington; 5600 Marvin K. Moss Lane, Wilmington, NC 28409, May 21-23, 2017, Host: Martin Posey	Photographs	Attendees
2016	Agenda Minutes	Host Lab University of Texas Marine Science Institute, Port Aransas, Texas, May 11-13, 2016, Host: Robert Dickey Presentations and Documents Host Lab, UTMSI Overview External Issue - Integration of SAML Laboratory Network with NEZRR and IOOS Monitoring Programs Network Integration, NERR, Bundy Network Integration, IOOS, GCOOS, Kirkpatrick Network Integration, NERR, IOOS, Porter Network Integration, NERR, Buskey Internal Issue - Safety and Hazardous Waste Safety Programs, Beaver Public Policy Update Public Policy Update, Widder, SAML 2016	Photographs	Attendees
2015	Agenda Minutes	Host Lab Virginia Institute of Marine Science, May 3-5, 2015, hosts: Linda Schaffner and John Wells Presentations and Documents Host Lab, Virginia Institute of Marine Science SAML Business NAML report to SAML, Rabalais External Issue - Sea Level Rise and Coastal Resilience (see Agenda for full presentation titles) Sea Level Rise, Intergovernmental Pilot Project, Foster Sea Level Rise, Legal and Policy Issues, Hoagland Sea Level Rise, Communicating Risks of Sea Level Rise, Rowan Sea Level Rise, Street-level Storm Surge Prediction, Wang Animation of the DC Tidal Basin during the 1936 storm Animation of the inundation and velocities during the 1936 storm Animation of the velocities and inundation thicknesses with Google Earth zooming Sea Level Rise, Tidal Marshes, Kirwan Internal Issue Workforce Pathways to Increase Underrepresented Minority Participation, Gilligan Public Policy Update Public Policy Update, Joel Widder, Federal Science Partners	Photographs	Attendees
2014	Agenda Minutes	Host Labs Host Lab, Keys Marine Laboratory Host Lab, Mote Marine Laboratory Host Lab, Mote Tropical Research Laboratory SAML Business Report, SAML Past President, Nancy Rabalais New SAML Member, UGAMI, Sapelo Island External Issue Acidification Workshop, Chemistry, Robert Byrne Acidification Workshop, Organismal Responses, Lou Burnett Acidification Workshop, Coral Communities in the Florida Keys, Emily Hall Acidification workshop, NOAA Briefing, Paula Keener Public Policy Update Public Policy Update, Joel Widder Internal Issues Academic Diving Programs Gulf of Mexico Research Vessel Needs Notes Notes, SAML Meeting 2014	Photographs	Attendees
2013	Minutes		Photograph	Attendees
2012	Agenda Minutes	Notes	Photograph	Attendees
2011	Agenda Minutes	Notes		Attendees
2010	Agenda Minutes	Notes		Attendees
2009	Agenda Minutes	Notes		Attendees
2008	Agenda Minutes	Notes Report, SAML Education Committee		Attendees
2007	Minutes	Notes Federal Budget and Agency Plans for FY08 and Beyond Marine Sciences at Savannah State University Will Ocean, Coastal, and Great Lakes Literacy Efforts Help Build a Diverse and Innovative Ocean Workforce	Photos from SKIO Photos from SSU	Attendees
2006	Minutes	Notes		Attendees
2005	Minutes	Notes
2004	Minutes	Notes SAML Salary Survey		Attendees
2003	Minutes	Notes SAML Housing Report
2002	Minutes	Notes
2001	Minutes	Notes
2000	Minutes	Notes

Listing of SAML Meetings

Location of SAML Meetings	Dates	Local Host
Gulf Coast Research Lab Ocean Springs, MS	5-6 Dec 1985	Harold Howse
Gulf Coast Research Lab Ocean Springs, MS	2 May 1986	Harold Howse
South Carolina Wildlife & Marine Resources Dept. Charleston, SC	Oct 1986	Paul Sandifer
Mote Marine Laboratory Sarasota, FL	May 1987	Kumar Mahadevan
Dept. of Marine Science, Univ. of Puerto Rico Mayaguez, PR	Oct 1987	John Kubaryk
Institute of Marine Science, Univ. of Georgia Sapelo Island, GA	Apr 1988	Jim Alberts
Marine Science Institute, Univ. of Texas Port Aransas, TX	11 Oct 1988	Bob Jones
Belle W. Baruch Institute Georgetown, SC	18-20 Apr 1989	Roger Jones
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium Chauvin, LA	31 Oct-2 Nov 1989	Paul Sammarco
Bermuda Biological Station for Research Bermuda	7-9 May 1990	Tony Knap
Senate Hart Office Bldg. Washington, D.C.	18-20 Sep 1990	Kumar Mahadevan
Duke Univ. Marine Lab Beaufort, NC	8-10 Apr 1991	Joe Ramus
Chesapeake Biological Lab Solomons, MD	9-11 Oct 1991	Ken Tenore
Dauphin Island Sea Lab Dauphin Island, AL	31-Mar-2 April 1992	Judy Stout
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Inst. Fort Pierce, FL	30 Sep-2 Oct. 1992	Rick Herman
UT-Marine Biomedical Inst. and TAMUG Galveston, TX	2-3 Apr 1993	Roger Hanlon David Schmidly
(in conjunction with NAML) Hatfield Marine Science Center Oregon State University Newport, OR	29-31 Oct 1993	John Vernberg
Whitney Laboratory, Univ. of Florida St. Augustine, FL	5-7 May 1994	Michael Greenberg
Gulf Breeze Environ. Research Lab Pensacola, FL	15-16 Oct 1994	Bob Menzer
Belle W. Baruch Institute Georgetown, SC	27-28 Apr 1995	John Vernberg
Mote Marine Laboratory Sarasota, FL	24-27 Oct 1995	Kumar Mahadevan
Skidaway Institute of Oceanography Savannah, GA	8-10 Mar 1996	Herb Windom
Center for Coastal Studies – TAMUCC Corpus Christi, TX	25-27 Oct 1996	Wes Tunnell
Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	8-9 Mar 1997	Nancy Marcus
(in conjunction with NAML) Chesapeake Biological Lab Solomons, MD	11-14 Sep 1997	Ken Tenore
Virginia Institute of Marine Science Williamsburg, VA	3-5 Apr 1998	John Milliman
Univ. of Southern Mississippi Inst. of Marine Sciences Biloxi, MS	4-6 Dec 1998	Jay Grimes
Horn Point Environmental Laboratory and Oxford Laboratories, Oxford, MD	9-11 Apr 1999	Steve Jordan
(in conjunction with NAML) Great Lakes Water Institute University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI	23-26 Sep 1999	Art Brooks
Florida Marine Research Institute St. Petersburg, FL	31 Mar.-2 Apr 2000	Ken Haddad
Marine Resources Center at Fort Johnson Charleston, SC	6-8 Apr 2001	Bob Van Dolah
Mote Marine Laboratory Sarasota, FL	17-19 May 2002	Kumar Mahadevan
Duke University Marine Laboratory Beaufort, NC	30 Apr- 2 May 2003	Mike Orbach
Galveston Laboratory, National Marine Fisheries Service, Galveston, TX	12-14 May 2004	Roger Zimmerman
Center for Marine Sciences University of North Carolina, Wilmington Wilmington, NC	11-13 May 2005	Dan Baden
“20th Anniversary Meeting” Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, TX	11-13 Apr 2006	Wes Tunnell
Skidaway Institute of Oceanography and Savannah State University, Savannah, GA	25-27 Apr 2007	Jim Sanders Matt Gilligan
Pritzker Marine Biology Research Center New College of Florida and Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL	26-27 Mar 2008	Sandra Gilchrist Kumar Mahadevan
Estuarine Research Center, Morgan State University, St. Leonard, MD Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD	27-28 Mar 2009	Kelly Clark Tuck Hines
USEPA, Gulf Ecology Division Gulf Breeze, FL	12-14 Apr 2010	Steve Jordon
Center for Marine Sciences & Technology Morehead City, NC National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science Beaufort, NC	1-3 Jun 2011	Dave Eggleston David Johnson
Florida Gulf Coast University Vester Marine Laboratory Fort Myers, FL	10-11 May 2012	Aswani Volety
Jacksonville University Jacksonville, FL	15-17 May 2013	Quint White
Keys Marine Laboratory Mote Tropical Research Laboratory	21-23 May 2014	Bill Hogarth Michael Crosby
Virginia Institute of Marine Science Gloucester Point, VA	3-5 May 2015	Linda Schaffner John Wells

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