Featured Projects
Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch Standards
adaptive management, conservation, fisheries, workshop facilitationSustainable Seafood: Updating Seafood Watch Standards
NOAA West Coast Swordfish Fisheries Meeting
fisheries, NOAA/NMFS, workshop facilitationCONCUR facilitated the NOAA Fisheries West Coast Swordfish Fisheries Meeting held May 11-12, 2015 in La Jolla, CA.
National Fish and Wildlife Turtle Excluder Devices Workshop
fisheries, workshop facilitationCONCUR teamed with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to convene a workshop focused on improving the overall effectiveness of implementation of turtle excluder devices (TED) in the shrimp fishe...
GSAFF Turtle Excluder Devices in Shrimp Fishery
fisheries, marine, workshop facilitationCONCUR teamed with the Gulf & South Atlantic Fisheries Foundation (GSAFF) to gather industry, federal, and state official perspectives on turtle exclusion device (TED) compliance and enforcement i...
NMFS Non-Lethal Deterrents Workshop
fisheries, marine, marine mammals, NOAA/NMFS, workshop facilitationCONCUR planned and facilitated a workshop to identify safe methods for deterring marine mammals from damaging fishing gear and catch, personal or public property, or endangering personal safety. CO...
Pacific Offshore Take Reduction Team
conservation, fisheries, joint fact-finding, marine, marine mammals, NOAA/NMFS, stakeholder analysis/conflict assessment, strategic planningCONCUR is now facilitating the Pacific Offshore Cetacean Take Reduction Team
U.S. West Coast Swordfish Workshop – 2011
fisheries, NOAA/NMFS, strategic planning, workshop facilitationOn May 10th - 11th of 2011, CONCUR facilitated the United States West Coast Swordfish Workshop: Working towards Sustainability.
NOAA Fisheries Recreational Data
conservation, fisheries, NOAA/NMFS, workshop facilitationCONCUR facilitated a two-day meeting intended to generate concrete strategies for improving the timeliness of data used to manage recreational fisheries nationwide.
NOAA Fisheries: Eat Local, Think Global
fisheries, marine, NOAA/NMFS, Oakland, strategic planning, workshop facilitationCONCUR teamed with NMFS to convene a two-day symposium in Oakland, CA to look at the impacts of imported seafood on U.S. fisheries, food security, employment, incomes, and vibrant coastal communities...
Gulf of the Farallones Ocean Climate Summit
climate change, energy, fisheries, NOAA/NMFS, workshop facilitationCONCUR facilitated the second biennial Ocean Climate Summit: "Moving from Knowledge to Action" at the California Academy of Sciences
Guadalupe River Flood Control Project
adaptive management, economic analysis, fisheries, flood control, habitat restoration, joint fact-finding, Santa Clara Valley, stakeholder analysis/conflict assessment, USACE, watershedCONCUR facilitated the Guadalupe River Flood Control Project Collaborative, which produced a landmark agreement to resolve remaining mitigation issues for the lower Guadalupe River in downtown San Jos...
California Marine Life Protection Act Initiative
fisheries, marine, NOAA/NMFS, stakeholder analysis/conflict assessment, workshop facilitationCONCUR facilitated the Central, North Central and South Coast Regional Stakeholder Groups for the deliberations and implementation of the California Marine Life Protection Act.
Pacific Islands Regional Office Strategic Planning
fisheries, marine, marine mammals, NOAA/NMFS, strategic planningCONCUR worked closely with the Pacific Islands Regional Office, the Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council, and the Pacific Islands Division of the NO...
NMFS Take Reduction Teams
fisheries, marine, marine mammals, NOAA/NMFS, TRTsCONCUR is an active practitioner of truly agreement-focused facilitation, notably in its work throughout the United States to support several Take Reduction Teams.