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Gulf of MexicoLarge Marine Ecosystem

Porfirio lvarez-TorresProject Coordinator

STAP GEF INTERNATIONAL WATERS 2ND

EXPERTCONSULTATION ON HYPOXIA AND NUTRIENT REDUCTIONIN THE COASTAL ZONE

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GoM

LME

Project

Components

Pollution Reduction and Control

Living Marine Resources

Ecosystem Conservation

4. Monitoring &4. Monitoring &EvaluationEvaluation(Indicators)(Indicators)

55.. CoordinationCoordination Joint Assesment and Monitoring ofCoastal Conditions in the GoM

National Action ProgrammeNational Action Programme(NAP)(NAP)

3. Pilot Projects3. Pilot Projects

Enhacing Shrimp Production throughEcosystem Based Management

Enhanced Natural Habitat Conservationin the Coastal and Marine Areas of theGoM LME

Productivity

Fish Stocks- FisheriesMonitoring & Ecosystem Health

Governance

Socioeconomics

Climate Changeand Sea Level Rise

Education and Outreach

2. Strategic Action Programme2. Strategic Action Programme(SAP)(SAP)

JointAssessmentBased oncountryinkindcontributions

NOAA &SEMARNAT

1. Transboundary Diagnostic1. Transboundary DiagnosticAnalysis (TDA)Analysis (TDA)

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*Strategiesforharmonizinglegislative,policyandregulatoryframeworks

onagricultural

practices

at

LME

wide

levels

developed,

building upon

the

GulfofMexicoGovernorsAlliance

*StocktakingofthePapaloapanwatershedCommission(andotherrelevant

examples)todefineopportunitiesforreplicationinotherGoMriverbasins

inordertoprovideforstronginterlinkagesbetweenwatershed

managementauthoritiesandcoastalmanagers

*StrategicPartnershipsbetweenGoMLMEinstitutionsresponsiblefor

integratedmanagement

of

the

major

GoM

river

basins,

as

well

as

the

main

coastalcitiesdeveloped

*RegionalPlansofActionorprograms(eg.RPAYUCATAN)developedby

Mexicoas

amajor

contribution

to

reduce

land

based

sources

of

pollution

intotheGoMLME

Strategiesand

actions

for

the

reduction

and

control

of

nutrient over

enrichment,

HABsandfortheeliminationofdeadzonesdeveloped

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DissolvedInorganicNitrogen

Contributions(TonN/y), NEWSDIN PredictionModelfortheGulfof

MexicoTheUNEPLargeMarineEcosystemReport,2009

DissolvedInorganic

Nitrogen

ContributionsSources(TonN/y),NEWSDINPredictionModelfortheGulf

ofMexico

TheUNEPLargeMarineEcosystemReport,2009

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Identification of HABs

Correlacindedatosim enesdesatlitevs datosinsitu

FAN

clorofilaaConcentration

MODIS/Aqua AverageComposition 20022009

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HABs Monitoring

HBSOS (Harmful Algal BloomsObserving System)

IOC-UNESCO (Intergoverment

Oceanographic Comision onHarmful Algal Bloom Programme)

Joint effort between Mex US to create standardize

HABIOS

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SAP

IMPLEMENTATION

Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico

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ResultsfromBAHIASCruise,ResultsfromBAHIASCruise,junejune 2008,2008,

RVRVAnteaAntea IRD,ProgramJESTIRD,ProgramJEST

Hypoxiain

Campeche Sound

and

the

GrijalvaUsumacinta RiverBasin

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Grijalva-UsumacintaRiver Basin

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Advise &Decision

Making Process

Oceans

CommissionBinational Commission

TwoTwo OceanOcean ObservingObserving SystemsSystems

MexicoMexico USUSMexicoMexico FranceFrance

Monitoring and Observing Systems

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