1. Institutionalizing Collaborative Research in Marine Conservation Amy Freitag, PhD

2. The FRG Program

3. Comparable Other Cases? Photo courtesy of Teresa Johnson

4. Water Quality Focus

5. Methods

6. Characterizing Collaboration Bonney et al 2009

7. Results Authorship Joint authorship Scientist- authored Fisher-authored Academic journal articles (theses) 16 (9)1 Sea Grant reports, outreach, and talks 931 Professional talks318 Presentations to policymakers 541 Informal education and interactions 674

8. Learning from Each Other Things Scientists Learned From FishersTotal = 11 About the fishery/full view of the system4 Feasibility of fieldwork4 Dealing with citizens2 Adaptability and diversity of the fishery2 Empathy2 How to stand up to public officials *2 Human behavior and risk aversion2 New methods for fishing *1 Case-specific information *1 ‘Fisher’ is not a single entity1 Why applied research is important1 Things Fishers Learned From ScientistsTotal = 10 Case-specific information *4 Research methods3 How to stand up to public officials *3 Scientific philosophy (e.g. can’t prove a hypothesis, just disprove it)2 Scientific process2 How to interpret data1 How to use statistics1 Details of water quality1 New methods for fishing *1 What regulators can do1

9. Products of the Grants “any time you get somebody who lives in a watershed and is an integral part of that community, talking to people about what they might do and about the problems, it’s really the only way to very effectively communicate because people know who you are and they trust you”

10. Purpose of FRG “it’s supposed to have a payoff for the state investment. I think the program’s been very successful, generally speaking”

11. Role of the Administration

12. Creating Boundary Spanners and Broader Scientific Thinkers “an introduction that led to something else”

13. Meeting the Promise of Co-Production?  More relevant research design and better system understanding  Better reception of results  Strengthened connection to co-management

14. Recommendations Conscious social network support Early stage organization  creativity Creation of boundary-spanners explicitly Seed grants, leveraged for other support (should be evaluated) Thanks to the Sea Grant staff and investigators for their time, Ramus Endowment for funding

15. Type and form of information?