U.S.-Oman Workshop on Marine Sciences for Living Resource Development, Muscat, Oman, February 2004

描述：该奖项旨在支持“2004年2月7日至11日在阿曼马斯喀特举行的美国-阿曼海洋科学与生物资源开发研讨会”。研讨会将汇集一批美国和阿曼的海洋科学家，他们在各种主题领域具有专业知识和知识，探讨问题并为未来的研究提出行动计划。主题将包括：底栖生物；浮游动物;珊瑚礁;红树林;鲸目动物;海龟;鱼类和渔业；生物活性材料;海洋生物技术;以及保护区和物种。四个工作组将讨论：海洋无脊椎动物；海洋脊椎动物;提取和操作；保护和教育。每个参与者都将从不同的角度看待生态系统的一个组成部分。将所有参与者聚集在一起并鼓励他们交流想法和方法将有助于确定知识库中的问题领域和空白，以及在印度洋这一地区处理这些问题的新方法。讲习班的成果将记录在一份印刷报告和一个讨论建议研究方法的网站上。预计这种知识分子的骚动不仅会使阿曼科学家受益，也会使美国科学家受益。范围：阿曼海岸线是一个丰富的研究领域，由于其地理位置，温暖的气候和几个水体的合并，使美国和其他国家的海洋生物学家和科学家感兴趣。此外，与许多动荡的中东国家相比，阿曼一直是一个对外国科学家开放得多的国家。阿曼目前的国内生产总值有很大一部分来自石油生产。因为这是一种有限的资源，在未来，阿曼将不得不依赖其他可持续的收入。阿曼湾和阿拉伯海拥有漫长的海岸线，这表明海洋生物资源可能对该国的收入做出重大贡献。然而，为了以可持续而不是利用的方式开发这些资源，在进行认真的开发之前，需要在各个领域进行海洋研究。除了为阿曼海洋生物资源的未来研究制定一项行动计划外，预计还会产生一些其他影响。这次研讨会所产生的接触和互动将鼓励美国和阿曼海洋科学家之间更大的合作。这也将为美国海洋科学家提供进入阿曼海洋环境的机会，这是一个丰富但知之甚少的领域。这次讲习班的成功将鼓励阿曼政府考虑每两年举办一次类似的会议。这些会议将是多边的，而不是双边的，与会者来自邻国，并可能集中讨论特别及时或有关的具体海洋问题。美国参与这些活动将使美国的海洋科学以及其他参与的科学家受益。

0405123ZahuranecDescription: This award is to support a "U.S.- Oman Workshop on Marine Sciences for Living Resources Development, Muscat, Oman, February 7-11, 2004." The workshop will bring together a group of U.S. and Omani marine scientists who have expertise and knowledge on a variety of topic areas to explore issues and for suggesting a plan of action for future research. The topics will include: benthic biology; zooplankton; coral reefs; mangroves; cetaceans; marine turtles; fish and fisheries; bioactive materials; marine biotechnology; and protected areas and species. Four working groups will address: marine invertebrates; marine vertebrates; extraction and manipulation; and conservation and education. Each participant will look at one component of the ecosystem from a different perspective. Bringing the participants all together and encouraging them to exchange ideas and approaches will help identify problem areas and lacunae in the knowledge base as well as new ways of dealing with them in this part of the Indian Ocean. The workshop results will be documented in a printed report as well as in a web site discussing suggested research approaches. It is expected that this intellectual ferment will not only benefit the Omani scientists but the US scientists, as well.Scope: The Omani coastline is a rich field of research that has interested marine biologists scientists in the United States and other countries because of its geographic location, the warm climate and the merging of several water bodies. In addition Oman has been a much more open country for foreign scientists than many in the turbulent Middle East. Oman presently has a large part of its gross domestic product from petroleum production. Because this is a finite resource, in the future, Oman will have to depend on other sustainable income. Having a long coastline on the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea suggests that living marine resources may make a significant contribution to the country's income. However, in order to develop these resources in a sustainable rather than exploitable way, marine research in a variety of areas will need to be conducted before serious development takes place. Besides resulting in an action plan for future research on Oman's living marine resources, a number of other impacts are expected. The contacts and interaction engendered by this workshop will encourage greater collaboration between U.S. and Omani marine scientists. This will also provide US marine scientists with access to Oman's marine environment, a rich but poorly understood area. The success of this workshop will encourage the Omani government to consider hosting similar conferences on a biennial basis. These would be multilateral rather than bilateral, with participants from the neighboring countries and might focus on specific marine topics that are particularly timely or pertinent. US participation in these would benefit US marine science as well as that in the other participating scientists.