SEVENSEAS Partner Publications Social Science Community Newsletter: October 2016

NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION Social Science Community Newsletter Volume 10, October 2016 ~ Sharing knowledge for better practices Segmenting Boaters Based on Risk for Aquatic Invasive Species Prevention By Deborah Seiler, NOAA California Sea Grant Call for Participation in a Data Visualization Community of Practice If you can picture highways of boaters happily buzzing among Wisconsin’s 10,000 Data visualization allows us to lakes for summer fun, then you can understand why preventing the spread of aquatic identify patterns, trends, and invasive species (AIS) is a quintessential collective action problem. Engaging these correlations that might otherwise go boaters in AIS prevention – a goal of NOAA’s Sea Grant programs – is also a risk unnoticed. communication problem. We're looking for people to join the With funding from the Great Lakes Data Visualization Community of Restoration Initiative, the Wisconsin Practice to advance the art and Department of Natural Resources (or science of displaying data. WDNR, my employer prior to joining Sea Interested in participating? Send a Grant), reached out to communications message to: [email protected] researchers at the University of Invasive quagga mussel from Lake Michigan Credit: NOAA Wisconsin-Madison for help. Social marketing expert Professor Bret Shaw and his students worked with WDNR staff Upcoming Events to design a mail survey that was sent to a random sample of 1,500 registered Wisconsin boaters. The survey had a 58 percent response rate. Segmenting boaters, continues on page 2 Oyster Restoration in Matagorda Bay, Texas By Stuart Carlton, NOAA Texas Sea Grant Social scientists from Texas Sea Grant partnered with The Nature Conservancy recently to evaluate the newly completed Half Moon Reef oyster reef restoration in Matagorda Bay, Texas. Half Moon Reef is an historical oyster reef. The original reef November 1, 2016: “US Virgin Island's and Puerto Rico's Maritime Economy” Seminar www.nodc.noaa.gov/seminars/ December 1, 2016: “Does NOAA Need Research?” Seminar www.nodc.noaa.gov/seminars/ Dec. 5-9, 2016: A Community of Ecosystem Services (ACES) Conference, Jacksonville, FL www.conference.ifas.ufl.edu/aces/ was large, measuring as much as 494 acres in 1905. However, by the late 20th century, the Reef had essentially disappeared due to a combination of dredging, harvesting, and changes in water flow. Oyster restoration, continues on page 4 Ongoing: Sustainable Development Goals Academy—Courses taught by a global faculty of experts on various topics related to sustainable development https://courses.sdgacademy.org/ Page 1 of 6