The 7th NOWPAP CEARAC Focal Points Meeting

The Seventh NOWPAP CEARAC Focal Points Meeting was held on the 14th and 15th of September 2009 in Toyama, Japan. About 20 experts and authorities including the members of FPM, representatives of NOWPAP RCU and RACs, and others participated in the meeting.
At first, the Director of CEARAC reported the implementation and expenditure of CEARAC activities for the 2008-2009 biennium.
Following this report, the draft workplan and budget of CEARAC activities for the 2010-2011 biennium were explained. The workplan includes 5 proposals of new activities: implementation of the assessment of eutrophication status; update of the Integrated Reports on HAB and Ocean Remote Sensing, which were published in 2005; organization of the 3rd training course on remote sensing data analysis; and development of a new marine assessment method focusing on marine biodiversity.
During the meeting, further cooperation between CEARAC and other RACs and relevant regional/international organizations and projects were emphasized by the participants. CEARAC will take every opportunity to develop more communications and information sharing means with others.

Report of the 7th NOWPAP CEARAC Focal Points Meeting

Report	Report of the Seventh NOWPAP CEARAC Focal Points Meeting
Annex I	List of Participants for the Seventh NOWPAP CEARAC Focal Points Meeting
Annex II	List of Documents for the Seventh NOWPAP CEARAC Focal Points Meeting
Annex III	Agenda for the Seventh NOWPAP CEARAC Focal Points Meeting
Annex III-1	Annotated Provisional Agenda
Annex IV	Report of the NOWPAP Regional Coordinating Unit (RCU) on the progress in the implementation of the Northwest Pacific Action Plan
Annex V	Report on implementation and expenditure of CEARAC activities for the 2008-2009 biennium
Annex VI	Draft workplan and budget of CEARAC activities for the 2010-2011 biennium and recommendation to the 14th NOWPAP IGM
Annex VII	Proposal for Updating the Integrated Report on HAB for the NOWPAP Region based on the HAB Case Studies
Annex VIII	Proposal for Updating the Integrated Report on Ocean Remote Sensing for the NOWPAP Region
Annex IX	Workplan and budget for the third NOWPAP training course on remote sensing data analysis
Annex X	Proposal for assessment of eutrophication status in selected sea areas in the NOWPAP region
Annex XI	A new marine assessment method focusing on marine biodiversity
Annex XII	Terms of Reference for the NOWPAP CEARAC Focal Points Meeting
Annex XIII	Procedures for assessment of eutrophication status including evaluation of land-based sources of nutrients for the NOWPAP region
Annex XIV	Updating Rules of the HAB Integrated Website
Annex XV	List of CEARAC Focal Points
Appendix	Appendix