Appendix 1

Roundtable Agenda

Day 1 Wednesday, January 27
10:00 a.m.	Welcome and Introductions, House Keeping Doug Dodge, Great Lakes Fishery Commission's Habitat Advisory Board John Hartig, International Joint Commission's Water Quality Board Hugh MacIsaac, Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research
10:10 a.m.	Great Lakes Aquaculture and Water Quality Ian Smith, Ontario Ministry of Environment
10:20 a.m.	Aquaculture Waste and Feeding C. Young Cho, University of Guelph
10:40 a.m.	Expected Growth of Aquaculture - U.S. Experiences Don Garling, Michigan State University
11:00 a.m.	Expected Growth of Aquaculture - Ontario Experiences Ken Linington, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs
11:20 a.m.	Michigan Experiences and Lessons - Platte River Hatchery Gary Whelan, Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Noon	Lunch The Aquaculture Protocol model was demonstrated by Deborah Brister, University of Minnesota.
1:00 p.m.	Ontario Experiences and Lessons Al Sippel, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Steve Naylor, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs
1:45 p.m.	LaCloche/North Channel Case Study Peggy Gale, Ontario Ministry of Environment
2:30 p.m.	Coffee break
2:45 p.m.	Minnesota Experiences and Lessons Marvin Hora, Minnesota Department of Pollution Control
3:30 p.m.	British Columbia Experiences Al Castledine, B.C. Ministry of Fisheries
4:15 p.m.	Connections-Key Messages, Issues and Common Themes from Day 1 What are the known water quality impacts of Great Lakes aquaculture? What are the potential long-term impacts? Charge for Day 2 Facilitated by Doug Dodge, Great Lakes Fishery Commission's Habitat Advisory Board
5:00 p.m.	Adjourn for Day 1
Day 2 Thursday, January 28
8:00 a.m.	Facilitated Discussion of Key Questions in Two Breakout Groups (Candidate List): What can be done to prevent or abate water quality impacts due to aquaculture? Is there adequate protection under the current law? What are the various roles of government and industry? Can governments ensure "no net loss" of physical and chemical habitat from new Great Lakes cage cultures through impact predictions and modeling combined with licensing/permitting? If no, then what does the "precautionary approach" indicate for approvals/permitting? What are the priority research needs? What monitoring strategies are needed and are in place? (Facilitators: Ian Smith, Ontario Ministry of Environment and Doug Dodge, Great Lakes Fishery Commission's Habitat Advisory Board)
10:00 a.m.	Coffee Break
10:15 a.m.	Facilitated Discussion Continued
11:00 a.m.	Reporting from both Breakout Sessions, Agreement on Take Home Messages, and Advice to Great Lakes Fishery Commission's Habitat Advisory Board and International Joint Commission's Water Quality Board Next Steps - Report Production and Presentation (time frame)
Noon	Adjourn