The Florida State University Coastal & Marine Lab Conservation Lecture Series presents "Deepwater Horizon Spill and the Future of Oil Development in Florida".

  The event will be held Thursday, September 9, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. at the Florida State University Coastal & Marine Lab auditorium.  The lecture will be presented by  Dr. Donna Christie of the FSU College of Law, and Dr. Felicia Coleman of the FSU Coastal & Marine Lab. 

Now that the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is capped, the media have turned to other news, and the tourists trickle back to Florida beaches, a question percolates to the surface for many of us, "What is the future of oil and gas development in the northeastern Gulf, and more specifically, for Florida?"

Dr. Donna Christie and Dr. Felicia Coleman join forces to address this question by reviewing the legal procedures that accompany oil and gas development, and the economic, legal, and ecological liabilities the lie therein.  In the process, they review the Deepwater Horizon oil spill trajectory and the impact it has had on the way we think about energy use in the United States.

Dr. Christie is a leading authority on legal issues surrounding ocean and coastal management law, including ocean policy and fisheries management.  She has been involved in this arena at the state level for Florida as well as at the national level as an author of the Review of U.S. Ocean and Coastal Law (Appendix 6), prepared for the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy.

Dr. Coleman, an authority on marine ecology and fisheries management, has served on a number of federal panels charged with protecting marine resources, including the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, National Research Council panels, and the Marine Protected Areas Federal Advisory Committee.

Please join us for refreshments after the talk to chat with Dr. Christie and Dr. Coleman.

The FSU Coastal & Marine Laboratory is located at 3618 Coastal Highway in St. Teresa, Florida.  For more information, call (850)697-4120 or visit http://www.marinelab.fsu.edu .

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