Changes in Program Activities

maintained throughout this six month reporting period. The website traffic is shown in the following graphic from its establishment in late March 2008 through the date of this report. During this time period we began work on small enhancements and modifications to the site that will be implemented in the next quarter. It is anticipated the website will move to a hosting solution provided by WIOMSA. Latin America The EcoCostas Network website, which was initiated during the SUCCESS Life-of-Program, continues to receive enhancements. It no longer receives SUCCESS funding, however. Global The number of visits to the IMCAFS website spikes after the launch of each issue of the Basins and Coasts newsletter. While it drops afterwards, the visits per month in the interim period have been increasing. The October increase in the following graph tracks the publishing of issue 2.3 on the topic of “Linkages between Ecosystem Health and Human Health”. This reporting period included drafting of articles for the next issue, 3.1, on “Sustainable Small Scale Fisheries and Aquaculture”, which is scheduled for release in February 2009. 11 The development of Cross Portfolio Learning Topics CPLTS on Livelihoods has been completed and launched. An extension of the work on the Mariculture CPLT series continues, with Maria Haws developing an overview piece on Mariculture Issues and Strategies for Sustainability .

4.2 Changes of Program Activities

The WIO Mariculture Network and the WIO-COMPAS certification databases and websites have been hosted at CRC. This will change moving forward. Hosting will be transferred to a WIOMSA-provided solution and discussions have begun on the logistics of these moves. At this stage, the SUCCESS Program is leaving the remaining implementation issues for the mariculture network to WIOMSA.

4.3 Priorities for Next Quarter January 1 – March 31, 2009

• Launch Basins and Coasts issue 3.1 on the theme of “Sustainable Small Scale Fisheries and Aquaculture ” in February 2009 • Transfer the KM systems for WIO-COMPAS and WIO Mariculture to hosting solutions provided by our WIOMSA partner

5. Learning and Science for Management

SUCCESS science for management includes two sub-components: 1 cross-project learning and, 2 site-level science for management. This work is linked closely to the knowledge management activities and the monitoring and evaluation components.

5.1 Report Period Accomplishments July 1 – December 31, 2008

In the final year, the focus of the SUCCESS learning and science agenda is to collect, analyze, and document the results and lessons from regional and site-level activities. The SUCCESS learning forum, which took place in Rhode Island in July 2008, was a key step in this process—helping harvest lessons, synthesize successes and failures, document the value 12