Programmatic Topics

Major topics will include:

• Governance of fisheries under increasing uncertainty
• Recreational fisheries and coastal recreation
• Individual rights-based management
• Ecosystem modeling and management
• Rebuilding fish stocks
• Bio-economic modeling
• Bycatch and habitat impacts from fisheries and aquaculture
• Seafood marketing and trade
• Aquaculture
• Artisanal and small-scale fisheries and communities
• Spatial planning and management
• Coastal land use and watershed management

Potential special sessions include:

• BP-Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
• Third party assurance programs: Role and Effectiveness
• Operational solutions to increase the profitability of fishing
• Measuring success in fisheries management
• Recreational and Commercial Allocations

This list of topics is not meant to be exhaustive or exclusive. The final program will be adjusted to accommodate accepted abstracts.