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Dear Colleague,
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The MIT Sea Grant College Program and the Northeast Fisheries Science
Center are pleased to invite you to a conference aimed at coordinating
mapping initiatives. This one-day conference, <b>Geographic
Information Systems and Ocean Mapping in Support of Fisheries Research
and Management</b>, will bring together individuals and organizations
involved in mapping, GIS, data sharing, and fisheries research and
management to share existing work and coordinate future efforts in the
northeast regional ecosystem (Cape Hatteras through the Gulf of Maine).
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The conference will take place at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Tuesday April 11, 2006.
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We encourage you to submit a poster for the poster session, displaying
ocean mapping efforts, GIS applications or data sharing technologies
which are or could be useful in fisheries applications. Abstracts must
be submitted by February 1, 2006.
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More details are available online, along with registration information
and poster abstract submission instructions. Visit: <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://web.mit.edu/seagrant/GIS06/">http://web.mit.edu/seagrant/GIS06/</a>
or contact Christiaan Adams (adamscs at mit.edu, 617-253-9311). Please
share this with your organization and any colleagues who might be
interested.
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Sincerely,
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Dr. Chrys Chryssostomidis, Director, MIT Sea Grant College Program
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Dr. John Boreman, Director, Northeast Fisheries Science Center
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Christiaan Adams
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Research Engineer & GIS Specialist
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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MIT Sea Grant College Program
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office: 617-253-9311
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lab: 617-253-0511
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cell: 617-803-9413
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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:adamscs@mit.edu">adamscs@mit.edu</a>
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AUV Lab: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://auvlab.mit.edu">http://auvlab.mit.edu</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://auvlab.mit.edu/"><http://auvlab.mit.edu/></a>
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Ctr. for Coastal Resources: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://massbay.mit.edu">http://massbay.mit.edu</a> <a
class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://massbay.mit.edu/"><http://massbay.mit.edu/></a>
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