[SEMCO] Bycatch Workshop

[Sheri DeRosa]

    BYCATCH WORKSHOP

    Bycatch in Northeast Fisheries: Moving Forward


    Tuesday, June 29, 2004 - Thursday, July 1, 2004
    Sheraton Colonial Conference Center, Wakefield, Massachusetts
    <https://www.starwoodmeeting.com/StarGroupsWeb/res?id=0403101050&key=A856F>


The public is invited to attend the Northeast Regional Bycatch Workshop 
organized by the National Marine Fisheries Service Northeast Regional 
Office (NERO) and co-sponsored by NERO and NOAA Northeast and 
Mid-Atlantic Sea Grant in cooperation with the Northeast Fisheries 
Science Center, New England Fishery Management Council, Mid-Atlantic 
Fishery Management Council, and Atlantic States Marine Fisheries 
Commission. Representatives from these agencies will collaborate and 
work together with fishery constituents to specifically address bycatch 
issues in the northeast region. The workshop will be held in Wakefield, 
Massachusetts at the Sheraton Colonial Conference Center 
<https://www.starwoodmeeting.com/StarGroupsWeb/res?id=0403101050&key=A856F>, 
June 29-July 1, 2004.

The workshop entitled Bycatch in Northeast Fisheries: Moving Forward, 
will provide an opportunity for northeast constituents with an interest 
in issues related to bycatch of fish and other marine life to examine 
specific aspects of bycatch and express their views on regional bycatch 
issues. Participants will discuss and recommend priorities and solutions 
regarding science/research, data/monitoring, management, and gear 
engineering that will be identified and incorporated in an updated 
version of the Northeast Region Bycatch Implementation Plan to be 
released later in 2004.

Serving as a forum for issue identification and resolution, the workshop 
will include keynote speakers, panel discussions and breakout groups 
with public involvement. In addition, the Coordinating Committee is 
soliciting for poster abstracts to be presented at the workshop. Posters 
must be related to bycatch issues in the northeast region concerning 
legal, research, management, data, enforcement, science, monitoring and 
protected species issues. The deadline for submission of poster 
abstracts is April 30, 2004. Send abstracts to Marla Trollan, NERO 
Outreach Coordinator, at marla.trollan at noaa.gov or contact via telephone 
978-281-9388.

For complete details, visit http://www.nero.noaa.gov/bycatchconf/.

-------------- next part --------------
Skipped content of type multipart/related