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SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT
FIRST NORTH AMERICAN FISHERIES ECONOMICS FORUM
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, APRIL 1-4, 2001
The first North American Fisheries Economics Forum will be held on April
1-4, 2001 at the Pontchartrain Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana. The goals
of the Forum are to strengthen communication between North American
fisheries economists in industry, government and academia, and to provide
opportunities to discuss research results, research in process and future
research needs and plans.
The keynote theme for the Forum is "The State of North American Fisheries
Economics." Sessions relating to this keynote theme will include
discussions on the future of North American fisheries economics, fisheries
economics data, teaching fisheries economics, and publishing in the area of
fisheries economics.
Other special sessions will be held on topics including seafood trade and
the internet, economics of fishing cooperatives under the American Fisheries
Act, catfish economics, and economics and conflicts between commercial and
sport fisheries. General sessions and poster sessions will provide
opportunities for presentations on other topics. Informal "Introductions "
sessions will provide opportunities for industry, government, academic and
student fisheries economists to introduce themselves and briefly discuss
their areas of interest and ongoing activities.
An overview of Gulf Coast fisheries economic and management issues will be
held on April 4, which will include visits to processing facilities and
fishing vessels.
Abstracts are invited for papers for special sessions or on other topics
related to fisheries economics and trade. Suggestions for additional special
sessions are also invited. The deadline for submitting abstracts is January
19, 2001.
Additional information about the First North American Fisheries Economics
Forum, including how to submit abstracts, may be found at the following
website:
http://www.naafe.uaa.alaska.edu
The Forum will serve as the inaugural meeting of the North American
Association of Fisheries Economists. This Association will be affiliated
with International Institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade (IIFET), an
international organization of fisheries economists which meets in
even-numbered years in different countries around the world. (The most
recent IIFET meeting was held in Corvallis, Oregon in July 2000, and the
next meeting will be in Brisbane, Australia in July 2002.) North American
Fisheries Economics Forums will be held in odd-numbered years in different
coastal areas of North America.
For additional information, contact Gunnar Knapp, Program Chair, University
of Alaska Anchorage (telephone 907-786-7717; e-mail afgpk@uaa.alaska.edu).
-- Gunnar Knapp Professor of Economics University of Alaska Anchorage 3211 Providence Drive Anchorage, Alaska 99508 907-786-7717 (telephone) 907-786-7739 (fax) afgpk@uaa.alaska.edu (e-mail)
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