Seafood list members: please excuse duplication. This may be of interest to any
of you involved with marine resources or aquaculture. I am forwarding this
message at the request of the organizers of the NAAFE Forum. Please contact
Gunnar Knapp or see the Website for more information. Note the extension of the
deadline for submission of abstracts until February 2. Ann Shriver,
International Institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade.
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From: GUNNAR KNAPP [mailto:afgpk@uaa.alaska.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 9:28 AM
To: Ann.L.Shriver@orst.edu
Subject: North American Fisheries Economics Forum--Third Announcement
Third 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, bioeconomic models and fishery management, measuring
efficiency and capacity in fisheries, economic assessments of marine
reserves, catfish economics, and economics and conflicts between
commercial and sport fisheries. Additional sessions on other topics are
under development.
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 February 2, 2001.
Additional information about the First North American Fisheries
Economics Forum, including lists of sessions and participants and
procedures for submitting abstracts, registering for the Forum and
making hotel reservations, 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).
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