Public Encouraged to Attend the
Northeast Regional Bycatch Workshop
Call for Posters
June 29-July 1, 2004
March 5, 2004
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, 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 16, 2004. Send abstracts to Marla Trollan, NERO Outreach Coordinator, at marla.trollan@noaa.gov or contact via telephone 978-281-9388.
For more information regarding the upcoming workshop, visit the Northeast Region's web site at: http://www.nero.noaa.gov/ro/doc/nero.html. The workshop agenda and additional information will be posted on this web site in March.
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