Subject: FW: Pacific Seabird Group Seabird By-Catch Symposium -- Call for Papers
Date: Nov 21 01:31:13 1998
From: "Jon. Anderson and Marty Chaney" - festuca at olywa.net


Hi folks,

Saw this following information on the upcoming Pacific Seabird
Group meeting at Semiahmoo in Blaine. Figured that there'd be
a few people interested, so am passing the notice on to all.

Jon. Anderson
Olympia, Washington
festuca at olywa.net

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Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 12:16:48 -0800
From: Institute for Fisheries Resources <fishers1 at pond.net>
To: birdbycatch at pond.net

Please forgive cross postings.

Announcement/Call for Papers
Pacific Seabird Group Seabird By-Catch Symposium

The Pacific Seabird Group is sponsoring a symposium on seabird by-
catch February of 1999. The meeting is 24-28 February in Blaine, WA,
a town at the U.S- Canada border (see attached meeting nnouncement).

The symposium, Seabird By-catch: Trends, Roadblocks and Solutions,
is featured within the 26th Annual Meeting of PSG.

In general, we would like to feature completed studies that:
1) quantify seabird by-catch,
2) characterize the effect of fisheries by-catch on seabird populations,
3) explore methods to reduce seabird by-catch, and
4) explore by-catch management policy and identify legal, cultural or
social barriers or incentives to reduce the by-catch of seabirds.

We would like to feature work not previously presented at past PSG
annual meetings; however, well researched retrospectives that provide
new insight are welcome. In some cases, where a common theme exists
and by-catch studies are in the planning stage and/or works in progress,
panel presentations will be considered.

We have a strong interest in featuring the following topics:
Pacific longline fishery-seabird interactions: status of albatross
populations in both hemispheres, Hawaii and Alaska fishery by-catch,
lessons from South Pacific fisheries, FAO and CCAMLR policy
activities, and current status of research on reducing the by-catch of
seabirds in longline fisheries.

Coastal gillnet fishery-seabird interactions: status of gillnet by-catch
in fisheries from Japan to California as well as the Atlantic, population
level effects of by-catch, research and/or management to reduce
seabird by-catch and its status or success, management actions
resulting from previous by-catch studies and related management
issues.

Recreational fishery by-catch: As an emerging area of attention,
studies quantifying the take and possible population level effects of
seabird by-catch in recreational fisheries are of great interest.

High Seas Drift Gillnet Fisheries: retrospective look at seabird by-catch
in these fisheries, the effect/s of international net bans on seabird
populations, and effects of currently operating drift gillnet fisheries
within the exclusive economic zone of individual counties.

The Influence of Conservation Law and Treaties on Ecoregional
Management of Seabird By-catch. (Endangered Species Legislation,
the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA), North American Free Trade
Agreement (NAFTA), Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic
Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), and Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Depending on the response - the quality and diversity of papers
received - we will seek funding to publish the symposium proceedings
through PSG. Travel funds for symposium speakers are not currently
available; however we are attempting to develop some support.

Abstracts are due 11 December 1998.

For more on the Pacific Seabird Group see:
http://www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET/PacBirds/index.html.

The call for papers and details about the Annual meeting will also be
on the PSG web site in the near future.

I hope you will take this the opportunity to share your work and join
us in exploring the seabird by-catch issue. Please contact me for
more information. And of couse, please pass this on to anyone who
might have an interest.

Ed Melvin
Symposium Organizer

Ed Melvin, Marine Fisheries Specialist
Washington Sea Grant Program
460 Fisheries Center
School of Fisheries, University of Washington
Box 357980, Seattle, WA 98195-4650
Voice:(206) 543-9968; FAX (206) 685-7471
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