5th International Fishers Forum on Marine Spatial Planning and Bycatch Mitigation

The Fifth International Fishers Forum on Marine Spatial Planning and Bycatch Mitigation will be held at the Shangri-La Far Eastern Plaza Hotel, Taipai, on August 3-5, 2010.  Topics to be discussed include “Fishing industry experiences with marine spatial planning on the U.S. west coast” and “”Socioeconomic effects on commercial fisheries from spatial planning by the US Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument.”

The program may be found here, http://www.fishersforum.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/IFF5_ENGagenda_WEB072710.pdf

Abstracts of papers presented at the meeting may be found here, http://www.fishersforum.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/IFF5_ENGabstracts_WEB072710.pdf