Programme
Key Themes
- Science to underpin sustainable fisheries
- Inland Fisheries: Biodiversity, Food Security and the need for Ecosystem Management
- Resilience, adaptive management governance
- Meeting increasing food and nutrition needs through cultivation
Specific Symposia within the Congress
- Anguillids – conserving a global fishery
- Global Marine Hotspots Network: Physical change, biological impacts and adaptation efforts in regions undergoing comparatively rapid changes
- Fish and Fisheries responses to changing natural and anthropogenic challenges
There will be five keynote addresses:
Professor Ray Hilborn
University of Washington, Seattle, US
Dr Malcolm Beveridge
WorldFish Center, Zambia
Mike Mitchell
Youngs Seafood Company, UK
Professor Katsumi Tsukamoto
The University of Tokyo, Japan
Eric C. Schwaab
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, US
The main theme keynote speakers include:
Dr Eddie Allison (Malaysia)
Dr Melanie Austen (UK)
Dr Stefan Gelcich (Chile)
Dr Poul Degnbol (Denmark)
Professor John Field (South Africa)
Professor Jeff Hutchings (Canada)
Dr Yunne Shin (France & South Africa)
Dr Peter Tyedmers (Canada)
Andrew Mallison (UK)
Dr Steve Cooke (Canada)
Professor Dolf de Groot (Netherlands)
Dr Beth Fulton (Australia)
Professor Phil Thomas (UK)
Dr Valdis Mezainis (USA)
Dr Cathy Reidy Liermann (USA)
Dr Dmitry S. Pavlov (Russia)
For a full list of Speakers, please refer to the Scientific Programme above
