Haddock 2007: International
Symposium on Haddock Conservation, Harvesting and Management
Portsmouth, NH, USA — October 25-26, 2007
Keynote Speakers: Clem Wardle, Aberdeen Marine Laboratory (retired)
and Bob O'Boyle, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
An international symposium on haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) is being organized by the University of New Hampshire and other collaborating institutions. This two-day symposium will include presentations and discussions on harvesting technologies, biological aspects and resource management issues concerning haddock and haddock fisheries on both sides of the Atlantic.
The symposium will be held in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA, at the Portsmouth Sheraton Harborside on October 25 and 26, 2007. The organizing committee would like to extend a request for oral and poster presentations for the symposium. Please see the specified themes/topics on haddock below for guidance.
Historical and contemporary haddock fisheries.
Biology, migration, behavior, stock structure and resource assessment.
Gear types and harvesting methods used to target haddock.
Techniques to reduce haddock bycatch and discards in other fisheries.
Fishery management approaches and challenges.
Future directions for science, management and harvesting technologies.
Selected manuscripts will be published in a special volume in Fisheries Research.
NOTE: The symposium is still accepting poster abstracts. To submit one or for more information on the symposium, please contact Laurinda Sousa Smith (laurinda.smith@unh.edu, 603.862.0136).
Early registration fees will be $200 U.S. non-student/$100 U.S. students until July 31, 2007, and $250/$150 U.S. respectively thereafter. Non-student registration includes the reception on Oct. 24, continental breakfast, break refreshments, lunch on both conference days, and a dinner banquet on Oct. 25. Student registration includes everything but the banquet. Additional banquet tickets may be purchased separately for $30 U.S. Hotel reservations at the symposium hotel (Sheraton Harborside Portsmouth) can be made at the special symposium rate of $189 U.S.
Symposium and Hotel Reservations:
Important Symposium Dates
Abstract Submission Deadline — May 31 Abstract Decisions by — June 15 Early Registration End — July 31 Standard Registration End — Sept. 24 Hotel Reservation “Special Rate” End — Sept. 24 Symposium Dates — Oct. 25/26
Manuscript submission deadline — Oct. 26
Organizing Committee:
Pingguo He and Ken La Valley (University of New Hampshire), Laura Skrobe (Rhode Island Sea Grant), Michael Pol (Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries), Catherine Salerno (Gulf of Maine Research Institute) and Paul Winger (Memorial University of Newfoundland).
Symposium Sponsors:
NOAA Northeast Cooperative Research Partnership Program, Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, Rhode IslandSea Grant and New HampshireSea Grant and the Northeast Consortium.
