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2007 AIFRB Executive Board Meeting

AIFRB 50th Anniversary Symposium "The Future of Fishery Science in North America" held February 13-15, 2007 in Seattle, Washington.
Convenors: Richard Beamish (Fisheries & Oceans Canada), Linda Jones (American Institute of Fishery Research Biologists), Steven Murawski (NOAA Fisheries), Brian Rothschild (School of Marine Science and Technology, UMass Dartmouth), William Fox (NOAA Fisheries) and John Boreman (NOAA Fisheries).

Co- Sponsors: NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service and Sea Grant; Fisheries and Oceans Canada; North Pacific Research Board; AIFRB.

Keynote addresses:
  • Dr. Wendy Watson-Wright, Assistant Deputy Minister for Science, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, “The Promise of an Ecosystem Aproach: Lessons from the Past- hopes for the Future.
  • Dr. Bill Hogarth, Director, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, “U.S. Marine Fisheries Under the Reauthorized Magnuson-Stevens Act”.
Opening Session

Brian Rothschild, University of Massachusetts and AIFRB, Research “Requirements for Fishery Management”.

Richard Beamish, Fisheries and Oceans, Canada and AIFRB, “The Future of Fisheries Science on Canada’s Pacific Coast is Keeping Up with the Changes”.

Steve Murawski, Chief Science Advisor, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, “The Future of Fisheries Science: Flexibility to Adapt to Changes in Fisheries Production and Management”.

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