Fisheries & Marine Resources Forthcoming Meetings

SPC-based Meetings

• SPC/NMFS Longline CPUE Modelling Workshop - 12-16 February 2007, Honolulu, Hawaii
• Pelagic ecosystem modelling expert consultation/workshop - 5-9 March 2007, Noumea, New Caledonia (for more information, contact valeriea@spc.int)
• (possible) Ecological Risk Assessment expert consultation/workshop - (March-May 2007 sometime, Noumea) - (for more information, contact davidk@spc.int)
• GEF Tuna stock assessment workshop (basic) - 25-30 June 2007, Noumea, New Caledonia
  - intended for fisheries officers who have not undertaken such training previously, and will contain similar content to the 2006 workshop
• GEF Tuna stock assessment workshop (advanced) - 2-7 July 2007 Noumea, New Caledonia
  - intended mainly for participants from the 2006 workshop
• 4th South Pacific RFMO preparatory meeting - 3-14th September 2007, Noumea, New Caledonia. See http://www.southpacificrfmo.org for further information. The first week will be a meeting of the Scientific Working Group and the second week will be the negotiation itself.
• Regional Coastal Fisheries and Aquaculture workshop on Implementing the Ecosystem Approach to Coastal Fisheries and Aquaculture, and Aquatic Biosecurity - 29 October to 2 November 2007, Noumea, New Caledonia - To download the meeting announcement notice (PDF format), click here (for more information, contact jeanpaulg@spc.int)
• 37th SPC Committee of Representatives of Governments and Administrations (CRGA) 7-9 November 2007, Apia, and Pacific Community Conference (12-13 November, Apia)
  Includes report to member countries on Marine Resources Division work and plans, approval of budget etc., as well as discussion of fisheries policy issues with foreign affairs dimensions that involve the full SPC membership (territories as well as States). N.B. The theme for the 2007 session of the Pacific Community Conference will be "‘The future of Pacific Fisheries – Planning & Managing Pacific fisheries for sustainable livelihoods and economic growth". (For more information, click here or contact spc@spc.int)

• Second Tuna Data Workshop - March 2008 (proposed), Noumea, New Caledonia (for more information, contact DeirdreB@spc.int or PeterW@spc.int)
• 6th Heads of Fisheries Meeting - May 2008, Niue (proposed)
  ...in concert with the regular session of the Forum Fisheries Committee and the Regional Fisheries Ministerial meeting. (for more, information contact jeanpaulg@spc.int)
• IRD/Institut Pasteur/Institut Louis Mallardé/SPC Ciguatera and related biotoxins Workshop - 27-31 October 2008, Noumea, New Caledonia (for more information, contact jeanpaulg@spc.int)

Other Meetings

• Pacific Tuna Forum 2007 - A regional Tuna Industry and Trade Conference - 12-13 September, 2007, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea - see http://www.ffa.int/node/889
• Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission Intersessional Working Group (Regional Observer Programme) - 11-15 June 2007, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia - see http://www.wcpfc.int
• 55th Meeting of the CITES Standing Committee + 14th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES - 2-15 June 2007, The Hague, the Netherlands - See http://www.cites.org/eng/com/SC/index.shtml
• 58th International Tuna Conference - 21-24 May 2007, Lake Arrowhead, California, USA - See http://www.tunaconference.org/
• International Fisheries Observer Conference - 15-18 May 2007, Victoria, BC, Canada - See http://www.fisheriesobserverconference.com/
• 27th FAO Committee on Fisheries - 5-9 March 2007, Rome, Italy
• FAO Regional Fisheries Bodies Consultation - 12-13 March 2007, Rome, Italy
• FFA VDS workshop - 5-9 March 2007, Koror, Palau
• US/FFA tuna fishery multilateral access treaty consultation - 12-16 March 2007, Port Vila, Vanuatu
• (proposed) FFA workshop on management of non highly-migratory species fisheries in the South Pacific - 16-17 March 2007, Port Vila, Vanuatu
  Pacific Island States meeting to prepare for the next (Santiago) meeting of the proposed "South Pacific RFMO". Includes input from SPC
• 10th FFA MCS Working Group Meeting - March 26-30 2007, FFA, Honiara, Solomon Islands
• FFA/SPC/EU DEVFISH Roundtable Consultations - March 28-30 2007, Suva, Fiji Islands
• FFA Prosecution and Dockside Boarding Workshop - 10-25 April 2007, Apia, Samoa
• FFA VMS Training - 23-27 April 2007, Canberra, Australia
• UN Fish Stocks Agreement - Meeting of the Parties - 23-27 April 2007, New York, USA
• 3rd Meeting towards the establishment of an RFMO that would manage straddling and high seas stocks of fishery species not covered by the WCPFC, in the South Pacific - 28 April - 4 May 2007, Santiago, Chile - See http://www.southpacificrfmo.org for updates.
• GeoHab - 2-6 May 2007, IRD, Noumea, New Caledonia - See http://www.sopac.org/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=GeoHab+2007
• 26th Ministerial/Official Meeting of the Parties to the Nauru Agreement
  12th Meeting of Palau & FSM Arrangement - 21-25 May 2007, Wellington, New Zealand
• FFA/SPC/EU DEVFISH Steering Committee Meeting - 26? May 2007, Wellington, New Zealand
• 64th Forum Fisheries Committee Meeting - May 28 - Jun 1 2007, Wellington, New Zealand
• Global Trade Conference on Aquaculture: 29 May 2007 - 31 May 2007. Qingdao, P.R. China.
  Recognizing the importance of aquaculture for developing countries and the impact it has on food security and employment, the interaction with capture fisheries as well as the internationalisation of fish trade, FAO has taken the initiative to launch a global conference with the purpose to try to find answers to those questions that are crucial for a sustainable development in this booming sector. For more information contact: Nierentz, Jochen at the FAO; jochen.nierentz@fao.org;
• 138th Western Pacific Fishing Management Council Meeting - 18-21 June 2007 - See http://www.wpcouncil.org
• 21st Pacific Science Congress - 12 June 2007 - 18 June 2007. Okinawa, Japan.
  This congress will feature a half-day session focusing on lesson-sharing between management of terrestrial and marine protected areas in the Asia-Pacific region. Topics will include establishing successful models of community-driven conservation, incorporating future climate change into resource management, and other subjects. For more information contact: John Burke Burnett; e-mail: burnett@bishopmuseum.org; Internet: http://www.psc21.net
• 17th Meeting of the States Parties to UNCLOS - 18-22 June 2007, New York, USA (see http://www.un.org/Depts/los/ )
• EIGHTH MEETING OF THE UNITED NATIONS OPEN-ENDED INFORMAL CONSULTATIVE PROCESS ON OCEANS AND THE LAW OF THE SEA: 25 June 2007 - 29 June 2007. United Nations Headquarters, New York, USA.
  UNICPOLOS-8 will focus its discussions on the topics “Marine genetic resources” in 2007 and “Maritime security and safety” in 2008. For more information contact: UNDOALOS; tel: +1-212-963-3962; fax: +1-212-963-2811; e-mail: doalos@un.org; Internet: http://www.un.org/Depts/los/
• (proposed) WCPFC Inter-sessional Working Group to develop the Regional Observer Programme - 6-10 August 2007, Honolulu, Hawaii (awaiting approval of members)
• 3rd Scientific Committee of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (SC3-WCPFC) - 13-24 August 2007, Honolulu, Hawaii (see http://www.wcpfc.int/)
• 20th Session of the Commission on the limits of the Continental Shelf - 20 August - 7 September, 2007, New York, USA (of possible relevance to the management of benthic fishery resources encompassed by shelf extension claims?)
• American Fisheries Society 137th Annual Meeting - 2-6 September 2007, San Francisco, USA - See http://web.fisheries.org/sf/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20&Itemid=40
  (61 symposia are planned on topics including: Ecosystem modeling applications in fishery management; Managing fishery impacts on deep sea coral habitats; Developing tools for ecosystem-based fishery management: incentive programs, by-catch quantification and gear technology)
• 3rd WCPFC Northern Committee meeting - 11-13 September 2007, Tokyo, Japan.
• 3rd WCPFC Technical and Compliance Committee meeting (TCC3-WCPFC) - 27 September-2 October 2007, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia.
• FFA Management Options Workshop - 8-12 October 2007, Rarotonga (note: brought forward from the previous date of 15-19th Oct due to clash with Forum Secretariat meetings). Log in to http://www.ffa.int for more information, or call Moses Amos.
• Fisheries data collection and analysis training course - 1-19 October 2007, Wageningen, the Netherlands - See http://www.cdic.wur.nl
  (This course will focus on the socio-economic and fisheries data and information which is needed for fisheries management)
• 4th Regular Session of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission -  3-7 December 2007, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia.

• FOURTH GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON OCEANS, COASTS AND ISLANDS: 7 April 2008 - 11 April 2008. Location to be determined, but usually UNESCO Paris. This conference will be organized under the theme “Advancing ecosystem management by 2010 and integrated coastal and ocean management.” For more information contact: Miriam Balgos, Global Forum Secretariat; tel: +1-302-831-8086; fax: +1-302-831-3668; e-mail: mbalgos@udel.edu; Internet: http://www.globaloceans.org
• ELEVENTH INTERNATIONAL CORAL REEF SYMPOSIUM: 7 July 2008 - 11 July 2008. Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA.
  This symposium will be organized under the theme “Reefs for the Future.” This meeting will focus on key concepts of coral reefs, including reef structure and function, pattern and process, ecosystem-based management, and human interactions. Plenary speakers will summarize current scientific knowledge about reefs. Mini-Symposia and field workshops will be thematic, question driven, and define specific science-based outcomes as well as management strategies. Field trips to diverse reef types will help illustrate specific reef types, environmental problems, and management successes. For more information contact: Nancy Copen; tel: +1-301-634-7010; Internet: http://www.nova.edu/ncri/11icrs/

• List of previous meetings (for reference - several have links to reports, and papers presented) click here.
• List of (some) recent SPC fisheries meeting papers: click here