>from USDA-CREES

Please distribute the following announcement for workshop scheduled January
11-13, 2001 to others who may have an interest.

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A workshop Marine Aquaculture and the Environment: A meeting for
stakeholders in the Northeast, will be held January 11 - 13, 2001 at the
campus  of the Univ. Massachusetts Boston. This workshop is designed to
understand the barriers stakeholders experience to the development of
sustainable marine aquaculture and to facilitate a collaborative
approach to address these challenges.  The conference will focus on four
areas: 1) impacts on habitats; 2) interactions between cultured and wild
species; 3) mechanisms for building consensus for action among
stakeholders; and 4) effects on marine animals, birds, and
invertebrates;.  For more information  about  the meeting, registration
forms, application for posters, and information about  housing  contact
our Web Page http://www.es.umb.edu/mae01 or  our Secretariat: Ms.
Florence Wurtzel, ECOS/Workshop, Univ. Mass Boston, 100 Morrissey Blvd.,
Boston, MA 02125-3393, Telephone (617) 287-7440, Fax (617) 287-7474,
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