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For more information see
http://www.uaf.edu/seagrant/Conferences/dls-call.html
Submission deadline is February 14, 2003
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Call for Papers:
Assessment and Management of New and Developed Fisheries in
Data-Limited Situations
21st Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Symposium
Anchorage, Alaska, USA
October 22–25, 2003
Contact: Sherri Pristash, [log in to unmask]
Symposium Background
Expanding worldwide demand for seafood products is not limited to fishery
resources with rich histories of stock assessment and fishery research. As
most of the world's large marine fisheries targets are fully exploited or
overfished, new fisheries are being developed on marine species whose biology,
productivity, and ecological relationships are little known.
For example, in North America during the 1980s and 1990s, new fisheries
rapidly emerged to supply Asian markets with live and fresh seafood such as
sea cucumbers, sea urchins, and live rockfish, among many others. The high
value of these products and the desire to create fishing alternatives for fishers
displaced from overcapitalized traditional fisheries contributed to a near "gold
rush" of fisheries development despite data limitations and many uncertainties
in some cases. Many tropical regions of the world have long histories of fisheries
with limited data owing to practical constraints associated with small local
economies and high fish species diversity.
Data-limited situations create challenges for fishery managers responding to
societal demands to develop new fisheries while striving for precaution under the
Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries. This has led to new applications of
decades-old simple production models, spawned the development of new
assessment techniques with meager data requirements, and led to creative fishery
management schemes, including adaptive approaches, risk-averse methods such
as establishment of no-fishing refugia, co-management to share responsibilities
among vested parties, and rights-based management systems.
What is the track record of fishery management in data-limited situations? Which
methods have worked, and which ones have failed? What is precautionary when
uncertainty is high? Can past results be generalized in terms of explicit advice to
fishery managers who confront similar situations in the future?
Symposium Goal
The goal of this symposium is to bring together scientists, fishery managers, and
policy makers to synthesize historical track records, share recent advances, and
discuss future avenues for the management of newly developing and small-scale
fisheries under data-limited situations.
This call for papers seeks contributions dealing with fisheries in data-limited
situations especially in, but not limited to, the following areas:
*Development and application of procedures to assess abundance and
productivity of stocks with little a priori information
*Practical indicators of stock health from limited sampling programs
*Use of traditional knowledge to aid in development of emerging fisheries
* Methods to involve the fishing industry in data collection
* Management strategies that are risk averse to high levels of uncertainty
* Phased approaches that link precaution and knowledge during the
evolution of a fishery
* Case studies of fishery successes and failures under alternative strategies
* Contrasts of developing fisheries policies in different jurisdictions
* Fishery economics and funding of research and management of emerging
fisheries
Abstract Submission
To contribute either an oral or poster presentation, submit an abstract no later
than February 14, 2003. Use the online submission form at:
http://www.uaf.edu/seagrant/Conferences/dls-absform.html.
If you cannot access the form, submit the required information via email to
[log in to unmask] If you cannot submit electronically, submit hard copy and
computer disk to:
Symposium Coordinator
University of Alaska Sea Grant
PO Box 755040
Fairbanks, AK 99775-5040 USA
Voice: 907-474-6701; Fax: 907-474-6285
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