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Shark News 13: July 2001

Forthcoming meetings
1st International Elasmobranch Husbandry Symposium
Orlando, Florida, USA, 3-7 October 2001
A forum for the presentation, discussion and dissemination of information detailing captive maintenance and husbandry practices for elasmobranchs in public aquaria. For more details, please visit http://www.colszoo.org/internal/elasmo_confer/elasmo.html

5th European Elasmobranch Association Annual Meeting
German Elasmobranch Society, Kiel, Germany, 19-21 October 2001
The organizing committee encourages interested people, NGO representatives and especially scientists on all educational academic levels from all European countries and beyond to participate and contribute to the communication of current scientific research and conservation measures of chondrichthyes. For more details, please visit http://www.elasmo.de

FAO Technical Consultation on CITES Criteria for aquatic species
Namibia, 22-26 October 2001

18th American Elasmobranch Society Meeting
Kansas City, Missouri, USA, July 2002

12th Conference of Parties to CITES
Santiago de Chile, 4-15th November 2002