The IUCN/SSC Shark Specialist Group
Shark News 3: March 1995
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Meetings
Any information on forthcoming meetings and notes/comments on
relevant meetings attended by readers would be most gratefully
received by the editor. Please send them in for the next issue!
FAO Committee on Fisheries biennial meeting
Rome, Italy. 20-24 March 1995.
Reviewed draft text of the Code of Conduct for Responsible
Fisheries will be submitted to the meeting. The Code has six thematic
areas: Fishery management practices, Fishing operations, Aquaculture
development, Integration of fisheries into coastal area management,
Fair trade practices (including post-harvest practices), and Fisheries
research.
Eleventh Annual Meeting of the American
Elasmobranch Society
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. 15-19 June 1995
This will take place during the 75th Annual Meeting of the
American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. Contact
the organisers by e-mail: ASIH95@biology.ualberta.ca. or regular
mail:ASIH95 Local Committee, Department of Biological Sciences,
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E9, Canada.
UN Conference on Straddling Fish Stocks and
Highly Migratory Fish Stocks
Second and third meetings: New York City, USA.
27 March-12 April and 17-28 July 1995.
ICES Study Group on Elasmobranch Fishes
First meeting: International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
headquarters. 15-18 August 1995. Chairman Dr Holder da Silva.
Review of elasmobranch stocks, fisheries, ecology and research
(see page 6 for more details).
IUCN World Conservation Congress
Montreal Conference Centre, Canada. 14-23 October 1996.
Details from IUCN, 28 rue Mauverney, 1196 Gland, Switzerland.
European Elasmobranch Society (EES) meetings
London, UK. December 1994 and February 1995.
A steering group working towards setting up a European
Elasmobranch Society has met twice. For more information contact
Jim Ellis, University College Swansea, Marine Biology, Singleton
Park, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK. Email internet:bdellis@swansea.ac.uk
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