The IUCN/SSC Shark Specialist Group
Shark News 4: July 1995
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Meetings
ICES Study Group on Elasmobranch Fishes
15-18 August 1995. First meeting, ICES headquarters.
Fisheries Science of Sharks: a reality check
Symposium, 30 August 1995, Tampa, Florida, USA. To be followed
by a workshop at the Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, on 1-2
September. Contact Bob Hueter, fax: (813) 388 4312, for information.
4th Asian Fisheries Forum: towards sustainable fisheries
Beijing International Aquaculture and Fisheries Exposition, China.
October 16-20, 1995. Contact: FISHASIA'95, 31 Min Feng Lane,
Xidan, Beijing, China. Fax: (861) 6062346.
Symposium on the Systematics, Ecology and Resources of the Elasmobranchs
Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Japan. 2 days, November 1995. Japanese Society for Elasmobranch Studies. Contact: Professor Sho Tanaka, Dept. of Fisheries, Tokai University, 3-20-1 Orido, Shimizu City, 424 Japan.
Second World Fisheries Congress
Developing and Sustaining World Fisheries
Resources: the state of science and management
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. 28 July-2 August 1996.
Suggested themes and issues include: why do some fisheries
survive while others collapse? How can fisheries resources be
allocated? What is the scope for development of wild stock fisheries?
What is needed to manage fisheries sustainably?
Abstracts invited by 31 August 1995. Contact the Congress
Secretariat, PO Box 1280, Milton, Brisbane, Qld 4064, Australia.
Fax: (07) 369 1512. Email: im@cc.qu.oz.au
IUCN World Conservation Congress
Montreal Conference Centre, Canada. 14-23 October 1996.
Details from IUCN, 28 rue Mauverney, 1196 Gland, Switzerland.
5th Indo-Pacific Fish Conference
Noumea (New Caledonia). October 1997.
A symposium will be devoted to Chondrichthyan fishes.
Contact B, Seret, Antenne ORSTOM, Museum National d'Histoire
Naturelle, Laboratoire d'lchtyologie, 43 Rue Cuvier, 75231 Paris
cedex 05, France. Fax: (33) 1 40 79 37 71. Email: seret@mnhn.fr
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