The IUCN/SSC Shark Specialist Group
Shark News 6: March 1996
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Notice of the next Shark
Specialist Group meeting:
August 1996, Brisbane, Australia
Merry Camhi
The next official meeting of the Shark Specialist Group will take place
at the Second World Fisheries Congress in Brisbane, Queensland,
Australia. The SSG meeting is tentatively scheduled for the morning
of 3 August 1996, immediately following the main Congress meeting
and workshop. Details of time and place will be provided to SSG
members when available.
At this important meeting, SSG members will finalise the draft of
the Global Shark Action Plan, discuss the Red List species assessments,
and identify the information needs for the report to the CITES Animals
Committee on the global status of sharks. In addition, we will discuss
re-appointments to the SSG for the next triennium. All SSG members
are encouraged to attend. Following the official business meeting of
the SSG, we also intend to hold a working-group session on the
various CITES-related projects in preparation for the Tenth CITES
Conference of Parties to be held in Zimbabwe in June 1997. The
working-group will be open to all Congress attendees.
The theme of the Second World Fisheries Congress, which will
run from 28 july to 2 August, is "Developing and Sustaining Fisheries
Resources: The State of Science and Management." It will focus on
international policy, research, and science that will shape sustainable
development of the world's fisheries resources into the future. The
registration fee for the Congress is costly at A$650, but this includes
admissions to the sessions and trade show, lunches, teas, one dinner,
congress abstracts, and the proceedings.
Registration information for the Congress may be obtained by
phone (617-3369-0477), fax (617-3369-1512), or on the Congress
home page at http://wwwml.csiro.au/bradford/WFC_page.html.
In addition, a special one-day shark workshop entitled "Sharks
and Man: Shark Management and Conservation" will take place at
the Congress on 2 August from 08:30 to 21:00. It will consist of three
sequential sessions: shark control (public safety), shark fisheries
management, and shark conservation. A separate A$60 registration
fee is required at the time of registration for the Congress. Participants
in the Sharks and Man workshop are required to register for the
Congress as well.
Neil Gribble is organising the shark control session of the Sharks
and Man workshop. SSG member Terry Walker is organising the
fisheries management session, which will present an overview on
world landings, fishery management in general and in Australia, and
models of shark fisheries. The evening conservation session is being
organised by SSG Vice Chair John Stevens. The conservation session
is restricted to invited talks, including updates on the IUCN/SSG
Global Shark Action Plan and Red List assessments, the TRAFFIC/
CMC trade study, the CITES shark resolution, and protective species
status, among other topics.
All SSG members are strongly urged to attend, if possible, this
official meeting of the Shark Specialist Group and the workshop. The
meeting will be of particular importance because of its critical timing:
some of the most important global conservation and management
initiatives for sharks in this century will be discussed, including the
Global Action Plan, TRAFFIC'S analysis of the shark trade, CITES, and
the IUCN Red List of Elasmobranchs. Because we recognise that high
registration and travel costs may prohibit attendance by some SSG
members, limited SSG funds may be available to help underwrite
these costs for some SSG members, based on need. Please contact Sarah Fowler
or Merry Camhi for further information on this meeting of the Shark
Specialist Group.
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