The IUCN/SSC Shark Specialist Group
Shark News 9: June 1997
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1st Annual General Meeting Held of European Elasmobranch Association
The 1st Annual General Meeting of the European Elasmobranch
Association was held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, on 7 February
1997. There are presently five European member organisations: the
Deutsche Elasmobranchier Gesellschaft (DEG) in Germany, the Gruppo
Italiano Ricercatori Sugli Squali (GRIS) in Italy, the Associacao
Portuguesa para o Estudo e Conservacao de Elasmobranqueos (APECE)
in Portugal, the Netherlands Group of the EEA, and the Shark Trust
(about to be set up in the United Kingdom), with a sixth in France to
follow shortly. Representatives of all organisations attended, and an
observer from Belgium. Dr Paddy Walker (NL) was appointed to Chair
the Board of Directors, Dr Bernard Séret (Fr) to Chair the Scientific
Advisory Committee, and Sarah Fowler (UK) as Executive Director.
The registered objectives of the EEA are: advancing the conservation
of sharks, rays and chimaeras in European and international waters for
the public benefit, through education, promoting and disseminating
research, and seeking to achieve their sustainable management. It is
a non-profit organisation.
Contact
Paddy Walker (email: paddy@nioz.nl), or
Sarah Fowler (email: sarahfowler@naturebureau.co.uk)
for more information.
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