Ecological Significance of Marine Forage Species

Moderators: Nancy Wallace, Douglas S. Vaughan, Matthew Cieri, Steve Meyers, and Erik Williams
Emails: nwallace@asmfc.org, Doug.Vaughan@noaa.gov, Matthew.Cieri@state.me.us, Steve.Meyers@noaa.gov and Erik.Williams@noaa.gov

Date: Thursday, September 15, 2005
Time: 8:00 am to 5:40 pm
Location: Egan 6

This symposium will present recent advancements in understanding the ecological significance of marine forage species and management of fisheries on these species. We are emphasizing talks that provide a quantitative basis for addressing ecological relationships between forage species and their predators, and most importantly may provide a process for defining clear objectives for the management of marine forage species. Speakers will be chosen from different agencies and universities from a wide geographic area. It is hoped that this broad focus will allow meeting attendees to be exposed to a wide range of perspectives on this important topic. Recent symposia with a quantitative emphasis have been well attended in the past [e.g., Phoenix (2001), Baltimore (2002), Quebec City (2003) and most recently in Madison (2004)].

Link to list of presentations in this symposium

Sponsors:

AFS Marine Fisheries Section

American Institute of Fisheries Research Biologists (AIFRB)