May 1, 2013 — The Massachusetts Marine Fisheries Institute (MFI), will hold a workship on "Incorporating Environmental Change in Assessments and Management" on May 7-8 at the UMass School for Marine Science & Technology in Fairhaven MA (Room 158 on 2nd floor, directions attached).
In collaboration with the Northeast Fisheries Science Center, the MFI is coordinating an End-to-End Review of New England Groundfish Stock Assessments, and this workshop topic was identified at a recent scoping meeting in that process. The workshop will include presentations of case studies in which environmental change has been successfully incorporated into stock assessments, discussion on how similar methods might be applied to New England groundfish, and the formation of short-term recommendations. Attached please find a detailed agenda for the workshop. Additional material related to the presentations will follow.
During the evening, on May 7th, the sponosrs are organizing (but not funding) a dinner open to all workshop participants, at a local restaurant. If you would like to attend the dinner please RSVP, no later than May 6th, to Emily Keiley ekeiley@umassd.edu. For additional information please see the attached agenda.
If you have any questions or would like information on suggested lodging please contact Emily Keiley ekeiley@umassd.edu.
For more informations:
See directions to the UMass School for Marine Science & Technology in Fairhaven