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<P><B><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial">Below please find information on a conference on OCS development and fisheries/marine communities. Please pass the announcement along to anyone interested and post if possible. I would invite anyone interested to submit a paper. Any questions please email or call.</FONT></B></P>
<P><B><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial">Regards</FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial">Dave Stanley</FONT></B>
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<P ALIGN=CENTER><B><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial">Gulf of Mexico Fish and Fisheries:<BR>
Bringing Together New and Recent Research</FONT></B><BR>
<FONT FACE="Arial">October 24-26, 2000 New Orleans</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Arial">Sponsored by: U.S. Dept of Interior, Minerals Management Service</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Offshore energy structures are an important influence on Gulf of Mexico fisheries. In the Gulf region a unique relationship exists between the oil and gas industry, user groups, researchers and managers. Now numbering in the neighbourhood of 4,000 structures, petroleum platforms play a role as artificial reefs and also directly impact fisheries through enhancement of productivity, as attraction devices, and as a mechanism allowing dispersal of species across the Gulf.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">It is the goal of this conference to bring together widely ranging research topics on fisheries biology and ecology of the Gulf of Mexico with examine the relationship between fisheries and the oil and gas industry in the Gulf and world-wide. The proceedings from this workshop will become an important reference for the current state of knowledge for many aspects of fisheries and outer continental shelf development.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Presentations planned include widely ranging topics from ecology of platform fish assemblages, to ichthyoplankton, natural and artificial reef productivity, and pelagic fisheries, with perspectives from academia, industry, and managers.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">For a electronic version of the conference announcement please visit:</FONT>
<BR><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"><A HREF="http://www.beak.com/info/features/features.htm" TARGET="_blank">http://www.beak.com/info/features/features.htm</A></FONT></U>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">or email: dstanley@beak.com for further information</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Times New Roman">Dr. David Stanley</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Times New Roman">Fisheries / Acoustic Scientist</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Times New Roman">Beak International</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Times New Roman">14 Abacus Rd</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Times New Roman">Brampton ON L6T 5B7</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Times New Roman">800 361 2325</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Times New Roman">905 794 2338 Fax</FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">dstanley@beak.com</FONT>
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