[Coral-List] Call for abstracts for AFS symposium on contemporary and novel approaches to conserving fisheries habitats

[Grace Roskar - NOAA Affiliate]

Hello everyone,

As previously mentioned on this listserv, this year’s annual meeting of the
American Fisheries Society (AFS) will be held from Aug. 30-Sept. 3, 2020 in
Columbus, Ohio.

We are seeking abstracts for a habitat-focused symposium, titled
“Conserving Habitat for Fisheries – Contemporary and Novel Approaches”
(#9388)

The symposium details are as follows:

There are many tools that are used to conserve habitat that American
fisheries rely on to grow and reproduce through ecosystem-based management.
This symposium asks what new tools have been or are being developed that
will allow managers to select more effective strategies that reduce
uncertainty and lower risk to the fisheries; and how can regulatory
mechanisms be better aligned to encourage voluntary compliance? The goals
of this symposium are to take stock of current trends and direct
anthropogenic threats in fisheries habitat conservation (e.g., habitat
modification), evaluate existing mechanisms for dealing with them, and
consider future pathways for addressing non-fishing impacts more
comprehensively. Participants will leave the symposium with a renewed focus
on steps that we can take at the state, regional, and federal levels to
strengthen our fisheries through conservation of habitat.

The deadline to submit abstracts is now *Monday,* *March 23, 2020.*

-Symposium link:
https://afs.confex.com/afs/2020/webprogrampreliminary/Session9388.html

-Submit an abstract: https://afsannualmeeting.fisheries.org/call-for-papers/

-AFS annual meeting link: https://afsannualmeeting.fisheries.org/



Please contact the symposium organizers Peg Brady (peg.brady at noaa.gov) or
Ian Lundgren (ian.lundgren at noaa.gov) if you have any questions.



Best,

Grace Roskar on behalf of the symposium #9388 organizers

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*Grace Roskar, M.S. *
Habitat Science Specialist
2020 Sea Grant Knauss Fellow
NOAA Fisheries Office of Science and Technology
1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910
grace.roskar at noaa.gov | (o): 301-427-8110 | (c): 713-459-1663