Programme

SATURDAY, THE 16TH OF JANUARY, 2010

 

10:00 Registration of participants

10:30 Opening session

• Mayor of Viana do Castelo, José Maria Costa
• Coordinator of the MFEEE National Unit, Ana Resende
• Rector of Minho University, António Cunha
• Captaincy of Viana do Castelo Harbour, Harbour Master Martins dos Santos
• Representative of VianaPesca OP, Portela Rosa
• Representative of CentroLitoral OP, António Miguel Lé

 

11:30 José Vingada (SPVS,Dep. Biologia - Universidade do Minho): “The Safesea project: Overall objectives and first results”

12:00 Pablo Farina (Fumunda – Pinger Company): “The use of pingers in fisheries, as a conflict mitigation measure”

12:30 Lunch break

14:00 Practical training: “Application of pingers to fishing gears”

15:30 Maria João Cruz (IMAR - Univ. Açores): “Interactions between cetaceans and fisheries in the Azores”

16:00 Yorgos Stratoudakis (IPIMAR): “Fisheries research for management advice”

16:30 Coffee break

17:00 Marina Sequeira (ICNB): “The conservation of cetaceans in Portugal”

17:30 Debate

18:00 Conclusions

 

SUNDAY, THE 17TH OF JANUARY 2010

10:00 Registration of participants

10:30 Arne Bjørge (IMR Norway): “How to monitor bycatch of marine mammals in a ‘modern artisanal’ fishery”

11:00 Alfredo López (CEMMA – Galicia): “The interaction between fisheries and cetaceans on the way to conservation”

11:30 Coffee break

12:00 John Nichols (Moody International): “The importance of a fisheries interaction in the ecosystem in the MSC Certification Process”

12:30 Graham Pierce (Univ. Aberdeen/IEO Vigo): “Indicators for marine mammal by-catch monitoring”

13:00 Lunch Break

14:30 Begoña Santos (IEO Vigo): “Integrating marine mammal populations and rates of prey consumption in management models”

15:00 Fiona Read (Univ. Aberdeen/IEO Vigo/IIM Vigo): “Present knowledge of marine mammal and fisheries interactions in the north-west Iberian Peninsula”

15:30 James Turner (Fumunda Marine): “The development of pingers and their importance to fisheries and conservation of cetaceans”

16:00 Norman Holy (Better Gear): “The development of acoustics gear net and their importance to fisheries and conservation of cetaceans”

16:30 Coffee break

17:00 Rebecca Lewison (Project Global): “Taking a large-scale approach to the marine animals by-catch: the global project”

17:30 Debate

18:00 Closing session

 

 

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