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The 12th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals and the 12th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society will be held together as the WORLD MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE CONFERENCE in Monaco from 20 to 25 January 1998. It will be hosted by the Congress Center of Monaco and the adjacent Hotel Loews in Monte-Carlo. The Principality of Monaco (including Monaco-ville and Monte-Carlo) is located on the Mediterranean Sea, surrounded by French small cities, and close to the French-Italian border.
The closest international airport is in Nice (France) linked to Monaco by a motorway (20 miles of sometimes heavy traffic), train (20 minutes) and helicopter (6 minutes). For the international flights arriving in Paris, there are domestic flights to Nice every half an hour.
The current language in Monaco is French but most people speak Italian and many speak English. As usual, the only language of the meeting will be English.
The Monagasc currency is the French Franc (FF), US$1 is equivalent to 5 FF.
Many hotels are available in the Principality and in the surrounding French cities or villages. Within a walking distance from the Congress Center, hotel rates range from $25 to $120 per person per night, depending on the hotel standard (1 to 4 stars) and the room chosen (single to triple). There is also a small Youth Hostel at $15 per person per night. Detailed information on hotelscan be provided. As Monaco is a very touristic area, we suggest the participants to book their hotel room as soon as possible.
Preliminary information will be mailed to members of both societies by January 1997 as a component of the newsletters of the respective societies.
Registration material and abstract submission forms will be mailed to members in spring 1997. Conference information will also be posted on MARMAM internet discussion, the SMM home page
http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~smm/
and the ECS home page
http://web.inter.NL.net/users/J.W.Broekema/ecs.htm
The deadline for abstract submission will be 30 June 1997. Abstracts may be submitted as hard copy, fax or e-mail in order to meet the submission deadline. HOWEVER, all abstracts sublitted by fax or e-mail MUST be followed-up with a camera-ready hard copy.
Proposals for evening symposia and workshops should be submitted to:
Roger Gentry (Scientific Program Committee Chair)
NMFS-NOAA
7600 Sand Point Way, NE
Seattle, Washington USA 98115
ph : +1 (206) 526 4032
fax : +1 (206) 526 6615
email: Roger.Gentry@noaa.gov
Contact : Anne Collet (Program Committee Chair)
World Marine Mammal Science Conference
Centre de Recherche sur les Mammiferes Marins
Institut de la Mer et du Littoral
Port des Minimes
17000 La Rochelle
FRANCE
ph : +33 546 44 99 10
fax : +33 546 44 99 45
email: crmm@hpuniv.univ-lr.fr
To TopJoin in on the fun during the Annual Festival of Whales at Dana Point, California. Starting with the parade on day one the entertainment is non stop. Activities for the whole family will keep everyone occupied. Explore:
- The tidepools
- Thar she blows
- Try your Hand at Scrimshaw
- Street Faires
- Ranger Campfires
- Marine Mammal Exploration Cruises
- Antique Faires
- Whale Run
- Golf Tournament
- Pancake Breakfasts
- Whale Splash
- Wag-a-thon
- Symphony Casino Night
- pro Volleyball
Visit the Festival of Whales Home Page for all the details
This year's conference will be held from 6-8 March 1998 at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton. All are welcome and we encourage presentation submissions from any graduate students interested. All presentations are welcome, be they result oriented or proposals, posters or orals. The conference typically has members from all over eastern and central North America, and we expect a good turn out again this year. Abstracts are due at the end of January.
For more details, contact Jeff Bowman at n9cro@unb.ca
Jeff Bowman
New Brunswick Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit,
Dept. of Biology,
University of New Brunswick,
Fredericton, NB
Canada
E3B 6E1
The Third Annual International Wildlife Law Conference (3IWLC) will take place at American University's School of Law in Washington, DC on March 31, 1998.
We will utilize the same three panel format as at the first two conferences. The panels for the conference will be as follows:
Panel #1: The Interface of the World Trade Organization and International Wildlife Treaty Regimes/National Wildlife Conservation Legislation.
We are particularly interested in speakers that will address this issue in the context of a specific dispute, e.g. Shrimp/TEDs, Leghold Traps/EU. Also, we are seeking speakers who will address the issue from a prescriptive standpoint, i.e. how should we reconcile the purview of the WTO and wildlife treaty regimes/national legislation?
Panel #2: Sustainable Use of Wildlife: Opportunity or Oxymoron?
We are seeking speakers to examine the moral, economic and biological issues related to sustainable use of wildlife as an economic resource. We are particularly interested in the application of the concept in the context of international wildlife treaty regimes, including CITES and regional regimes.
Panel #3: Regional Wildlife Treaty Regimes: Problems and Prospects
We are seeking speakers to assess the viability of regional wildlife treaty regimes, including agreements entered into under the Convention on Conservation of Migratory Species (e.g. the European Bats Agreement, ASCOBANS), the Lusaka Agreement on Cooperative Enforcement Operations Directed at Illegal Trade in Wild Fauna and Flora, and the Bern Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats. The focus of the speakers should be on the efficacy of such regimes to date and how the regimes can be strengthened.
Speakers will have the option of publishing longer versions of the presentations made at the conference in a special symposium issue of the Journal of Wildlife Management Law & Policy.
Individuals interested in participating in the conference should submit 1-2 page abstracts to the address listed below. Limited funds may be available for speakers traveling from outside the United States.
Also, if you wish to be placed on our mailing list for program/registration materials, please contact us. Registration information, as well as information about past conferences is available on our web site:
Wil Burns, Executive Director
GreenLife Society - North American Chapter
700 Cragmont Ave.
Berkeley, CA 94708 USA
(510) 558-0620 (Phone/Fax)
greenlifesociety@msn.com (e-mail)
sponsered by the Texas Sea Grant College Program
SHARING OUR GULF - A CHALLENGE FOR US ALL is the theme, spirit and title of the June 1998 conference to be held at the George Bush Presidential Library and Conference Center on the Texas A&M University campu in College Station, Texas. The conference, sponsored by the Texas Sea Grant College Program, will bring together the diverse groups and individuals who live, work and play in the Gulf of Mexico to address some of today's most important and challenging questions about the way the Gulf's resources should be used and preserved.
Sharing Our Gulf is a different kind of conference. Your input is a vital part of the agenda. The organizers have provided ample time for questions and answers and are looking forward to a productive event where ideas are shared, debated and expanded. A tentative list of sessions include:
ACCOMODATIONS
The College Station Hilton, the host hotel for Sharing Our Gulf, offers single rooms at a rate of $55/night and doubles at $75/night. For your convenience, there are also rooms available at the Best Western at a rate of $55/night for a single and $62/night for a double and at the Hampton Inn at a rate of $55/night for a single and $65/night for a double. Buses will run between hotels and the George Bush Conference Center.
Specify 'Sharing Our Gulf conference' when making reservations. Rooms are on reserve from June 9 through 12, and rates are subject to the current state per diem. The rates quoted are good until May 26, 1998. Reservations made after that date are on a space or rate available basis. Contact the Hilton at 1-800-HILTONS; the Best Western at 1-800-267-7750 and the Hampton Inn at 1-800-426-7866.
POSTER SESSION
Posters will be on display throughout the conference and a formal poster session will be held in conjunction with a reception on the evening of June 10. Participants will be invited to submit one-page abstracts for posters on any of the general topics mentioned in the session descriptions (or others related to the Gulf of Mexico). Abstract forms will be available in the registration packet.
Please check out the Sea Grant homepage at
to submit a request for registration materials.
Kathryn Stephenson
Department of Biology
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843
(409) 845-7784
kstephenson@bio.tamu.edu
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