NAAFE Forum 2011 Second Call

NAAFE is pleased to announce that we will again be holding a Best Student Paper contest in conjunction with this Forum. For details, please visit http://oregonstate.edu/Dept/IIFET/NAAFE/NAAFEBSPRules.pdf

The North American Association of Fisheries Economists (NAAAFE) 2011 Forum Website is now up and running. Please visit http://www.xcdsystem.com/naafe/ for all you need to submit your abstract, and eventually to register for the conference.

Among other useful information, you'll find:
Themes & Topics
Forum Features
Abstract Submission
Accommodation
Important Dates
Contacts/Committees

The website will be continually updated as new information becomes available.

The ABSTRACT SUBMISSION part of the site is now open and working, so please submit your 250 word abstract, or a proposal for a special session, between now and January 14.

Some helpful hints to aid the smooth submission of your abstract: the first time you enter the site, you'll be asked to create a profile. The system will send you your username and a randomly generated password, which you will need to enter the site the next time you return.

After you set up your profile you'll be taken automatically to the abstract submission page. You'll put in your title and abstract, and you will also need to set up your co-authors in the system. You will need to put their names, addresses, and email addresses into a form. They will receive email indicating they've been named as co-authors.

NEW for NAAFE: If you are interested in organizing a SPECIAL SESSION on a topic in which you have expertise and interest, please submit a proposal on the website. You will be asked for a Title, Format, Duration, Description, and Major Topic. On the next screen you will be asked for "co-authors". In this case, that means the other individuals who will present in your proposed session.

To submit a proposal for a special session go to the NAAFE Forum menu, select Abstract Submission, then Author Submission Center, then you'll be able to choose whether to submit an abstract or a session proposal.

The Forum Scientific Committee looks forward to reviewing your abstracts and proposals, and we all look forward to meeting again in Honolulu next May.

The first call for abstracts, containing the themes and topics, appears below.

NAAFE Forum 2011 First Call

Please plan to join us for NAAFE Forum 2011, "The Economics of Conflict and Co-existence in an Increasingly Crowded Ocean", at the East-West Center at the University of Hawaii in Honolulu, May 11-13, 2011 (a pre-conference field trip is being planned for May 10th; stay tuned for details).

As usual our Forum will provide ample opportunities for presentation and interaction on a wide variety of fisheries, aquaculture, and seafood economics topics. Anyone with an interest in the economics of these topics are welcome-we encourage participation from academia, trade, government agencies, NGOs, and anyone with an interest in fisheries and aquaculture economics.

Major topics will include:

Economics of Hazard and Major Disasters on Fisheries and Aquaculture (e.g. the Gulf oil spill)

Bio-economic Implications of Growing Climate Uncertainty for Fisheries and Aquaculture (high value species, corals, and other resources)

New Developments in Allocating TACs: IQs, Co-ops and Catch Shares

Economics of Ecosystem-Based Management

Ocean Aquaculture and Fisheries: Sustainability, Interdependency and Tradeoffs

Economics of Rebuilding Fish Stocks

Opportunities and Problems in Fishery Spatial Planning

Opportunities for Improved Management of High Seas Fisheries

The Economics of Managing Bycatch and Habitat Damage from Fisheries

Marketing of Seafoods: New Developments and Analyses

Potential special sessions include:

Economics of South Pacific Islands Tuna Fisheries

Reconciling Recreational and Commercial Use of Highly Valued Species

This list of topics is not meant to be exhaustive or exclusive. The final program will be adjusted to accommodate accepted abstracts.

250 word abstracts of proposed presentations will be reviewed by the Forum Scientific Committee beginning in November 2010, when our online abstract submission system will be opened. If you wish to propose a special session or your organization or agency would like to sponsor a session please contact conference organizers Minling Pan of NOAA and PingSun Leung of University of Hawaii, or NAAFE President Dan Huppert of the University of Washington.

We look forward to meeting you at NAAFE Forum 2011!