NAAFE Forum 2009
NAAFE's fifth biennial Forum welcomed a record number of academics, government representatives, industry members, and others with interests in the economics of fisheries management, aquaculture and seafood trade.
The conference organizers were Jon Sutinen and Jim Anderson of the University of Rhode Island's Environmental and Natural Resource Economics Department. A Presidential Address entitled "Reflections of a Recovering fisheries Economist" was given by Dr. Lee G. Anderson, and a keynote address entitled "A Fisheries Management Authority" was given by Francis T. Christy, Jr
Click here to read Dr. Christy's address PDF version
A record number of 172 individuals from 16 countries participated in this, our fifth biennial Forum. 125 presentations were made in 28 sessions covering a wide variety of topics, including:
-Fisheries Management and Regulatory Programs, including ITQs, Catch Shares, Property Rights Regimes, Bycatch Management, Climate Change Issues, and other topics
-Economic Analysis of Recreational Fisheries
-Fleet Dynamics
-Seafood Markets and Sustainability
-Bioeconomic Modeling
-Rent Drain
-Key Questions on the Road to a WTO Agreement (fisheries subsidies)
-Measuring Productivity and Efficiency in Fisheries
-Seafood Markets
-Ocean Fish Populations and the Global Economy
-Measurement and Use of Stated Preference Values of Threatened, Endangered, and At-Risk Aquatic Species
-Aquaculture Economics
Selected papers will appear as proceedings in the journal Marine Resource Economics.
In conjunction with the Forum, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) organized a 2 day workshop attended by 68 participants, entitled "The Economics of Stock Rebuilding Programs" organized by Anthony Cox. All workshop presentations are available online at http://www.oecd.org/document/56/0,3343,en_2649_33901_42090552_1_1_1_37401,00.html. Papers from the workshop will be compiled into a printed proceedings volume for publication later in 2009. For further information on the OECD Workshop, please contact Saba Khwaja.
NAAFE Forum 2007
The forum followed successful prior NAAFE events held in New Orleans, Virginia, and Vancouver, Canada. NAAFE's 2007 forum was organized by Dr. Juan Carlos Seijo of the Universidad Marista de Merida and was comprised of 2 1/2 days of conference sessions, March 28-30, plus a one day post-conference tour to the fishing port of San Felipe on the nearby Yucatan coast, Saturday, March 31. An optional pre-conference workshop on Spatial Bioeconomic Analysis of Coastal Fisheries was offered March 27.
2007 Forum Photos: PowerPoint Slideshow OR PDF File
Conference themes
-Economics of ecosystem-based fisheries management
-Spatial modeling and management of metapopulations
-Bioeconomics of marine protected areas
-Decision theory and uncertain fisheries environments
-Fisheries governance: high seas, regional fisheries organizations and coastal artisanal fisheries
-Rights-based fisheries: co-management, community-based management and ITQs
-Current fishery management issues: restructuring, and buyback controls
-Valuation of ecosystem services and biodiversity
-Valuation of recreational fisheries
-Economic effects of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing
-Aquaculture: bioeconomics of aquaculture, productivity, risk, and uncertainty
-Trade, traceability, and marketing of fisheries and aquaculture products
We invite you to examine the website http://www.marista.edu.mx/naafe/home.html which is extremely well organized and provides lots of useful information provided by Juan Carlos and his excellent team at UMM.
NAAFE Forum 2005:
Fisheries Benefits to All Generations: The Role of Economics
The third biennial NAAFE Forum in 2005 was held at the University of British Columbia in beautiful Vancouver, BC, Canada, May 25-27, 2005. Dr. Ussif Rashid Sumaila headed the organizing effort in collaboration with NAAFE President Jon G. Sutinen and other NAAFE Board members.
NAAFE Forum 2005 Proceedings are available.
In commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of his groundbreaking paper "The Fishery: the Objectives of Sole Ownership", Dr. Anthony Scott received an award from the North American Association of Fisheries Economists. Dr. Gordon Munro introduced the award with the following tribute: PDF version.
Forum Debate Ensuring Fisheries Benefits to All Generations
Summary Article on Forum for Fisheries Centre Newsletter
NAAFE Forum 2003
Our second international conference, NAAFE Forum 2003, was held May 4-7, 2003, in Williamsburg, Virginia. The conference was organized by Jim Kirkley and Tom Murray of the College of William and Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science. Some 60 participants witnessed a variety of presentations on fishery management and seafood trade topics.
For a complete list of presentations, view the detailed Conference Program.
NAAFE Forum 2001
Our first international conference, NAAFE Forum 2001, was held April 1-4, 2001, in New Orleans, Louisiana. The conference was organized by Gunnar Knapp (University of Alaska) and Walter Keithly (Louisiana State University). Over 90 participants witnessed some 75 presentations. Informal notes are available describing some conference sessions.
Proceedings of the 2001 NAAFE Forum contain the complete program, abstracts of all presentations, and papers which were submitted for inclusion. Proceedings will be distributed free of charge to Forum participants, and are also available for purchase. Take a look at the table of contents (in .pdf format).
To order a copy, please download the NAAFE 2001 Forum Proceedings Order Form and airmail or fax to the NAAFE Business Office.
Proceedings addendum:
We apologize for our failure to include the following paper in the printed proceedings. Click here to view Vessel Efficiency in the Northwest Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery by John Walden, Steve Edwards and Jim Kirkley, in .pdf format.