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Newsletter 2004, No.2

ISSN 1048-9509

The International Instituteof Fisheries Economics & Trade

Tsunami Effects, Reporting, and RehabilitationAs you are all by now aware, on December 26, 2004 a series of devastating tsunamis radiating from apoint off the west coast of northern Sumatra swept in all directions, causing an overwhelming loss oflife throughout the South Asia region and as far away as East Africa. We are particularly sensitized to theeffects in the Aceh province of northern Sumatra, Sri Lanka, and the southeast coast of India, because wehave several IIFET members living there, both longstanding and new as a result of IIFET 2004 Japan.

We would like to request that IIFET members living in the affected areas send in a brief report on yoursituation, to let us know whether you are ok.

Further, if you are able, we would like to request that any of you who have information to share about thescope or nature of impacts felt by your communities, both immediate and longer term.

Finally, if you have any thoughts or information on longer-term programmes that might focus on reha-bilitation of the livelihoods of affected fishers and others in coastal communities, please provide that aswell. We will share all of this information as appropriate with the IIFET membership through the elec-tronic list, Newsletter, and other media.

In the meantime, the International Collective in Support of Fishworkers’ Tsunami 2004 page at

http://www.icsf.net/jsp/english/flashnews/flashNews.jsp

provides information about a number of charitable organizations operating in the region. Click “Howyou can help” for a list of organizations to which you can donate.

IIFET News ............................................................ 1-7News Notes .............................................................. 7Membership Information ..................................... 9-10Publications ........................................................ 8-15

CONTENTSElectronic Resources ........................................ 15-16Conference Highlight ............................................. 16Conferences, Workshops, Seminars ............... 17-19

Note: Bold type names are IIFET members.

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IIFET Goes to EnglandSince 2002, the IIFET Executive Committee has en-gaged in discussions with faculty of the University ofPortsmouth’s Centre for the Economics and Man-agement of Aquatic Resources (http://www.port.ac.uk/research/cemare/) about the possi-bility of an IIFET biennial conference. In July, 2004,the Executive Committee signed an agreement withSean Pascoe and other CEMARE staff, enabling usto begin planning in earnest for IIFET 2006 CEMARE(see IIFET Newsletter 2004 #1 for a picture of thesigning ceremony.)

A recent visit to Europe to attend an event for con-ference organizers and association managers enabledthe IIFET Executive Director to call on the organiz-ers for a brief conference planning visit. It’s earlydays yet, but brainstorming for the conference hasalready begun.

Portsmouth is a very enjoyable city, with several important facetsthat will make it an ideal IIFET conference locale. It’s a smaller city,with somewhat lower costs than the more expensive, and urban, Lon-don. Transport to and from London and its airports, though, is conve-nient and reliable. Portsmouth is also a working city, with an activeport. This photograph of the Warrior demonstrates its significant navalhistory; it’s also surrounded by Napoleonic-era battlements just off-shore. The University has convenient facilities of just the right sizefor our conference, which are well-outfitted with the technologyneeded to handle your presentation materials. Negotiations are tak-ing place which may enable us to use University accommodations atvery reasonable prices. Several local hotels will supply additionalrooms as needed.

Portsmouth’s harbor has recently undergone renovation which hasrendered it very pleasant and enjoyable. An open-air shopping area surrounds the docks, which are very near the NavalDockyards, where CEMARE’s new office space is located. It’s an easy walk to the beach, the stone seawall, andmany excellent local pubs and restaurants. (If my experience is any indication, you will be very pleasantly surprised atthe quality of the food as well!)

It’s early yet for much programmatic detail, but I can say that Pascoe and company are working with IIFET PresidentMahfuz Ahmed, NOAA Fisheries personnel, and others to gather ideas to shape a strengthened agenda on internationalseafood trade. Of course there will be plenty of good fisheries resource management topics, as well as aquaculturecoverage. Following on the success of IIFET 2004 Japan’s pre-conference tour, there has been talk of a professionaltour to familiarize participants with fishing, seafood trade, and management activities in areas surrounding the Englishchannel, possibly including France.

Final dates for the conference, to be held in England’s summer of 2006, will be determined very soon, so look for anannouncement via IIFET channels in early 2005. Please begin thinking about what you would like to contribute to, andtake from, our program, and plan to join us for our next biennial conference in Portsmouth, UK!

New University buildings will providemeeting facilities.

The Warrior graces Portsmouth’sNaval Dockyards’ harbor.

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Let’s Reach Out and Improve IIFET’s Global Coverage

By Mahfuzuddin Ahmed, IIFET President

Those of you who participated in IIFET 2004 in Tokyo last July should remember theconference for its success in attracting a large number of participants from developingcountries, not to mention about the diversity of the backgrounds of the participants. Thehard work by Prof. Yoshi Matsuda and Prof. Tadashi Yamamoto, and support from AnnShriver and Harry Campbell, made IIFET 2004 a successful event on this as well as anumber of other levels. I was particularly pleased to see the large number of special ses-sions and topics that were presented by numerous colleagues from developing countries.This is an encouraging development for IIFET as I have always thought we need to bringIIFET closer to the developing world where there is a clear and urgent role for fisherieseconomics and related disciplines in shaping fisheries and aquatic resource policies andmanagement. I do not know how most members and patrons of IIFET from various parts of the world will view thisperspective. But, I believe that strengthening our efforts in this direction is fundamental to making IIFET a truly globalprofessional organization.

I also believe that by reaching out to a wider constituency we have an opportunity to promote interaction and theexchange of scientific knowledge between people from all countries and professional disciplines about fisheries eco-nomics and trade. As your President I am committed to a more global IIFET that will continue to foster partnershipsamong researchers and policy stakeholders in fisheries on our different continents. For this the base of membership andsupport for IIFET must expand. To my mind, this is the best time, and simultaneously the most challenging time in thehistory of fisheries economics - a time when fisheries around the globe are at a crossroads. From what used to be merelocal and national issues of coastal communities making a living by fishing, fisheries issues have become global, andinterdependent, in the last 3-4 decades. Integration of domestic fisheries with foreign markets have made fish a trulyglobal commodity, and fish resources one of the most difficult management challenges in all parts of the world. This washighlighted in Ichiro Nomura’s (ADG-Fisheries, FAO) keynote speech at IIFET 2004 Japan as one of the fundamentalchallenges of our time – meeting the growing demand for fish and supporting and ensuring the sustainability of poorpeoples’ livelihoods and their environment through increased responsibility and accountability. Already the balance ofproduction and consumption has shifted to developing countries, and trade has become a unique currency that ties bothof these worlds together. By 2020 the face of fisheries will change even further as forecast in the “Fish to 2020” studyby the economists and policy researchers from International Food Policy Research Institute and the WorldFish Center.

I think all of these will warrant a renewed vision for IIFET. I will therefore discuss with the Executive Committee andour Executive Director a consultation process to better understand the viewpoints of members on our vision, goals andobjectives, and work with them to develop a strategy to raise IIFET’s profile and expand its memberships in manyunder-represented parts of the world. Many members in Asia and Africa have expressed their interest in establishingchapters and networks of IIFET in their own countries and regions. This is an encouraging development. I will workwith the ExCom on ways and means by which we can facilitate and support the formation of possible chapters andnetworks.

Finally, in keeping with the trends that we observed in IIFET 2004 I would expect IIFET 2006 in Portsmouth to attractsignificant participation from developing countries. As loyal members we all have a collective responsibility to promoteIIFET within our respective organizations, and peers and partners across different continents. So, let’s not forget ourobligations to contribute to the financial sustainability of IIFET by paying membership dues, and encouraging othercolleagues to join IIFET. By attending IIFET conferences, and presenting our scientific work we can further advancethe discipline of fisheries economics, and remain a source of solutions to many emerging fisheries problems in the thirdmillennium.

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Nothing Fishy in Tsukiji

By John Kurien

(Dr. Kurien provided these thoughts on Tsukiji fish market to the IIFET Secretariat around the time of IIFET 2004Japan. Many conference participants enjoyed visits to this most impressive seafood market in central Tokyo.)

For the average tourist arriving in Tokyo — the largest city in Japan, home to myriad electronics stores and the Ginzashopping and entertainment district — a trip to a fish market may not top the list of things to do. But I was no ordinarysightseer. Having dabbled with experiments in marketing fish through co-operatives in my home State of Kerala in the1970s, visiting the fish market was a ‘must do’ on my itinerary. And this was no run-of-the-mill market either. Tsukiji(pronounced “ski-jee”) is one of the world’s biggest fish markets, where, on average, 17,000 trucks laden with all kindsof seafood pass its portals every day.

For me, visiting the Tokyo Central Wholesale Market, as Tsukiji is officially called, was thus something of a dream cometrue.

The market is not tucked away in some obscure corner of Tokyo, but lies in the district situated between the exclusiveGinza district and Tokyo Bay. In Japanese, “Tsukiji” means “built land”, appropriate enough for a place that stands onland reclaimed some 300 years ago.

A bit of history. It is said that the first riverside fish market (uogashi) dates back to the 16th century, the beginning ofthe Edo period. Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first Tokugawa shogun and builder of Edo (now Tokyo) gave fishermen fromTsukudajima, Osaka, the privilege of fishing in the area to supply seafood to the Edo Castle. After meeting the Castle’sneeds, the fishermen sold the remainder near the Nihonbashi Bridge. Later, to meet the growing demand for fish froman increasing population, Nihonbashi Uogashi was developed into a proper market. The market was led by wholesalemerchants, licensed by the Shogunate, who bought fish from local ports and sold them to jobbers through their owndistribution network, in the process building up large fortunes. In 1923, around 20 private markets in Tokyo were almostcompletely destroyed by the Great Kanto Earthquake. After the earthquake, Tokyo City constructed a central whole-sale market on the basis of the Central Wholesale Market Law promulgated in the same year. Thus was Tsukiji born.

The Tsukiji market soon came to occupy pride of place among the Japanese,who have an insatiable appetite for seafood. Breakfast starts with raw fish –sushi. Lunch and dinner only add to the range and variety of seafood served— from seaweed to whale meat. Not surprisingly, Japan consumes about asixth of the world’s fish production, a third of which is sold through Tsukiji.Fish is real big business here. The daily turnover for 2001 was estimated at2,600 tonnes, worth US$ 18 million. No wonder Tsukiji is a vital force in thelifeblood of Tokyo’s citizens.

In my earlier days as an activist-researcher in the fish co-operative movement, one unavoidable hardship was wakingup early to be in time for the fish auctions on the beaches. At Tsukiji, I found my past catching up with me. If we wishedto see the fish being brought from the docks and airport and laid out in the market halls, we would have to reach thereby 3.00 am! In the event, tempered by jetlag and some touristy laxitude, we decided to skip the early bit and get thereat the more reasonable 5.30 a.m.

It was a cold February morning. Gusty winds and a temperature of 3 degrees Celsius made me momentarily questionthe wisdom of my venture. The taxi ride from Shinagawa Prince Hotel took 20 minutes and I used this occasion to learnmore about the place we were about to visit from my host, Masaaki Sato. Being a true Japanese and also head of theInternational Affairs Department of Zengyoren — the Japanese Fishermen’s Co-operative Association – Sato couldspeak authoritatively about fish both from the perspective of a producer and an avid fish consumer. He spoke withunabated pride about the Tsukiji fish market and about fish being central to Japanese cuisine and culture. Sushi (rawfish on rice) and sashimi (raw fish on radish) are the famed icons of Japanese gastronomic excellence and are so

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central to Japanese culture. How would this have been possible without Tsukiji, wondered Sato?

On reaching Tsukiji, we were met by Masao Takishima, Official of Public Relations at Tsukiji. As is the custom inJapan, we first exchanged visiting cards, bowing ceremonially and greeting each other with ‘ohayo gosaimasta’ (goodmorning). We then walked out into the street, where an icy wind blew in from the south. One look at the market and allthoughts of the cold were quickly banished. The amount of activity, as well as the sheer size of the place, was over-whelming. The Tsukiji market is a miniature city unto itself, containing both an inner and outer area. The outer market,or jògai ichiba, is a lively quarter that houses specialty fish shops serving the restaurant trade, as well as a growingcoterie of eateries, ranging from plain to fancy. The inner market, or jònai ichiba, serves both as the administrative huband the site of the daily auction.

We were first taken through the administrative wing, which resembled the block of any Indian government secretariat,and then ushered into a room where we were given a brochure and a set of instructions, and asked to exchange ourfootwear for large gumboots. The instruction sheet was in English and in bold 24-point type. We were asked to read itcarefully. It said (sic): “Please follow these restrictions during your visit: (1) Please do not approach too closely to thedealers or take flash photographs (2) Please do not touch any of the produce (3) The building is crowded with trucksand special vehicles, be careful at all times around the vehicles (4) Please be aware the floor is slippery inside thebuilding.” The restrictions on photography disheartened me at first; however, when Takishima San saw my tiny palm-sized Kodak Cameo, to my great relief, he gave an approving nod.

As we walked down two floors to the market floor, I strained to get the smell of fish. All I got instead was the strongodour of cigarette smoke. That was quickly forgotten at the first sight of the market hall, which was huge and impres-sive. The piercing lights on the high roof were reflected on the wet floor, continuously washed with jets of water. Hosepipes, like giant anaconda, pumped water into the large blue tanks that stocked live fish. Huge blocks of ice lay on thefloor, giving off vapours. Polystyrene boxes of various sizes, laden with fresh fish on ice, were neatly stacked, awaitingtheir turn to be fork lifted to the auction floor. I also got my first glimpse of the ‘tuna coffins’ – the boxes in whichairfreighted tuna reach the market.

Amidst the fishworkers pulling handcarts and driving forklifts, a strange mechanical truck, called a ‘mighty car’, caughtmy attention. There were many of them, mostly carrying a variety of crates stacked on the small platform behind thecart driver who drove the cart standing. They were like golf carts on steroids, darting to and fro across the floor, zippingamong the people, trucks, piles of empty boxes, and other obstructions. The propane-powered engines cranked upenough noise for you to hear the mighty cars coming from far. They were driven with great skill, very fast, and withscant regard for anyone who got in the way. As I sidestepped to avoid them, instruction number 3 on the sheet came tomind!

What was truly surprising was the total lack of a fishy smell. That was indeed proof of the freshness of the producebrought to the market. On the contrary, the high levels of nicotine in the air and the lack of any ‘No Smoking’ signs,made me quip to Sato San, “In Tsukiji, you may decay by contracting cancer from passive smoking, but you will neverexperience the smell of decaying fish!”

Maguro (tuna) is the most prized fish sold in the Tsukiji market. Each day’s sales turnover is close to US $ 2.5 million.The tuna reach Japan by freezer-vessels and airfreight from seas all over the world. Though the tuna may have beencaught a month ago by freezer long-liners, they remain fresh as they are immediately frozen at temperatures that dip tominus 55 degrees Celsius.

About seven wholesaling companies, called niyuke, are authorised to buy directly from the vessels and place the fishfor sale at Tsukiji. There over 1000 intermediate wholesalers handle the trading. To bid at the Tsukiji fish auction, youmust be a member of the fish exchange, where the price of a license can be of the order of US $ 700,000 to 800,000.

The frozen tuna, which lie arranged on the concrete floor, looking like white logs of wood, are numbered and given alabel marking its weight and place of origin. Registered buyers, called nakaoroshi, walk around the tuna, armed withtorches and a steel hook, called a tekagi, used to pierce the stone-cold tuna. They wear caps sporting orange labels that

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bear their registration numbers. Only then canthey bid at the auction. Invariably, most of themhad cigarettes drooping from the corners of theirmouths. They inspect the tail end of the tuna,which has been spliced earlier to reveal a circle-shaped piece of flesh that shows the tuna’s realworth.

The nakaoroshi inspects this tail-end carefullywith his torch. He looks for the white lines of fathidden in the pink flesh. The more fat, the betterthe fish. Bad telltale signs are black blood clots.The nakaoroshi pinches off a bit of the flesh ofthe tuna, feels, smells and tastes it. If he consid-ers that particular tuna worth buying, he notes itsnumber in his book.

At 5.30 a.m., one of the auctioneers (oroshiuri),standing on a high stool placed in front of the tuna, commences the auction byringing a hand bell and stomping his feet. He beckons those who wish to takepart in the auction. Breaking out into a chant — a quaint mixture of song andscream not atypical of a fish market – he announces the number of tuna, theirplaces of origin, and the floor price for bidding.

The bidding is fast and furious. The best fish is sold first. Each fish is sold in 10or 20 seconds. The buyers use a market sign language known as teyari, com-municating the prices by hand signals and frantic calls. The scale of the trans-actions, so deftly and efficiently handled, dawned on me only after I carefullyobserved bluefin tuna No. 23 from Ireland, weighing 269 kilos, being bid by Muto Egawa. In less than 30 seconds thesale was clinched. The bid: one million yen or about Rs.400,000 (US $ 8600) for the fish wholesale! The auctioneer’sassistant then marks the fish with a hieroglyphic in red paint, indicating to whom it has been sold.

Once a lot of tuna is sold, the successful buyers get fishworkers, called kogae, to drag the fish off the auction floor andplace it on two-wheel, rubber-tyre handcarts of the type we see in our wholesale markets in India. The tuna is thenhand-pulled to the nearest electric band saw. Here, in true lumber-cutting style, the fish is sawn in four longitudinalsections. It is then carted off to one of the over 1000 fish stalls run by the wholesalers in the jògai ichiba adjacent.

The fish stalls – each about 3 meters by 1.5 meters — are a riot of colour. Fish, crustaceans and mollusks of very shapeand hue are laid out almost like floral decorations in ikebana style, a significant proportion of them still swimming,jumping or crawling! Here you also get your first sight of women in Tsukiji. They manage the money in the stalls. Apartfrom the bluefin tuna from different seas around the world, you can find maroon octopus from Mauritania, eels fromChina, pink salmon from Norway, red snapper from New Zealand, silvery ribbon fish from India, sea urchin roe fromMaine, USA, black grouper from the Pacific, blue-green sea cucumber from Indonesia, dark green seaweed fromChile, and a wide variety of shell fish, live crabs and scallops from Aomori in Japan. What I missed was cod from theAtlantic. But who could complain? This was certainly the fish supermarket of the world!

Anything and everything that swims has a buyer in Tsukiji. Over 50,000 of them foray through the stalls trying to makegood buys. Hotel and restaurant buyers are most evident, hoping to get the freshest and most exotic stuff for theircustomers. I noticed that the yellow price tag on an elegantly cut piece of blue fin tuna, not more than half a kilo, readYen 7000. A quick mental calculation revealed a mark up of 80 per cent between wholesale auction and first sale! Eventhe humble ribbon-fish (tachiyuo), the inexpensive protein source of rural consumers in Trivandrum, was selling at Yen1200 to 2000 (Rs 500 – 800), depending on size and quality. In comparison, a similar fish of 2-3 kilos sells for Rs. 20 –25 in Trivandrum!

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NEWS NOTES

As that realization breaks on me, so does dawn break, andSato San offers to buy me breakfast in a one of the tiny,crammed, sushi restaurants in the jògai ichiba frequentedby the local fish traders. I hesitate, concerned more about thebig dent it would make on Sato San’s purse and less on mypreference for dosai and sambar. But the decision was madewhen he nudged me, saying, “If you don’t taste sushi here,you will not imbibe the true spirit of Tsukiji.”

And imbibe the spirit of Tsukiji I certainly did. The hour atTsukiji proved beyond doubt that the market is an institutionprized by the citizens of Tokyo for both its gastronomic andeconomic contributions to urban life. That is why, though Tsukijiis situated in the city, in prime urban land, there is no discus-sion about moving it out of the heart of the city. Tokyo’s citi-zens appreciate its function as the fish supermarket and tolerate its smells – whether of fish or cigarette smoke.

As I was about to leave Tsukiji, I realized how visiting markets gives one a unique insight into the culture and values ofa society. The popular belief is that markets are only about economic transactions. But the tour of Tsukiji revealed howembedded they are in social institutions and how markets are as much about social and cultural trends as they are about“pure” economics.

Project Examines Impacts of Climate Variability on Marine Ecosystems CLIOTOP (CLimate Impacts on Oceanic TOP Predators) is a new GLOBEC regional program which addresses openocean ecosystem dynamics, the influence of climate on the dynamics of top predator populations, and the socioeco-nomic aspects of climate-related stock dynamics.

The general objective of CLIOTOP is to organize a large-scale worldwide comparative effort aimed at identifying theimpact of both climate variability (at various scales) and fishing on the structure and function of open ocean pelagicecosystems and their top predator species by elucidating the key processes involved in open ocean ecosystem function-ing. The ultimate objective is the development of a reliable predictive capability for the dynamics of top predatorpopulations and oceanic ecosystems that combines both fishing and climate (i.e. environmental) effects.

These objectives require an approach involving research teams currently working in process-oriented projects whichaddress the mechanisms linking physical forcing, zooplankton production, prey abundance and distribution, and toppredator physiological, behavioural and population ecology. In addition, socioeconomic research is needed to understandchanging patterns of human exploitation of top predator species, and other human activities that affect the oceanicecosystem.

CLIOTOP is aimed at improving understanding of ocean top predators in their ecosystem. However, its successfulimplementation might have a significant impact on the management of the very important fisheries that exploit tunas antuna like species. These fisheries are managed by international organizations, which rely on international scientificconsensus in understanding the dynamics of the populations they exploit. The work will therefore require cross-disciplinary studies involving a wide range of research areas. This integrated scientific research program is organized

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PUBLICATIONS

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into five working groups: 1) Early Life History; 2) Physiology, Behaviour and Distribution; 3) Trophic Pathways in OpenOcean Ecosystems; 4) Synthesis and Modeling; 5) Socioeconomic Aspects and management strategies. WorkingGroups 2, 4 and 5 held a joint meeting in Honolulu, December 1-3, 2004.

The goals of WG5 are to improve understanding of:• the factors that drive human impacts on top predator species;• the efforts to manage those human impacts through local, national, regional, and international scientific and

regulatory efforts; and• the impacts and implications of these scientific and regulatory efforts, together with changes in stocks and catch of

top predator species on those communities dependent on them.

Working Group 5 currently proposes two interrelated research foci: 1) evolution of harvesting efforts as affected byclimate-driven variability in stock productivity and distribution; and 2) the interplay between resource changes (drivenby both harvesting and natural variability) and the development and functioning of international fishery managementorganizations.A comparative project such as CLIOTOP, by improving understanding will provide the basis for a better fisheriesmanagement. CLIOTOP addresses:

• The need for a global comparative approach of processes linking climate to top predators ecosystems.• The need for an international effort to urgently elucidate those processes in a global change context, that is a

constant and rapid process with no equivalent in any ocean systems, to date.• The need for both improving our basic knowledge and developing a reliable predictive capability.• The need to better understand the drivers of human impacts on these species, and the potential value of

scientific information in resource management.This project will federate international scientific projects and research groups already involved in those topics.Please see http://www.pml.ac.uk/globec/structure/regional/cliotop/cliotop.htm for more information, or contact Co-chairs:Dr Patrick Lehodey (PatrickL@spc.int) or and Dr Oliver Maury (maury@ird.fr). Working Group 5 is co-chaired byKathleen Miller (kathleen@ucar.edu) and Rémi Mongruel (remi.mongruel@univ-brest.fr).

New AFS Text on MPAS

This information is excerpted from Sublegals (PCFFA Electronic Newsletter) Vol. 10, No. 15

The American Fisheries Society (AFS) has announced the third volume in the AFS–Sea Grant symposia intended todevelop new approaches to fisheries management; this proceedings examines the topic of marine protected areas. Thetext, Aquatic Protected Areas as Fisheries Management Tools, J. Brook Shipley, editor, (301 pages, August 2004) isavailable for $60 (AFS member price: $42). The stock number is 540.42P.

To order, please contact:AFSAttn: Orders Dept.1650 Bluegrass ParkwayAlpharetta, GA 30004Phone: (678) 366-1411,Web: http://www.fisheries.org (click on “Bookstore”).

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INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FISHERIESECONOMICS AND TRADE

Goals and Activities

The International Institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade is organized to promote discussion of factors which affectinternational production of and trade in seafood and fisheries policy questions. Designed to be attractive to individuals fromgovernments, industry, and universities from all over the world, a major goal of the organization is to facilitate cooperativeresearch and data exchange.

Membership in the organization is open to any individual for a fee of $50.00 U.S. annually. Student memberships are$15.00. U.S. Corporate/institutional memberships are $250 US annually. Among its activities are preparing a directorywhich provides names, addresses and interests of Institute members, publishing a semiannual newsletter, and serving as aclearinghouse for cooperative research undertakings by bringing together members with common interests. Our mostimportant activities in this regard are our biennial conferences, where academics, industry and government representatives,and international organizations from all of the world’s major fishing and aquaculture regions gather to exchange and reviewacademic, scientific and industry-oriented research on a broad variety of fisheries and seafood economics-related topics.To date, conferences have been held in the U.S., New Zealand, Canada, Denmark, Chile, France, Taiwan, Morocco,Norway, at Oregon State University in the U.S, and Australia. The 2004 Conference was held in Japan.

The Executive Committee of the Institute addresses policy issues and assists in planning conferences. Dr. MahfuzAhmed, WorldFish Center (formerly ICLARM), Malaysia, is the Institute’s President. He and the following individualscomprise the Executive Committee: Dr. Cathy Roheim, University of Rhode Island, USA (President-Elect); Dr. JimAnderson, University of Rhode Island, USA; Dr. Claire Armstrong, University of Tromso, Norway; Dr. Tony Charles,St. Mary’s University, Canada; Dr. Mafaniso Hara, University of Western Cape, South Africa; Dr. Richard S. Johnston,ex-officio, Oregon State University, USA; Dr. Yoshi Matsuda, Kagoshima University, Japan; Dr. Rebecca Metzner, FAO,Rome; and Dr. Carlos Wurmann, Chile.

The Institute’s Secretariat, located at Oregon State University, carries out the day-to-day activities of the organization:publications, correspondence, facilitating communication and cooperation among researchers, preparation of publications,and other administrative activities. We also maintain an electronic mailing list and up-to-date directory of electronicaddresses. Our home page at http://oregonstate.edu/Dept/IIFET/ contains many useful types of information for fisherieseconomists, including a directory of fisheries-related internet resources.

Several research and trade oriented sub-groups are coordinated by IIFET. These have included the Global GroundfishMarkets Research Group, the Socioeconomics Network, and the Salmon Network. New subgroups are formed, as neces-sary, to meet membership needs.

The Institute provides an exciting opportunity for exchange of ideas among people from different countries and withdifferent professional orientations. Please request a free copy of our Newsletter and application form from the IIFETSecretariat at Ann.L.Shriver@oregonstate.edu or by regular mail at the address on the membership application (verso).Any correspondence pertaining to this Institute can be sent to that address or to any member of the Executive Committee.

Membership Fee PaymentsPlease refer to the application form for details. Members are billed annually in December for the following calendar year’sfees.

New ApplicantsIIFET’s annual membership period is January 1- December 31. New members should indicate which calendar year’smembership they wish to purchase on their application form. If you join in the middle of a year, you will receive allmembership materials for the year you indicate, including back issues if appropriate.

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INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FISHERIES ECONOMICS AND TRADEMEMBERSHIP APPLICATION

To join IIFET: Please fill in this form, and return it with your membership fee to the address indicated below.IIFET Memberships are sold on a calendar year basis. Please indicate which year(s) you wish to purchase: _____Please place an “x” next to the type of membership you would like to establish:

___ Regular, Individual Membership: $50/year (US)___ Student Membership: $15/year (student memberships should be signed by department head)___ Corporate/institutional Membership: $250/year (US)___ Family Membership: $75/year (two individual listings, one set of publications)___ Library membership: $100/year

PAYMENT OPTIONS: You may pay by CHECK, payable in US $ to: IIFET. Mail, with your completed application to:

International Institute of Fisheries Economics and TradeDept. of Agricultural and Resource EconomicsOregon State University213 Ballard Extension HallCorvallis, OR 97331-3601 USA

OR you may pay by CREDIT CARD. Please DO NOT e-mail us any credit card information. You may fax or mail this formto the Secretariat. Please indicate which credit card you wish to use:

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Names and addresses of others who might be interested in IIFET:

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Four Publications from OECD

Review of Fisheries in OECD Countries: Country Statistics 2000-2002

This publication contains statistics on fisheries and aquaculture in OECD countries for 2000, 2001 and 2002. Informa-tion is provided on government financial transfers, total allowable catches, landings, employment, fleet capacity andaquaculture production.

Countries Covered: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ice-land, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden,Turkey, United Kingdom, United states and Argentina (observer).

This publication is available for $75 (US).

Towards Sustainable Fisheries: Economic Aspects of the Management of Living Marine Resources

The current state of living marine resources is a problem requiring urgent solutions. However, the selection of effectivemanagement instruments is a difficult task, since the effect of each type of instrument depends on a variety of biologi-cal, technological, economic and social factors. By analysing the outcomes associated with the use of alternativemanagements regimes in over 100 fisheries in the OECD countries, this study for the first time provides a comprehen-sive assessment of their economic performance.

This publication is available for $59 (US).

Transition to Responsible Fisheries: Economic and Policy Implications

If the fishing industry is to survive in the long term, more responsible practices and approaches need to be adopted. Thisinvolves not only the industry’s own practices, but also public sector policies and in particular fisheries managementapproaches. This book identifies possible transition paths to responsible fisheries, assesses their consequences andprovides policy recommendations on how to enhance prosperity in this sector.

This publication is available for $50 (US).

Fish Piracy: Combating Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing

This publication is the fruit of a Workshop that the OECD’s Committee for Fisheries hosted in April 2004. The objectiveof the Workshop was to gather information and data on the extent of IUU fishing and identify the economic and socialdrivers. Around 120 experts from OECD and non-OECD countries, regional fisheries management organizations,international governmental organizations, non-governmental organizations and academia attended the Workshop.

Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing is a worldwide problem which is increasing in scale. The issue hasmoved to the forefront of the international fisheries policy agenda in recent years as governments around the worldhave recognised the negative effects of IUU fishing activities on resource sustainability, biodiversity and economic andsocial sustainability. In many cases, the burden is largely borne by the fishing industry.

Establishing the extent of IUU fishing and its impact on the environmental, economic and social aspects of the worldfishing sector is a crucial step in the fight against IUU fishing. But the international community lacks hard evidencebecause IUU fishing activities are generally camouflaged, and information and data are therefore often anecdotal.Regional fisheries management organisations and the NGO community can play a vital role in providing information anddata to governments and international institutions.

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Previous efforts of dealing with IUU fishing have produced meagre results, so new approaches are needed. It needs tobe recognised that IUU fishing is an economic activity that will continue to exist as long as it is profitable. It is thereforeimportant to better understand the social and economic factors that drive IUU fishing in order to identify more effectivemethods to combat this evil. The OECD Workshop looked at the various means available for deterring IUU fishing andsought to understand the costs and benefits of alternative strategies. The Workshop asked whether existing institutionsare capable of dealing with this often concealed, cross-border activity, and proposed new and alternative ways to dealwith it.

The publication contains the proceedings from the Workshop and a series of “Key Observation and Findings” devel-oped as a set of conclusions by the Workshop Chairs. It will be followed in 2005 with the release by the OECDCommittee for Fisheries of a major analytical book which will further examine the illegal, unreported and unregulatedfishing activities.

For more information on these publications, or to order, please visit:http://oecdpublications.gfi-nb.com/cgi-bin/OECDBookShop.storefront/

A Stack of Publications from Ashgate

The Economics of Biodiversity Conservation, Edited by Stephen Polasky

Biologists are worried that much of the earth’s biological diversity is in trouble. A rapidly expanding human populationhas led to widespread conversion of natural habitats, world-wide increases in economic activity have changed globalbiogeochemical cycles and caused local pollution problems. This combination of habitat destruction, global change,pollution, as well as over-harvesting and introducing exotic species beyond their natural habitats have led to what somefear is, or soon will be a catastrophic loss of biological diversity.

Taking an economic perspective on these issues has never been more important. Collating the most notable contribu-tions to this topic, this volume will be an essential addition to library collections.

The Economics of Sustainability, Edited by John C.V. Pezzey and Michael A. Toman

Before the late 1980s, when the ideas of sustainability and sustainable development to the forefront of public debate,conventional, neo-classical economic thinking about development and growth had rarely given any consideration to theneeds of future generations, or the sustainability of natural resource use. Defining sustainability broadly as intergenerationalfairness in the long-term decision making of a whole society, and using established economic concepts, this selection ofrefereed journal articles brings a famously ill-defined concept into sharp focus, providing academics at all levels with aformidable research tool.

Spanning thirty years of the most important philosophical, theoretical and empirical contributions from both critics anddefenders of neo-classical assumptions and methods of economic analysis, this focused collection of papers constitutesa unique, balanced resource on the full range of intellectual debates surrounding the economics of sustainability.

Property Rights and Environmental Problems, Volumes I and II, Edited by Bruce A. Larson

This collection of articles provides a valuable introduction to the economics literature on property rights and environ-mental problems, with a main focus on problems in developing countries where access to and control of environmentalresources play a significant role in the health and welfare of the population.

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Experiments in Environmental Economics, Volumes I and II, Edited by Jason F. Shogren

Over the decades, experiential methods have become an established research tool in environmental economics. Econo-mists working in this area have realised that experimental methods from economics and other disciplines such aspsychology and decision theory can be applied to gain insight into the behavioral underpinnings of environmental policy.Economic experiments, in the lab and field, are an attractive tool to address the incentive and contextual questions thatarise in environmental policy. Experiments have been and continue to be designed to capture the key elements ofmarket and non-market choices to test theory, for pattern recognition, to testbed new institutions, and to value publicgoods, including environmental protection. This volume collects the most significant papers in the literature that identifythe underpinnings of experimental approaches are complemented by works that specifically address the use of experi-mental economics to identify choice under risk, conflict, cooperation, environmental policy instruments, and environ-mental valuation.

Green Accounting, Edited by Peter Bartelmus and Eberhard K. Seifert

Our cherished economic indicators of income, product, consumption and capital fail in taking a long-term view of socialprogress. They do not account for environmental deterioration, which impairs the quality of life of present and futuregenerations, and hence the sustainability of development. ‘Greening’ the conventional national (and corporate) ac-counts introduces environmental impacts and costs into these accounts and balances. The result is a new compass forsteering the economy towards sustainability, which may change not only our main measures of economic performancebut also the basic tenets of environmental and resource policies.

The book presents path breaking methodological advances and case studies of environmental accounting, and discussestheir use in environmental management and policies. In their introduction, the editors provide a critical perspective ofhistorical developments and current debates. For them, green accounting is the best available tool for defining andassessing the environmental dimension of sustainable development. The sustainability of the paradigm may depend on it.

For more information on these publications, or to order, please visit:http://www.ashgate.com/

New publication in the FAO/GLOBEFISH Research Programme: Fishery Industry in China

By Fan Xubing and Yu Rui

The aim of this report is to give a full and comprehensive picture of the fishery sector in China. It provides informationon government policies and other initiatives, followed by a description of the fishery industry in terms of capturefisheries, marine and inland aquaculture, processing, international trade (import and export), marketing, distribution, andconsumption. Finally it studies the impact of China’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) and its influ-ence.

The publication contains: a description of the fishery industry in terms of capture fisheries, marine and inland aquacul-ture in China; general introduction to the fish processing sector as well as international trade (import, export), market-ing, distribution and consumption; forecasts for the expansion of the market in China; the latest information on govern-ment politics; study on the impact of China’ accession to WTO; list with contact details for seafood industry contacts inChina.

This publication is available for € 30. For more information, please visit: http://www.eurofish.dk

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Free Journal Subscription

The Marine Section of the Society for Conservation Biology is offering free annual subscription to the journals Conser-vation Biology (CB) or Conservation In Practice (CIP) for a maximum of 10 requesting individuals from outside ofNorth America.

If you are interested, please send your name, address, affiliation, journal of interest (CB or CIP), and one sentence ofwhy you are interested to the SCB Marine Section at marine@conbio.org . Priority will be given to individuals fromdeveloping countries.

The deadline is January 31, 2005.

Eco-labelling in Fisheries: What is it all about?

Edited by Bruce Phillips, Trevor Ward and Chet Chaffee

If the marine fishing industry is to survive into the future, innovative approaches are necessary. Recognising that marketincentives have the potential to improve fisheries management, the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has beenestablished to harness these incentives. The work of the MSC translates through from sustainable fishery managementcertification, to labelling of fish and sea food products, allowing consumers to use their choice and buying power toselect eco-labelled products from MSC certified fisheries.

This new book covers all aspects of the new eco-labelling initiative developed under the sponsorship of the MSC.Contents include details of the MSC and its certification framework and implementation, dispute resolution, chain-of-custody assessment and community fisheries certification. Also included are important case studies of the MSC certi-fied fisheries of Australia’s western rock lobster, Alaska salmon, Thames herring and New Zealand hoki.

Eco-Labelling in Fisheries is an essential purchase for all those involved in marine fisheries management throughout theworld. Professionals and students in fisheries science, marine biology, ecology, conservation and environmental biologywill find this book to be extremely valuable. Libraries in all universities and research establishments where thesesubjects are studied and taught should have multiple copies of this book on their shelves.

The book is available from Blackwell Publishing for $74.99 in USA/Canada, £39.50 or A$130 for the rest of the world.Price does not include shipping.

For more information, please visit: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com

What’s Economics Worth? Valuing Policy Research

Edited by Philip G. Pardey and Vincent H. Smith

This book, published by Johns Hopkins University Press for IFPRI, examines what economists do and how to thinkabout valuing their work. The authors believe that careful and thorough economics research focusing on growth and theneeds of the poor has tremendous potential to impact the policy process and benefit the lives of people throughout theglobal community. It is an excellent collection of papers for academics, policymakers, research institutions, and othersinterested in the value of economics research and analysis.

For more information, please visit http://www.ifpri.org/pubs/jhu/economicsworth.htm

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FIGIS: Global Fisheries Information from the FAO

The FAO Fisheries Global Information System is a network of integrated fisheries information. FIGIS is a work inprogress - some sections are currently under development. FIGIS was conceived in a context of great stress on mostmajor fishery resources and a worldwide concern about the state of the resources and some of their non-sustainableuses. For yet under-utilised stocks, the risk of over-utilization is amplified by globalisation of trade in fish and fisheryproducts. When the 1995 Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries was approved as a basis for policies aimed atsustainable fisheries, a major need for reliable, high-quality and relevant information on the state of world fisheries wasidentified. FIGIS - the fisheries global information system - was established to address this need. With the adoption bythe Committee on Fisheries of the Strategy for Improving Information on Status and Trends of Capture Fisheries(SSTF) on 28 February 2003, FIGIS becomes one of the privileged tools for its implementation. FIGIS’s September 2004 Newsletter indicates that FIGIS’s search tool, the Query Panel, has been enhanced to makequeries on statistics easier.

• More options and functions have been added to the Query Panel for the Atlas of Tuna and Billfish Catches,expanding the possible search combinations. As well, slight changes to the interface should make navigating theAtlas easier.

• Shorter Internet addresses (URLs) for each FIGIS subject domain will help us monitor specific Web trends.Recently added information in FIGIS includes:

• 547 species are now available (up from 266).• Statistics on capture, aquaculture and production information have been updated with 2002 data.

For more information, please visit: http://www.fao.org/figis/servlet/static?dom=org&xml=figis_org.xml&xp_banner=fi

IEEP Offers Free Briefing Papers on EU Fisheries Policy The Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) is a leading centre for the analysis and development ofenvironmental and related policies in Europe. An independent, not for profit organisation, the Institute has offices inLondon and Brussels. IEEP brings a non-partisan analytical perspective to policy questions, engaging in both pressingshort-term questions and long-term strategic studies.

They focus primarily on European Union (EU) environmental and sustainable development policies, and relevant as-pects of other policies such as agriculture, transport, rural and regional development and fisheries and are also activelyengaged in the development of policy at a national level in Europe. The Institute seeks both to raise awareness of thepolicies that shape the European environment and to advance policy-making along sustainable paths.

To see the briefing papers, please visit: http://www.ieep.org.uk/ and click on Reports, and Fisheries.

Sourcing Seafood

The must-have resource for those who buy and sell ocean-friendly seafood. This publication includes:Seasonalitycharts, conservation notes, and health advisories; a directory of more than 300 suppliers; profiles of progressive fisher-men and farmers.

Sourcing Seafood is available as a hard copy or CD (free to members of Seafood Choices Alliance); for moreinformation, please visit: http://www.seafoodchoices.com/sourcingseafood

ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS AND OTHER RESOURCES

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Invitation To Subscribe To Samudra News Alerts

This information is excerpted from Sublegals (PCFFA Electronic Newsletter) Sublegals Volume 10, No. 16

The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF), headquartered in India, has recently launched SAMUDRANews Alerts, a free service designed to deliver news on fisheries and related issues, on a daily or weekly digest basis,in plain-text or HTML format. Among other things this new service provides exclusive, original stories on small-scaleand artisanal fisheries, particularly in the regions of the Southern Hemisphere, and also on issues that deal with womenin fisheries and safety at sea. Apart from news and stories on fisheries, the service also focuses on environmental andoceans issues.

To subscribe, please visit: http://www.icsf.net

NOAA Offers New Web Site on Social Science Tools for Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)

From Fishnews Listserve Digest, distributed by NOAA Fisheries NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, has launched a new Web site on research techniquesfor examining the “human dimensions” of marine and coastal resource management. This “Social Science Tools andMethods for Marine Protected Areas Management” Web site gives basic information about social science conceptsand methods, and guides managers in determining the appropriate tools, such as surveys and cost-benefit analyses, toaddress their specific issues. NOAA is an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Marine protected areas are valuable management tools, but the development and implementation of them can becontroversial. Recent studies found that social factors, rather than biological or physical factors, determine the successof marine protected areas.

“Creating and managing a marine protected area is often challenging. This Web site provides resources that can helpmanagers and staff understand and address many of the issues that arise between marine protected areas and affectedstakeholders,” said Margaret Davidson, director of the NOAA Coastal Services Center, which developed the Web sitein collaboration with NOAA’s National Marine Protected Areas Center.

Located at http://www.csc.noaa.gov/mpass, the site is divided into sections that focus on social science themes (includ-ing use patterns; attitudes, perceptions and beliefs; governments, institutions and processes; communities; and econom-ics), tools, case studies, and references. Topics include surveys, non-market valuation, and social assessment.

CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHT

Call for Papers: Economic Effects of Climate Change on Fisheries

The Centre for Fisheries Economics, Bergen, Norway, plans a workshop on the economic effects of climate change onfisheries, June 20-21, 2005. Those who wish to attend, and to submit abstracts of papers, should get in touch withRögnvaldur Hannesson, e-mail: rognvaldur.hannesson@nhh.no, before May 1, 2005.

There are limited funds available to support travel costs for some of those who present papers. Those who wish torequest such funding are asked to submit abstracts at their earliest convenience, with an estimate of travel costs basedon economy fare. Participants with funding will be expected to submit full text papers no later than June 1, 2005.

For further information, see please visit: http://www.snf.no (click for English and then conferences)

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Date Topic/Title Location Contact Information

January 09-15, 2005 Center for Asia Pacific Women Manila, Philippines Web: http://www.onlinewomeninin Politics (CAPWIP) course: politics.orgTraining on MakingGovernanceGender Responsive

January 10-15, 2005 The EcoMod Network Washington, D.C., USA Theresa LearyWinter School 2005 courses: E-mail: theresa.leary@ecomod.net*Practical General Equilibrium Web: http://www.ecomod.net/ Modeling with GAMS courses.htm*Advanced Techniques in General Equilibrium Modeling with GAMS*Trade Policy Modeling with GAMS

January 10- The Centre for Arid Zone Studies University of Wales, E-mail: CAZS@bangor.ac.uk ORMarch 18, 2005 (CAZS) courses: Bangor, UK azs166@bangor.ac.uk

*Environmental Management with Environmental Impact Assessment and GIS*Integrated Resource Management

January 24-28, 2005 Biodiversity Science and Paris, France Web: http://www.recherche.gouv.fr/Governance: Today’s Choice biodiv2005parisfor Tomorrow’s Life

January 28-29, 2005 Workshop on Institutional Fort Collins Colorado, Web: http://www.fort.usgs.gov/Analysis USA conferences/InstitAnalysis/Co-sponsors: The Fort Collins default.aspScience Center of the U.S.Geological Survey & theDepartment of Political Scienceat Colorado State University

January 28-29, 2005 10th Coalition Theory Network Paris, France Web: http://eurequa.univ-paris1.fr/Workshop: Coalitions, CTN-2005.htmDecentralization and Public OR: http://www.feem.it/ctn/Policies

January 31- The 3rd Biennial Seafood Orlando, Florida E-mail: aginty@nfi.orgFebruary 3, 2005 Technology Innovations Web: http://www.nfi.org/?a=events&P

Conference HPSESSID=4fec56d623d9bf2 27034486b65c5f2b2

February 7-11, 2005 Natural Resource Management Hyderabad, India E-mail: o.rupela@cgiar.organd Institutions: The Links OR S.prasadarao@cgiar.orgbetween Property Rights, Web: http://www.capri.cgiar.org/Collective Action, and Natural wks_nrminst.aspResource Management

March 1-3, 2005 Effective Land-Water Interface Bac Lieu, Vietnam Web: http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/Management for Solving Assessment/files/SWIM2_Agriculture-Fishery-Aquaculture conference_2005_Conflicts in Coastal Zones announcement_2.htm

CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARSDue to the proliferation of conferences of potential interest to our diverse membership, we have limited information to a simple calendarformat. Detail will be provided on selected conferences only (featured conferences are marked with a * in the calendar).

Calendar of Events

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March 17, 2005 Seventh Larkin Lecture: University of British Web: http://www.fisheries.ubc.caDr. Jon G. Sutinen, Columbia (UBC)“Blue Water Crime & Vancouver, B.C., CANADAConservation: Controlling thePirates in Marine Fisheries”

March 18-20, 2005 Second Latin-American and Oaxaca, MexicoCaribbean Congress ofEnvironmental and ResourceEconomists

March 21-23, 2005 XVIIth Annual EAFE Conference Thessaloniki, Greece Web: http://www.eafe-fish.org

March 24-26, 2005 Managing Our Nation’s Washington D.C., USA Web: http://www.managingFisheries II - Focus on the Future fisheries.org

April 2005- International Master Programme Universitat De Barcelona E-mail: ramon@gemub.comFebruary 2006 in Fisheries Economics and Barcelona, Spain Web: http://www.gemub.com/

Management

April 20-26, 2005 15th International Pectinid Mooloolaba, Web: http://www.usc.edu.au/Workshop Queensland, Australia scallops2005

April 25-26, 2005 UNU-WIDER Tokyo, Japan Web: http://www.wider.unu.eduSecond Project Conference:Impact of Globalization on thePoor in Asia

May 5-6, 2005 2005 National Workshop of the Canberra, ACT Australia E-mail: quentin.grafton@anu.edu.auEconomics and Environment Web: http://een.anu.edu.au/Network (EEN) workshop.html

May 24, 2005 NAAFE Pre-Forum Workshop: University of British Web: http://www.feru.org/events/Over-fishing and Fish Trade Columbia (UBC) naafe.htmImpacts on Food and Global Vancouver, BC,Security Canada

May 25-27, 2005 2005 Forum: North American University of British E-mail: r.sumaila@fisheries.ubc.ca Association of Fisheries Columbia Web: http://www.feru.org/events/Economists (NAAFE) Vancouver, BC, Canada naafe.htm

May 28, 2005 NAAFE Post-Forum Workshop: University of British Web: http://www.feru.org/events/Experimental Economics Columbia (UBC) naafe.htm

Vancouver, BC,Canada

June 9-11, 2005 8th Annual Conference on Lübeck, Germany Web: http://www.gtap.agecon.purdue.Global Economic Analysis edu/events/Conferences/2005/

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June 14-15, 2005 2005 NAREA Workshop on Annapolis, Maryland Web: http://www.narea.orgInvasive Species

June 18-24, 2005 13th Annual Short Course in Crete, Greece E-mail: connerjr@purdue.eduGlobal Trade Analysis Web: http://www.gtap.agecon.purdue.

edu/events/Short_Courses/ upcoming.asp

June 20-21, 2005 Workshop: Economic Effects of The Centre for Fisheries Rögnvaldur HannessonClimate Change on Fisheries Economics, E-mail: rognvaldur.hannesson

Bergen, Norway @nhh.no

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June 23-25, 2005 11th International Interdisciplinary Orlando, Florida, USA Web: http://www.assumption.edu/Conference on the Environment users/Kantar/IEAinfo.html

June 23-25, 2005 11th Conference on Computing Washington, D.C., USA E-mail: fidel_gonzalez@msn.comin Economics and Finance Web: http://wueconc.wustl.edu/~sce/Environmental Economics andNatural Resource Session:“Stochastic Control inEnvironmental Models”

June 23-26, 2005 14th Annual Conference of the Bremen, Germany E-mail: eaere@eaere.orgEuropean Association of Web: http://www.eaere.orgEnvironmental and ResourceEconomists (EAERE)

June 23-25, 2005 7th International Conference of Saint Petersburg State E-mail: s.shmelev@hotmail.comthe Russian Society for University, Web: http://www.rsee.orgEcological Economics: Saint Petersburg, RussiaGlobalisation, New Economyand the Environment (Businessand Society Challenges forSustainable Development)

July 3-9 2005 EAERE-FEEM-VIU European San Servolo, Web: http://www.feem.it/ess05Summer School in Resource Venice, ItalyandEnvironmental EconomicsCourse: Welfare Measurementand Cost Benefit Analysis inDynamic General Equilibrium

July 5-8, 2005 The Fifth Biennial Academy of Dublin Institute of Web: http://www.dit.ie/DIT/business/Marketing/American Marketing Technology marketing/AM_2005Association Joint Conference: Dublin, IrelandEmerging Topics in GlobalMarketing

July 7-9, 2005 People and the Sea III: New MARE, University of Web: http://www.marecentre.nlDirections in Coastal and Amsterdam, Amsterdam,MaritimeStudies The Netherlands

July 22-25, 2005 International Conference, Flagstaff -Grand Canyon, Web: http://www.besiweb.comBusiness & Economics Society Arizona, USA

August 22-26, 2005 Third International Symposium Shanghai Fisheries Web: http://www.esl.co.jp/Sympo/onGIS/Spatial Analyses on University index.htmFishery and Aquatic Sciences Shanghai, China

August 24-27, 2005 The XIth International Congress Copenhagen, Denmark Web: http://www.eaae2005.dkof European Association ofAgricultural Economists (EAAE):Future of Rural Europe inthe Global Agri-Food System

Sept 11-15, 2005 2005 AFS symposium: Anchorage, Alaska E-mail: whiteheadjc@appstate.eduSocioeconomics of West Web: http://www.fisheries.org/Coast/Pacific Recreational and socioeconCommercial Fisheries

July 2006 Biennial Conference of the Portsmouth, UK E-mail: sean.pascoe@port.ac.ukInternational Institute of OR Ann.L.Shriver@oregonstate.eduFisheries Economics and Trade

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IIFET Executive CommitteeMahfuzuddin Ahmed, President 2004-2006MalaysiaPhone: 604 641 4623 Fax: 604 643 4463E-mail: m.ahmed@cgiar.orgTerm: 2002-2006

James L. AndersonUSAPhone: 1 401 874 4568 Fax: 1 401 783 8883E-mail: jla@seafoodreport.com or jla@uri.eduTerm: 2002-2006

Claire W. ArmstrongNorwayPhone: 47 77 64 55 74 Fax: 47 77 64 60 21E-mail: clairea@nfh.uit.noTerm: 2002-2006

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Michael Mafaniso HaraSouth AfricaPhone: 27 21 9593772/3733 Fax: 27 21 9593732E-mail: mhara@uwc.ac.zaTerm: 2002-2004

Richard S. JohnstonUSAPhone: 1 541 737 1427 Fax: 1 541 737 2563E-mail: richard.s.johnston@orst.eduTerm: permanent ex-officio

Yoshiaki MatsudaJapanPhone: 81 99 286 4270 Fax: 81 99 286 4297e-mail: matsuday@ybb.ne.jpTerm: 2004-2008

Rebecca MetznerItalyPhone: 39 06 5705 6718 Fax: 39 06 5705 6500e-mail: rebecca.metzner@fao.orgTerm: 2004-2008

Cathy Roheim, President Elect 2004-2006, President 2006-2008USAPhone: 1 401 874 4569 Fax: 1 401 782 4766E-mail: crw@uri.eduTerm: 2004-2008

Carlos F. WurmannChilePhone/Fax: 56 2 207 4439e-mail: carwur@award.tie.cl AND cwg@award.tie.clTerm: 2004-2008

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The IIFET Newsletter is issued semiannually by theInternational Institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade.The newsletter editorial assistant is Kara Keenan. Cor-respondence pertaining to items which appear in thisnewsletter (except where identified to the contrary) andany news items should be sent to:

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