The Eighth Pacific Rim Fisheries Conference

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PACIFIC RIM FISHERIES

The Pacific Rim Fisheries Conference series promotes an open forum of fishery issues and programs of the major Pacific Rim nations. The conference promotes an understanding of the respective countries’ fishery practices and international interactions for the betterment of global management and rational use of our living marine resources. This eighth conference is brought farther south into Southeast Asia to facilitate participation of government, industry, science, and academic representatives from the North Pacific and Southeast Asian countries to bridge discussions about critical fisheries issues, marketing developments, and common calamities that threaten our fishery resources and their marine ecosystems.

The conference series was initiated in 1989 through the cooperative efforts of its founding member countries: Canada, Japan, the Peoples’ Republic of China, the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, and the United States. The Socialist Republic of Vietnam, an active participant in the series since 1994, welcomes you to Hanoi for the Eighth Pacific Rim Fisheries Conference.

Sponsoring Organizations

United States
Pacific Rim Fisheries, Alaska Pacific University, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA Fisheries), U.S. Department of Commerce

Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Ministry of Fisheries

Conference Officials

Chairs:
Conference Officials
Minister Ta Quang Ngoc
Ministry of Fisheries, Socialist Republic of Vietnam

William R. Hogarth
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries
NOAA Fisheries
U.S. Department of Commerce

Moderators:
Vu Van Treiu, Director
International Cooperation, Ministry of Fisheries
Socialist Republic of Vietnam

Rebecca Lent, Director
International Fisheries, NOAA Fisheries
U.S. Department of Commerce

Organizers:
Rebecca Lent, NOAA Fisheries
LohLee Low, NOAA Fisheries
Shawneen Conover, Pacific Rim Fisheries, APU
Derek Staples, FAO Regional Office for Asia & the Pacific
Yasuhia Kato, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center
Richard Beamish, Department of Fisheries, Canada
Paul MacGregor, Mundt MacGregor / At Sea Processors
Valery Monakhov, Primorye Fishermen, Vladivostok

Conference Objectives

Identify strategies to meet new challenges of stewardship of living marine resources – one that incorporates considerations of the resources, their ecosystem, catastrophic events and the markets.

Agenda: March 22 - 24, 2006

Opening Ceremonies

Welcome Address and Opening Remarks

Keynote Address
Challenges of Fisheries Management
Bill Robinson, NOAA Fisheries
Kitty Simonds, Western Pacific Fishery Management Council

Country Reports

Host Country:
Socialist Republic of Vietnam

Invited Founding Countries:
Canada, Japan, Republic of Korea, People’s Republic of China, Russian Federation and the United States

Topics:

Geographic scope and resource descriptions
Current management regimes
Challenges to country fisheries and how challenges are managed

Stewardship of Capture Culture Fisheries

Overview Paper
Derek Staples,
FAO Regional Office for Asia & the Pacific

Ecosystem Approaches to Science and Management
Rebecca Lent, NOAA Fisheries, USDOC

Ecosystem Management in Korea
Jae Bong Lee, National Fisheries Research & Development Institute, MOMAF, ROK

Market-based Management
S. Subasinghe, INFOFISH

Fisheries Regulation Under Open Access Regime: Co-management
Yasuhia Kato, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center

Stock Rebuilding
In Baik Chul, National Fisheries Research & Development Institute, MOMAF

Overcapitalization and Overfishing
Large scale fisheries
Paul MacGregor, At-Sea Processors, U.S.
Small scale fisheries
John Kurian, Center for Development Studies, India

Essential Habitat Protection
Chris Oliver/Dave Witherell, North Pacific Fishery Management Council

Aquaculture and Trade Issues, Competition with Wild Stocks
Pedro Bueno, NACA (Network of Aquaculture Center), Philippines

Disaster Risk Assessment
Thia Eng Chua, PEMSEA (Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia)

Eco-labeling
Duncan Leadbitter, Marine Stewardship Council

Sanitary Aspects of Fish Quality
Serguey Fedorenko, National Fish Quality, Russia

Challenges of Marketing
William Hines, Alaska Fisheries Marketing Board

Coordinated Enforcement
Commander Mike Cerne, U.S. Coast Guard

Meeting Challenges of Catastrophic Events: Natural and Anthropogenic

Tsunamis and Typhoons—Lessons and Future Planning:
Saut Hutagalung, Indonesian Ministry of Marine Affairs & Fisheries
Rolu Encarnation, Philippines Atmospheric Geophysical & Astronomical Services Administration
Waraporn Prompoj, Thailand Department of Fisheries, invited

Disaster Preparedness
David Thomson, ADB Livelihood Program, Central Coastal Provinces Vietnam

Regime Shifts & Ocean Warming Trends
Richard Beamish, Pacific Biological Station, Fisheries & Oceans, Canada;
Loh-Lee Low, NOAA Fisheries;
Suam Kim, Pukyong University

Other Invited Papers:

Aquaculture Diseases
Central Planning for Industrial, Social and Cultural Reasons
IUU Fishing

Conference Wrap Up

Stetson Tinkham, U.S. Department of State

Research and Survey Needs of Vietnam

This workshop will be held by the Vietnam Ministry of Fisheries and NOAA during March 20-21, 2006 at the same venue that may be of interest to Rim conferees. For details check the conference website.