Date

Multiple Meeting Announcements

  1. REMINDER: Call for Abstracts
    29th Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Symposium
    13-16 May 2014
    Anchorage, Alaska

  2. Conference Announcement
    The Arctic Encounter Symposium
    7-8 February 2014
    Seattle, Washington

  3. Conference Announcement
    PAST Gateways
    19-23 May 2014
    Trieste, Italy

  4. Meeting Announcement
    Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council
    27 January 2014
    Anchorage, Alaska

  1. DEADLINE EXTENDED: Call for Abstracts
    29th Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Symposium
    13-16 May 2014
    Anchorage, Alaska

The 29th Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Symposium will be held in Anchorage,
Alaska on 13-16 May 2014. The theme of this year's symposium is
'Fisheries Bycatch: Global Issues and Creative Solutions.'

The symposium will bring together fishery and social scientists,
managers, fishermen, and others from around the world to report on
creative approaches to solving fishery bycatch issues. Organizers invite
abstract submissions to the following sessions:

- Fisheries bycatch--what are the biological and ecological issues?
- Economic and social considerations of bycatch
- Accounting for bycatch of nontarget fish species
- Solutions for monitoring protected and endangered species
- Gear developments and other technological solutions
- Fishery regulatory approaches and solutions
- Industry initiatives, solutions, and cooperative research

To contribute an oral or poster presentation, submit an abstract on one
of the session topics using the submission form available on the
symposium website. Abstracts must include:

- Type of presentation preferred (oral or poster).
- Topic area from the session list, or suggest a topic.
- Title, in upper/lowercase type, using as few words as possible.
- Author names with full affiliation, mailing address, phone, and
email.
- Name of presenter and contact person if different from first
author.
- Text of abstract in 250 words or less; please do not include any
headings, tables, figures, or references.

Submission deadline: Monday, 27 January 2014.

For further information or to submit an abstract, please go to:
http://seagrant.uaf.edu/conferences/2014/wakefield-bycatch/call.php.

  1. Conference Announcement
    The Arctic Encounter Symposium
    7-8 February 2014
    Seattle, Washington

Organizers announce that a conference entitled the 'Arctic Encounter
Symposium' will be held 7-8 February 2014. It will be convened at the
Seattle University School of Law in Seattle, Washington.

The goal of the Arctic Encounter Symposium is to engage participants in
a focused discussion about the Arctic, highlighting shared interests and
concerns of the United States and the global community. The Symposium
will incorporate a diverse group of leaders and experts to debate how a
rapidly changing Arctic will impact international law, domestic policy,
business and commerce, the environment, and the people of the Arctic.
Speakers include policy makers, industry leaders, scientists, and
academic experts.

The two-day Symposium will take place at Seattle University School of
Law with a dinner reception at the Seattle Aquarium on Pier 59.
Discounted registration is available through 31 January 2014.

For further information or to register, please go to:
https://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?EventID=1292025.

  1. Conference Announcement
    PAST Gateways
    19-23 May 2014
    Trieste, Italy

Organizers announce that the 2nd Palaeo-Arctic Spatial and Temporal
(PAST) Gateways conference will be held 19-23 May 2014 in Trieste, Italy.

The conference is an International Arctic Science Committee (IASC)
endorsed network research program, the scientific goal of which is to
understand Arctic environmental change during the period preceding
instrumental records and across decadal to millennial timescales. The
focus of the six-year program is on the nature and significance of
Arctic gateways, both spatial and temporal, with an emphasis on the
transitions between major Late Cenozoic climate events such as
interglacials to full glacials and full glacial to deglacial states, as
well as more recent Holocene fluctuations. There are three major themes
to the program:

- Growth and decay of Arctic Ice Sheets
- Arctic sea-ice and ocean changes
- Non-glaciated Arctic environments.

PAST Gateways follows on from the previous network programs of 'PONAM'
(Polar North Atlantic Margins), 'QUEEN' (Quaternary Environment of the
Eurasian North) and, most recently, 'APEX' (Arctic Palaeoclimate and its
EXtremes). It is interdisciplinary in nature and seeks to bring together
field scientists and numerical modelers to advance understanding about
Arctic climate change. The network involves scientists from across
Europe, Russia, Canada, and the USA.

For further information, please go to:
http://pastgateways2014.inogs.it/content/first-circular.

  1. Meeting Announcement
    Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council
    27 January 2014
    Anchorage, Alaska

The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill (EVOS) Trustee Council will meet on Monday,
27 January 2014 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in Anchorage, Alaska. The
meeting will be held in the Grace Hall Conference Room 222 on the second
floor of the Alaska Pacific University.

The meeting is open to the public. You may participate in person or by
phone at 1-800-315-6338, conference code 8205.

For more information, go to:
http://www.evostc.state.ak.us

Or contact:
Cherri Womac
Phone: 907-278-8012
Toll Free: 800-478-7745
Email: cherri.womac [at] alaska.gov