Symposium on Future Demands for Fisheries Research held in Roskilde, Denmark

What research will prove to be the most useful to fisheries managers in ten years time? An international symposium was held on 7-8th June 2007 to answer that question.

Jonathan Peacey, National
Manager Fisheries Operations,
Ministry of Fisheries, New Zealand

Fisheries managers, scientists and stakeholders were invited to participate in the symposium, to identify the strategic research evidence that will be required to support the development of fisheries management within Europe over the next ten years, especially within the context of the management of broader marine activities.

MariFish plans to run jointly funded research programmes in the future and the results from this meeting will be considered, along with outputs from other work packages, when deciding which research projects to fund.

The workshop was hosted by the Danish Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries at Roskilde, Denmark, as part of Work Package 8. On the first day of the symposium, five keynote speakers gave speeches on the developments in fisheries policy and management within the next decade from an European and international perspective, and the associated demands for scientific advice on fisheries management. Further details and presentations are available below.

Simon Jennings, Cefas,
Centre for Environment, Fisheries &
Aquaculture Science

The following day started with a reflection on the presentations by Professor Andrew Rosenberg, Professor of Natural Resources at the University of New Hampshire and Mogens Schou, Advisor to the Danish Minister on Fisheries and Aquaculture and a short presentation from Robin Cook, Director of Fisheries Research Services in Scotland, analysing and comparing the management drivers of the fisheries managers in Europe.

These presentations set the scene for the final stage of the symposium, in which attendees discussed the future demands of fisheries research based on the presentations. To allow group discussion, three separate workshops were facilitated by the keynote speakers. Abstracts of the three workshops are available below.

Keynote speakers:

“Scientific input to fisheries management” (PDF, 1.14 MB) - Poul Degnbol, Advisor, Directorate-General for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs

“Fisheries management in Canada and future priorities" (PDF, 196 KB) - Kevin Stringer, Director General, Resource Management Directorate, Department of Fisheries & Oceans Maritimes Region
                       
“New Zealand fisheries management – how research underpins existing management and priorities for the future” (PDF, 399 KB) - Jonathan Peacey, National Manager Fisheries Operations, Ministry of Fisheries, New Zealand
                       
“Stakeholder engagement and future demands for fisheries research” (PDF, 128 KB) - Iain MacSween, Chair Pelagic RAC
                       
“Integration of ecosystem considerations in future fisheries management” (PDF, 404 KB) - Simon Jennings, Cefas, Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science

Abstracts of the three workshops:

Workshop 1: Simon Jennings (PDF, 32 KB)

Workshop 2: Kevin Stringer and Iain McSween (PDF, 38 KB)

Workshop 3: Jonathan Peacey (PDF, 37 KB)

Attendees at the workshop, which was held in The Golden Age Hall, in the Hotel Prindsen in Roskilde.