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08:00 09:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00 19:00 20:00 21:00 22:00 23:00	Registration and welcoming breakfast 8:00 - 9:30 (1h30) Registration and welcoming breakfast Lagoon Opening 9:30 - 10:05 (35min) Opening Auditorium Keynote: Is it good or bad to fish with FADs? 10:05 - 10:50 (45min) Keynote: Is it good or bad to fish with FADs? Auditorium Kim Holland, Victor Restrepo, Gala Moreno, Laurent Dagorn https://ebfmtuna-2012.sciencesconf.org/data/program/K1_HOLLAND_RESTREPO_MORENO_DAGORN_1_.pdf Session 1: BIODIVERSITY & BYCATCH 10:50 - 12:30 (1h40) Session 1: BIODIVERSITY & BYCATCH Auditorium › Large fish predators diversity highlighted by tuna fisheries data in the Indian Ocean - Frédéric Ménard, UMR EME 10:50-11:10 (20min) › Pelagic elasmobranch diversity and abundance in the Western Indian Ocean: an analysis of long-term trends from research and fisheries longline data - Evgeny Romanov, CAP RUN / ARDA 11:10-11:30 (20min) › Using fisheries data to identify pelagic predator hotspots in the North Atlantic - Niall Mcginty 11:30-11:50 (20min) › Characterization of interactions between marine mammals, whale sharks and tropical tuna purse seine fishery in the Indian and Atlantic Oceans - Anna Capietto, University Montpellier 2, IRD 11:50-12:10 (20min) › Bycatch recorded by the Mexican tuna purse-seine fleet in the eastern Pacific ocean - Sofia Ortega-Garcia, INSTITUTO POLITECNICO NACIONAL-CENTRO INTERDISCIPLINARIO DE CIENCIAS MARINAS 12:10-12:30 (20min) Lunch 12:30 - 13:45 (1h15) Lunch Ocean Session 1: BIODIVERSITY & BYCATCH 13:45 - 14:25 (40min) Session 1: BIODIVERSITY & BYCATCH Auditorium › Patterns of turtle bycatch in tuna fisheries off southern Brazil: towards EBFM of pelagic fisheries in the southwest Atlantic ocean - Melissa Marcon, Graduate Program on Oceanography, Oceanographic Institute, University of São Paulo, Brazil - Maria de los Angeles Gasalla, Fisheries Ecosystems Laboratory (LabPesq), Department of Biological Oceanography, Oceanographic Institute, University of São Paulo, Brazil. mgasalla@usp.br - Bruno Giffoni, Fundação Pró-TAMAR, Ubatuba, São Paulo, Brazil 13:45-14:05 (20min) › Pilot study of an electronic monitoring system on a tropical tuna purse seine vessel in the Atlantic Ocean - Jon Ruiz, AZTI 14:05-14:25 (20min) Session 2: FISH ASSOCIATED WITH FADS: BIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR 14:25 - 15:25 (1h) Session 2: FISH ASSOCIATED WITH FADS: BIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR Auditorium › Schooling behavior of juvenile yellowfin tuna around a FAD in the Philippines - Yasushi Mitsunaga, Department of Fisheries, Kinki University 14:25-14:45 (20min) › Lipid class composition and energy allocation during reproduction of yellowfin tuna in the western Indian ocean: comparison between FADs and free-swimming schools - Iker Zudaire, AZTI Tecnalia - Hilario Murua, AZTI Tecnalia 14:45-15:05 (20min) › Skipjack reproductive capacity in relation to energy reserves: is there an influence of the school type? - Maitane Grande, AZTI Tecnalia - Hilario Murua, AZTI Tecnalia 15:05-15:25 (20min) Coffee break 15:25 - 15:50 (25min) Coffee break Session 2: FISH ASSOCIATED WITH FADS: BIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR 15:50 - 17:50 (2h) Session 2: FISH ASSOCIATED WITH FADS: BIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR Auditorium › Temporal patterns of yellowfin and skipjack tuna associated with anchored and drifting FADs - Marc Soria, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement 15:50-16:10 (20min) › Residence times and vertical behaviour of tunas around drifting fish aggregating devices (DFADs) in the Indian Ocean - Rodney Govinden, Seychelles Fishing Authority 16:10-16:30 (20min) › Evolution of radio buoys technology for FAD, past, present and future. - Francisco Pino, technology 16:30-16:50 (20min) › Using fishers' echosounder buoys for scientific studies - Jon Lopez, AZTI 16:50-17:10 (20min) › The behavioural ecology of two major bycatch species of the tuna purse-seine fishery: the oceanic triggerfish and the rainbow runner - Fabien Forget, Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement, South African Institute of Aquatic Biodiversity, Rhodes University 17:10-17:30 (20min) › Behavior of fish aggregations assessed using fishers' echosounder buoys - Jon Lopez, AZTI 17:30-17:50 (20min)	Keynote: The Behavior of Pelagic Fishes and its Pertinence to Fisheries 9:00 - 9:45 (45min) Keynote: The Behavior of Pelagic Fishes and its Pertinence to Fisheries Auditorium Kim Holland https://ebfmtuna-2012.sciencesconf.org/data/program/keynote_speakers_Holland_1.pdf Session 2: FISH ASSOCIATED WITH FADS: BIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR 9:45 - 10:25 (40min) Session 2: FISH ASSOCIATED WITH FADS: BIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR Auditorium › Behavioural plasticity displayed by tuna at fish aggregating devices (FADs) - Marianne Robert, Laboratoire d Ecologie Sociale - Université Libre de Bruxelles, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement 09:45-10:05 (20min) › Role of social interactions on dynamics of fish aggregations in a multi-site system of fish aggregating devices (FADs) - Grégory Sempo, Unit of Social Ecology, Université Libre de Bruxelles 10:05-10:25 (20min) Coffee break 10:25 - 10:50 (25min) Coffee break Ocean Session 2: FISH ASSOCIATED WITH FADS: BIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR 10:50 - 11:30 (40min) Session 2: FISH ASSOCIATED WITH FADS: BIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR Auditorium › Establishing a reference point to assess the existence of an ecological trap for tropical tunas - Marianne Robert, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Laboratoire d Ecologie Sociale - Université Libre de Bruxelles 10:50-11:10 (20min) › The role of FADs in the ecology of juvenile silky sharks - John Filmalter, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science 11:10-11:30 (20min) Session 3: BIOLOGY & ECOLOGY OF PELAGIC SHARKS 11:30 - 12:30 (1h) Session 3: BIOLOGY & ECOLOGY OF PELAGIC SHARKS Auditorium › Linear growth of two oceanic sharks, Prionace glauca (blue shark) and Carcharhinus falciformis (silky shark) in the south western Indian Ocean assessed by back-calculation from vertebrae age readings - Niriniony Rabehagasoa, UMR EME - Evgeny Romanov, CAP RUN 11:30-11:50 (20min) › Bomb radiocarbon dating of the Indian Ocean blue shark Prionace glauca: a preliminary test of ageing accuracy - Evgeny Romanov, CAP RUN / ARDA 11:50-12:10 (20min) › Fin to carcass weight ratios for the silky shark, Carcharhinus falciformis, in the south-western Indian Ocean - Bernard Séret, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement 12:10-12:30 (20min) Lunch 12:30 - 13:45 (1h15) Lunch Ocean Session 3: BIOLOGY & ECOLOGY OF PELAGIC SHARKS 13:45 - 15:25 (1h40) Session 3: BIOLOGY & ECOLOGY OF PELAGIC SHARKS Auditorium › Can stable isotopes document trophic position, diet, and movement in pelagic sharks? Case studies in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans - Frédéric Ménard, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UMR EME 13:45-14:05 (20min) › Recent Developments in Pop-up Tag Technology in Support of Fisheries Research - Melinda Holland, Wildlife Computers 14:05-14:25 (20min) › A novel approach to predict fish abundance using thermocline depth and animal movement data - Felipe Carvalho, University of Florida 14:25-14:45 (20min) › Spatial ecology and fisheries of juvenile blue shark (Prionace glauca) in the mid-North Atlantic - Frederic Vandeperre, University of the Azores 14:45-15:05 (20min) › Identification of nursery areas of the blue and the oceanic whitetip sharks in southwestern Atlantic Ocean - Mariana Tolotti, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Laboratório de Ecologia Marinha 15:05-15:25 (20min) Coffee break 15:25 - 15:50 (25min) Coffee break Ocean Session 3: BIOLOGY & ECOLOGY OF PELAGIC SHARKS 15:50 - 16:30 (40min) Session 3: BIOLOGY & ECOLOGY OF PELAGIC SHARKS Auditorium › Horizontal and vertical behavior of the oceanic whitetip shark in the western Atlantic ocean - Mariana Tolotti, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Laboratório de Ecologia Marinha 15:50-16:10 (20min) › Horizontal movement behaviour of silky and oceanic whitetip sharks in the Indian Ocean. - John Filmalter, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science 16:10-16:30 (20min) Session 4: FISHERY IMPACTS 16:30 - 17:50 (1h20) Session 4: FISHERY IMPACTS Auditorium › The respective role of vessels, skipper and environment in tuna catches - Patrice Guillotreau, Université de Nantes 16:30-16:50 (20min) › Ecological Risk Assessment for species incidentally caught by fisheries managed by the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) - Hilario Murua, AZTI Tecnalia 16:50-17:10 (20min) › How much do fish aggregating devices (FADs) modify the habitat of tropical tunas? - Nicolas Bez, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UMR EME 17:10-17:30 (20min) › On the fast track to managing FADs - Susan Jackson, International Seafood Sustainability Foundation 17:30-17:50 (20min)	Keynote: Balanced harvest? What is it and how does it relate to EAF? 9:00 - 9:45 (45min) Keynote: Balanced harvest? What is it and how does it relate to EAF? Auditorium Serge Garcia https://ebfmtuna-2012.sciencesconf.org/data/program/K3.2012_Balanced_harvest_and_food_chains_COFI_Rome_Montpellier_Tuna.pdf Session 4: FISHERY IMPACTS 9:45 - 10:25 (40min) Session 4: FISHERY IMPACTS Auditorium › Using FADs to derive fishery independent indices for monitoring ecosystem impacts from industrial fishing - Laurent Dagorn, IRD 09:45-10:05 (20min) › Yellowfin tuna as an indicator of ecosystem state in the eastern tropical Pacific - Summer L. Martin, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego 10:05-10:25 (20min) Coffee break 10:25 - 10:50 (25min) Coffee break Ocean Session 4: FISHERY IMPACTS 10:50 - 12:30 (1h40) Session 4: FISHERY IMPACTS Auditorium › Ecological metrics of biomass removed by three methods of purse-seine fishing for tunas in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean - Tim Gerrodette, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NMFS, NOAA 10:50-11:10 (20min) › Ghost fishing of silky sharks by drifting FADs: highlighting the extent of the problem - John Filmalter, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity 11:10-11:30 (20min) › Full Retention in tuna fisheries: Benefits, costs, and unintended consequences - Valerie Chan, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA 11:30-11:50 (20min) › Understanding fisheries credit systems: do they offer something new to existing management arrangements? - Mariëlle van Riel, Environmental Policy group Wageningen University 11:50-12:10 (20min) › How the MSC fisheries certification program assesses environmental issues of tuna fisheries and minimizes their impacts on the ecosystems - Carlos Montero, Marine Stewardship Council 12:10-12:30 (20min) Lunch 12:30 - 13:30 (1h) Lunch Ocean Keynote: Mitigating Problematic Bycatch & Broader Ecosystem-level Effects of Pelagic Tuna Fisheries 13:30 - 14:15 (45min) Keynote: Mitigating Problematic Bycatch & Broader Ecosystem-level Effects of Pelagic Tuna Fisheries Auditorium Eric Gilman https://ebfmtuna-2012.sciencesconf.org/data/program/K4.Gilman_MADE_Oct2012_Mitigating_Tuna_fisheries_adverse_ecological_effects.pdf Session 5: TIME-AREA CLOSURES TO MITIGATE BYCATCH 14:15 - 15:35 (1h20) Session 5: TIME-AREA CLOSURES TO MITIGATE BYCATCH Auditorium › Is spatial closure efficient for reducing silky shark bycatch by purse seiners? - Monin Amandé, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement 14:15-14:35 (20min) › Prediction of spatial distribution of the catches rates of sharks in southwest Atlantic - Thierry Frédou, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco - Flávia Lucena Frédou, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco 14:35-14:55 (20min) › Spatio-temporal distribution pattern of juvenile swordfish in the eastern Mediterranean - George Tserpes, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research 14:55-15:15 (20min) › Using multi-scale electronic tracking data to evaluate spatial protection measures for juvenile (undersized) bycatch of longline fisheries - Pedro Afonso, IMAR 15:15-15:35 (20min) Coffee break 15:35 - 16:00 (25min) Coffee break Ocean Session 6: MITIGATION TECHNIQUES IN LONGLINE FISHERIES 16:00 - 18:20 (2h20) Session 6: MITIGATION TECHNIQUES IN LONGLINE FISHERIES Auditorium › Stress response and post-release survival of longline captures sharks - Diego Bernal, University of Massachusetts - Greg Skomal, Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries 16:00-16:20 (20min) › Bait innovation as a new challenge in pelagic longlining - Pascal Bach, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UMR EME 16:20-16:40 (20min) › Vertical behavior of juvenile swordfish revealed by electronic tags - Constantin Koutsikopoulos, University of Patras 16:40-17:00 (20min) › Effects of environmental parameters and fishing practices on long-line swordfish catches in the eastern Mediterranean - George Tserpes, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research 17:00-17:20 (20min) › Is the fishing time an appropriate bycatch mitigation measure in swordfish-targeting longline fisheries? - Pascal Bach, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UMR EME 17:20-17:40 (20min) › Spatio-temporal patterns of hooking contacts in pelagic longlining : Do they depend on the catch composition (target species versus bycatch)? - Manuela Capello, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement 17:40-18:00 (20min) › Evaluation of electropositive metal for reducing shark bycatch in a commercial pelagic longline fishery - Tonya Wimmer, WWF-Canada 18:00-18:20 (20min)	Keynote: Economic Incentives to Address Bycatch 9:00 - 9:45 (45min) Keynote: Economic Incentives to Address Bycatch Auditorium Dale Squires https://ebfmtuna-2012.sciencesconf.org/data/program/K5.Montpelier_Bycatch_Oct_17.pdf Session 7: MITIGATION TECHNIQUES IN PURSE SEINE FISHERIES 9:45 - 10:25 (40min) Session 7: MITIGATION TECHNIQUES IN PURSE SEINE FISHERIES Auditorium › Economic challenges of the mitigation measures - Arantza Murillas-Maza, AZTI Tecnalia - Patrice Guillotreau, Nantes University 09:45-10:05 (20min) › Size selectivity of small-scale purse seine in the Philippines - Ricardo Babaran, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of the Philippines Visayas 10:05-10:25 (20min) Coffee break 10:25 - 10:50 (25min) Coffee break Ocean Session 7: MITIGATION TECHNIQUES IN PURSE SEINE FISHERIES 10:50 - 12:30 (1h40) Session 7: MITIGATION TECHNIQUES IN PURSE SEINE FISHERIES Auditorium › ISSF Skippers Workshops: finding best practices in bycatch reduction with the collaboration of tuna purse seine fishers. - Jefferson Murua, AZTI-Tecnalia 10:50-11:10 (20min) › An alternative drifting FAD for reducing turtle and shark mortality in Atlantic Ocean - Jose Franco, AZTI 11:10-11:30 (20min) › Outcomes of the French program aiming at a widespread use of "non-entangling FADs" - Michel Goujon, Orthongel 11:30-11:50 (20min) › Targeting bigger schools can reduce ecosystem impacts of fisheries - Laurent Dagorn, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement 11:50-12:10 (20min) › Simultaneous behavior of bigeye, skipjack and yellowfin tunas associated with drifting fish-aggregating devices in the Equatorial eastern Pacific ocean - Kurt Schaefer, Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission 12:10-12:30 (20min) Lunch - Showing of movie on EU project MADE 12:30 - 13:45 (1h15) Lunch - Showing of movie on EU project MADE Ocean Session 7: MITIGATION TECHNIQUES IN PURSE SEINE FISHERIES 13:45 - 15:25 (1h40) Session 7: MITIGATION TECHNIQUES IN PURSE SEINE FISHERIES Auditorium › Can the fishing time at FADs be adjusted to reduce bycatch by purse seiners? - Fabien Forget, Rhodes University, South African Institute of Aquatic Biodiversity, Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement 13:45-14:05 (20min) › Evaluating a purse-seine captain's ability to accurately predict species composition, sizes and quantities of tunas prior to setting around drifting fish aggregating devices - Kurt Schaefer, Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission 14:05-14:20 (15min) › Mitigating bycatch of Bigeye on purse seine FAD operation using light stimuli - Tatsuki Oshima, Marine Fisheries Research and Development Center 14:25-14:45 (20min) › Behavior of target and non-target species when encircled by tuna purse seine gear - Jeff Muir, Pelagic Fisheries research Program, University of Hawaii 14:45-15:05 (20min) › Preliminary results of bycatch mitigation techniques before and during setting in the tuna purse seine fishery - Fabien Forget, Rhodes University, South African Institute of Aquatic Biodiversity, Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement 15:05-15:25 (20min) Coffee break 15:25 - 15:50 (25min) Coffee break Ocean Session 7: MITIGATION TECHNIQUES IN PURSE SEINE FISHERIES 15:50 - 17:50 (2h) Session 7: MITIGATION TECHNIQUES IN PURSE SEINE FISHERIES Auditorium › Part of the Solution: Industry's Role in Research & Science - Thierry Leguennec, TRIMARINE 15:50-16:10 (20min) › Selectively releasing sharks from Purse Seine gear: development and testing a release panel concept - David Itano, University of Hawaii at Manoa 16:10-16:30 (20min) › Post-release survival of silky sharks caught in tuna purse seine gear - Melanie Hutchinson 16:30-16:50 (20min) › Survival rate of silky sharks (Carcharhinus falciformis) caught incidentally onboard French tropical purse seiners. - Francois Poisson, Institut Francais de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer - John David Filmalter, Rhodes University, Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement, South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity - Anne-lise Vernet, IRD - Michel Goujon, Orthongel - Laurent DAGORN, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement 16:50-17:10 (20min) › Post-release survival of sharks capture by purse seine in the eastern Pacific Ocean - William Eddy, University of Massachusetts - Diego Bernal, University of Massachusetts 17:10-17:30 (20min) › Good practices to reduce the mortality of sharks and rays caught incidentally by the tropical tuna purse seiners. - Francois Poisson, Institut Francais de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer 17:30-17:50 (20min) Cocktail 19:30 - 23:30 (4h) Cocktail Lagoon

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