towards ecosystem-based management of tuna fisheries

›9:00 (45min)

Keynote: Balanced harvest? What is it and how does it relate to EAF?
Serge Garcia

› Auditorium

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

›9:45 (40min)

Session 4: FISHERY IMPACTS

› Auditorium

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)

›10:25 (25min)

Coffee break

› Ocean

10:25 - 10:50 (25min)

Coffee break

Ocean

›10:50 (1h40)

Session 4: FISHERY IMPACTS

› Auditorium

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)

›12:30 (1h)

Lunch

› Ocean

12:30 - 13:30 (1h)

Lunch

Ocean

›13:30 (45min)

Keynote: Mitigating Problematic Bycatch & Broader Ecosystem-level Effects of Pelagic Tuna Fisheries
Eric Gilman

› Auditorium

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

›14:15 (1h20)

Session 5: TIME-AREA CLOSURES TO MITIGATE BYCATCH

› Auditorium

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)

›15:35 (25min)

Coffee break

› Ocean

15:35 - 16:00 (25min)

Coffee break

Ocean

›16:00 (2h20)

Session 6: MITIGATION TECHNIQUES IN LONGLINE FISHERIES

› Auditorium

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)