Archives by Tag 'sea turtles'

New York Marine Endangered Species Workshop (October 2008)

CONCUR helped design and facilitate an October 2008 workshop focused on protecting marine endangered species in New York State waters. The three-day workshop, held in Port Jefferson, NY, and sponsored by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, brought together researchers, academics, local, state and federal officials, NGOs and others interested in improving [...]

Facilitated Technical Workshop on Marine Turtle Post-Hooking Mortality (2004)

CONCUR was retained by the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to help design and facilitate a Technical Workshop on marine turtle mortality resulting from interactions with longline fishing gear. The Workshop took place in Bethesda, Maryland on January 14-15, 2004 and brought together 17 experts in the fields of marine turtle veterinary medicine, biology, [...]

Facilitated Dialogue on International Marine Turtle Conservation (2003)

CONCUR was retained by the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service to help design and facilitate an International Technical Expert Workshop on Marine Turtle Bycatch in Longline Fisheries. The workshop - which took place in Seattle, Washington from February 11-13, 2003 - brought together fisheries managers, leading researchers, environmentalists, and fishing industry representatives from 19 countries [...]

Facilitated Dialogue on International Fisheries Management: Longline Fishing, Seabird and Sea Turtle Mortality (2002)

CONCUR was retained by the Western Pacific Fisheries Management Council to help design and facilitate the Second Annual International Fisher’s Forum (IFF2), held in Honolulu Hawaii November 18-22, 2002. Participants included over 200 representatives of the fishing, scientific, and NGO community from 28 nations, including the U.S, New Zealand, Australia, Micronesia, Chile, Argentina, Japan, and [...]