May 7-9, 2013
Renaissance Mayflower Hotel, Washington D.C.

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Managing Our Nation's Fisheries 3: Advancing Sustainability 
Renaissance Mayflower Hotel
Washington, D.C.
May 7-9, 2013

Mark your calendar for the third Managing Our Nation’s Fisheries conference, co-sponsored by the eight Regional Fishery Management Councils and the National Marine Fisheries Service. The conference will be held in Washington, D.C. and will be open to the public.

The last major national conference on U.S. marine fishery management, Managing Our Nation’s Fisheries 2, was held in Washington D.C. in 2005. At that time, the reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act was being debated across the country. The conference focused on reauthorization issues, and many of the ideas brought forth there found their way into the 2007 reauthorization legislation. It is time for another national conference of similar relevance.

Managing Our Nation’s Fisheries 3 will focus on advancing fishery sustainability. Conference discussions will interest members of the public, fishery participants, environmental advocates, fishery scientists and managers, policymakers, legislators, and journalists. The discussion will look at Magnuson-Stevens Act reauthorization issues, as well as management actions that do not require legislation to implement. The conference will provide a forum for information exchange and an opportunity to hear a wide range of perspectives on the sustainability of fish stocks and ecosystem functions, and the fishing communities that depend on them.  

Conference Logistics

For more information, please contact Jennifer Gilden at the Pacific Fishery Management Council at jennifer.gilden@noaa.gov, 503-820-2280, or toll free at 866-806-7204.