FORWARDED ON BEHALF OF DYLAN WALKER:
Dear colleagues,
Please find below, the programme for the ECS workshop entitled 'Bay of
Biscay Research and Conservation Workshop II', taking place on Sunday
3rd April 2005, in La Rochelle, France. Following on from the success
of the first workshop, held at the European Cetacean Society's 17th
Annual Conference, March 2003 (see proceedings), this full-day event
will focus once more on current marine mammal research in the region,
the coordination of future research, and the priorities for
conservation.
For those that have not registered, there are still 20 places left for
on-site registration by members or conference attendees. The fee is 10
euros per person. For further details or registration please contact
Dylan Walker at [log in to unmask]
ECS Bay of Biscay Research and Conservation Workshop II. Sunday 3rd
April 2005 Conference Centre Espace Encan, La Rochelle, France
Convenors: Dylan Walker & Vincent Ridoux
Organisation Cetacea (ORCA)
Centre de Recherche sur les Mammif=E8res Marins (CRMM)
PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME
9.00 Welcome and introduction
PRESENTATIONS PART 1
9.20 Tono Vasquez - Introducing AMBAR.
Estudio y la Conservacion de la Fauna Marina (AMBAR)
9.40 Ronan Hickey - Mapping Cetacean Biodiversity in the Bay of
Biscay.
Organisation Cetacea / University of Wales
10.00 Matt Hobbs - Habitat partitioning in common dolphin and
striped
dolphin in the western English Channel and Bay of Biscay.
Biscay Dolphin Research Programme (BDRP)
10.20 Speaker to be decided - Introducing EIBE.
Euskal Izurde eta Balezaleen Elkartea (EIBE)
10.50 COFFEE BREAK
PRESENTATIONS PART 2.
11.20 Vincent Ridoux - Cetacean ecology in the Bay of Biscay
(including a brief introduction to the oceanography of the region).
Centre de Recherche sur les Mammif=E8res Marins (CRMM)
11.40 Yvonne Miles - Ocean Eye project.
Southampton Institute
12.00 Gregoire Certain - Seabird distribution and spatial structure
in the Bay of Biscay.
Centre de Recherche sur les Mammif=E8res Marins (CRMM)
12.30 LUNCH
PART 3. WORKSHOP GROUPS
13.30 Dylan Walker - A Summary of the outcomes from the group
sessions of the first workshop, developments since, and an
introduction to the group sessions of the second workshop.
14.00 Workshop groups will discuss a number of issues including
standardising data collection and combining datasets, producing a
joint status review paper, and discussing how to develop a Joint
Research Programme. Further information on workshop groups will be
provided on the day.
15.00 Group Presentations
16.00 Summary and AOB.
16.30 End
The ECS 19th Annual Conference is hosted by the University of La
Rochelle (Laboratoire de Biologie et Environnement Marins, Centre de
Recherche sur les Mammif=E8res Marins, Institut du Littoral et de
l'Environnement), in co-operation with the Centre d'Etudes
Biologiques de Chiz, CNRS. The general theme of the conference
is: "MARINE MAMMALS AND FOOD: FROM ORGANISMS TO ECOSYSTEMS"
For further information about the conference, please visit the=20
conference web site: http://www.univ-
lr.fr/labo/lbem/ecs2005/ecs_2005.htm
Any specific request about the conference can be addressed to:
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Dylan Walker
Honorary Chief Executive Officer
Organisation Cetacea (ORCA)
Registered Charity No: 1098765
28 Farrar Road
Bangor
LL57 1LJ
United Kingdom
Tel +44(0) 1248 355827
Email: [log in to unmask]
Web: www.orcaweb.org.uk
Organisation Cetacea (ORCA) promotes the conservation of the marine
environment through research, partnership and education and provides
a forum for the enjoyment of whales, dolphins, seabirds and other
marine life.
Registered Charity no 1098765
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Dr Peter G.H. Evans
Sea Watch Foundation
11 Jersey Road
Oxford 0X4 4RT, UK
Tel: 44-(0)1865-717276
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