Dear All

Here are the details for the forthcoming ECSA local meeting.

PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME

Thursday  15th April 2004

1100 onwards - Registration
1200 –1300 Lunch

Session 1 – Chair :  Dr. M. Elliott

1300 – 1310  Welcome and Introduction M. Elliott ECSA

1310 – 1340  “A review of water quality in the Wash and its major
estuaries”
 D. Hawley, Environment Agency, Anglian Region.

1340 – 1410 “A description of the benthic infauna of the SE Wash, their
seasonal variation and the environmental stresses they experience” – M.
Bailey, Ecomaris Ltd., Huntingdon.

1410 – 1440 “Spatial variation in cockles and mussels in the Wash:
driven by climate or stock size?” –M. Bell, CEFAS, Lowestoft.

1440 – 1510 “Spatial and temporal trends in the epibenthic assemblages
of the Wash”
 P. Coad, Ecomaris ltd., Huntingdon.

1510 – 1540  Tea /Coffee + Poster Session

Session 2 – Chair : M. Bailey

1540 – 1610 “Development of a growth model for brown shrimp (Crangon
crangon) in the Wash, UK”  – P. Smith, Aquatronics, Crediton, Devon.

1610 – 1640 “Factors determining fluctuations in catch rates of brown
shrimps (Crangon crangon) in the Wash”  - A. Lawler, CEFAS, Lowestoft.

1640 – 1700 “Reef dynamics of Sabellaria spinulosa”  - V. Hendrick,
Newcastle University

1715   Poster Session

1930 – 2000 Wine Reception at the le Strange Arms Hotel.

2000  Conference Dinner



Friday 16th April 2004.

Session 3 – Chair :   To be announced
0900 – 0930 “Sedimentary environments and coastal change in the Wash-
Fenland embayment between 8,000 and 2,000 years BP.” –D Brew, Posford
Haskoning Ltd., Peterborough.

0930 – 1000 “Managed Realignment-the Environment Agency vision, recent
developments and implications for the Wash.” – J. Rawson, Shoreline
Management Group, Environment Agency, Peterborough, & L. James, RSPB,
Boston.

1000 – 1030 “Recent changes on an intertidal zone: Freiston Shore, The
Wash.” –A. Symonds, Southampton Oceanography Centre.

1030 – 1100 Tea/Coffee + Poster Session

Session 4 – Chair : To be announced
1100 – 1130 “Coastal squeeze – will it all come out in the Wash?” –J.P.
Doody, National Coastal Consultants, Brampton.

1130 – 1200 “Predicting the ecological success of Managed Retreat.” –H.
Mossmann & A. Grant, CEEC UEA, Norwich.

1200 – 1230 “Wave-morphology feedbacks within an East coast marsh
system – lessons from Stiffkey.” –I. Moëller, Cambridge University Coastal
Research Unit.

1230 – 1330 Lunch   + Poster Session  + ECSA AGM for members.

Session 5 – Chair : To be announced
1330 – 1400 “Condition monitoring in the context of the Wash and North
Norfolk Coast European Marine Site Management Scheme.” –P. Rushmer, Wash &
N. Norfolk Coast Management, King’s Lynn

1400 – 1430 “Developing an integrated monitoring programme and
reporting system for the Wash & N. Norfolk Coast.” – C. Donnelly, English
Nature, Grantham.

1430 – 1500 “The legal responsibilities for Fisheries Managers within
the CRoW Act.”
   M. Mander, Eastern Sea Fisheries Committee, King’s Lynn.

1500 –1530 “Does social inclusion add value to conservation management
in the Wash.”
J. Howell, Brancaster, Norfolk.

1530 – 1545 Concluding Remarks Mike Elliot

Tea/ Coffee + Poster Session  Departure.



REGISTRATION FORM
The cost, to cover registration and all meals and refreshments for the two
days, as described in the programme, is £130.00.  It does not include
accommodation, which, is at delegates own expenses.

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The Estuarine and Coastal Studies Association’s
 Local Meeting, April 2004

“The Wash Re-visited”

April 15th – 16th 2004

Le Strange Arms Hotel, Old Hunstanton, Norfolk, England.

ECSA is re-visiting the Wash after 20 years.

Developments in coastal ecology processes, in the Wash Estuary and along
the North Norfolk coast, are determining some managerial decisions relating
to this internationally important Special Area of Conservation.