Plenary and Invited Speakers
Ruben Rodriquez-Sanchez Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN-CICIMAR), Mexico
TBA
Bridging the Gap: From Ecological Data and Models to Fisheries Decision-Making
Éva Plagányi Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia
Session 1 Plenary Speaker
Dr. Éva Plagányi is a Research Group Leader and Senior Principal Research Scientist with CSIRO Environment, Brisbane. Her research is strongly interdisciplinary and focuses on modelling of marine resources and ecosystems for application to management. Her work involves stock assessment modelling, ecosystem modelling, management strategy evaluation (MSE) and climate change impacts and adaptations. Éva leads the development of MICE (Models of Intermediate Complexity for Ecosystem assessments) to increase uptake of ecosystem-based fisheries management, and to integrate climate change considerations. She was a member of the Lenfest Forage Fish Task force (2009–2014), which focussed on global recommendations for forage fish management, and a member on an International Review Panel regarding fishing closures adjacent to penguin breeding colonies in South Africa. Éva has a dual biological-mathematical background and has collaborated broadly internationally.
New Approaches for Assessment of Human Impacts Beyond Fisheries
Shin-ichi Ito
Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Session 2 Plenary Speaker
TBA
Life History Variation Across Space, Time, and Ontogeny: Implications for Populations, Ecosystems, and Fisheries
Pablo Brosset Rennes-Angers Agro Institute, France
Session 3 Invited Speaker
Dr. Pablo Brosset is an Associate Professor at the Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Center at Institut Agro in Rennes, France. His research focuses on understanding how environmental variability influences individual life-history traits across a wide range of small pelagic fish species, life stages, and geographic areas. Pablo interests also lie in the drivers of fish recruitment, particularly the role of predator-prey abundance and temporal synchrony (e.g. match-mismatch dynamics). His recent work explores how physiological biomarkers can be used to assess the impact of environmental stressors on the health of small pelagic fish and how these insights could inform fisheries management decisions. Pablo received his PhD in Marine Ecology from the University of Montpellier in 2016.
Forage Fish and Food Webs: Trophic Dynamics of Small Pelagic Fish, from Freshwater to the Open Ocean
Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Small Pelagic Fishes in a Changing Ocean
Managing Small-Pelagic Fisheries within an Ecosystem Approach: Lessons, Challenges, and Outlook
Mark Dickey Collas
DickeyCollasMarine, linked to National Institute of Aquatic Resources, Denmark
Session 6 Plenary Speaker
Dr. Mark Dickey-Collas is an experienced marine scientist, operating independently as DickeyCollas Marine, with expertise in the provision of scientific advice to governments and intergovernmental organisations for marine conservation, fisheries, biodiversity and ecosystem-based management. DickeyCollas Marine specialises in knowledge for policy development, and operational decision-making, in facilitation, and in the strategic development of marine science programmes around the world. Its client base shows the current unique breath of Mark’s expertise from active engagement in fish stock assessments in Europe and North America, to academic research on ecosystem-based management, to reviews of organisational performance and contributing to the debate and implementation of international agreements such as the GBF (Global Biodiversity Framework) and BBNJ (Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction).
Mark has over 35 years’ experience across fisheries and biodiversity, with a decade in Northern Ireland, in the Netherlands, and in ICES HQ, Denmark. As Chair of the ICES Advisory Committee, he oversaw the production and delivery of >250 pieces of annual advice to governments and proactive stakeholder engagement.
Mark is an adjunct professor at DTU-Aqua (National Institute of Aquatic Resources at Technical University of Denmark), Chair of the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Fisheries Expert Group, a council member of the Marine Biological Association of the UK and a member of the Defra (UK) biodiversity expert committee. He chaired the FAO expert panel on CITES listing of aquatic species and is a former member of the IMBeR Science Steering Committee.
Integrating Social Metrics into Economic Growth Strategies for Small Pelagic Fisheries
Fabio Veras Soares Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA), Brazil
Session 7 Invited Speaker
TBA
Maximizing Value and Sustainability in Small Pelagic Fisheries: Markets, Nutrition, and the Post-Harvest Sector
William Griffin
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Session 8 Plenary Speaker
TBA
Jogeir Toppe Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Session 8 Invited Speaker
TBA
Modeling Human Choices Regarding Harvest and Management of Small Pelagic Stocks
Andres Cisneros-Montemayor
Simon Fraser University, BC, Canada
Session 9 Plenary Speaker
Dr. Andrés Cisneros-Montemayor is a resource economist specializing on ocean and coastal social-ecological systems. He is an Assistant Professor at the School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University, Canada, and Deputy Director of the Nippon Foundation Ocean Nexus Center, one of the largest interdisciplinary ocean research networks in the world. Andrés is very actively engaged in debates, advisory councils, and negotiations on equity and sustainable development internationally and in Canada. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles, 20 book chapters, a textbook, and many technical reports and science communication articles. His lab aims to support students from everywhere in the world that are passionate about learning how to best support coastal communities.
Seleni Cruz Texas A&M University, USA
Session 9 Invited Speaker
Dr. Seleni Cruz is an Assistant Professor of Resource and Environmental Economics at Texas A&M University at Galveston. She holds a PhD in Environmental Economics from the University of Delaware. Her research focuses on climate adaptation in natural resource-dependent communities, using econometric and bioeconomic tools to understand how climate variability influences labor allocation and resource use. Dr. Cruz’s recent work examines how El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events affect fishing behavior and household income in Mexican coastal communities, and how short-term warming events impact biological and economic outcomes in the U.S. blue crab fishery. She is particularly interested in the design of climate-ready policies for sustainable fisheries.
Conceptualizing a Vulnerability Analysis for Anthropogenic Stressors on Small Pelagic Fish Communities
Best Practices for Improving Assessment of Small Pelagic Fishes Using Environmental Indicators
Addressing Knowledge Gaps and Future-proofing Monitoring of Small Pelagic Communities Using Novel Methods and Technologies
Identifying Management- and Industry-informed Research Priorities for SPFs
Revisiting the Potential of Sedimentary Records: New Answers to Old (and Emerging) Questions on Forage Fish Ecology versus Climate Variability
Advancing Spatio-Temporal Species Distribution Models for Fish: Challenges, Methodologies, and Collaborative Solutions
Operationalizing Ecosystem-Based Management of Forage Species using Management Strategy Evaluation
Maximizing Nutrient Yield from Marine Ecosystems: Nutrition-sensitive Management Strategies Based on the Nutrient Composition of Small Pelagic Fish