[Previously “First International Symposium on GIS in Fishery Science”]
To be
held at:
Please distribute this announcement to your friends who might participate in the Symposium.
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the 'Second International
Symposium on GIS and Spatial Analyses in Fishery and Aquatic Sciences'. The
Symposium title has been altered from the previous one, i.e. 'First
International Symposium on GIS in Fishery Science', reflecting two changes in
the current situation. 'Spatial Analyses' has been added because GIS alone
implies just the tool and we are essentially more interested in 'Spatial
Analyses using GIS', and 'Aquatic Sciences' has been added because there is now
a strong realization, manifest especially in the ecosystems approach to
fisheries management, that neither inland nor marine fisheries or aquaculture
can be studied in isolation from the aquatic environment in which the
activities take place.
[BACKGROUND]
Although
their application has been far behind those of terrestrial GIS’s, in the last
decade of the 20th Century Geographic Information Systems (GIS) have rapidly become powerful
tools for spatial analyses in Fishery and Aquatic Sciences. There have been various
local GIS workshops and meetings on different topics in Fishery and Aquatic
Sciences such as in fisheries oceanography, aquaculture, satellite remote
sensing, inland fisheries, fisheries management, spatial numerical analyses,
etc. However, the opportunity of sharing experiences in these developments and
applications in Fishery and Aquatic Sciences at a world-wide level have been
limited. For this reason, the tri-annual ‘International Symposium on GIS in
Fishery Science’ was established and the first was held in Seattle, USA in
1999. It was organized by the ‘Fishery GIS Research Group’ (*), and it was
successful in that 131 papers, 89 posters and 10 GIS
software demonstrations were presented.
(*) Its name has been changed to ‘Fishery-Aquatic GIS Research Group’ by the same reason as stated previously.
This first globally integrated Fishery GIS conference stimulated tremendous interest world-wide both pre-and post-Symposium, and there has subsequently been a strong anticipation for a Second Symposium to demonstrate new and further developments. So, in the three years since the First Symposium, we have no doubt that significant progress in GIS/Spatial analyses as applied to Fishery and Aquatic Sciences, has been accomplished. Hence, we encourage you to participate in this Second Symposium, to present updates on your research on Spatial Analyses with GIS, and on other GIS-related progress such as software, computer systems, education and reviews.
Thus, it is with great pleasure that we provide this ‘First Announcement and Call for Papers’ of the Second Symposium. The ‘Fishery-Aquatic GIS Research Group’ will again be the main organizer, and the venue of the 2nd Symposium will be in the UK, with the local co-organizer being Dr Geoff Meaden (keynote speaker of the First Symposium), from the Fisheries GIS Unit, Department of Geography, Canterbury Christ Church University College, Canterbury, UK.
[OBJECTIVES]
The
primary objectives of the Second Symposium are to:
a)
highlight developments
and applications of GIS/Spatial analyses
in
Fishery and Aquatic Sciences,
b)
exchange
ideas and information, and
c)
suggest
further improvements, techniques and applications
of
GIS/Spatial analyses in Fishery and Aquatic Sciences.
[THEME]
In order to highlight what we perceive to be an important area, the theme for the Second Symposium will be ‘Spatial Numerical Analyses’. After the First Symposium, we noticed that basic quantitative spatial analyses using GIS had been considerably developed, but quantitative GIS applications and linkages to stock assessment, resources management, population estimation, geostatistics, forecasting, contour estimation etc., were not well established or developed. We therefore need to learn some more advanced developments and ideas in these topics, and to exchange knowledge for further improvements. Although ‘Spatial Numerical Analyses’ is the theme this time, papers are not restricted to this topic and other relevant areas (see next) are very much welcome.
[SUBJECTS]
The Symposium will cover spatial analyses using GIS or GIS related topics in Fishery and Aquatic Sciences. Within this there are three main categories: [A] Marine related subjects, [B] Freshwater/Inland/Blackish-water related subjects, and [C] Other subjects. Each of these three main categories may include a variety of sub-topics as follows:
[A] Marine
related subjects
(1) Habitats
(2) Fisheries
(3) Fishery
Oceanography/Marine Ecosystems/Ecology
(4) Remote
Sensing/Aquatic survey
(5) Marine
resources analyses and managements
(6) Geostatistics/Forecasting/Modelling
(7) Mariculture
(8) Artificial
reefs and Marine Protected Areas (MPA’s)
(9) Others
(specify for registration)
[B]
Freshwater/Inland/Blackish-water related subjects (including Watershed and
Estuary)
(1) Habitats
(2) Fisheries
(3) Estuarine,
Lacustrine and Riverine Ecosystems or Ecology
(4) Remote
Sensing/Aquatic surveys
(5) Resources
analyses and management
(6) Forecasting/Geostatistics/Modelling
(7) Aquaculture
(8) Others
(specify for registration)
[C] Others
(1) Theory/Concepts/General
topics
(2) Demonstration
of Software/Database/Hardware using computers
(3) Systems
Implementations
(4) Education
(5) Reviews
(6) Others
(specify for registration)
[PARTICIPATION]
Participation from a broad audience representing GIS/Spatial analyses in Fishery and Aquatic Sciences is encouraged, i.e., scientists, students, computer experts (developers), managers, administrators, educators and others.
[Presentation of papers]
For participants who wish to present ‘papers’, there are three ways, i.e., by oral presentation, poster presentation and/or PC demonstrations of GIS software, hardware and related systems. Duration of oral presentation will be 20 minutes (15 minutes for presentation and 5 minutes for questions and answers). For poster presentations and PC demonstration, particular sessions will be set up.
[ABSTRACTS]
All presenters MUST submit an abstract. The Guidelines for submission of the abstract are available at http://www.esl.co.jp/Sympo/2nd/sympo13.htm. An Abstract Booklet will be prepared and one copy will be provided for each participant at the registration desk in the Symposium. If you are interested in the Abstract Booklet from the First Symposium, please refer to the web site at http://www.esl.co.jp/Sympo/1st/sympo6.htm.
[SYMPOSIUM
PROCEEDINGS]
Those who make a presentation (oral, poster or PC demonstration) and who wish to submit a full paper for the Symposium Proceedings (to be published by Fishery-Aquatic GIS Research Group), should send a full paper to the convener by 1 October, 2002. Papers will be peer reviewed by two referees. If the paper is then accepted, it will be checked by professional editors before formal publication. The Proceedings will be published by March, 2004. Guidelines for the full papers are available at http://www.esl.co.jp/Sympo/2nd/sympo15_1.htm. If you are interested in the Proceedings of the First Symposium, please refer to the web site at http://www.esl.co.jp/Sympo/1st/sympo7.htm.
[KEYNOTE
SPEAKER AND MODERATORS]
A keynote speaker and moderators for each session
(subject) will be determined later.
[REGISTRATION]
If you wish to participate in this Symposium, send the following information by E-mail to the Convener at aco20320@par.odn.ne.jp. Please make one registration per one person. At the beginning of e-mail, write ‘registration through internet’.
(a)
Full name
(first, middle and last: last name in capital letter)
(b)
Name of the
organization that you belong to
(c)
Your Post,
and Position or Title
(d)
Postal
(mailing) address
(e)
E-mail
address
(f)
Telephone number
including country code
(g)
FAX number
including country code
If you intend to present a paper (including poster, exhibition and demonstration using PC or other devices), please also inform us of the following information. (If you have more than one paper, please give information on each separately).
(h)
(Tentative)
title of your paper (with names of co-authors, if any)
(i)
Subject of
the paper: select one from category specified in [SUBJECTS] above, for example,
[B]-(3)
(j)
Name of the
presenter
(k)
Preferred
method of presentation (oral, poster, or software/hardware demonstration with
PC).
[REGISTRATION
FEES]
(1)
Normal
registration fee (1 October, 2001- 15 June, 2002):
US
$ 150 (preferable, but the equivalent amount in other currencies are also
acceptable).
(2) Late or on-site
(walk-in) registration
(16
June, 2002 to 6 September, 2002: the end of the Symposium):
US
$ 200 or the equivalent amount in other currencies for the on-site (walk-in)
registrants.
(Note) Half prices apply
for students and retirees who provide evidence of this.
Symposium
payment is by a check payable to
‘Fishery-Aquatic
GIS Research Group’ and send by airmail to:
Fishery-Aquatic
GIS Research Group
C/o
Environmental Simulation Laboratory
2F
Noble Building, 2-4-1, Arajuku, Kawagoe-City,
Saitama-Ken,
Japan (Zip code) 350-1124
E-mail : esl@esl.co.jp
FAX :
81(Japan)-(0 for domestic)-492-41-2442
Phone
: 81(Japan)-(0 for
domestic)-492-42-9262,
Credit
cards cannot be accepted.
Although
we prefer the check, if you have difficulty to make a check,
Please
transfer the registration fee to:
Fishery-Aquatic
GIS Research Group
Account
number 125000024 31352 313
Bank
of America
University
Branch
4701
University Way, N.E.
Seattle,
WA 98105 USA
IMPORTANT NOTE:
When
you send or transfer the registration fee, indicate your registration number.
Registration fees will be used for administration, facilities, printing the abstract booklet, publication of the Proceedings and other related expenses.
[CANCELLATION
POLICY]
If you wish to cancel your attendance after completing the registration, then you should inform to the Convener by E-mail. If informed, 50% of the registration fee will be returned.
[VENUE]
The organizing committee decided that a University campus would provide the best ambience for a Symposium such as this. The University of Sussex is situated about 8kms (5 miles) outside Brighton in a delightful rural setting. It has excellent rail and bus connections to the downtown area, and Brighton itself is a “thriving, vibrant experience”. The city is well connected to Gatwick airport (30 mins), to Heathrow (90 mins) and to central London (60 mins). For more details on the University consult http://www.sussex.ac.uk.
[ACCOMMODATION]
We will provide information on accommodation for those who register. There will be on-site (campus) accommodation available (at two standards) on a first come first served basis. Booking procedures will be informed to those who register by the end of July. For those requiring other accommodation such as hotels, there is a large selection in the adjacent town of Brighton. The following Web-site lists a wide selection: http://tourism.brighton.co.uk/accommodation/
[EXCURSIONS]
No excursions are planned. But, refer to the web-site at www.visitbrighton.com for interesting places and authentic English country side around Brighton that you may wish to visit. Additional accommodation can be found at this site.
[SCHEDULE (Important deadlines and
dates)]
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15 June, 2002 |
Deadline of normal registration (US $
150) Deadline of submission of the abstracts |
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[note] |
Those who will present papers (including oral, posters and PC demonstration) MUST register and send the registration fee & ABSTRACT by 15 JUNE, 2002. Unless otherwise,
presentations are not accepted. |
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16 June- 6 Sept, 2002 3 – 6 September, 2002 1 October 2002 By March, 2004 |
Period of late or on-site (walk-in)
registration (US $ 200) Symposium Deadline for the full paper for the Proceedings Publication of the Proceedings |
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[ORGANIZER]
Dr Kiyoshi Itoh (Group Representative)
Fishery-Aquatic GIS Research Group (http://www.esl.co.jp/Sympo/outline.htm)
C/o Environmental Simulation Laboratory (http://www.esl.co.jp/)
2F, Noble Building, 2-4-1 Arajuku, Kawagoe, Saitama,
Japan 350-1124
E-mail: itoh@esl.co.jp
FAX: 81(Japan)-(0 for domestic)-492-41-2442
Tel:81(Japan)-(0 for domestic)-492-42-9262,
[LOCAL
CO-ORGANIZER]
Dr Geoff Meaden
Fisheries GIS Unit, Department of Geography,
Canterbury Christ Church University College,
North Holmes Road, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 1QU UK
E-mail: gjm1@cant.ac.uk
Phone :
44(UK)- (0 for domestic)-1227-767700 (Ext. 2327)
Fax :
44(UK)- (0 for domestic)-1227-767531
[CONVENERS and COMMITTEE MEMBERS]
Dr Tom Nishida (*)
National Research Institute
of Far Seas Fisheries
5-7-1 Orido, Shimizu,
Shizuoka, Japan 424-8633
E-mail : tnishida@affrc.go.jp
Phone :81(Japan)-(0 for
domestic)-543-36-6037
FAX : 81(Japan)-(0 for
domestic)-543-35-9642
Dr Geoff Meaden
Fisheries GIS Unit,
Department of Geography,
Canterbury Christ Church
University College,
North Holmes Road,
Canterbury, Kent, CT1 1QU UK
E-mail : gjm1@cant.ac.uk
Phone : 44(UK)- (0 for
domestic)-1227-767700 (Ext. 2327)
Fax :
44(UK)- (0 for domestic)-1227-767531
Dr James McDaid Kapetsky (ex-FAO
GIS expert)
C-FAST, Inc. (Consultants
in Fisheries and Aquaculture Sciences and Technologies),
5410 Marina Club Drive, Wilmington NC 28409-4103, USA
E-mail : cfastinc@msn.com or cfast@sigmaxi.org
Phone : 1(USA)-910-794-9492
Fax :
1(USA)-901-794-9492
Dr Kiyoshi Itoh
Fishery-Aquatic GIS
Research Group
C/o Environmental
Simulation Laboratory
2F, Noble Building, 2-4-1
Arajuku, Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan 350-1124
FAX : 81(Japan)-(0 for
domestic)-492-41-2442
Tel :81(Japan)-(0 for
domestic)-492-42-9262
Dr William L. Fisher
Oklahoma Cooperative Fish
and Wildlife Research Unit
& Department of
Zoology,
Oklahoma State University,
Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078
USA
E-mail : wfisher@okstate.edu
Phone : 1(USA)-405-744-6342
Fax : 1(USA)-405-744-5006
Homepage: http://zoology.okstate.edu/zoo_fclt/fisher.htm
[SUPPORTING
ORGANIZATION]
International Center for Living Aquatic
Resources Management
ICLARM –The World Fish Center (http://www.cgiar.org/iclarm/)
Dr Meryl J. Williams (Director General)
P.O.
Box 500, GPO 10670 Penang, Malaysia
E-mail : iclarm@cgiar.org
Phone : 60(Malaysia)-(0 for
domestic)-4-626-1606
Fax :
60(Malaysia)-(0 for domestic)-4-626-5530
American Fisheries Society Computer User
Section
AFSCUS ( http://www.fisheries.org/cus/ )
Dr Michael D. Porter (President)
US Bureau of Reclamation
505 Marquette NW, Suite 1313
Albuquerque, NM 87102-2162 USA
E-mail : cus@fisheries.org
or Mporter@uc.usbr.gov
Phone : 1(USA)-505-248-5907 (Voice)
Fax : 1(USA)-505-248-5303
[FUTURE
SYMPOSIA]
The Fishery-Aquatic GIS Research Group plans to organize this type of Symposium every 3 years in different cities in the world. The third Symposium will therefore be held in 2005.
[PREVIOUS
PUBLICATIONS]
Abstract Booklet and Proceedings of the First Symposium are available.
For details, refer to the following web sites:
http://www.esl.co.jp/Sympo/1st/Sympo5_1.htm#ORAL_PRESENTATIONS
http://www.esl.co.jp/Sympo/1st/sympo6.htm
http://www.esl.co.jp/Sympo/1st/sympo7.htm
