How can we manage our seas in the real world?
organised by
Plymouth Marine Sciences Partnership
in collaboration with the
Marine Management Organisation
13-14th September 2011, Plymouth Hoe, Plymouth
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The conference will highlight the key challenges in managing our seas in a sustainable manner along with discussions about the tools available to do so. High quality talks will be presented from invited leading experts representing a wide range of organisations including the Marine Management Organisation, Government departments and agencies, industry, NGOs and scientific institutes. A special session hosted by the Marine Biological Association will look at some of the key scientific issues that will need to be considered by those responsible for delivery of a successful oceans management programme.
- Session 1: Managing our Seas: conference introduction and overview
- Session 2: Where we are: state of seas
- Session 3: Where we need to be: sustainable seas and tools for management
- Session 4 (incl Marine Biological Association special session): Where we need to be: what are the likely challenges?
Keynote public address: Prof Callum Roberts (University of York) - "The Ocean of Life: Surviving the next Century"
Monday 12th September, 7.30: CoastNet presents a BBC TV Coast free public event, with Coast presenter, selected footage from the series and an expert-panel Question Time on the subject of "The maritime domain as an opportunity for society and what this means for management of the coast". All welcome.
This event is kindly supported by:
