CalCOFI CONFERENCE 2006

Asilomar Conference Center
Pacific Grove, California

Second Announcement of the 2006 CalCOFI Conference (including program)

Site and Transportation

The 2006 CalCOFI Conference will be held at the Asilomar Conference Center, in Pacific Grove, California Monday at 1:00 p.m. through Wednesday at 5:00 p.m., December 4-6. Please make your own transportation arrangements to the conference site.
(Asilomar map)

Dress, Climate, and Facilities

In December, the weather can be cold and wet (of course it can be warm too), so appropriate dress should be considered. For the most up to date weather visit the National Weather Service website. Dress for conference sessions is casual. For your convenience we have obtained a limited number of rooms at the Asilomar Conference Center. These rooms include breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

You must make your reservations with Asilomar Conference Center by 3 October, 2006. We cannot guarantee you a room at Asilomar after 3 October, 2006. You may also call Monterey Peninsula Inns which takes reservations for two Inns (listed below). Please call Monterey Peninsula Inns no later than 3 November, 2006 and ask for the California State rate (note cancellations require 10 days notice). Of course you are also welcome to seek other accommodations. For those not staying at Asilomar Conference center, there is an $8.50 per day facilities use fee.

Lodging

Asilomar Conference Center

• Standard Room Double occupancy: $106.30 (plus tax) per night
• Standard Room Single occupancy: $174.55 (plus tax) per night
• Day use fee: $ 8.50 (per day for attendees not staying at Asilomar Conference Center)
• Includes three meals per day
• Reservations at Asilomar are handled through CDFG. Please answer the questions on the registration form.

Monterey Peninsula Inns
This includes two inns:

• Sea Breeze Inn, Single or Double occupancy: $84.00 plus tax
• Pacific Grove Motel, Single or Double occupancy: $84.00 plus tax
• Continental breakfast included
• Phone: (800)525-3373

Registration Fee: $180.00

The deadline to register is 3 October, 2006. After 15 November, 2006, the registration fee will be $180.00. Payment may be accomplished by sending a check payable to "CalCOFI", using PayPal, or by agency purchase order or UC index number. The registration form will be available on both the first and second announcements. Please be aware ALL attendees need to register for the conference, including symposium speakers.

There are four payment options on the registration form: Check or Money Order (US dollars), Agency Purchase Order, UCSD Index number, or through PayPal, either by using a credit card or a PayPal account. These are explained in more detail below to help you with your registration. We cannot accept foreign currency or checks from foreign banks.

PAYMENT OPTION INFORMATION

PayPal:	Since we cannot accept foreign currency or checks from foreign banks, PayPal is an option that enables our foreign participants to prepay their registration fee. Participants may use a credit card (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX or Discover) or a PayPal account.  After submitting your registration form you will be directed to PayPal for this transaction.
Agency Purchase Order:	For individual participants please specify agency. For those submitting the purchase order, you can either fax or email.
UCSD Index Number:	Specify the index number on the registration form.
Check or Money Order payable in US dollars from a US bank to "CalCOFI":	Upon completion of your registration form you will be given the mailiing address to mail your check or money order.
Invited Speaker or Graduate Student:	Registration fee waived.

NOTE: If you have already completed the registration form selecting PayPal as your payment option,
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The Symposium of the Conference

Ecological Interactions Useful for Marine Ecosystem Based Management: The Roles of Positive Species Interactions, Ecosystem Engineers and Species Diversity

Ecosystem based fisheries management makes sense when variability and productivity is not explained by simply summing the individual species being fished. Ecosystem-based management is likely to be more effective than single species management when marine ecosystems are characterized by:

1. Positive species interactions (facilitation) within marine ecosystems
2. Habitat engineers which structure and modulate the flow of resources within ecosystems
3. Emergent properties such as stability or enhanced rates of productivity

These topics are not new to ecology, but need to be evaluated in the context of marine ecosystems to determine how they might be applied to fisheries management. Preliminary attempts to model multispecies fisheries traditionally incorporate only negative species interactions such as predation and competition. These models will, by definition, have lower yields than models summing individual species in the absence of negative interactions.

In this symposium, we will examine what lessons have been learned from marine ecology and apply these to marine ecosystem based management. We will explore the potential consequences of fishing for positive species interactions, reductions in species that serve as ecosystem engineers and reductions in species diversity.

Convened by: Dr. Laura Rogers-Bennett, Cal Dept. Fish and Game and U.C. Bodega Marine Laboratory.

Financial Assistance

Limited financial assistance will be available to graduate students. Requests for financial aid will be considered in the order they are received. Requests must be made no later than 15 September, 2006 to the attention of the CalCOFI Registrar (Maura Leos at mleos@dfg.ca.gov).

Call For Papers

• Verbal Transactions - A limited number of 15 minute contributed verbal transactions (16-20) will be accepted, related to the symposium topic or the biology, physics, chemistry, geology, meteorology, politics or economics of the California Current ecosystem, its adjacent waters, and Eastern Boundary Currents.
  
  Abstracts of papers for verbal transactions must be received by the CalCOFI Representative by 15 September, 2006 at rogersbennett@ucdavis.edu. These abstracts will be reviewed by a selection committee and authors will be notified of the acceptance of their submission by 29 September, 2006. (Abstract guidelines)
  
  Please be aware ALL registration forms including those for symposium speakers should go to the CalCOFI Registrar either electronically or by hard-copy.
• Poster Transactions - It is not anticipated poster transactions will be limited in number. In order for poster titles to be included in the second announcement, they should be received by the CalCOFI Representative by 15 September, 2006. (Abstract guidelines)

Summary of Important Dates

15 November, 2006	Late fee of $20.00 will be assessed on Registration fee. Registration now costs $180.00.
4 December, 2006	1300 - 1630 Opening of the Conference - Status of the California Current and its Fisheries 1630 - 1830 Evening poster session
5 December, 2006	0800 - 1630 Symposium of the conference
6 December, 2006	0800 - 1600 Verbal contributions 1600 - Conclusion
15 January, 2007	Deadline for symposium manuscript submissions for CalCOFI Reports
1 February, 2007	Deadline for contributed manuscript submissions (electronic files/word documents) instructions to authors in CalCOFI Reports (pdf)

Contact

All communications should be addressed to: