International Conference and Workshop

Vessel Day Schemes / Fish Aggregating Devices

Bangkok, Thailand 29th May 2008 - in association with

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The one day workshop is held in association with INFOFISH World Tuna Congress in Bangkok and will focus on Vessel Day Schemes (VDS) - a new framework for fishing rights within a country's EEZ. The first VDS has been implemented in Papua New Guinea and other jurisdictions are planning to implement similar schemes. The impact on the Tuna industry will be significant. Our event focuses on the policy and technology of Vessel Day Schemes. In addition we will also be looking at Fish Aggregating Devices - the technology and issues relating to the development of new regulation being considered by RFMOs.

AGENDA

Thursday May 29th

0915 Welcome - Douglas Watson, Group Director, Carpe Diem Ltd
0930 Chairman's scene setting / VDS - overview of regulatory framework - Professor Martin Tsamenyi, Director, Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS)
1000 PNG Day scheme - Sylvester Pokajam, Manging Director National Fisheries Authority, Papua New Guinea
1045 Network Break
1110 RFMO Perspectives - (TBC)
1140 Importance of Vessel Monitoring Systems in VDS - Iain Hayes, Managing Director, Absolute Software Inc
1230 Panel Discussion
1300 Lunch
1400 Chairman's scene setting / FADs - overview of regulatory framework - Professor Martin Tsamenyi, Director, Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS)
1415 Industry perspective - Taiwan Tuna Association (TBC)
1445 Tracking FADs vs Tracking Vessels - Review of available techniques - (TBC)
1530 Networking break
1600 Inmarsat's role in VDS/e-logbooks - Kyle Hurst, Manager Fisheries, Inmarsat Ltd
1640 FADs - Modern day drift net vs. strategies for assisting RFMO - Faustino Velasco Satlink
1730 Panel Discussion
1750 Close