Symposium Date:
From 19th to 21st November 2019

Conference Location:
Rome, Italy

Conference Topics:
The objective of this Symposium will be to identify pathways to strengthen the science and policy interplay in fisheries production, management and trade, based on solid sustainability principles for improved outcomes on the ground.
Ultimately, the debates and conclusions of the symposium will prepare the way for the development of a new vision for capture fisheries, outlining how the sector can respond to the complex and rapidly changing challenges facing society. 

Conference Registration
Interested participants need to fill up the form of expression of interest included in the website of the Symposium and submit it online. Selection of applicants will be based on different criteria to ensure gender and geographical balance, as well as diversity between academia, private sector, government and civil society experts at the event, taking into consideration the venue’s limit of 500 delegates.

Link to the event

We are happy to announce the release of a short brochure on microplastics in English, French, Spanish, Arabic and Chinese. It summarizes the main findings of the Technical Paper 615 published in 2017.

Microplastics in Fisheries and Aquaculture: What do we know? Should we be worried?

We would like to reiterate our warm thanks to the colleagues who assisted with the development, revision, translation and release of the publication: , Lionel Dabbadie, Safa Gritli, Marianne Guyonnet, Jeremy Mendoza, Danielle Riczallah, Jiaxi Wang, Xinhua Yuan. A special thought to Joanna Toole who also contributed to the revision of the brochure.

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