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Past Events

last update: 05 janvier 1999

This page contains a comprehensive list of Conferences, Workshops and Courses which have been held in 1998 to commemorate the 1998 International Year of the Ocean.

January 1998

0101 - Symposium on the Sea of Japan - Green Earth, Clean Seas - 30 January 1998

Organized by Friends of the United Nations, in collaboration with the Prefecture of Ishikawa of Japan

Contact: Noel J. Brown, President, Friends of the United Nations, USA; Tel: (1 203) 966 7842; Fax: (1 203) 966 2305

0102 - International Congress on Extremophiles, 18-22 Jan. 1998, The Pacific Yokohama Conference Center, Japan

Themes: the exchange of information between specialists in the rapidly growing field of extremophile research.
Organized by: Japan Marine Science and Technology Center
Submitted by: Tako Noda, Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture, 3-2-2 Kasumigaseki, Chiyodaku, Tokyo, Japan
Tel: 81-3-3581-4211; Fax: 81-3-3503-7048; Email: noda@monbu.go.jp

0103 - Japan Marine Science and Technology Center, Study Report Meeting, 29-30 Jan. 1998, Kokuyo Hall (Shinagawa), Japan

Themes: Study reports on ocean research, deep sea microorganisms, deep sea technology, sea floor global science and ocean ecosystem based on research carried out by JAMSTEC.
Organized by: Japan Marine Science and Technology Center
Submitted by: Tako Noda, Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture, 3-2-2 Kasumigaseki, Chiyodaku, Tokyo, Japan
Tel: 81-3-3581-4211; Fax: 81-3-3503-7048; Email: noda@monbu.go.jp

February 1998

0201 - Synthesis Workshop on Mathematical Modeling of Oceanographic Processes in the Gulf of Thailand, 1 February 1998, Okinawa, Japan

Pre-symposium activity of the IOC-WESTPAC Scientific Symposium

Deadline to submit registration form: 30 November 1997

Contact: Dr. Pramot Sojisuporn, Coordinator

Harbour Department, Yotha Road, Bangkok, Thailand 10100

Tel: (662) 236 6830; Fax: (662) 236 7248;

E-mail: pramot@mozart.inet.co.th

More info on http://www.start.or.th/WESTPAC/workshop/index.html

0202 - International Symposium on Okhotsk Sea and Sea Ice, 1-5 February 1998, Mombetsu, Hokkaido, Japan

Contact: Mr. Soshi Hamaoka, Secretariat of the Okhotsk Sea and Cold Water Research Association
Okhotsk Sea Ice Science Research Co

25-2 Motomombetsu, Mombetsu, Hokkaido 094 Japan

Tel: 81-1582-3-1100; Fax: 81-1582-3-1514

E-mail: kunio@pop.lowtem.hokudai.ac.jp

0203 - IOC-WESTPAC 4th International Scientific Symposium on the Role of Ocean Sciences for Sustainable Development, 2-7 February 1998, Okinawa, Japan

Organized by: Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture; University of the Ryukyus; Ocean Research Institute, the University of Tokyo, IOC

Contact: Prof. M. Terazaki, Center for International Cooperation, Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo,

1-15-1 Minimidai, Nakono, Tokyo 164, Japan

Tel: (81 3) 5351 6528; Fax: (81 3) 5351 6530;

E-mail: terazaki@ori.u-tokyo.ac.jp

More info here

0204 - Carbonate Mud Mounds and Cold Water Reefs Conference - TTR7 Post-Cruise Meeting, 7-11 February 1998, Gent, Belgium

Organized by: CORSAIRES Office, Renard Centre of Marine Geology

University of Gent, Krijslaan 281, S8, B-9000 Gent, Belgium

Tel: (32 9) 264 4594; Fax: (32 9) 264 4967; E-mail: TTR7@geology.rug.ac.be

More info on http://allserv.rug.ac.be:7500/ttr7/

0207 - International Seminar on "Indian Ocean in the 21st Century: Linkages and Networking", 9-10 February 1998, Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi, India

0205 - 1998 Ocean Sciences Meeting, 9-13 February 1998, San Diego, CA, USA

Contact: AGU Meetings Department, 1998 Canadian Hydrographic Conference,

2000 Florida Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20009

Tel: (1 202) 462 6900 or 1 800 966 2481 (in N. America); Fax: (1 202) 328 0566

E-mail: meetinginfo@kosmos.agu.org

More info on http://www.agu.org/meetings

0206 - Sea Views: Marine Ecosystem Management - Obligations and Opportunities, 11-13 February 1998, Wellington, New Zealand

The conference will explore the nature of ecosystem approaches to managing human impacts on the marine environment, and in a participatory framework, will get people discussing their preferred futures for the sea, and how to get there.
Contact: Cath Wallace, Senior Lecturer in Public Policy and Economics,

School of Business & Public Management, Victoria University of Wellington,

PO Box 600, Wellington, New Zealand,

Tel: (64 4) 495 5233x8552, Fax: (64 4) 495 5084;
Email: Cath.Wallace@vuw.ac.nz

0208 - GLOBAL OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEM (GOOS) Workshop, Suva, Fiji 13-17February 1998

Co-sponsored by South Pacific Forum, SPREP, FFA, SOPAC, IOC

Contact: Andrew Butcher (email: andy@sopac.org.fj) or William Erb (email: w.erb@unesco.org)

More info here or on http://www.sopac.org.fj/default.asp

0209 - Oceanographic Research Vessel "MIRAI", Open House, Feb., Mar. 1998, Honolulu, USA and Sydney, Australia

Organized by: Japan Marine Science and Technology Center
Submitted by: Tako Noda, Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture, 3-2-2 Kasumigaseki, Chiyodaku, Tokyo, Japan
Tel: 81-3-3581-4211; Fax: 81-3-3503-7048; Email: noda@monbu.go.jp

March 1998

0301 - Second Environmental Modeling Seminar, 3-5 March 1998, Lillehammer, Norway: Co-sponsored by IOC, NorskAgip, Statoil, Hydro, SINTEF Applied Chemistry; Contact: May Kristin Ditlevsen (Seminar Secretariat); Tel: (47) 73 59 12 12; Fax: (47) 73 59 70 51; E-mail: may.ditlevsen@chem.sintef.no; More info here

0302 - PICEC CCCC Model Workshop on lower trophic level physiological process models, 4-6 March 1998, Tiburon, CA, USA: Sponsored by: PICES Secretariat; Contact: Alexander Bychkov; c/o IOS, P.O. Box 6000, Sidney, B.C., Canada V8L 4B2; Tel: 1-250-363-6364; Fax: 1-250-363-6827; E-mail: bychkov@ios.bc.ca

0303 - Canadian Hydrographic Conference, 10-12 March 1998, Victoria, B.C., Canada: Sponsored by: Canadian Institute of Ocean Sciences; Contact: P.O. Box 6000, Sidney, B.C., Canada, V8L 4B2;; Tel: 1-250-363-6364; Fax: 1-250-363-6827; Email: chc98@ios.bc.ca; http://www.ios.bc.ca/ios/chs/pages/access_e.htm

0304 - Oceanology International 98 - The Global Ocean (Exhibition and Conference), 10-13 March 1998, Brighton, UK: Sponsored by: Society for Underwater Technology; Supported by: the Oceanography Society, the Hydrographic Society, IEEE, IOC; Contact: Spearhead Exhibitions Ltd, Ocean House, 50 Kingston Road, New Malden, Surrey KT3 3LZ, UK; Tel: (44 0181) 949 9222; Fax: (44 0181) 949 8186/8168; E-mail: OI98@spearhead.co.uk; More info here or on http://www.spearhead.co.uk (registration)

0305 - GAIM (Global Analysis, Interpretation and Modelling) Workshop on Inverse Modelling of Global Biogeochemical Cycles, March 16-20: Heraklion, Crete

(Martin Heimann, Max-Plank Inst. fur Meteorologie,
Bundesstrasse 55, 20146, Hamburg, Germany; f: +49-40-411-73-298;
e: martin.heimann@dkrz.de; http://www.gatech.edu/gsc/inverse
or Dana Hartley, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute
of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30331-0340, USA; e: hartley@eas.gatech.edu
http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~db75)
[entered: 03/03/98]

0306 - First Open Science Meeting of GLOBEC International, 16-20 March 1998, Paris, France

Contact: Michelle Lloyd

Plymouth Marine Lab

Prospect Place, Plymouth , PL1 3DH, UK

Tel: 44-(0)1752-633-100; Fax: 44-(0)-1752-633-101

E-mail: mill@wpo.nerc.ac.uk or E-mail: r.harris@pml.ac.uk
More info here or on http://www1.npm.ac.uk/globec/

0307 - Integrated Coastal Zone Management Training Workshop, 20 March-9 April 1998, Prince of Songkhla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla, Thailand

Contact: Coastal Resources Institute (CORIN)

Prince of Songkhla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla 90112, Thailand

Tel: (66 74) 212800, 212752, Fax: (66 74) 212782;

E-mail: corin@ratree.psu.ac.th

More info here

Visit the Web site on http://ratree.psu.ac.th/~corin

0313 - International Symposium on Japan-France KAIKO-TOKAI project, 25-27 March, 1998, Maison Franco- Japonaise, Japan

Organized by: Japan Marine Science and Technology Center Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo
Contact: Yumi Imafuku, Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture, Japan
Tel: 81-3-3581-4211; Fax: 81-3-3503-7048
Description: Study report on KAIKO-TOKAI project implemented by the Japan-France team.

0314 - Seminar on "Sea and Global Environment" (Japan-Australia Friendship Project), 26 March, 1998, Canberra, Japan

Organized by: Japan Marine Science and Technology Center
Contact: Yumi Imafuku, Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture, Japan
Tel: 81-3-3581-4211; Fax: 81-3-3503-7048
Description: Promotion of youth's understanding of the relation between sea and global environment.

0308 - NPAFC Workshop on Climate Change & Salmon Production, March 26-2,: Vancouver, Canada

Contact: (Dr. Donald Noakes, e: noakesd@dfo-mpo.gc.ca;
Tel: +1-250-756-7141 or NPAFC Secretariat, 6640 Northwest Marine
Drive, Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6T 1X2; email: irina@unixg.ubc.ca;
tel: +1-604-228-1128; axf: +1-604-228-1135)
Abstract submission is required by January 15, 1998
[entered: 03/03/98]

0309 - Beach Litter Management - Environmental and Economic Issues, 27 March 1998, Headland Hotel, Newquay, Cornwall, United Kingdom

Organized by: Nother Cornwall District Council
Contact: Annie Moore, NCDC, Higher Trenant Road , Wadebridge Cornwall PL27 6TW
Tel: (44) 1208893333, Fax: (44) 1208893232
More info here

0310 - First IOCARIBE Scientific Symposium, Furi, Cartagena, Colombia

Organized by: IOC-IOCARIBE

Contact: Rafael Steer-Ruiz, IOCARIBE Secretariat, Cartagena, Colombia; E-mail: siocarib@col3.telecom.com.co

0315 - Oceangraphic Research vessel "MIRAI", On-board Classroom, 30 March 1998, Sydney, Australia

Organized by: Japan Marine Science and Technology Center
Contact: Yumi Imafuku, Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture, Japan
Tel: 81-3-3581-4211; Fax: 81-3-3503-7048
Description: Lecture on the relation between sea and global environment, Open house, Experiment on board ship.

0311 - Extreme Marine Environment: a conference to be held in honour of the 70th birthday of Prof. A.J.Southward,
30 March-3 April 1998, Plymouth, UK

Contact: Prof. Michael Whitfield, Marine Biological Association of the UK, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill, Plymouth, PL1 2PB, UK; fax: +44-01752-669-762;mail e: sec@mba.ac.uk)
Aim of the Conference: to focus on extreme marine environment; to describe physiological & ecological responses to these environment; Invitation Abstracts for oral presentation & poster are invited for papers that address the special characteristics of the ecology and physiology of organisms in extreme marine environment.

0312 - Sustainable Oceans in the 21^st Century, 30 March-2 April 1998, Wiston House, West Sussex, UK

Contacts: Ms Virginia Crowe/Ms Angela Vousden

Associate Director, Wilton Park

Tel: (44) 1903 817 769; Fax: (44) 1903 815 931, E-mail: wilton@pavilion.co.uk
and G. Kullenberg, IOC/UNESCO, E-mail: g.kullenberg@unesco.org
More info here

April 1998

0401 - Geoscience 98 - Gas hydrates: Resource, Hazard, Origins, 14-17 April 1998, Keele University, UK

Topics: 1. The thermodynamics of gas hydrate formation and dissociation in the natural environment; 2. Hydrates as a resource/hazard in exploration/drilling operations; 3. The relationship between hydrate dissociation (due e.g. to sea level changes) and slope stability on continental margins; 4. The relationship between hydrate formation/dissociation and climate change; 5. Geophysical and geochemical approaches to detection and quantification of hydrates in marine sediments; 6. Laboratory investigations of gas hydrate properties; 7. Results from recent Ocean Drilling Program legs with a hydrate component.

Contact: Dr B. E. Clennell, Department of Earth Sciences,
University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, U.K.
Tel: (44 1132) 336624; Fax: (44 1132) 335259; E-mail: B.Clennell@earth.leeds.ac.uk
or Dr T. A. Minshull, Bullard Laboratories, University of Cambridge,
Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0EZ,U. K.
Tel: (44 1223) 337181; Fax: (44 1223) 360779; E-mail: minshull@esc.cam.ac.uk

0402 - '98 IOC-KMI International Workshop on ICM, Challenges and Strategies for Achieving Integrated Management of Coasts and Oceans: Examining Experiences in the Implementation of Chap.17 of Agenda 21, 16-18 April 1998, Intercontinental Hotel, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Co-Sponsored by IOC/UNESCO, Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries of Korea (MOMAF)

Organized by Korea Maritime Institute (KMI)
In collaboration with: Center for the study of Marine Policy, University of Delaware, USA
Ocean and Coastal Management Journal

Contact: Ms Charity Mijin Lee, Division of Marine Policy, KMI, 154-10, Yoong-Jeon Bldg, Samsung-Dong, Kang Nam-Gu, Seoul, Korea

Tel: 82 2 34531217, Fax: 82 2 5581858, E-mail: cmlee@suji.kmi.re.kr,

More info here

0403 - PAGES (Past Global Changes) Open Science Meeting, Apr 19-23, London, UK

Contact: Frank Oldfield, PAGES Core Project Office, Barenplatz 2, 3011 Berne, Switzerland; tel: +41-31-312-3168; email: pages@ubeclu.unibe.ch;
More info: http://pages.unibe.ch/pages.html
[entered: 03/03/98]

0404 - Symposium on Epicontinental and Regional Seas, 19-24 April 1998, Boulogne-sur-Mer, France

First Symposium of European Marine Societies and First European young oceanographers forum (PhD students)

Organized by the "Union des Oceanographes de France", with the support of the Challenger Society for Marine Science and Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Meeresforschung

Contact: Dr. Dewarumez, Station Marine, 28 rue Foch, F- 62930 Wimereux, France

E-mail: dewa@loalit.univ-littoral.fr

0405 - Symposium on Epicontinental and Regional Seas, 19-24 April 1998, Boulogne-sur-Mer, France

First Symposium of European Marine Societies and First European young oceanographers forum (PhD students)

Organized by the "Union des Oceanographes de France", with the support of the Challenger Society for Marine Science and Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Meeresforschung

Contact: Dr. Dewarumez, Station Marine, 28 rue Foch, F- 62930 Wimereux, France

E-mail: dewa@loalit.univ-littoral.fr

0406 - Third International Seagrass Biology Workshop (ISBW-3), 19-25 April 1998, Diliman, QC, Philippines

Contact: Prof. Miguel D. Fortes, Marine Science Institute, CS, University of the Philippines, Diliman 1101, QC, Philippines

Tel: (632) 922 3959; Fax; (632) 924 7678;

E-mail: fortes@msi01.cs.upd.edu.ph or ebs@pw.net

0407 - Underwater Technology '98, 20-22 April 1998, Tokyo, Japan

Contact: Prof. Tamaki Ura, Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo

7-22-1 Roppongi Minato-ku, Tokyo 106 Japan

Fax: 81-3-3401-6259; E-mail: ura@iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp

0408 - XXIII EGS General Assembly, Acropolis, Nice, France, Apr 20-24

Contact: EGS Office, Max-Planck St. 1, 31191 Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany; tel: +49-5556-1440; axf: +49-5556-4709; email: EGS@LINAX1.MPAE.GWDG.DE
More info: http://www.mpae.gwdg.de/EGS/FORTH.htm

0409 - IMO Workshop On Waste Management and Marine Pollution Prevention in Southern and Eastern Africa, April 1998, Cape Town, South Africa

Contact : International Maritime Organization (IMO)

4 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7SR, UK

Fax: 44-171-587-3210; E-mail: info@imo.org

0410 - IBCCA - International Bathymetric Chart of Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico, April 1998, Caracas, Venezuela

Co-sponsors: IOC, NGDC US

Contact: Dimitri Travin, IOC/ UNESCO

Tel: (33 1) 45 68 40 44; Fax (33 1) 45 68 58 12;

E-mail: d.travin@unesco.org

0411 - JGOFS Training Course on Synthesis and Modeling, first quarter 1998

Contact: Trevor Platt, Bedford Institute of Oceanography

PO Box 1006, Dartmouth, NB B2Y 4A2, Canada

Fax: (1 902) 426 9388; E-mail: tplatt@ac.dal.ca

May 1998

0501 - 30^th International Liège Colloquium on Ocean Hydrodynamics - Hydrodynamical and Ecosystems Processes in Ice-covered Seas of the Southern and Northern Hemispheres, 4-8 May 1998, Liège, Belgium

Co-sponsors: FNRS, IRMA, IOC, IAPSO, NSF, ONR, SCOR, SSTC, Uni. of Liège
Contact: Pr. J. Nihoul, Model environment
University of Liège, B 5 Sart Tilman, 4000 Liège, Belgium
Fax: (32 4) 366 23 55; E-mail: j.nihoul@modb.oce.ulg.ac.be
More info here
Visit the Website and register on line at: http://modb.oce.ulg.ac.be/Colloquiu m

0517 - Electronic Conference on Research and Biodiversity, 4th MAY --14th JUNE, Internet

organizer: European Comission DG-XII, Autonomous Government of Catalonia
contact_email: wbiodiv@correu.gencat.es
Info submitted by: Aniol Esteban, Ministry of Environment of Catalonia, Spain Additional_Info:
Date: 4/21/98 Time: 12:23:14 AM
contacts: Aniol Esteban (e-conference coordinator) Autonomous Government of Catalonia Ministry of Environment av. Diagonal 523-525 c/o 08029 BARCELONA . Spain
Phone: +34 3 444 50 66 Fax: +34 3 419 87 09
email: wbiodiv@correu.gencat.es
description: To discuss Biodiversity Research needs with the various actors and sectors in a European context. THe E-conference offers you a unique opportunity to know how Biodiversity strategies may affect your activity, to comment upon it and to express the information and research needs you consider relevant in order to develop Action plans for your sector effective in maintaining biodiversity throughout Europe. Communication tools: Mail List, Discussion Forum and Chat
More info: http://www.gencat.es/mediamb/biodiv

0502 - EURASLIC '98: Seventh Biennial Meeting of the European Association of Aquatic Sciences Libraries and Information Centres, 6-8 May 1998

People and Technology: Sharing Knowledge and Shaping the Future of Aquatic Information in Europe
National Centre for Marine Research, Athens, Greece
Contact: David Moulder, Head, National Marine Biological Library, Plymouth Marine Laboratory and Marine Biological Association, Citadell Hill, Plymouth, PL1 2PB, United Kingdom, Tel: (44) 1752 633 266; Fax: (44) 1752 633 102; E-mail: d.moulder@pml.ac.uk
More info in IMS Newsletter on-line Item 97-120

0503 - Advanced Phytoplankton Course on Taxonomy and Systematics, 10-30 May 1998, Vico Equense, Naples, Italy

Co-sponsored by IOC

Contact: Donato Marino, Marine Botany Laboratory, Stazione Zoologica "A. Dohrn",

Villa Comunale 80121 Naples, Italy

Tel: (39 81) 5833271; Fax: (39 81) 7641355; E-mail: phyto98@alpha.szn.it

0504 - 'BELGICA' Centennial Symposium, 14-16 May 1998

Organized by the National Committee on Antarctic Research of the Royal Academy of Belgium, in cooperation with The Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs (OSTC)

Secretariat: Belgian National Committee on Antarctic Research,

Dr. C. De Broyer, Secretary, Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, 29 rue Vautier, B-1000 Brussel.

Tel: (32 2) 627 41 27; Fax: (32 2) 627 42 77;

E-mail: debroyer@kbinirsbn.be

More info here or on http://www.belspo.be/antar/

or http://www.vub.ac.be/DGGF/an nounce/belgica.html

0505 - Maritime Terminology : Issues in Communication and Translation, International Conference / Terminologie maritime: traduire et communiquer, 15-16 May 1998, Brussels, Belgium

Convened by the College for Interpreters and Translators / Institut supérieur de traducteurs et interprètes (ISTI, Bruxelles)

Contact: Conference Secretariat, International Conference on Maritime Terminology, Centre TERMISTI - ISTI, 34, rue Joseph Hazard, B-1180 Brussels, Belgium

Tel. : (32 2) 346 2641, Fax : (32 2)346 2134, Email : termisti@euronet.be
More info on http://www.refer.fr/termisti /nauterm/nauten.htm
See also IMS Newsletter on-line: Item 97-119

0506 - Hazards-'98, Seventh International Conference on Natural and Man-Made Hazards, 17-22 May 1998, Chania, Crete, Greece

Contact: Dr. G.A. Papadopoulos, LOC Chairman
Institute of Geodynamics National Observatory of Athens
P.O. Box 20048, 11810 Athens, Greece
Tel: 301-3462-664; Fax: 301-3426-005;
E-mail: m.sachp@egelados.gein.nad.gr

0507 - International Symposium on Oceanic Fronts and Related Phenomena (The Konstantin Federov Memorial Symposium), 18-22 May 1998, Pushkin (Sankt-Petersburg), Russia

Coastal Ocean Workshop on Exchange Processes and Frontal Dynamics in the Coastal and Marginal Seas, 22 May 1998, Pushkin (Sankt-Petersburg), Russia

Co-sponsors: Russian Academy of Sciences, IOC, SCOR
Contact: Dr Andrei Zatsepin, Chairman of Internat. Scientific Committee
or Dr Alexander Ostrovskii, Scientific Secretary Oceanic Fronts
Russian Academy of Sciences, P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology
36 Nakhimovskii pr., 117851 Moscow, Russia
Tel: (7 095) 124 7392; Fax (7 095) 124 5983;
E-mail: fedsym@chip.sio.rssi.ru, zatsepin@glas.apc.org, ostrovs@sio.rssi.ru
More info on http://www.rc.msu.ru/ocfronts

0517 - National Seminar on Sea,Man and Development, 23-26 May 1998, Babolsar, Iran

venue: Mazandaran University,Babolsar
organizer: Iranian National Center for Oceanography(INCO)
Contact: prof.H.Zomorrodian, No.51,Bozorgmehr Ave.Iran-Tehran 14168 , P.O.Box:14155-4781
Tel:(+ 98 21)6416556,6419898; Fax:(+ 98 21)6419978
Email: inco@istn.irost.com
Description: It's relationship with International Year of Ocean 1998 and it performed in Caspian Sea Coastal. It show the role of Sea in society.

0508 - 1998 Ocean Circulation and Climate - The 1998 WOCE Conference, 24-29 May 1998, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Co-sponsors: WCRP, IOC
Contact: John Gould, WOCE IPO,
Southampton Oceanography Centre, Room 256/18
Empress Dock, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK
Tel: (44 1703) 596 789; Fax: (44 1703) 596 204;
E-mail: woceipo@soc.soton.ac.uk
More info here
or on http://ww w.soc.soton.ac.uk/OTHERS/woceipo/wconf/index.html

0519 - Scientific training school-seminar: "Acoustic of the Ocean", Academician L.M. Brekhovskikh, 25-28 May 1998, Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Contact: Dr. S. Lappo
More info: http://rav.sio.rssi.ru/shkola/warning.html

0509 - International Conference on Education and Training in Integrated Coastal Area Management (ICAM) - The Mediterranean Prospect, 25-29 May 1998, Genoa, Italy

Convened by: International Centre for Coastal and Ocean Policy Studies (ICCOPS)

Co-sponsors: IOC, MAP of UNEP, ICS of UNIDO

Contact: ICCOPS Secretariat - c/o University of Genoa, Department Polis

Stradone di S. Agostino 37, 16123 Genoa, Italy

Tel/Fax: (39 10) 209 5840; E-mail: iccops@polis.unige.it

More info on http://www.polis.unige.it/1998edu cation/

0510 - Eighth International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference (ISOPE-98), 24-29 May 1998, Montreal, Canada

Convened by: (ISOPE-98) Montreal Technical Program Committee

P.O. Box 1107, Golden, CO., 80402-1107, USA

Tel. 1-303-273-3673; Fax 1-303-420-3760

0511 - 9th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, 25-29 May 1998, UNESCO, Paris, France

Co-organized and co-sponsored by: IOC of UNESCO, American Meteorological Society, French Meteorological Society, EUMETSAT
Contact: Dr. Marie Colton, ONR Code 321SR, Subj: SatMet 1998,
800 N. Quincy St., Arlington, VA, 22217 USA
Fax: (1 703) 696 2007; E-mail: coltonm@onr.navy.mil
More info on http://www.onr.navy.mil/sc i_tech/ocean/9thsmo

0512 - The Fifth International Conference on Cohesive Sediment Transport - INTERCOH 98, 26-30 May 1998, Ansan, Korea

Organized by: Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute
Contact: Dr. Kwang Soo LEE, Secretary, INTERCOH'98
Coastal Engineering Division, Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute
Ansan P. O. Box 29, Seoul 425-600, Korea
Tel: (82 345) 400 6323, Fax: (82 345) 408 5823, E-mail: intercoh@sari.kordi.re.kr
More info here or on: http://sari.kordi.re.kr/~intercoh

0513 - The International Conference on Tsunami, 26-28 May 1998, UNESCO, Paris, France

THEMES:
1. Tsunami Observations
2. Tsunami Prediction and Simulations
3. Tsunami Instrumentation and Warning Systems
4. Tsunami Mitigation
Organized by: European Union, the CEA/DASEand UNESCO/IOC
Contact: Dr. B. Massinon, Chairman, Local Organizing Committee LDG
B.P. 12, 91680 Bruyeres-le-Chatel, France
Tel: 33-1-69-26-48-80, Fax: 33-1-69-26-70-23, E-mail: massinon@ldg.bruyeres.cea.fr or
E-mail: schindel@ldg.bruyeres.cea.fr

0514 - 1998 Spring AGU Meeting, May 26-29: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Contact: AGU Meeting Department, 2000 Florida Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20009; tel: +1-800-966-2481 (toll free in North America) or +1-202-462-6900 (outside North America); fax: +1-202-328-0566; maile: meetingsinfo@kosmos.agu.org
More info: ; http://www.agu.org
[entered: 03/03/98]

0516 - Mediterranean sea: knowing the sea, knowing the world. Cycle of round-table conferences, May 28, Barcelona, Spain (and 4 June)

Organizer: The Aquarium of Barcelona and the Department of the Environment of the Government of Catalonia
Contact: Cristina Palés or Maria Villaronga, Environmental Promotion and Education Service, Department of the Environment, Av. Diagonal, 525, 08029 Barcelona, Spain
tel. 34 93 444 50 61; fax 34 93 419 87 09
email: Mdea0006@correu.gencat.es
Description:The Aquarium of Barcelona and the Department of the Environment have organised a cycle of round-table conferences to debate, from various perspectives, the main environmental problems that affect the Mediterranean sea, and also to think about the past, to take stock of the present and to forecast the future. We hope that the conclusions will be useful to guide our actuations towards sustainability
More info: http://www.gencat.es/mediamb/ea/aquari.htm

0515 - IBCM - International Bathymetric Chart of Mediterranean Sea, May 1998, Dubrovnic, Croatia

Co-sponsors: IOC, CIESM

Contact: Dimitri Travin, IOC/ UNESCO

Tel: (33 1) 45 68 40 44; Fax (33 1) 45 68 58 12;

E-mail: d.travin@unesco.org

0518 - Participation in Lisbon International Exposition '98, 22 May - 30 Sept. 1998, Lisbon, Portugal

Contact for exhibitor: Yumi Imafuku, Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture, Japan
Tel: 81-3-3581-4211; Fax: 81-3-3503-7048
Description: Exhibition of "SINKAI 6500" 1/2 model, Introduction of JAMSTEC activities using multislide, "SHINKAI 6500 system" Open house

June 1998

0601 - Coastal and Marginal Seas, 1-4 June 1998, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France

Organized by: The Oceanography Society (TOS) and IOC
Contact: Judi Rhodes, TOS
4052 Timber Ridge Drive, Virginia Beach, VA 23544, USA
Tel: (1 757) 464 0131; Fax: ( 1757) 464 1759; E-mail: rhodesj@exis.net
More info on http://www.tos.org

0617 - Mediterranean sea: knowing the sea, knowing the world. Cycle of round-table conferences, June 4, Barcelona, Spain

Organizer: The Aquarium of Barcelona and the Department of the Environment of the Government of Catalonia
Contact: Cristina Palés or Maria Villaronga, Environmental Promotion and Education Service, Department of the Environment, Av. Diagonal, 525, 08029 Barcelona, Spain
tel. 34 93 444 50 61; fax 34 93 419 87 09
email: Mdea0006@correu.gencat.es
Description:The Aquarium of Barcelona and the Department of the Environment have organised a cycle of round-table conferences to debate, from various perspectives, the main environmental problems that affect the Mediterranean sea, and also to think about the past, to take stock of the present and to forecast the future. We hope that the conclusions will be useful to guide our actuations towards sustainability
More info: http://www.gencat.es/mediamb/ea/aquari.htm

0615 - The 4:th ABDMAP workshop (Algal Bloom Detection Monitoring And Prediction), 4-5 June 1998, Sweden

Venue: Geovetenskapens hus, Frescati-campus, Stockholm Univ., Sweden
Organizer: Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm University
Contacts: Mr Ove RUD, Ms Miho ISHII, Dept. of Physical Geography, Stockholm University, s-10691 Stockholm
Tel : +46-8-14 4788/4958 Fax: +46-8-16 4818
Email: abdmap@natgeo.su.se
Description: A European wide concerted action, funded under Environment and Climate Programme of the European Commission´s framework programme IV. Background: Recent observations suggest an increasing frequency of algal blooms in coastal waters, many of them even toxic. The effects are noticed on the environment, marine life and health. An earlier study programme called OCTOPUS, undertaken for the European Commission, investigated operational uses of ocean colour data and recognised the potential use of satellite based data to monitor algal blooms. ABDMAP, a Concerted Action, was conceived partly in response to this study, to bring together workers interested in the role of remote sensing (EO) data in the detection, monitoring and prediction of coastal and marine algal blooms in European waters. Topics in the Stockholm will be: Identification, Characterisation, Detection
More info on: http://www.natgeo.su.se/natur geo/rsgis/marin/abdmap/

0616 - Lecture: Sex, Survival & Variety: Marine Biologists reveal the private lives of whales, seals & squid, 5 June 1998, Melbourne, Australia

Venue: Village Roadshow Theatrette, State Library of Victoria
Organizer: Museum Victoria
Contact: Bronwyn Thompson; Museum Victoria; PO Box 666E; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Tel: 61 03 9651 6112; Fax: 61 03 9651 6129
Email: bthomps@mov.vic.gov.au
More info: http://www.mov.vic.gov.au/PublicLectur es
Description: To celebrate 1998 International Year of the Ocean, three of Australia's most adventurous biologists will present an insight into the amazing private world of sea creatures and explore current issues in marine conservation. With the aid of stunning photography and personal stories the presenters will demonstrate the importance of the ocean to humans and to the great variety of life forms it supports. The Speakers: Fur Seals: sex, survival and future perils? By Dr Sally Troy, Coordinator of Environmental Research, Parks Victoria; Who's that sucker? Australian octopuses and their relatives. By Dr Mark Norman, Department of Zoology, Melbourne University; Close encounters with whales: an insight into diversity. By Micheline Jenner, Marine Biologist, MSc, Centre for Whale Research, Western Australia

0602 - FISCH '98 - International and Seafood Europe, 5-8 June 1998, Bremen, Germany

Contact: Karin Sundmaker, Messe- und Austellungsgesellschaft Hansa GMBH,
Bischofsnadel 1-2, D-28195 Bremen, Germany; Tel: (49 421) 3630 547
or Sabine Wedell, Tel: (49 421) 3630 542; Fax: (49 421) 3630 541

0603 - International Conference on Rehabilitation of Harbour Areas, 7-9 June 1998, Lisbon, Portugal

Organized by: PIANC '98 Conference Secretariat
LNEC-DH-NPP
Av. do Brasil, 101
P-1799 Lisboa Codex, Portugal
Tel: 351-1-848-21-31, ext. 2445; Fax: 351-1-848-81-48;
E-mail: mrita@lnec.pt

0604 - 27TH SYMPOSIUM ON REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT, June 8-12, Tromsø, Norway

Contact: Norwegian Space Centre, P. O. Box 113, Skøyen, N-0212 Oslo, Norway; fax: +47-2251-1801; email: isrse@spacecentre.no
More info: http://www.spacecentre.no
[entered: 03/03/98]

0605 - The 9th Global Warming International Conference, 8-11 June 1998, Hong Kong

Organized by: The GW9 International Program Committee,
c/o GWIC (Global Warming International Center, USA)
P.O. Box 5275, Woodridge, IL, 60517-0275 USA
Tel: 1 630 9101551, Fax: 1-630-910-1561, E-mail syshen@megsinet.net; http://www2.msstate.edu
Important Deadlines: Abstract Deadline-Nov.10, 1997; Advanced Registration- Jan. 25, 1998; Registration Deadline-Mar. 1, 1998

0606 - 2nd International Conference on Marine Pollution and Ecotoxicology, 10-14 June 1998, Hong Kong

Convened by: the City University of Hong Kong, Dpt of Biology and Chemistry
Co-sponsored by IOC
Contact: Prof. Rudolph Wu, Chairman, Organizing Committee of the Conference on Marine Pollution and Ecotoxicology, City University of Hong Kong, Dpt of biology and Chemistry, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Tel: (852) 2788 7404; Fax: (852) 2788 7406

0618 - Les Rencontres Méditerranéennes de l'Observatoire Marin du Littoral des Maures,11-12-13 juin 1998, Cavalaire-sur-mer (Var), France

organizer: SIVOM du Littoral des Maures
contact_email: sivom.littoral.maures@wanadoo.fr
Submitted by: Martine BAUDRY, Secrétariat des Rencontres
Date info received: 4/24/98 Time: 10:22:59 AM
contacts: Secrétariat des Rencontres B.P.32 Maison de la Mer 83240 Cavalaire-sur-mer Téléphone : 04.94.01.92.12 Télécopie : 04.94.64.04.60
email: sivom.littoral.maures@wanadoo.fr
description: Thème : Gestion Economique et Ecologique du Littoral et des Zones Côtières. * Préoccupations des élus et des usagers du Littoral * Stratégies scientifiques et techniquespour le Littoral Méditerranéen * Les enjeux socio-économiques * Séance plénière (débat animé par M.Paul AMAR)

0607 - 3rd Annual International Clean Ocean Conference, Hawaii, 12-14 June 1998

This conference celebrates Oceans Day in the USA and Hawaii
More info on http:/planet-hawaii.com/sos/ clean-oceans.htlm

0608 - AGU meeting on Mechanisms of Millenial Scale Global Climate Change, June 14-18:, Utah, USA

Contact: AGU Meeting Department, 2000 Florida Avenue, NW, Washington DC 20009, USA; fax: +1-202-328-0566; email: meetinginfo@kosmos.agu.org
[entered: 03/03/98]

0609 - Algal Virus Workshop, 15-18 June 1998, Bergen, Norway

Organized by: Gunnar Bratbak, University of Bergen, Norway
Dept. of Microbiology
Jahnebakken 5, N-5020 Bergen, Norway
Tel: 47-55-58-2658 Fax: 47-55-58-9671 E-mail: gunnar.bratbak@im.uib.no
More info on http://imp.imp.uib.no/virus/index.htm

0610 - PACON 98 Conference on the 8^th Pacific Congress on Marine Science and Technology, "Towards the 21^st Century-The Pacific Era", 15-19 June 1998, Seoul, Korea

Contact: PACON International, PO Box 11568, Honolulu, Hawaii 96828-0568

Tel: (808) 956 6163; Fax (808) 956 2580; E-mail: pacon@wiliki.eng.hawaii.edu

0611 - The 2nd International Symp. on Fish Otolith Research and Application, 20-25 June 1998, Bergen, Norway

Organized by: Oto-98, Institute of Marine Research
Flodevigen Marine Research Station,
N-4817 His, Norway
Fax: 47-37-05-9001 E-mail: symp98@flode.imr.no

0612 - FIFTH CIRCUMPOLAR REMOTE SENSING SYMPOSIUM, June 22-26, University of Dundee, Scotland

Contact: Miss S. K. Newcombe, Fifth Circumpolar Remote Sensing Symposium, Dundee Centre for Coastal
Zones Research, Department of Applied Physics and Electronic and Mechanical Engineering, University of Dundee, DUNDEE DD1 4HN, Scotland, UK; tel: +44-1382-344933;ax f: +44-1382-345415;
email: S.K.NEWCOMBE@DUNDEE.AC.U K)
Deadline for abstracts: Tuesday 31 March, 1998.
[entered: 03/03/98]

0613 - International Symposium on Coastal Mega-Cities, Mid-1998, Shanghai, China

Supported by: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, China; State Science and Technology Commission, China; State Oceanic Administration, Shanghai Municipality
Contact: Li Haiqing, IOC, UNESCO; Tel: (33 1) 45 68 39 94. E-mail: h.li@unesco.org

0614 - Dunes of Portugal Coastal Zone, June 1998, Leiria, Portugal

Topics: geomorphology, sedimentology, geochronology, global change, sea-level changes, ecosystems conservation, management and environmental education.
Organized by: Association EUROCOAST-PORTUGAL
Info: Instituto de Hidraulica e Recursos Hidricos, Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade do Porto, Rua dos Bragas, P-4099 Porto Codex, Portugal. Fax: (351) [2] 205 08 70; (351) [2] 205 92 80

July 1998

0727 - EXPO '98 Scientific Conferences, 1-3 July 1998, Lisbon, Portugal

Contact: Professor Tilak Viegas, European Commission
Fax: 32-2-296-62-52; Email: franciso-jaime.viegas@dg12.cec.be
or Dr. Cornelia E. Nauen, European Commission
Fax: 32-2-299-06-03; Email: cornelia.nauen@dg8.cec.be

0725 - The Manned Research Submersible "SHINKAI 2000", Open house, July 1998, Hiroshima-ken, Japan

Organized by: Japan Marine Science and Technology Center
Contact: Yumi Imafuku, Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture, Japan
Tel: 81-3-3581-4211; Fax: 81-3-3503-7048

0726 - Science Camp '98, July 1998 (2 nights, 3 days), Japan Marine Science and Technology Center, Japan

Organized by: Japan Marine Science and Technology Center
Contact: Yumi Imafuku, Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture, Japan
Tel: 81-3-3581-4211; Fax: 81-3-3503-7048
Description: Learning about marine science by experience: High Pressure water tank test, High pressure environmental experience, Introduction of deep sea world, Operation of underwater ROV, Practice of marine observation methods using the aerifical satellite data

0719 - "Oceans, Coastlines and Marine Resources: safeguarding these gifts for our future, 3 July 1998, Westhaven, Auckland country: New Zealand

venue: Royal NZ Yacht Squadron, Westhaven, Auckland
organizer: Auckland Institute of Technology
Date: 5/14/98 Time: 3:42:59 AM
contacts: Pamela Hunter-Reid (Co-ordinator) Office of the President Auckland Institute of Technology Private Bag 92006 Auckland 1020 NEW ZEALAND
tel: 64-9-3079999, Ext 8264 ; fax: 64-9-3079693
email: Pamela.Hunter-Reid@ait.ac.nz
description: This one day seminar aims to celebrate the International Year of the Ocean by stimulating awareness of the importance of the ocean and marine environment, and how we need to safeguard these gifts for future generations. The programme has been developed for interest and broad capture with speakers from: Department of Conservation; Cawthron Institute; Royal NZ Navy; School of Conservation Sciences, Bournemouth University UK; Leigh Research Laboratory, University of Auckland and Local Bodies. A visual show of New Zealand's underwater world will also be included. Seminar fee is $30 which includes a light lunch and teas. Situated on Auckland's picturesque Westhaven Marina this seminar is an event for all. Registration information will be coming soon. submit_address: Private Bag 92006 Auckland 1020

0701 - 9th International Conference on Quantitative Methods for Environmental Sciences (TIES98): Session on the Coastal Zone, 3-6 July , Queensland, Australia

Contact: Asa Danielsson and Lars Rahm, email: asada@tema.liu.se; larra@tema.liu.se ; fax: +46 13 13 36 30;
Dept. of Water and Environmental Studies, Linköping University, S-581 83 Linköping, Sweden
The ambition with our session is to fuse environmental and socio-economic sciences with statistics., where the object is coastal zone studies in general. Presently multidisciplinary studies within this theme are carried out on both local, regional and global scales. This due to the increased pressure on this region, e.g. due to urbanisation, industralisation and intense aqua- and agriculture. Theoretical science meets applied sciences in an attempt to understand the coastal zone dynamics and to support descision-makers in the attempt to manage human activities within this region.
For more information, see http://www.sa.cmis.csiro.au/ties98/
[entered: 03/03/98]

0731 - OMAE '98. Ocean Space Utilisation Symposium of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering Conference, 5-9 July 1998, Lisbon, Portugal

Contact: Prof. C. Guedes Soares, Unit of Marine Techn. & Engng., Inst. Superior Técnico, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1096 Lissabon Codex, Portugal.
Tel.: +351-1-8417957; Fax: +351-1-8474015/3868; E-mail: guedess@alfa.ist.utl.pt; URL: http://alfa.ist.utl.pt/~omae98/

0702 - First International Conference on GIS for the 21st Century - Geographical Information Systems in the next Millennium, 6-8 July 1998, Udine, Italy

Organized by: Wessex Institute of Technology, UK, and University of Udine, Italy

Sponsored by: Assessorato alla Protezione Civile, Regione Friuli Venezia Giula

Contact: Sue Owen, GIS 98 Conference Secretariat

Wessex Institute of Technology, Ashurst Lodge, Ashurst

Southampton, SO40 7AA, UK

Tel: (44 1703) 293 223; Fax: (44 1703) 292 853; E-mail: sue@wessex.ac.uk.

0703 - 4th International Aerosol Symposium, July 6-9, St. Petersburgh, Russia

Contact: Dr. Nikolay Belov, President Russian Aerosol Society, 2-Mosfilmovsky Per. 21-117, Moscow 119285, Russia; t/f: +7-095-147-4361; email: belov@tehno.mmtel.msk.su
[entered: 03/03/98]

0704 - Hydrology in a Changing Environment, July 6-10:, Exeter, United Kingdom

Contact: B.Webb, Department of Geography, University of Exeter,Amory Bldg., Rennes Dr., Exeter, Devon, EX4 4RJ, UK; fax: +44-1392-263-342; e: b.w.webb@exeter.ac.uk;
More info: http://www.nwl.ac.uk/ih/prototype/ new/bhs/html
[entered: 03/03/98]

0705 - IGARSS'98 - 1998 International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, July 6-10, Seattle, WA, USA

Contact: IEEE Geoscience & Remote Sensing Society, 17906 St. Emilion Court, Spring, TX 77379, USA;
tel: +1-281-291-9222; fax: +1-281-291-9224; email: tstein@phoenix.net)

0706 - 4th International Interdisciplinary Conference on the Environment, July 7-10, Washington D.C., USA

Contact: Demetri Kantarelis or Kevin L. Hickey, IEA/Kantarelis-Hickey, Assumption College, 500 Salisbury St.,
Worcester, MA 01615, USA; tel: +1-508-767-7557 (Kantarelis) and +1-508-767-7296 (Hickey); axf: +1-508-767-7382;
email: dkantar@eve.assumption.edu or khickey@eve.assumption.edu;
More info: http://www.assumption .edu/html/academic/conf/iicecall.html
[entered: 03/03/98]

0722 - International Workshop on Management Capacity building for Coasts and Oceans in the Wider Caribbean, July 7-10, Havana, Cuba

Organized by: Oceans Institute of Canada, University of Havana and Cuba's National Oceanographic Committee
Purpose: The meeting aims to explore cross-basin partnerships in efforts to build capacity for coastal management in the region.
More info here

0707 - Ninth International Conference of the International Institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade, 8-11 July 1998, Tromso, Norway

Organized by: IIFET Secretariat, Oregon State University

Dept. of Ag. & Resource Econ.,

Corvallis, OR 97331-3601 USA

Tel: 1-541-737-1416; E-mail: Ann.L.Shriver@orst.edu.
Themes: variety of themes related to fisheries economics and social science, including fisheries management markets, aquaculture and coastal management, and analytical methods.

0708- U.S. JGOFS Synthesis and Modeling Project PLS Workshop, 13-17 July 1998, Durham, NH., USA

Contact: Jorge Sarmiento, Princeton University
Sayre Hall, P.O. Box CN 710, Princeton, NJ, 08544-0710 USA
Tel.: (1-609)-258-6585; Fax: (1-609) 258-2850; E-mail: jls@splash.princeto.edu

0716 - Rhodes Academy of Oceans Law and Policy, 13 July - 1 August 1998, Rhodes, Greece

Contact: Neal R. Grandy; Center for OCeans Law and Policy; University of Virginia School of Law; 580 Massie Road; Charlottesville, VA 22903-1789 U.S.A.;
tel: 804-924-7442 fax: 804-924-7362
e-mail: colp@virginia.edu
OR:
Mr. Spiros Loupis; Aegean Institute of the Law of the Sea and Maritime Law; 1, Demokratias Str.; GR-85100 Rhodes GREECE
tel: 30-241-77110 fax: 30-241-77111
email: loupis@rhodes.aegean.gr
More info here

0710 - Aquacultural Engineering '98, 16-19 July 1998, Roanoke, Virginia, USA

Contact: Dr. George Libey or Dr. George Flick,
Commercial Fish and Shellfish Technology Program,
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0418, USA.
Tel.: (1 540) 231 6400 (Dr. Libey); (1 540) 231 6805 (Dr. Flick); Fax: (1 540) 231 9293; E-mail: cfast@vt.edu; http://www.cfast.vt.edu

0717 - Dolphin Symposium, Tokyo, Japan, 17 July 1998

Contact: Mayumi Hori

Creative Convention Center, Inc.

E-mail: ccc-inc@po.iijnet.or.jp

Tel+81-3-5574-8677
Fax+81-3-5574-8697
More info here

0709 - Pan-African Conference on Sustainable Integrated Coastal Management (PACSICOM), 18- 25 July 1998, Maputo, Mozambique

Organized in partnership by the overnment of Mozambique, Government of Finland, UNESCO and UNEP and cosponsored by UNIDO and FAO
Contacts: Robin Harger, IOC, UNESCO; E-mail: r.harger@unesco.org

Miguel Clusener-Godt, MAB, UNESCO
More info on http://www.unesco.org/ioc/pacsicom/pacsicom.htm

0711 - VII International Congress of Ecology, July 19-25, Florence, Italy

Contact: Almo Forino, Secretariat Intecol, Luniguana Museum of Natural History, Fortezza della Brunella, 54011, Aulla, Italy; f: +39-187-420-727; e: afarina@tamnet.it
[entered: 03/03/98]

0718 - International Training Workshop on Technology of Marineculture, 20 July - 4 August,1998, Xiamen, P.R.China

Organizer: Xiamen Oceanographic Research and Development Institute
Contacts: Ms. Zhuang Ruzhen No.2 Huyuan Rd, Xiamen,Fujian, 361003, P.R.China
Tel: 86 592 2031321/2030591 Fax: 86 592 2031321/2024555
Email: kwwsc@xminfo.xmu.edu.cn
Description: The objective of the workshop is to display to participants the experiences and latest achievements of marineculture in China. The training course will focus on hatching, breeding, nutrition and food, disease prevention, control of sea fish, shrimp and shellfish, as well as biotechnology application in marineculture. The local accommodation,transportation and training expenses for the participants from the developing countries during the workshop will be borne by the Chinese government.

0732 - FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CRUSTACEAN CONGRESS, INCLUDING THE THIRD EUROPEAN CRUSTACEAN CONFERENCE, 20-24 July 1998, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Contact: Secretariaat, Conference office, University of Amsterdam, Spui 21, NL-1012 WX Amsterdam, Netherlands
Tel.: +31 20 525 4791; Fax: +31 20 525 4799

0712 - Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, 21-24 July 1998, Taipei, Taiwan

Organized by: AGU Meetings Dept,

2000 Florida Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20009, USA

Tel: 1-202-462-6900; Fax 1-202-328-0566; E-mail: meetinginfo@kosmos.agu.org

More info on http://www.agu.org

Abstract Deadline: March 23, 1998 for Postal /Express Mail/E-mail Submission and April 1, 1998 for Interactive Web Form Submission (Form may be accessed at AGU Web Site. Preregistration Deadline: June 1, 1998

0733 - Advanced Bacterial Diagnostics in Aquaculture, 21-23 July 1998, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada

Contact: R.P. (Bob) Johnston, Director, Canadian Aquaculture Institute, University of Prince Edward Island, 550 University Avenue, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada C1A 4P3.
Tel.: +1 902 628-4336; Fax: +1 902 628-4337; E-Mail: bojohnston@upei.ca

0713 - EUROMAT’98 - Conference on Materials in Oceanic Environment, 22-24 July 1998, Lisbon, Portugal

Organized by: SPM (Sociedade Portuguesa de Materials)

On behalf of: FEMS (The Federation of European Materials Societies)

Contact: Prof. Luciano Faria, SPM

Av. Rovisco Pais, IST, 1096 Lisboa Codex, Portugal

Tel: (351 1) 841 77 46; Fax: (351 1) 841 79 15

More info here

0729 - Opening: Ship Research Institute, 22-24 July 1998, Mitaka, Tokyo and Katanoshi, Osaka, Japan

Organized by: Ship Research Institute, Ministry of Transport, Japan
Contact: Toyohiko Suzuki, Research Planning Office, Ship Research Institute, Ministry of Transport, Japan
Email: niida@srimot.go.jp
Description: opening to the public of facilities and experiments to publicize the importance of the ocean environment

0734 - Second International Workshop on Sea Lice Biology, 22-24 July 1998, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

Contact: University of Amsterdam, Spui 21, NL-1012 WX Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Fax: +31-20 525 4791; E-mail:g.box-hall@nhm.ac.uk

0735 - Second International Congress on the Biology of Fishes, 26-30 July 1998, Towson University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA

Contact: Don MacKinlay, Dept. Fisheries and Oceans, 555 West Hastings St., Vancouver BC, Canada V6B 5G3.
Tel.:+1 603 666-3520; Fax: +1 604 666 6894; E-mail:mackinlayd@mailhost.pac.dfo.ca

0721- International Ocean Symposium '98, 28-29 July 1998, Tokyo Big Sight, Tokyo, Japan

Organized by: The Nippon Foundation
Contact: International Ocean Symposium Secretariat
Dept. of Maritime Affairs, The Nippon Foundation, 1-15-16 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Tel: +81-3-3502-2409; Fax : +81-3-3502-0748;Email: ios@ps.nippon-foundation.or.jp;URL: http://www.nippon-foundation.or.jp/
Submitted by: Migiwa Uehara, Creative Convention Center, Roppongi Mori Bldg, 1-4-30 Roppongi, Minato-ku,Tokyo, Japan
Tel: +81-3-5574-8695; Fax: +81-3-5574-8691; Email: ccc-inc@po.iijnet.or.jp

0714 - 14th IAHR International Symposium on Ice, 27-31 July 1998, New York, USA

Organized by: Professor Hung Tao Shen, 14th IAHR International Ice Symposium

CEE Dept, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY 13699-5710, USA

Tel. 1-315-268-6606; Fax: 1-315-268-7985; E-mail: htshen@sun.soe.clarkson.edu;

More info on http://www.clarkson.edu/~hts hen/icesyp.html

0720 - Coastal Zone 99 (CZ99), 24-30 July 1998, San Diego, California

Organized by: Professor Hung Tao Shen, 14th IAHR International Ice Symposium

CEE Dept, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY 13699-5710, USA

Tel. 1-315-268-6606; Fax: 1-315-268-7985; E-mail: htshen@sun.soe.clarkson.edu;

More info on http://www.clarkson.edu/~hts hen/icesyp.html

0724 - International Ocean Symposium' 98 "The Ocean, Can She Save Us?", 28-29 July 1998, Tokyo Big Sight, Japan

Organized by: The Nippon Foundation; Asahi Shimbun; Federation of Maritime Organizations for Marine Day
Contact: Yumi Imafuku, Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture, Japan
Tel: 81-3-3581-4211; Fax: 81-3-3503-7048
Description: A symposium focusing on the formation of a new relationship between mankind and the ocean.

0715 - PORSEC’98 - Interdisciplinary Multi-sensor Studies of the Pacific Ocean, 28-31 July 1998, Qingdao, China

Organized by: Ocean University of Qingdao; President, Academician, HUA-Shi Guan; Contact: Prof. Ming Xia He,; Ocean Remote Sensing Institute, Ocean University of Qingdao,; 5 Yushan Road, Qingdao 266003, China; Tel/Fax: (86) 532 287 9301; E-mail: mxhe@ns.qd.sd.cn; More info on http://home.ust.hk/~porsec98/

0737 - Workshop on Management Principles for Coldwater Fish Production, 30 July - 1 August 1998, Shepherdstown, USA

Contact: Small Business Development Center, Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, WV 25443, USA.
Tel.: +1 304-876-5261

0723 - The 1st B&G Seminar for Marine Experiences in Japan, July -August 1998, Japan

Organized by: Blue Sea and Green Land Foundation, Japan
Contact: Takao Noda, Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture, Japan
Tel: 81-3-3581-4211; Fax: 81-3-3503-7048; Email: noda@monbu.go.jp
Description: Recreational Marine experiences for elementary and junior high school students with sailboats and kayaks

0727 - Marine Sports Popularization Meet, July - August 1998, Japan

Organized by: Blue Sea and Green Land Foundation, Japan
Contact: Yumi Imafuku, Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture, Japan
Tel: 81-3-3581-4211; Fax: 81-3-3503-7048
Description: Competition intended to broadly popularize marine recreation

0736 - Applied Aquaculture Epidemiology for Technicians, July 1998, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada

Contact: R.P. (Bob) Johnston, Director, Canadian Aquaculture Institute, University of Prince Edward Island, 550 University Avenue, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada C1A 4P3.
Tel.: (902) 628-4336; Fax: (902) 628-4337; E-Mail: bojohnston@upei.ca

0728 - Oceanographic Research Vessel "MIRAI", Open House, July 1998 - Aomori city, August 1998 - Wakkanai city

Organized by: Japan Marine Science and Technology Center
Contact: Yumi Imafuku, Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture, Japan
Tel: 81-3-3581-4211; Fax: 81-3-3503-7048

August 1998

0817 - Marine Science School Project, August 1998, Japan

Organized by: Japan Marine Science and Technology Center
Contact: Yumi Imafuku, Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture, Japan
Tel: 81-3-3581-4211; Fax: 81-3-3503-7048
Description: Introduction of JAMSTEC activities, experience in the research field

0816 - The 1st B&G Cruise for Overseas Experiences, 1-12 August 1998, Japan

Organized by: Blue Sea and Green Land Foundation
Contact: Yumi Imafuku, Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture, Japan
Tel: 81-3-3581-4211; Fax: 81-3-3503-7048
Description: Voyage for junior and senior high school students (shipboard training and exchange activities in ports of call)

0819 - 12th International Symposium of the International Associatioin of Astacology, 3-9 August 1998, Haus St. Ulrich, Augsburg, Germany

Contact: Dr. Max Keller, First Bavarian Crayfish Hatchery. Fax: +49 821 701980

0814 - Order for the Oceans at the Turn of the Century, 7-11 August 1998, Oslo, Norway

Organized by: The Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Lysaker, Norway
More info: Snorre Fjeldstad, Conference Secretary, The Fridtjof Nansen Institute, P.O. Box 326, N-1324 Lysaker, Norway, Tel: (47) [67] 11 19 00; Fax: (47) [67] 11 19 10; email: Conference@fni.no
More info also on: http://www.tjener.uninett.no/~fni/los98.h tm

0801 - Eighth International Symposium on Microbial Ecology "Micro Biosystems: New Frontiers", 9-14 August 1998, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Abstracts: ISME-8, Lewis International. Inc.,
Richmond Terminal, Pier 9, 3295 Barrington Street., Halifax, N.S., Canada B3K 5X8
Tel: 1-902-492-4988; Fax 1-902-492-4781; E-mail:trudy@satlantice.com
Registration: ISME-8, Ardenne International Inc., Suite 444, World Trade Centre, 1800 Argyle St., Halifax, N.S. Canada B3J 3N8
Tel: 1-902-492-8000; Fax: 1-902-423-2143; E-mail: ardenne@ fox.nstn.cad
More info on http://dragon.acadiau.ca/~cbell/is me8.html

0802 - Sixth International Congress on History of Oceanography, 15-20 August 1998, Qingdao, China

Organized by: G.K. Tan, First Institute of Oceanography,
SOA, 3A Hongdao Branch Road, Qingdao 266003, P.R. China
Tel: 86-532-288-3127; Fax: 86-532-287-9562; E-mail:fioljc@ns.qd.sd.cn

0803 - International Conference on Satellites, Oceanography and Society (ICSOS), 17-21 August 1998, Lisbon, Portugal

Co-sponsors: ESA, EXPO’98, IGBP, IOC, NASA, NOAA, SCOR, WCRP
Contact: Dr. David Halpern, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, MS 300-323, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109-8099, USA
E-mail: halpern@pacific.jpl.nasa.gov
More info here

0804 - International Oil Spill Conference (SPILLCON'98), 17-21 August 1998, International Conference Centre, Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Inquiries: Australian maritime Safety Authority
E-mail contact: michael.julian@amsa.gov.au, or j.morrison@meetingplanners.com.au (administration)

0820 - Principles of Fish Physiology Relating to Aquaculture, 17-21 August 1998, Cardigan Fish Hatchery, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Contact: R.P. (Bob) Johnston, Director, Canadian Aquaculture Institute, University of Prince Edward Island, 550 University Avenue, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada C1A 4P3.
Tel.: +1 902 628 4336; Fax: +1 902 628 4337; E-Mail: bojohnston@upei.ca

0815 - 3rd Common European Maritime Heritage Congress, 20-22 August 1998, Elsinore, Denmark

Organizer: Common European Maritime Heritage Congress
Description: The congress is held in connection to the Baltic Sail Festival in Elsinore.
Contact: CEMHC Congress Secretariate; c/o Danish Schooner Charter; Strandpromenaden 3; DK-3000 Elsinore; Denmark
Tel: +45 4926 0746; Fax: +45 4926 0741
E-mail: schooner.charter@get2net.dk
More info on : http://www.helsingoerhavn.dk/uk/

0821 - Second Workshop of the Cost 827 Action on Voluntary Food Intake in Fish: The Feeding Behavior of Fish Culture, 20-22 August 1998, Umea, Sweden

Contact: Umea Kongressbyra AB, Universumhuset, Aula Nordica, Box 7655, SE-907 13 Umea, Sweden. Tel.: +46 90 130034/130035; Fax: +46 90 130036; Email: booking@umea-congress.se

0805 - IEP'98-Issues of Environment Pollution, Aug 23-26, Denver, Colorado, USA

Contact: IEP'98 Secretariat, PO Box 101, Wantage, Oxon, OX12 0QS, UK;
tel: +44-1235-868-380; fax: +44-1235-868-420; email: lynquirke@compuserve.com)
[entered: 03/03/98]

0806 - 6^th International Conference on Paleoceanography (ICP-VI), 23-28 August 1998, Lisbon, Portugal

Organized by: Associaçao Portuguesa de Paleoceanografia
Sponsored by: EXPO’98, Instituto Geológico e Mineiro (IGM), European Comission, IOC
Contact: Dr. Fátima Abrantes, IGM, Associaçao Portuguesa de Paleoceanografia
Rua Academia das Ciencas, 19 - 2º, 1200 Lisboa, Portugal
Tel: 346 39 15; Fax: 342 46 09
More info here

0807 - ICES International Symposium on Brackish Water Ecosystems, 25-28 August 1998, University of Helsinki, Finland

Organized by: ICES

Contact: Prof. Pentti Malkki, Finnish Institute of Marine Research, PO Box 33, 00931 Helsinki, Finland,

Tel: 358-9-613-941; Fax: 358-9-613-94494; E-mail: malkki@fimr.fi

0822 - IFA Brasil - International Trade Fair and Seminars for Aquaculture and Fish Breeding Technology, 26-28 August 1998, Expo Center Norte Sao Paulo, Brazil

Contact: Royal Dutch Jaarbeurs, P.O. Box 8500, 3503 RM Utrecht,
Jaarbeursplein, 3521 AL Utrecht, Nederland.
Tel.: +31(0)30 295 50 36; Fax: +31(0)30 295 57 09; E-mail: ifa.brasil@jaarbeursutrecht.nl

0808 - The Atlantic: Past, Present and Future, 30 August-2 September 1998, Lisbon, Portugal

Organized by: the International Geographic Union
Contact: Prof. Carminda Cavaco, Centro de Estudos Geographicos (CEG), Faculdade de Letras, Alameda da Universidade, 1699 Lisboa Codex, Portugal
Tel: (351 1) 796 5469 / 794 0218; Fax (351 1) 793 8690; E-mail: ceg@mail.telepac.pt
More info on http://www.geo cities.com/athens/acropolis/2510/index.html

0809 - COASTAL ZONE CANADA '98 -Community-based Integrated Coastal Management - Sharing Our Experience, Building Our Knowledge - 30 August-3 September 1998, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

The focus of the conference is "Coastal Communities in the 21st Century - Sharing Our Experience - Building Our Knowledge" This is a very different kind of meeting from most with much more time devoted to workships and small group discussion than traditional conferences. It is a chance for people from many parts of the globe to share their experiences, ideas, frustrations and solutions...and help build a "tool kit" for those confronted with challenges of coastal zone management issues. We invite your attendance at what promises to be an exciting meeting. Contact: COASTAL ZONE CANADA '98 Conference Management, Division of Continuing Studies
Box 3030 Victoria, British Columbia, V8W 3N6, Canada
Tel: (250) 721-8740; Fax: (1 250) 721-8774; E-mail: czc98@ios.bc.ca
More info on http://www.ios.bc.ca/ios/czc98/

0813 - Portsmouth International Festival of the Sea, 28-31 August 1998, Portsmouth, United Kingdom

Contact for Exhibitors: International Festival of the Sea, PP 16, Building 1/78, The Parade, HM Naval Base, Portsmouth PO1 3NH.
Tel: (44)[1705] 725 000; Fax: (44)[1705] 727 560; E-mail: SeaFest@Portsmouth98.co.uk
More info on http://www.Portsmouth98.co.uk

0823 - Third International Symposium on Aquatic Animal Health, 30 August - 3 September 1998, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Contact: Dr. S. L. Poynton, Division of Comparative Medicine, Ross Research Building 4th, Floor, 720 Rutland Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Tel.: +1 410-955-3273; Fax: +1 410-550-5068; Email: spoynton@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu

0810 - IASC/SCAR Symposium on Global Changes in the Polar Regions - Results and Challenges from Biopolar Science, August-September 1998, Tromso, Norway

Contact: Executive Secretary, IASC, Secretariat,
P.O. Box 5072 Majorstua, 0301 Majorstua, Olso, Norway
Tel: 47-22-959-600; Fax: 47-22-959-601; E-mail: iasc@npolar.no

0811 - Joint IGU-IOC Seminar on Ocean Programme, August 1998, Lisbon

Contact: G. Kullenberg, A. Vallega

0812 - Black Sea and the World Ocean, Summer 1998, Georgia

Organized by: Georgian National Oceanographic Committee
Contact: Irakli Khomeriki

0818 - Water Vision Media Festival, August - December 1998, Lisbon, Portugal and Newport, Rhode Island, USA

Organized by: HydroActive and Water Vision Works
Contact: Kristin Lehman, 56 Bridge Street, Suite 2E Newport, RI 02840 USA
Tel.: 401-848-7678; Fax: 401.846.7077; Email: Klehman@hydroactive.com; URL: http://www.hydroactive.co
Description: Water Vision Media Festival will highlight works by US producers which are related to the Ocean and raising scientific awareness of the fragile condition of the vital marine environment. Highlights from the submissions (by major US networks such as ESPN, PBS, National Geographic TV, Arts & Entertainment, etc) will be shown through August & September on the monitors outsidre the US Pavilion at Lisbon World Expo. At the end of 1998, a party to celebrate the Year of the Ocean and show the finalists submissions will be held in the Ocean State (RI) in Newport. The party will benefit selected oceanic organizations and will honor all those involvoed with YOTO.

Please contact us with any ideas, help, to find out more or be invited to the party.

September 1998

0914 - British Trout Farming Conference 1998, 2-4 September 1998, Winchester, Hampshire, England

Contact: Shaun Leonard, Conference Organiser, Sparsholt College Hampshire, Sparsholt, Winchester, Hampshire SO21 2NF, UK.
Tel.: +44 1962 797266; Fax: 776587, E-mail: enquiry@sparsholt.ac.uk

0915 - FISHECO 98- International Symposium on Fisheries and Ecology, 2 -4 September 1998, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey

Contact: Dr. A.C. Dincer, Faculty of Marine Science, Karadeniz Technical University, 64530 Camburnu, Trabzon, Turkey.
Fax: +90 462 752 2158; E-mail: fisheco@risc01.bim.ktu.edu.tr

0912 - Irish Sea Transport and Communications - 20 Years On, 3 September 1998, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Venue: Belfast Harbour Commissioners' Offices
Organizer: Irish Sea Forum
Contact: Mrs H Davies, Irish Sea Forum Administrator; Oceanography Laboratories; University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3BX
Phone 0151 794 4089; Fax 0151 794 4099
Email: H.Davies@liv.ac.uk

More info: http://www.liv.ac.uk/~isf1/isfhome.html
Date submitted: 5/19/98
Description: Morning: A look to the future use of the Irish Sea as a whole for (a) passenger, vehicle and freight transport; (b) information transmission by subsea cable; (c) energy transmission (oil, gas, electricity). Afternoon: The contribution of Belfast to this scenario

0901 - 2-nd International Conference on Climate and History: Past and present variability - a context for the future, Sept 7-11:, Norwich,UK

Contact: Susan Boland, Climatic Research Unit, Univ. of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK
tel: +44-1603-456-161; axf: +44-1603-507-784;
email: s.boland@uea.ac.uk
More info: http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/cru/conf
[entered: 03/03/98]

0902 - World Conference in Geographic Information Systems: GIS PLANET '98, 7-11 September 1998, Lisbon, Portugal

Contact: email: planet@gisplanet.org
More info: http://www.gisplanet.org
[entered: 03/03/98]

0903 - International Conference on Coastal Ocean and Semi-Enclosed Seas: Circulation & Ecology Modeling & Monitoring, 8-12 September 1998, Moscow, Russia

Contact: Prof. Vladimir V. Zhmur

P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences

Tel: (7) 095-129-1963; Fax: (7) 095-124-5983, E-mail: zhmur@tiki.sio.rssi.ru
More info here

0904 - NAFO Symposium on Variations in Maturation, Growth, Conditiuon and Spawning Stock Biomass Production in Groundfish (in conjuction with NAFO 20 Annual Meeting), Sept 9-11:, Lisbon, Portugal

Contact: Tissa Amaratunga, NAFO Assistant Executive Secretary,
P.O.Box 638 Darmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, B2Y 3Y9;
tel: +1-902-469-9105; fax: +1-902-469-5729mail; email: nafo@fox.nstn.ca
[entered: 03/03/98]

0916 - EXPO '98 Scientific Conferences, 13 - 17 September 1998, Lisbon, Portugal

Contact: Prof. Tilak Viegas, European Commission
Fax: +32-2-296-62-52; Email: franciso-jaime.viegas@dg12.cec.be
or Dr. Cornelia E. Nauen, European Commission; Fax: 32-2-299-06-03; Email: cornelia.nauen@dg8.cec.be

0917 - International Symposium on Application of Advanced Biochemical and Molecular Approaches to Sea Bream Aquaculture and its Impact on the Environment, 13 - 17 September 1998, Eilat, Israel

Contact: Dr. Bruria Funkenstein, Department of Marine Biology, Israel Oceanographic & Limnological Research, P.O.B. 8030, Tel-Shikmona, Haifa, Israel.
Tel.: +972-4-8515202; Fax: +972-4-8511911;E-mail: bruria@ocean.org.il

0918 - African Fish and Fisheries: Diversity and Utilisation, 13 - 19 September 1998, Grahamstown, South Africa

Contact: African Fish and Fisheries: Diversity and Utilisation Conference, JLB Smith Institute, Private Bag 1015, Grahamstown, 6140, South Africa.
Tel.: +27 461 311002/6/9; Fax: +27 461 22403; E-mail: fishcon@ru.ac.za; URL: http://www.ru.ac.za/affiliates/jlb/fishcon/

0905 - Oceans and the Coast, 16-18 September 1998, Paris, France

Contact: Jean-Paul Derel or Daniel Aubin

PROMEXPO, 6-8, rue du 4 septembre

92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux, France

Tel: 33-1-46-48-84-00 Fax: 33-1-46-48-36-32

0919 - 1998 ICES Annual Science Conference, 16 - 19 September 1998, Cascais, Portugal

Contact: ICES, Palaegade 2-4, DK-1261 Copenhagen K, Denemarken.
Tel.: +45-33-15-42-25; Fax: +45-33-93-42-15; E-mail: ices.info@ices.dk ; URL: http://www.ices.dk

0906 - Ocean Drilling Forum, 19-22nd September 1998, Edinburgh, UK

Contact: Alastair Robertson or Julian Pearce

Tel: 44-131-650-8546; Fax:: 44-131-668-3184

E-mail: Alastair.Robertson@glg.ed.ac.uk / j.a.pearce@durham.ac.uk
More info here

0911 - International Workshop on the Adriatic Sea Oceanography venue: Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), 21-25 September 1998, Trieste, Italy

organizer: ICTP, ONR, OGS and CNR
Contacts: Dr. Pierre-Marie Poulain Department of Oceanography Naval Postgraduate School, Code OC/Pn Monterey, CA 93943-5000
Phone: 408-656-3318, Fax: 408-656-2712
Email: poulain@oc.nps.navy.mil
More info: http://www.oc.nps.navy. mil/~poulain/workshop/intro.html

0907 - ECAC'98-2nd European Conference on Applied Climotology, Sept 22-25, Vienna, Austria

Contact: Zentralanstalt fur Meteorologie und Geodynamic, Postfach 342, A-1191, Wien, Austria; tel: +43-136-0-262-201; fax: +43-136-0-262-672; email: ecac@zamg.ac.at
More info ; http://www.zamg.ac.at/~ECAC98

0908 - Provision and Engineering/Operational Application of Ocean Wave Spectra, 21-25 September 1998, Paris, France

Contact: The COST714 Conference Secretariat

Madame Le Goff

Meteo-France, 1 Quai Branly

75340 Paris Cedex 07, France

Tel: 33-(0)1-45-56-70-11; Fax: 33-(0)1-45-56-70-05; E-mail:joelle.legoff@meteo.fr

0913 - IYO Asia-Pacific Conference, 25-26 Sept., 1998, Brisbane, Australia

Hosted by: UN Association of Australia-Qld Inc.
Submitted by: Tonica Van Heumen, Executive Director; Email: unaaqld@powerup.com.au
Themes: The main conference themes surround current maritime issues in the Asia-Pacific region, including Peace and Security, The Environment and Economics
More info here

0909 - OCEANS'98-IEEE Conference & Exibition, Sep 28-Oct 1, Nice, France

Contact: Thompson Marconi, Sonar 525, Route des Dolines, BP 157, 06903 Sophia-Antipolis, France; tel: +33-492-964-469; fax: +33-492-963-925; email: g.bienvenu@ieee.org or Rose Ann Carey, Conference Management Coordinator, IEEE OCEANS'98, 445 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08855, USA; tel: +1-732-562-5350; fax: +1-732-981-1203; email: oceans98@ieee.org)

0920 - SQUID 98 - The 5th Internatioinal Cephalopod Trade Conference, 30 September - 1 October 1998, Barcelona, Spain

Contact: Agra Europe (London) Ltd., 25 Frant Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN2 5JT, UK.
Tel.: +44 (0) 1892 511807; Fax: +44-(0)-1892-527758/544895; E-mail: conferences@agra-europe.com

0910 - 16th Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Symposium on Ecosystem Considerations in Fisheries Management and 1998 joint meeting of the American Fisheries Society Western Division, Alaska Chapter, and North Pacific International Chapter, Sept 30-Oct 3, Anchorage, Alaska

Contact: Brenda Baxter, Alaska Sea Grant, PO Box 755040, Fairbanks, AK 99775-5040
Tel:+1-907-474-6701; Fax:+1-907-474-6285; E-mail: FNBRB@uaf.edu;
More info: http://www.uaf.edu/seagran t/Conferences/symposia.html
[entered: 03/03/98]

0921 - "Ocean: Our Legacy for the Future" Workshop, Escola Municipal Rodrigo Otavio Filho, September-24 October 1998, Rio do Janeiro, Brazil

Contact: Shirley de Souza Gomes Carreira
Address: Av Vincente de Carvalho 206, Vaz Lobo Rio do Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, Zip Code 21371-120
Tel: (021) 3913081

E-mail: mitchell@centroin.com.br
Promoted by Escola Municipal Rodrigo Otavio Filho
Sponsored by Rio do Janeiro City Hall.
More info

October 1998

1013 - Ocean Symposium '98, October 1998, Japan

Organized by: Japan Marine Science and Technology Center Yokosuka city
Contact: Yumi Imafuku, Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture, Japan
Tel: 81-3-3581-4211; Fax: 81-3-3503-7048

1001 - Impact of Modern Biology on Politics, Culture and Economy in Europe, 1-3 October 1998, Basel, Switzerland

Contact: Dr. David Pugh

Southampton Oceanography Centre,

Empress Dock, Southampton SO 14 3HZ, UK

Tel: 44-1703-596611 Fax: 44-1703-596395; E-mail: dpt@mail.soc.soton.ac.uk

1002 - Marine Benthos Dynamics: Environmental and Fisheries Impacts, 5-7 October 1998, Crete

Organized by: ICES

Contact: Prof. A. Eleftheriou, Institute of Marine Biology of Crete,

PO Box 2214, 71003 Iraklion, Crete, Greece

Tel: 30 81 242022; Fax: 30 81 241882, E-mail: embc@imbc.gr, http://www.ices.dk/symposia

1003 - Aquaculture Europe '98, 5-9 June 1998, Bordeaux, France

Contact: EAS Secretariat, Slijkensesteenweg 4, B-8400 Oostende, Belgium

Tel.: (059) 32 38 59; Fax: (059) 32 10 05; E-mail: eas@unicall.be

1004 - Fifth International Conference on Remote Sensing for Marine and Coastal Environments, 5-7 October 1998, San Diego, California, USA

This conference will cover various aspects of remote sensing of the marine environment and will highlight remote sensing applications focusing on solving real-world problems in marine and coastal environments.

Contact: ERIM Conferences, PO Box 134001, Ann Arbor, MI 48113-4001, USA

Tel: (1 313) 994 1200 ext. 3234; Fax (1 313) 994 5123; E-mail: wallman@erim.org

More info on http://www.erim.org/CONF/conf.htm l

1005 - Symposium on Marine Pollution, 5-9 October 1998, Monaco

Organized by:IAEA

Co-sponsored by: IOC, UNEP, IMO, in co-operation with: CIESM

Scientific Secretariat: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Marine Environment Laboratory (MEL), SM-354, BP 800, MC 98012 Monaco Cedex

Tel: (377) 92 05 22 22; Fax: (377) 92 05 77 44; Telex: 479 378 ILMR

E-mail: MEL@UNICE.FR

Conference Service Secretariat: International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA-SM-354

Vienna International Centre, Wagramerstrasse 5, PO Box 100, 1400 Vienna, Austria

Tel: (43 1) 2060 21312/21311; Fax (43 1) 20607, Telex (43 1) 12645;

E-mail: Official.mail@IAEA.ORG

More info here

1016 - International Symposium on Progress and Prospects of Marine Biotechnology, 6 - 9 October 1998, Qingdao, China

Contact: Secretariat of ISPPMB'98, Ocean University of Qingdao, 5 Yushan Road, Qingdao 266003, China.
Fax: +86-532-287-6418; Tel.: +86-532-286-4361, ext. 2266; E-mail: HSXu@lib.ouqd.edu.cn

1017 - IOC-Germany Training Course on Qualitative and Quanitative Determination of Algal Toxins, 6-16 Octover 1998, Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena, Germany

Description: The objective of the course is to improve the participants expertise onqualitative and quantitative determination of algal toxins in order to enable them to make reliable determination of algal toxins from phytoplankton species causative of harmful algal events. The course will contain a theoretical , and a practical part on toxin chemistry and toxicology. The practical part of the course consists of different analytical methods for determination of PSP, DSP, ASP, TTX as well as blue-green toxins. Priority will be given to younger scientists. Lecturers at the course will include: Dr. Bernd Lucas and colleagues from Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena, Dr. Malte Elbrächter, Biologische Anstalt Helgoland and a guest lecturer.
Contact: Harmful Algal Bloom Programme Office, IOC, 1 rue Miollis, F-75732 Paris Cedex 15, Frankrijk. Fax: +33-1-45-68-58-12; E-mail: hab.ioc@unesco.org

1018 - Aquaculture Europe 98, 7 - 10 October 1998, Bordeaux, France

Contact: EAS Secretariat, Slijkensesteenweg 4, B-8400 Oostende, Belgium
Tel.: +32-59-32-38-59; Fax:. +32-59-32-10-05; E-mail: eas@unicall.be

1006 - International Symposium on Information Technology in Oceanography - ITO'98, 12-16 October 1998, Goa, India

Contact: Shri. Vishwas Chavan, Organizing Secretary, ITO - 98

National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa 403004, India

Fax: (91 832) 223 340 / 229 102; E-mail: ito98@csnio.ren.nic.in

More info here or on http://www.nio.org/ito98/

1012 - Workshop on Offshore Technologies for Aquaculture,13-16 October 1998, Technion, Haifa, Israel

organizer: Technion --- Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
contacts: Dr. Adrian Biran, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion, Technion City, Haifa 32000, Israel
Tel: 972-4-8292618, 609, Fax: 972-4-8324533
or Prof. Ghedalyahu Manor, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering, Technion, Technion City, Haifa 32000 Israel
Tel: 972-4-8292408, E-mail: capsd@tx.technion.ac.il
Sponsored in part by the European Commission (Programme FAIR)
More info here

1007 - PICES Seventh Annual Meeting, Fairbanks, Oct 14-25, Alaska, USA

Contact: PICES Secretariat, c/o Institute of Ocean Sciences, P.O. Box 6000, Sidney, B.C., Canada V8L 4B2; tel: +1-250-363-6366; fax: +1-250-363-6827; email: pices@ios.bc.ca;
More info: http://pices.ios.bc.ca
[entered: 03/03/98]

1008 - PICEC CCCC Model Workshop on lower trophic level physiological process models, Oct 14-15, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA

Contact: PICES Secretariat, c/o Institute of Ocean Sciences, P.O. Box 6000, Sidney, B.C., Canada V8L 4B2; tel: +1-250-363-6366; fax: +1-250-363-6827; email: pices@ios.bc.ca;
More info: http://pices.ios.bc.ca
[entered: 03/03/98]

1009 - PICES CCCC REX Symposium/Workshop on Small Pelagic Species and Climate Change in the North Pacific Ocean, 16-17 October 1998, Alaska, USA

Contact: PICES Secretariat, c/o Institute of Ocean Sciences,

P.O. Box 6000, Sidney, B.C., Canada V8L 4B2

Tel: 1-250-363-6366; Fax: 1-250-363-6827; E-mail: pices@ios.bc.ca

http://pices.ios.bc.ca

1010 - CREAMS-II Workshop, Oct 18: Fairbanks, Alaska, USA

Dr. Kuh Kim, Research Institute of Oceanography, Seoul National Univ., San 56-1, Shillim-dong, Kwanaka-ku, Seoul, Korea, 151-742; t: +82-2-880-6749; f: +82-2-887-5613; e: kuhkim@ocean.snu.ac.kr or PICES Secretariat, c/o Institute of Ocean Sciences, P.O. Box 6000, Sidney, B.C., Canada V8L 4B2; tel: +1-250-363-6366; fax: +1-250-363-6827; email: pices@ios.bc.ca; http://pices.ios.bc.ca)
[entered: 03/03/98]

1021 - IOC/KOICA/KORDI, Trainig Course on Marine and Coastal Environmental Conservation to be held in Ansan, Republic of Korea, from 18 to 31 October 1998 (including shipboard training) to celebrate the '98 International Year of the Ocean

Contact: Dr. Hong-Rhyong YOO
Senior Assistant Secretary, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
IOC/UNESCO
1, rue Miollis
75732 Paris cedex 15, France
Fax: (33) (0) 145685812
More info here

1012 - Workshop on the "Coordinated Adriatic Observing System (CAOS), 21-22 October 1998, Miramare-Trieste, Italy

Organizer: Abdus Salam ICTP; Istituto Talassografico-CNR, Trieste; OGS, Trieste; IRSA-CNR, Roma; R. Boskovich Institute- Rovinj, Croatia; Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries-Split, Croatia; Marine Biology Station, National Institute of Biology-Piran, Slovenia; University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Contact: Fulvio Crisciani, Istituto Talassografico - CNR, Viale Romolo Gessi, 2, 34123 Trieste, Italy
Tel: + 39 - 40 - 305 617; Fax + 39 - 40 - 308 941
Email: fulcri@itt.ts.cnr.it
Submit Date: 5/20/98
Description: The Workshop will emphasize the phenomenological elements of the origin of the main environmental problem of the Northern Adriatic Basin. These elements will constitute the basis for a plan of control/monitoring/forecasting in order to give information both from a scientific and forecasting/managing viewpoint. The plan will involve scientific institutions and monitoring laboratories that belong to the Countries that border the Northern Adriatic Sea. The discussion will be focused on: - Environmental Problems in Coastal Zones; - Problems Pertaining to Extended Areas or the Whole Adriatic Basin; - Fishing and Biodiversity

1019 - Insurance and Risk Management, 22-23 October 1998, Weybridge, Surrey, England, UK

Contact: AUMS Ltd, Cooksbridge Road, Barcombe, Lewes, East Sussex BN8 5TJ, England, UK
Fax: +44-1273-401-406; E-mail: aums@netbusiness.co.uk

1011 - International Geological Correlation Programme (IGCP) Project no96, "Continental Shelves in the Quaternary" 3rd Annual Conference, 26-30 October 1998, Goa, India

Sponsors: UNESCO, IUGS, INQUA, CSIR, NIO, DOD, GAIL, DGH, ONGC, OIL
GSI, DST, NGRI, NRSA, PRL, RGPL
Contact: National Institute of Oceanograhy

Dona Paula, Goa 403004, India

Fax: (91 832) 223 340 / 229 102; E-mail: veerayya@darya.nio.org
[entered 2 March 98]

More info here or on http://www2.env.uea.ac.uk/gmmc/inde x.html

1020 - China Fisheries & Seafood Expo '98, 27-29 October 1998, Dalian, China

Contact: Sea Fare Expositions, Inc., 5305 Shilshole Ave, NW Suite 200, Seattle, WA 98107, USA.
Tel.: +1 206 789 6506; Fax: +1 206 789 9193; E-mail: China@Seafare.com

1015 - Symposium on Fifty Years of Ocean Discovery at the National Science Foundation, 28-30 October 1998, National Academy of Sciences Building, Washington, DC, USA

Organized by: National Academy of Sciences' Ocean Studies Board
Contact: Ann Carlisle, National Research Council Ocean Studies Board, HA470
2101 Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20418 USA
Tel: (202)-334-2714; Fax: (202) 334-2885; Email: acarlisl@nas.edu
Description: The National Science Foundation (NSF) is sponsoring this three-day symposium and celebration to gather together many of the leading individuals who have contributed to the past fifty years of ocean discovery, including scientists, engineers, administrators, policymakers, and interested observers. Over the past five decades, NSF has sponsored much of the groundbreaking research that has helped us better understand the ocean and appreciate its importance to the nation and the world..
More information on http://www2.nas.edu/osb/2326.html

1014 - "KAIKO" System, Open House, Oct. or Nov. 1998, Shimizu city, Kobe city, Japan

Organized by: Japan Marine Science and Technology Center
Contact: Yumi Imafuku, Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture, Japan
Tel: 81-3-3581-4211; Fax: 81-3-3503-7048

November 1998

1117 - START/IOC/LOICZ Workshop on Climate Change and Coastal Processes in West Africa, November 1998

Contact: Larry Awosika
Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research
P.M.B 12729 Victoria Island Lagos
Nigeria
Tel/Fax: 234 1 619517, E-mail: niomr@linkserve.com.ng
More info: http://ioc.unesco.org/goosweb/goostoc.ht m

1121 - Aquaculture Brazil '98, 2-6 November 1998, Refice, Brazil

Contact: Rua Gal. Americano Freire, 394/403, 51021-120 Boa Viagem Recife Brazil.
Tel.: +55 81 465 8594; Fax: +55 81 325 5015; E-mail: cjem@neothec.com.br

1122 - 1st South American Aquaculture Congress, 10th Brazilian Aquaculture Symposium, 5th Brazilian Shrimp Farming Symposium, 2nd Trade Show on Aquaculture Technology and Products, 2-6 November 1998, Pernambuco Convention Center, Recife-Pernambuco, Brazil

Contact: John Cooksey, Word Aquaculture Society, 21710 7th Place West, Bothell, WA 98021, USA.
Tel.: +1-425-485-6682; Fax: +1-425-483-6319; E-mail: worldaqua@aol.com
Theme: Development with sustainability

1116 - Annual CalCOFI Conference, Nov 4-6, Pacific Grove, California, USA

Contact: George Hemingway CalCOFI Coordinator, email: ghemingway@ucsd.edu or Mary Olivarria, email: molivarria@ucsd.edu;
More info: http://www-mlrg.ucsd.edu/calcofi.html
The symposium will address marine refugia. Submitted papers will be considered on other topics in coastal fisheries, oceanography, ocean-atmosphere, eastern-boundary currents, palaeoecology of oceans, etc.
[entered: 03/03/98]

1102 - Second Mote International Symposium in Fisheries Ecology, 4-6 November 1998, Sarasota, Florida, United States

Organized by Florida State University

Contact: Florida State University’s Center for Professional Development, Tallahassee, FL 32306-1640, or call (850) 644-3806. For conference information on invited and contributed papers, abstracts, and publication of proceedings, contact Dr. Felicia Coleman, Institute for Fishery Resource Ecology, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-1100. Voice: 850 644-2019, FAX: 850 644-9829, email: coleman@bio.fsu.edu.

More Info here or on : http://www.fsu.edu/~biology/mote.html

1123 - Asian Seafood Show 98. International Exhibition and Conference, 4-6 November 1998, Hong Kong, China

Contact: Overseas Exhibitions Services Ltd, 11 Manchester Square, London W1M 5AB, UK.
Fax: +44 171 413 8210

1124 - Fourth World Conference on Shrimp Industry and Trade, 5-7 November 1998, New Delhi, India

Contact: Infofish-shrimp '98 New Delhi, P.O. Box 10899, 50728 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Tel.: +603-2914466; Fax: +603-2916804; E-mail: infish@po.jaring.my and infish@tm.net.my; URL: http://www.jaring.my/infofish

1125 - Sea Lice Workshop, 6-8 November 1998, Trondheim, Norway

Contact: Kjell Maroni or Per Gunnar Kvenseth, KPMG Centre for Aquaculture & Fisheries, PO Box 568, N-7001 Trondheim, Norway.
Fax: +47 73 80 21 30; E-mail: kjell.maroni@kpmg.no

1112 - Working Party on Applied Biocatalysis of the European Federation of Biotechnology and the European Society for Marine Biotechnology, 8-11 November 1998, Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands

Marine Bioprocess Engineering is a reletively young and rapidly emerging field of science,. Research activities on marine bioprocess engineering have particularly been stimulated by the recent discovery of many useful marine natural products. The aim of this conference is to evaluate the current progress on the biotechnological exploitation of marine organisms. The conference will focus on the bioprocess engineering aspects of marine metabolite production.
More info: Ronald Osinga, Wageningen Agricultural University, Department of Food Technology and Nutritional Science, PO Box 8129, 6700 EV Wageningen, The Netherlands. Fax: (31) [317] 482237; email: ronald.osinga@algemeen.pk.wau.nl
More info on: http://www.spb.wau.nl/prock/marine.html

1120 - 16th International CODATA Conference, 8-12 November 1998, New Delhi, India

Organized by: The Indian National Science Academy
Contact: Prof. A.S.Kolaskar, Bioinformatics Centre, University of Pune, Pune 411007, India
Tel: +91 212 355039; Fax: +91 212 350087; Email: kolaskar@bioinfo.ernet.in ; URL: http://bioinfo.ernet.in/~codata98/
Description: The Conference will be devoted to the study of issues related to the use of scientific and technical data in the light of recent advances in networking and virtual engineering. The main focus will be the impact of the computer-aided (insilico) research on sustainable national development. The conference will be a meeting point of leading scientists and engineers from the world over, having multi-disciplinary backgrounds, but with a common binding thread of data generation and their evaluation, dissemination and use.
Invited and contributory papers will be complemeted by plenary, state of the art lectures given by leaders in the field.

1113 - MAMCOMP-98 (Modelling and Monitoring of Coastal Marine Processes), 9-20 November 1998, New Delhi, India

Organized by: Indian Institute of Technology
Contact: Prof. P.C. Sinha, CAS, IIT, New Delhi, India. Fax: (91)[11] 686 2037

1126 - Fifth Asian Fisheries Forum - Fisheries and Food Security Beyond the Year 2000, 11-14 November 1998, Chiangmai, Thailand

Contact: Local Organizing Committee, Aquatic Resources Research Institute, 9th Floor, Institute Bld. 3, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.
Tel.: +662-2188160-3; Fax: +662-2544259; E-mail: ardic@chulkn.carchula.ac.th ; URL: http://www.arri.chula.ac.th

1114 - COASTAL & OCEAN MODELLING, 12-14 November 1998, Valletta, MALTA

Organized by: ISLANDS AND SMALL STATES INSTITUTE of the Foundation for International Studies at the University, Valletta, Malta and the MALTA COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Marine and Coastal Resources Network), Valletta, Malta in collaboration with the ISTITUTO PER LO STUDIO DELLE METODOLOGIE GEOFISICHE AMBIENTALI (I. M.G.A.-C.N.R.), Bologna, Italy
More info here

1119 - Children's stage play: " For Life on Earth ... Save Our Sea", 14-20 Nov. 1998, National Cultural Center, Bangkok, Thailand

Organized by: Thai Environmental and Community Development Association (TECDA)
Contact: Mattana Thanomphan, TECDA, 323 United Center Bldg.,Silom Rd, Bangrak,Bangkok , Thailand
Tel.: 662-2314245; Fax: .662-2368984; Email: mattana@mozart.inet.co.th; URL: www.inet.co.th/org/magiceyes
Description: TECDA aims to promote and educate children, teachers, and schools regarding the importance of the ocean's resources & crisis, to encourage the target group to save the sea in Amazing Thailand Year, and to produce a handbook for saving our sea

1127 - International Symposium in Aquatic Nutririon, 15-18 November 1998, Mexico

Contact: CIBNOR, S.C., Km. 0.5 Carretera a la Telefonica, Terrenos el Conchalito, C.P. 23000, La Paz, B.C.S. Mexico.
Tel.: +52 112 5 36 33; Fax: +52 112 5 47 10; E-mail: eenrique@ cibnor.mx ; URL: http://www.cibnor.mx/anuncios/acui/iacui.html

1106 - Confronting Uncertainty in the Evaluation and Implementation of Fisheries Management Systems, 16-19 November 1998, Cape Town, South Africa

Organized by ICES/Co-sponsored by FAO and ICLARM

Contact: Dr T.K. Stokes, CEFAS, Lowestoft Laboratory, Lowestoft, Suffolk NR33 0HT, England, UK

Or Ms. Lesley Johnstone, ICES Symposium, Foundation for Research Development, Zoology Dept., Univ.of

Cape Town, Private Bag, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa

Tel: (27) 21-650-2681; Fax: (27) 21-685-3937; E-mail: ljohnsto@botzoo.uct.ac.za

E-mail: kevinstokes@compuserve.com; t.k.stokes@cefas.co.uk

1107 - Ocean Community Conference '98, 16-19 November 1998, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Organized by The Marine Technology Society (MTS)

Contact: ITCMS, Attn: Vita Feuerstein, 445 Hoes Lane,

Piscataway, NJ 08855, USA

Tel in US & Canada: (1 800) 810 4333; Tel outside US & Canada: (1 732) 562 6826

Fax: (1 732) 981 1203; E-mail: mts-occ98@ieee.org

More info here or on on http://www.noaa.gov/publi c-affairs/MTS98.html

1128 - Northeast Aquaculture Conference & Expo, 18-19 November 1998, Rockport, Maine, USA

Contact: Master Promotions Ltd, P.O. Box 565, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada E2L 3Z8.
Tel.: +1 506 658-0018; Fax: +1 506 658-0750; E-mail: show@nbnet.nb.ca

1129 - 2nd International Conference on Shellfish Restoration, 18-22 November 1998, South Carolina, USA

Contact: Elaine Knight; E-mail: knightel@musc.edu;
Tel.: +1-803-727-6406; Fax: +1-803-727-2080; URL: http://www.csc.noaa.gov/SCSeaGrant/text/ICSR.html

1108 - International Conference & Supplier Exhibition on Marketing & Shipping Live Aquatic Products, 22-24 November 1998, Seattle, WA, USA

Contact: Mr. J. B. Peters, Conference Manager

Tel: (1-360) 394-3760; E-mail: JohnBPeters@compuserve.com

Or Mr. Brian Paust, Programme Manager (Univ. of Alaska)

Tel: (1-907) 772-3381; E-mail: ffbcp@aurora.alaska.edu

1130 - Biodiversity, Biotechnology & Biobusiness - 2nd Asia-Pacific Conference on Biotechnology, 23-27 November, Perth, West Australia

Contact: Biodiversity, Biotechnology & Biobusiness, Congress West Pty Ltd, PO Box 1248, West Perth WA 6872, Australia.
Fax: +61 8 9322 1734; E-mail: biodiversity@science.murdoch.edu.au

1109 - The Changing Coastal Oceans: From Assessment to Prediction, 23-28 November 1998, Rostock, Germany

The ecosystem of many coastal oceans, among them the Baltic Sea, have been intensively investigated and monitored. Yet there is still a considerable lack of knowledge concerning crucial processes. The conference will address mass and energy fluxes affected by physical-biological processes, the role of trophic level interactions, changes in species composition as well as the spatial and temporal scales of significant changes. The conference will concentrate on the following themes: Focus 1: Present day ecosystem behaviour, Focus 2: Response to forcing; Focus 3: Prediction of future changes; Focus 4: Gian in knowledge from large international research projects.
Organized by: Baltic Sea Research Institute Warnemuende (IOW), with co-sponsorship from BMB and CBO.
More info: Dr. Barbara Hentzsch, Baltic Sea Research Institute, Warnemuende, Seestr. 15, 18119 Rostock, Germany. Tel: (49) 3815197102; Fax: (49) 381519705; email: Baltconf@io-warnemuende.de
More info on: http://www.io-warnemuende. de/Events/BalticConf.htm

1115 - Techno-Ocean - International Symposium - 25-27 November 1998, Kobe, Japan

Organized by Techno-Ocean Organizing Committee
Co-sponsors: Japan International Marine Science and Technology Federation, The Japan Port and Harbor Association, Japan Cargo Handling Merchanization Association, Kobe International Association
Composition: International Exhibition, World Ocean (Global Ocean & Coastal Environment Exhibition), World Port (Engineering, Logistics & Management Exhibition), Open House of deep sea research vessel "KAIREI", JAMSTEC Study Report
Contact: Kobe International Exhibiton Hall
Port Island
Kobe, Japan
or Techno-Ocean
Kimie Kojirna
Tel: 81 3 32636881, Fax: 81 3 32637077, E-mail : kojirna@ics-inc.co.jp , URL: http://www.ics-inc.co.jp

1111 - Pacem in Maribus XXVI, 29 November- 03 December 1998, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Organized by The International Ocean Institute and Canadian Association of the Club of Rome

Theme: The Crisis of Knowledge

Goal : To develop programmes to enhance knowledge development and management for users of ocean space and resources.

Contact: Mr. Robert Race, Director of the International Ocean Institute

Dalhousie University, 1226 Le Marchant Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3P7

Tel: (902)494-1737; Fax (902)494-2034 Email: ioihfx@dal.ca; URL: http://www.dal.ca/ioihfx

1118 - Regional Seminar on the contribution of the oceans to sustainable development in Latin America, November 1998, Santiago, Chile.

This regional seminar aims at facilitating a forum for the exchange of experiences and priorities vis-a- vis the role of oceans and seas in the strategies for sustainable development in countries of the region. The seminar is convened in the context of the International Year of the Ocean and also in view of the consideration of the subject of oceans by the Commission on Sustainable Development during 1999. The main preliminary agenda items refer to: 1) the role of the oceans in the regional efforts of the United Nations System towards sustainable development; 2) The marine scientifc research in Latin America; 3) The emerging issues for ocean affairs in the region: i) integrated management of coastal and marine areas; i) the economy of the oceans in a world of globalization (fisheries; tourism; mining; biotechnology)4) Elaboration of a regional contribution to the work of the Commission on Sustainable Development.

Organizer: Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
Venue: Headquarters of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean in Santiago.
Contact: Carmen Artigas, Legal Officer, Environment and Development Division
United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC),
P.O.Box 179- D, Santiago, Chile
Tel: (56 2) 2102296;Fax: (56 2) 2080252; 2081946.; Email: cartigas@eclac.cl; URL: http://www.eclac.cl/

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