BOBLME Indian Mackerel Fisheries Assessment Working Group

BOBLME INDIAN MACKEREL FISHERIES ASSESSMENT WORKING GROUP Colombo, Sri Lanka May 28th and 29th, 2012. Programme- Day 1, May 28th.

9.00 Registration

9.05 Ice breaking/Self introduction

9.10  Welcome Address & Introduction to Assessment Workshop on Indian Mackerel Fisheries Working Group from BOBLME- Dr. Rishi Sharma  Address by NC/ (Dignitary) Sri Lanka to the meeting

9.30- John Candy, Senior Scientist, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Pacific Biological 10:30 Station Genetics Lab, Nanaimo, BC, Canada. Requirement for Successful Stock Structure analysis (20 min) Case studies from British Columbia (20 min) 10:30 Country Report on Genetic study planned and Lab capability for undertaking study: Thailand

11.00 Tea break

11.15 Country Report on Genetic study planned and Lab capability for undertaking study: Malaysia

11.45 Country Report on Genetic study planned and Lab capability for undertaking study: India

12.15 Country Report on Genetic study planned and Lab capability for undertaking study: Maldives

12:45 Lunch

13:45 Country Report on Genetic study planned and Lab capability for undertaking study: Myanmar

14:15 Country Report on Genetic study planned and Lab capability for undertaking study: Indonesia

14:45 Tea Break

15:00 Country Report on Genetic study planned and Lab capability for undertaking study: Bangladesh

15:30 Country Report on Genetic study planned and Lab capability for undertaking study: Sri Lanka 16:00 Overview of Laboratories and Coordination for such a study Examples from learned experiences: John Candy (Status of Genetic Labs west coast North America) 16:30 Casual Discussion Poster Session

Programme- Day 2, May 29th

9.00 Day 1 Discussion- Rishi Sharma/John Candy

9.30 Laboratory Standardization Issues: J. Candy -Marker types and marker ascertainment 10.00 Sampling: J. Candy-Field Sampling for Stock Structure 10.30 Tea Break

11.00 Discussion on BOBLME stock Structure study for Indian Mackerel: Data needs, Sampling and Analysis.

12.30 Lunch

13.30 Rishi Sharma/ Stock Assessment model Framework following stock structure studies.

14.00 Databases John Candy: Common databases and potential GSI applications (20 min) 14.30 Next Steps/Follow Up

15.00 Tea Break

15:30 Wrap Up- Concluding Remarks

16.00 End