Detailed schedule 8:30 Opening session 9:00 Keynote lecture: Impacts of climate change on flatfish populations - patterns of change 100 days to 100 years: Short and long-term responses of flatfish to sea temperature change David Sims 9:30 Nine decades of North Sea sole and plaice distributions Georg H. Engelhard (Engelhard GH, Pinnegar JK, Kell LT, Rijnsdorp AD) 9:50 Climatic effects on recruitment variability in Platichthys flesus and Solea solea: defining perspectives for management. Filipe Martinho (Martinho F, Viegas I, Dolbeth M, Sousa H, Cabral HN, Pardal MA) 10:10 Are flatfish species with southern biogeographic affinities increasing in the Celtic Sea? Christopher Lynam (Lynam C, Harlay X, Gerritsen H, Stokes D) 10:30 Coffee break 11:00 Climate related changes in abundance of non-commercial flatfish species in the North Sea Ralf van Hal (van Hal R, Smits K, Rijnsdorp AD) 11:20 Inter-annual variability of potential spawning habitat of North Sea plaice Christophe Loots (Loots C, Vaz S, Koubii P, Planque B, Coppin F, Verin Y) 11:40 Annual variation in simulated drift patterns of egg/larvae from spawning areas to nursery and its implication for the abundance of age-0 turbot (Psetta maxima) Claus R. Sparrevohn (Sparrevohn CR, Hinrichsen H-H, Rijnsdorp AD) 12:00 Broadscale patterns in population dynamics of juvenile plaice: W Scotland 2001-2008 Michael T. Burrows (Burrows MT, Robb L, Harvey R, Batty RS) 12:20 Impact of global warming on abundance and occurrence of flatfish populations in the Bay of Biscay (France) Olivier Le Pape (Hermant M, Lobry J, Bonhommeau S, Poulard J-C, Le Pape O) 12:40 Lunch break 14:00 Keynote lecture: Impacts of climate change on flatfish populations - processes of change Impacts of climate change on flatfish population: processes Geir Ottersen (Stenseth NC, Ottersen G) 14:30 The dynamic of an estuarine nursery ground: Spatiotemporal relationship between river flow and the trophic chain of the juveniles common sole (Solea solea L.) revealed by stable isotopes analysis Caroline Kostecki (Kostecki C, Le Loch F, Roussel J-M, Desroy N, Huteau D, Le Bris H, Le Pape O) 14:50 Metabolic scope for growth of juvenile sole Solea solea and Solea senegalensis in the Tagus estuary based on the Ecophys.Fish model Vanessa Fonseca (Fonseca V, Neill W, Miller J, Cabral H) 15:10 Comparison of UV-B tolerance in early life stages of slime flounder Microstomus achne and spotted halibut Verasper variegatus Yuichi Fukunishi (Fukunishi Y, Masuda R, Shimizu D, Aritaki M, Yamashita Y) 15:30 Temperature effects on growth of juvenile Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides Walbaum) in West Greenland waters Kaj Sünksen (Sünksen K, Stenberg C, Grønkjær P) 15:50 Coffee break 16:20 Inter-annual variability in the transport of plaice eggs and larvae in the southern North Sea Loes J. Bolle (Bolle LJ, Dickey-Collas M, van Beek JKL, Erftemeijer PLA, Witte JIJ, van der Veer HW, Rijnsdorp AD) 7th International Flatfish Symposium - Sesimbra, Portugal 2008 Detailed schedule 16:40 Transduction of environmental signals by Senegal sole (Solea senegalensis): synchronization of spawning rhythms to lunar and daily light cycles Catarina Oliveira (Oliveira C, Dinis MT, Soares F, Cabrita E, Pousão-Ferreira P, Sánchez-Vázquez FJ) 17:00 Behaviour and physiology of the startle response in common sole (Solea solea) exposed to hypoxia Marcella Cannas (Cannas M, Lefrançois C, Domenici P) 17:20 Importance of sub-arctic nursery grounds for plaice ( Pleuronectes platessa) recruitment Vânia Freitas (Freitas V, Campos J, Skreslet S, Van der Veer HW) 19:00 Welcome Cocktail to 20:00 7th International Flatfish Symposium - Sesimbra, Portugal 2008 Detailed schedule Tuesday, November 4th 8:30 Keynote lecture: Fisheries and aquaculture related impacts on flatfish stocks The Consequences of Population Collapse for the Recovery of Flatfishes Jeffrey Hutchings 9:00 Application of reflex impairment to predict discard mortality of yellowtail flounder Adam Barkley (Barkley A, Cadrin S, Davis M) 9:20 Age compositions of flatfish stocks as determined by a new otolithometry Satoshi Katayama (Katayama S, Yamamoto M, Gorie S) 9:40 Genetic diversity and demographic stability of the heavily fished common sole in the North Sea Els L. Cuveliers (Cuveliers EL, Maes GE, Volckaert FAM) 10:00 Mark-recapture estimates of abundance for yellowtail flounder in a closed area on Georges Bank Jessica H. Melgey (Melgey JH, Cadrin S, Legault C, Stokesbury K) 10:20 Coffee break 10:50 Can the annual egg production method tell us more about stock dynamics than the traditional stock assessment? A worked example of North Sea plaice Cindy J. G. van Damme (van Damme CJG, Bolle LJ, Fox CJ, Fossum P, Kraus G, Munk P, Rohlf N, 11:10 Some biological features of spotted flounder Citharus linguatula (L. 1758) from Izmir Bay Efe Uluturk (Uluturk E, Togulga M, Tosunoglu Z, Ozaydin O) 11:30 Lack of essential fatty acids in live feed during larval and post larval rearing: effect on the performance of juvenile Solea senegalensis Maria Luísa Dâmaso-Rodrigues (Maria Luísa Dâmaso-Rodrigues) 11:50 Reducing yellowtail-flounder bycatch in sea-scallop dredges through modification of twine-top hanging ratio Kelli Milleville (Milleville K, DuPaul W) 12:10 Fisheries induced evolution in maturation and reproductive investment of male and female North Sea plaice Pleuronectes platessa Lodewijk van Walraven (van Walraven L, van Damme CJG, Mollet FM, Rijnsdorp AD) 12:30 Lunch break 14:00 Long-term shift in spawn-timing of eastern Pacific halibut: potential contributions of ocean conditions fisheries selectivity and method-specific bias Timothy Loher (Loher T, Seitz A) 14:20 Endocrinological control of growth and reproduction in barfin flounder Masafumi Amano (Amano M, Amiya N, Yamanome T, Takahashi A, Yamamori K) 14:40 Aspects of the fishery biology and gill and tangle net selectivity for the wedge sole (Dicologoglossa cuneata Moreau 1881) off southern Portugal Miguel N. Santos (Santos MN, Lino PG) 15:00 Light manipulation affects metamorphosis in Atlantic halibut ( Hippoglossus hippoglossus L.) Mari Moren (Harboe T, Mangor-Jensen A, Moren M, Hamre K) 15:20 Evolutionary impact assessment for different management strategies in the North Sea flatfish fishery Fabian Mollet (Mollet F, Poos JJ, Enberg K, Boukal D, Dieckmann U, Rijnsdorp A) 15:40 Coffee break 16:10 Poster session to 18:20 7th International Flatfish Symposium - Sesimbra, Portugal 2008 Detailed schedule Distribution and drift pathways of early life stages of Greenland halibut Reinhardtius hippoglossoides in the eastern Bering Sea Janet T. Duffy-Anderson (Sohn D, Ciannelli L, Duffy-Anderson JT) The flatfish community of the Mondego estuary (Portugal): results from a 4-year field study climate change: Impacts of Hugo de Sousa (Sousa H, Martinho F, Dolbeth M, Viegas I, Cabral HN, Pardal MA) The effect of hypoxia and PCBs on the energetic of juvenile common sole (Solea solea) Marcella Cannas (Cannas M, Delage N, Bégout M-L, Lefrançois C) Possible effects of climate change on flounder (Platichthys flesus) - a review Jyrki Lappalainen (Lappalainen J, Harrod C, Graham C) Bioaccumulation kinetics of individual polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers processes (PBDEs) in juvenile common sole (Solea solea) Véronique Loizeau (Loizeau V, Munschy C, Buchet V, Gastineau O, Héas-Moisan K, Le Bayon N, Le Guellec A- The next step in fish larvae modelling: from transport model to ecological model Impacts of climate change: Jan van Beek (van Beek JKL, Bolle LJ, Erftemeijer PLA, Los HJ, Jak RG, Hille Ris Lambers R, Dickey-Collas M, Rijnsdorp AD) Molecular cytogenetics of Japanese flounder and other flatfish species Syuiti Abe (Uchiyama J, Yamazaki T, Fujiwara A, Arai K, Abe S) Feeding habits of Solea senegalensis in earthen ponds Maria Ana de Castelo Branco (de Castelo Branco, MA; Arruda, M; Gamito, S) Polyculture of Sparus aurata and Solea senegalensis in earthen pond in Sado estuary Maria Ana de Castelo Branco (Gama Pereira, T; de Castelo Branco, MA) Distribution pattern and abundance of Citharoides macrolepsis caught in scientific surveys in deep waters of Mozambican fishing grounds Nilza Dias (Dias N, Sobrino I, Palha de Sousa L) Sperm motility activation in Solea senegalensis: relationship with water temperature salinity pH and presence of ovarian fluid Patrícia Diogo (Diogo P, Cabrita E, Soares F, Dinis MT) Morphometric relationships for Rajidae species of the Portuguese continental shelf Bárbara Serra-Pereira (Serra-Pereira B, Farias I, Nunes C, Moura T, Figueiredo I, Santos MN) Intradecadal changes in sexually dimorphic size-at-maturity of eastern Pacific halibut: density-dependence environmental effects or results of a size-selective fishery? Timothy Loher (Loher T) Spatio-temporal variation in the distribution and abundance of family Pleuronectidae off the Western Coast of Baja California México Marco A. Martínez-Muñoz (Martínez-Muñoz MA, Lloris Samo D, Solis Benites MA, Fernández González F, Which environmental signal (photo- or thermo-cycle) is most important in Senegal sole reproduction season synchrony? Catarina Oliveira (Oliveira C, Ramos J, Mañanós E, Sánchez-Vázquez FJ) Fisheries and aquacultureFisheries related impacts Growth and mortality of the longfin sanddab Citharichthys xanthostigma (Gilbet 1890) off the western coast of Baja California Mexico Armando A. Ortega-Salas (Ortega-Salas AA, Martínez-Muñoz MA) Marine fish larvae sustain their iodine requirement through their diets Ana Rita Ribeiro (Ribeiro ARA, Ribeiro L, Sæle