ICES SYMPOSIUM REPORTS 2007 ICES CM 2007/GEN:02 ICES Symposium Reports 2007 ICES/PICES FIFTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MARINE BIOINVASIONS, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, USA, 21–24 MAY 2007 ICES/PICES/GLOBEC SYMPOSIUM “THE 4TH INTERNATIONAL ZOOPLANKTON PRODUCTION SYMPOSIUM", HIROSHIMA, JAPAN, 28 MAY–1 JUNE 2007. INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON INTEGRATED COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT, ARENDAL, NORWAY, 11–14 JUNE 2007 EARLY CAREER SCIENTISTS CONFERENCE (ECSC), BALTIMORE MD, USA, 25–29 JULY 2007 SYMPOSIUM ON MPAS AS A TOOL FOR FISHERIES MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION, MURCIA, SPAIN, 25–28 SEPTEMBER 2007 NAFO/PICES/ICES SYMPOSIUM ON REPRODUCTIVE AND RECRUITMENT PROCESSES OF EXPLOITED MARINE FISH STOCKS, LISBON, PORTUGAL, 1–3 OCTOBER 2007 SYMPOSIUM ON MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS: UTILITY IN MEETING REGULATORY NEEDS, LONDON, UK, 20–23 NOVEMBER 2007 International Council for the Exploration of the Sea Conseil International pour l’Exploration de la Mer H. C. 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The document is a report of an Expert Group under the auspices of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea and does not necessarily represent the views of the Council. © 2007 International Council for the Exploration of the Sea ICES Symposium Reports 2007 | i Contents 1 ICES Fifth International Conference on Marine Bioinvasions, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, 21–24 May 2007..................................................1 2 ICES/PICES/GLOBEC Symposium “The 4th International Zooplankton Production Symposiumʺ, Hiroshima, Japan, 28 May–1 June 2007..........................................................................................................................2 3 International Symposium on Integrated Coastal Zone Management, Arendal, Norway, 11–14 June 2007 ...........................................................................17 4 Early Career Scientists Conference (ECSC), Baltimore MD, USA, 25– 29 July 2007....................................................................................................................24 5 Symposium on MPAs as a Tool for Fisheries Management and Conservation, Murcia, Spain, 25–28 September 2007............................................25 6 Symposium on Reproductive and Recruitment Processes of Exploited Marine Fish Stocks, Lisbon, Portugal, 1–3 October 2007......................................35 7 ICES Symposium on Environmental Indicators: Utility in Meeting Regulatory Needs, London, UK, 20–23 November 2007 .......................................37 ICES Symposium Reports 2007 | 1 1 ICES Fifth International Conference on Marine Bioinvasions, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, 21–24 May 2007 Conveners: Judith Pederson (USA), James Carlton (USA), Erkki Leppäkoski (Finland) and Yasuwo Fukuyo, PICES (Japan) Co‐Sponsors: ICES, PICES, The National Sea Grant Office, The MIT Sea Grant College Program, Biosecurity Zealand, Woods Hole Oceanographic Marine Policy Program In 1999, the Conference on Marine Bioinvasions was one of the very first major meetings to focus specifically on marine bioinvasions. Subsequently, the Conference has been held biennially at locations throughout the US and in New Zealand bringing together scientists and managers to address the science of bioinvasions and support decisions to prevent and management new introductions. The Fifth International Conference on Marine Bioinvasions, hosted at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 21 to 24 May 2007 brought together 181 participants from 22 countries. The Conference was co‐sponsored by the National Sea Grant Office, the MIT Sea Grant College Program, the International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES), and the North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES). The conference topic areas were on Patterns of Distribution in Time and Space, Ecological Impacts and Evolutionary Consequences, Vectors, Risks, and Management Responses, and New Tools and Insights. Plenary sessions by J.E. Byers, University of New Hampshire on Going Against the Flow: Retention, Range Limits and Invasions in Advective Environments, Janet Lawrence, University of New Hampshire, on Furtive Foes: The role of Viruses on Plankton Dynamics, and James Carlton, Williams College‐ Mystic Marine Program on Marine Bioinvasions: The Assessment of Impacts and Diversity set the stage for the day’s following talks. In addition, there were 71 oral and 44 poster presentations. The collective insights from the 2007 meeting presentations provided insight into the progression of marine invasion science as a discipline that has continued to enhance understanding of the basic ecological processes related to marine invasions, as well as the evaluation and documentation of their impacts. The proliferation of studies on life histories, environmental factors, and biological impacts of invaders on ecosystems is valuable to risk assessments and management options and has spawned development of theoretical models for future experimental research. Along with economic assessments, these studies can become powerful tools for managers and policy‐makers alike. Yet we still have many challenges. Among these is the need to close the gap in our understanding of impacts, prevention, and mitigation of marine invaders, as well as evaluating the role of introduced species in the context of global climate change. Armed with current knowledge, however, we can make predictions, develop risk scenarios, and test hypotheses that should provide managers with greater certainty and more tools for preventing invasions and managing post‐ invasions. Copies of the Conference Agenda and Abstract Book are available at http://seagrant.mit.edu/conferences/bioinvasion2007/abstract_book.pdf. A special issue of the ICES Journal of Marine Science on the results of the Symposium will be published in 2008 under the co‐editorship of Judith Pederson and April Blakeslee. 2 | ICES Symposium Reports 2007 2 ICES/PICES/GLOBEC Symposium “The 4th International Zooplankton Production Symposium", Hiroshima, Japan, 28 May–1 June 2007 Conveners: Michael J. Dagg (USA), Roger Harris (UK), Luis Valdez (Spain), and Shin‐ichi Uye (Japan). Executive summary The 4th International Zooplankton Production Symposium convened with the title: “Human and Climate Forcing on Zooplankton Populations”, and co‐sponsored by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES) and Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics Project (GLOBEC), was held from 28 May to 1 June 2007, at the Congress Center in Hiroshima (Japan), gathering 334 participants from 56 countries from around the world. This International symposium followed the one organized in Gijón (Spain) in 2003 and was the culmination of an intensive and interactive, three years planning process, resulting from a proposal discussed in a joint meeting of ICES, PICES and GLOBEC members during the Symposium in Gijón. Four conveners and two committees (Annex 1) were responsible for preparing the scientific programme and the local organization. The symposium was partially supported with funds from several international, national and local institutions (Annex 1) that covered total or partially the costs and travel support for ~60 young scientist. The full programme of the Symposium included three half‐day workshops, 3 plenary speakers and 10 scientific sessions. Scientific sessions accommodating a total of 139 oral presentations and 12 invited talks. Parallel to the oral presentations, two poster sessions exhibited 292 posters during the Symposium. At the closing ceremony it was remarked that this symposium was a firm step toward close cooperation between ICES, PICES and GLOBEC and it was recognized that this was the largest and most important zooplankton symposium that has ever been held. The major objectives of the Symposium were fulfilled and at the end the Organizing and Scientific Committees honoured the two students who prepared the best posters. A selection of the best symposium papers will be published in a volume of the ICES Journal of Marine Science in late 2008, invited Guest Editors are Shin‐ichi Uye and Mike Dagg (PICES, )Roger Harris (GLOBEC) and Luis Valdés (ICES). Introduction Rationale Scientific congress and symposia constitute the most effective and practical manner for the scientific community to communicate progress in their research field, discuss practical applications of new technological developments, interchange experiences, identify synergies, find new research directions and ideas, and make new liaisons. It is more than 45 years since ICES convened in 1961 the first “Symposium on Zooplankton Production” at Charlottenlund (Denmark). At this time the traditional approach to the study of the plankton was based on individual scientist working in ICES Symposium Reports 2007 | 3 relative isolation (Reeve, Skjoldal and Harris, 1995)1. ICES also had a lead role in the organization of the 2nd Symposium on Zooplankton Production, Plymouth (UK) in 1994. By then, the integration of physics and biology combined in large scale cruise efforts move the zooplanktologists for integrated approaches to the study of plankton (Reeve, Skjoldal and Harris, 1995). The increasing importance of international programmes such