SUGGESTED TOPICS:

·       Wealth, Welfare and Wellbeing: How Fisheries and Aquaculture can Contribute, including analysis of synergies and trade-offs in different approaches

·       Environmental Issues in Fisheries and Aquaculture (including Climate Change)

·       Methodological Frontiers in Fisheries and Aquaculture Economics: experimental economics, game theory, and other existing and new, cutting edge theoretical and quantitative approaches, including understanding the economics of “rules of origin” in game theory and applications

·       Fisheries, Aquaculture and Food Security: Sustainable Supply, Ethical and Sustainable Consumption and Trade; what we know and don’t know about the linkages between fisheries and aquaculture, nutrition and food security and micro and macro levels.

·       Developing Fisheries and Aquaculture Sectors to Address Poverty and Increase Productivity, Profitability and Sustainability

·       Gender: Women and Rights in Fisheries and Aquaculture

·       The Economics of Recreational Fisheries

·       The Economics of Aquaculture Production

See conference website for detailed themes/topics.

NEW!!!  KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

We are pleased to announce that two of the conference keynote speakers will be:

Dr. Ola Flaaten, University of Tromso (2012 IIFET Distinguished Service Award Winner)

Dr. James Wilen, University of California, Davis (2012 IIFET Fellow)

(Additional keynote speakers to be announced.)

NEW!!! CONFERENCE SPECIAL SESSIONS

·       Socio-economic assessment of Management Measures of the new Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) ? Challenges and Methodological Background (Organized by Doering et al)

·       An International Instrument on securing sustainable Small-scale Fisheries: Implementation strategies (Franz et al)

·       Markets and Value Chains for Small Aquaculture Enterprises (in Fisheries, Aquaculture and Food Security) (Egna et al)

·       Decision support models for disease control in aquaculture: new issues, new approaches (Rich, Liu et al)

·       A Fisheries Management Synthesis: A Facilitated Discussion to Identify the Attributes of Successful Fisheries Management (Ward et al)

·       Coupled Economic-Ecological Models for Ecosystem-Based Fishery Management: Exploration of Tradeoffs Between Model Complexity and Management Needs (Thunberg et al)

·       Fisheries Games and Experiments: Applications for Education, Outreach and Science (Knapp, Groves, Schmidt et al)

·       Too Big to Ignore: Enhancing Visibility and Possibilities in Small-Scale Fisheries (Chuenpagdee et al)

·       Potential for Marine Aquaculture in the Western Indian Ocean (Kite-Powell et al)

·       Well-Being and Fishery Governance (Charles et al)

·       Genetic Development in Aquaculture between Open and Proprietary Science (Aarset et al)

·       Climate change impacts on the economics of world fisheries (Hotte, Sumaila et al)

If you think your abstract may be appropriate for inclusion in a special session, please include the name of the session in your abstract. Session organizers will help to determine appropriate placement, within, before or after the Special Session.

In addition, the University of Dar es Salaam organizing team is developing a day-long “Africa Region Policy Forum” to focus on fishery management and trade policy with a special focus on the African region. Stay tuned for details!

SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT

To submit your 250 word (maximum) abstract, visit the conference website and select Abstract Submission. The first time you visit, you will need to set up your profile; you will receive an email with login information. Then return to the site and submit your abstract. Please do all of this by the deadline: FEBRUARY 1, 2012.

IMPORTANT DATES

Deadline for the submission of abstracts: February 1, 2012

Registration opens: by February 15, 2012

Acceptance decisions by Scientific Committee sent to authors: soon after March 1, 2012

Deadline for the submission of completed papers for all best paper contests/awards: March 20, 2012

Deadline for decisions on best paper awards: April 20, 2012

Conference registration desk opens and welcome reception: Monday afternoon/evening, July 16, 2012 (so plan your travel to arrive by Monday afternoon, July 16^th!)

Conference opens: Tuesday morning, July 17, 2012. Conference closes: 1:00 pm Friday July 20, 2012.

Possible post conference tour: Friday afternoon, July 20^th, through Sunday, July 22, 2012.

Deadline for the submission of final papers for inclusion in proceedings. Papers must be uploaded in PDF format to website: July 25, 2012

AWARDS AND PRIZES

·       Best Student Paper Prize (sponsored by NOAA Fisheries)

·       Developing Country Aquaculture Economics Best Student Paper Prize (partially sponsored by AquaFish CRSP)

·       JIFRS-Yamamoto Prize for Best Paper on Responsible Fishing (sponsored by JIFRS)

·       EAFE Best Student Paper Award for a Student from an African University (sponsored by EAFE)

·       Aquaculture Economics Participant Awards (partially sponsored by AquaFish CRSP)

·       Additional support for developing country participants (sponsored by NOAA Fisheries and other organizations TBA)

Visit the conference website for details on how to compete for these awards.

FINANCIAL AID

Some partial grants of financial aid will be available for participants from Developing Countries. To apply, submit your abstract through the normal process, and check the request box at the bottom of the application. You will receive an application form once your abstract has been accepted by the scientific committee.

REGISTRATION

Conference registration will take place online, and will begin approximately February 15, 2012. Registration prices will begin at $255 (student or developing country participant)/$530 (regular) for an IIFET member registering early. Non-IIFET members will pay an additional $80 and receive IIFET membership for 2012. On April 15, slightly higher registration prices will go into effect.

Please note that acceptance of your abstract does not imply that you are registered for the conference.

LODGING

Conference organizers are currently negotiating conference rates with a range of hotels within walking distance of the conference venue. Options will range from inexpensive hostels, to medium priced hotels approximately $150/night, to somewhat higher rates for luxury hotels. Information will be posted on the conference website within a month.

PRE AND POST CONFERENCE TRAVEL TIPS AND LOGISTICS

Conference organizers are currently working with local tour operators to offer you a range of tour options, which you will be able to book directly with the tour companies.

We are also planning a post conference professional tour to Zanzibar, to take place Friday afternoon to approximately Sunday mid day July 20-22. Stay tuned for details.

Visitors from all countries are required to have visas to visit Tanzania. Please see the official website of the Government of Tanzania for further information.

We look forward to seeing you in Dar es Salaam this July!

Ann Shriver

Executive Director

International Institute of Fisheries Economics & Trade

Department of Agricultural and Natural Resources

Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon 97331 USA

http://iifet.org

For information on IIFET 2012 Tanzania, visit:

http://www.xcdsystem.com/iifet2012