A Buckland Special Colloquium on the theme of ‘Why, or why not, maximum sustainable yield (MSY)?’ will take place on 1 March 2013 at Fishmonger’s Hall in London.
This one day event provides a unique opportunity to hear two eminent Buckland Professors deliver Open Lectures that critique the current objectives in fisheries management. The Professors are:
Professor Sidney Holt whois author of the classic fisheries book ‘Beverton and Holt’and is a long established commentator on conserving fish stocks and whales. The lecture, by a founding father of quantitative fisheries science, challenges the suitability of maximum sustainable yield as the fisheries management objective of choice by policy makers.
Professor Ian Boyd, D Scof the University of St Andrews is an acclaimed expert on, inter alia, marine mammals, ocean and polar science, and environmental monitoring and decommissioning in the oil and gas industry. He is currently Chief Scientific Advisor to the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). His lecture, given in an academic capacity, seeks to expand the ideas and practice of fisheries management to support policies that sustain not only the fisheries, but other significant marine predators such as mammals and seabirds, using these as indicators of an effective ecosystem approach.
The Lectures will be followed by Q & A sessions, and by afternoon discussion groups facilitated by expert advisors. The latter include Dr Carl O’Brien, a Fellow of the CEFAS Laboratory, Lowestoft, UK, who is Chief Fisheries Science Advisor to Defra, and Dr Simon Jennings, also of the CEFAS Laboratory, who is an expert in marine life histories and community ecology, and advises national and international bodies on biodiversity, fisheries, and environmental management. The Colloquium will be chaired by Dr Colin Bannister, a Trustee of the Buckland Foundation, Chairman of the Shellfish Association of Great Britain, and a former senior fisheries science advisor at CEFAS.
To register and obtain the programme, contact Claire Tibbott at Fishmongers’ Hall by 25 February: claire.tibbott@fishhall.org.uk, and copy to J.Firn@btinternet.com
