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Newsletter European Fish Ageing Network (EFAN) 1997 - 2000 |
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European Fish Ageing Network |
No. 3-2000; September 2000 |
Sponsored
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Homepage: http://www.efan.no Newsletter
Editor: E.
Moksness |
Objectives European Fish Ageing
Network (EFAN) aims to develop, conduct and coordinate collaborative research
and training, and thereby ensure that age determination becomes a reliable
element of the assessments underlying the scientific management advice on
fisheries and environmental resources. |
European
Commission Concerted
Action (FAIR PL.
96.1304) |
Contents
Page
1. The status of the EFAN II proposal...................................................... 2
2. The 5th EFAN Plenary Meeting and Cell WSs 2000............................... 3
3. List of participants............................................................................... 7
4. The Hotel in Palma.............................................................................. 8
5. Presentation of EFAN.......................................................................... 9
6. Exchange and Mobility Costs............................................................. 10
7. Some general information................................................................... 10
8. List of EFAN Reports........................................................................ 11
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EFAN Institute of Marine
Research Flødevigen Marine
Research Station N-4817 His, Norway |
Phone: +47 37 05 90 00 Fax: +47 37 05 90 01 Email: bente.lundin@imr.no |
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1.
The EFAN II proposal
A proposal for an EFAN II was submitted
to the 5th Framework by the deadline 15 March 2000, however, way too
early. The proposal will be resubmitted this fall and therefore no news will be
given this year regarding the future of EFAN.
An outline of the EFAN-II prposal was presented in the previous issue of
EFAN News (EFAN News 2-2000). The
simplified structure of the proposed concerted action consists of three primary
activities related to 1) improving quality in age determinations used for the
assessment of the living resources 2) advancement of the technology used to
analyse age or demonstrate results and 3) improve our understanding of the
accretion processes of the calcified material used for age determination.
EFAN-II Steering
Committee:
Chairman: Erlend
Moksness, (IMR, Flødevigen Marine Research Station, Norway)
Cell 1: Validation, methods and QA
Cell
Coordinator:
Cornelius Hammer (Federal Research Centre for Fisheries, Germany)
Cell
Rapporteur:
Nuno Formigo (Universidade do Porto, Portugal)
Cell 2: New technology
Cell
Coordinator:
Audrey Geffen (University of Liverpool, UK)
Cell
Rapporteur:
Conor Nolan (Trinity College,
Ireland)
Cell 3: Accretion processes
Cell
Coordinator:
Henrik Mosegaard (Danish Institute for Fisheries Research, Denmark)
Cell
Rapporteur:
Beatriz Morales-Nin (CSIC-UIB, Spain)
2. The 5th EFAN
Plenary Meeting and Cell WSs 2000
Palma de Mallorca, 2 - 6 October
2000
Local host: CSIC/UIB-Institut
Mediterrani d´Estudis Avancats
Miguel Marques 21, 07190 Esporles, Mallorca, Spain
Meeting (Venue):
2 - 5 October 2000
EFAN Cell WSs
at:
The University of the Balearic Islands (UIB)
City University building "Sa
Riera"
Avinguda de Portugal
Palma
And
6 October 2000
EFAN Plenary meeting
at:
The University of the Balearic Islands (UIB)
Campus
universitari
Cra.
de Valldemossa, km 7.5
07071
Palma
2 - 5 October 2000
The EFAN Cell Workshops will take place
at the City University building Sa Riera,
next to street Avinguda de Portugal (upper
map). On the lower map the hotel is
indicated by a cross in the lower left corner and the meeting place by a cross
in the upper right corner.
6 October 2000
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The University of the Balearic Islands (UIB) is the only University in
the Balearic Archipelago and houses several faculties, biology is one of
them. The number of alumni for the 2000-2001 period is 18000. The University is located 7.5 km from
Palma, the main city of the island. There is frequent transport by city Bus
No 17 going downtown. The IMEDEA is a
University Institute with two main Units: Natural Resources and
Interdisciplinary Physics. The IMEDEA has two sites, one at the Campus and
another (where Beatriz Morales works) in the small town of Esporles, close to
the Campus. See more info at: htpp://imedea.uib.es. |
The
EFAN Plenary meetings will take place at the Cas Jai building, to the left of the entrance to the University
area.
Preliminary Agenda
Cell 1: Monday 2 October - Wednesday 4 October
Workshop
on “Guidelines for QA and methodology”
Cell 3: Monday 2 October - Tuesday 3 October
Workshop
on “Guidelines for exchange programs and WS”
Cell 2 & 3: Wednesday 4 October - Thursday 5
October
Workshop
on “Guidelines for reference collections”
Cell 4: Thursday 5 October
Workshop
on “Guidelines for validation”
Cell 5: Monday 2 October - Thursday 5 October
Workshop
on “Conceptual models”
Plenary Meeting, Friday 6 October
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Contributed session
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Jose Eduardo Rebelo "Relationship between fish length
and weight and the same measurements in
the correspondent otoliths in some estuarine fish species"
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Magnus Appelberg "Presentation of the work on QA in
Sweden"
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Open for other presentations
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Reports from Cell Workshops
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Final EFAN Report
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EFAN Dinner
2
hours lunch (1200 - 1400)
Monday:
0900 - 1800
Tuesday:
0900 - 1800
Wednesday:
1400 - 1800 - Day off for sightseeing until 1400
Thursday:
0900 - 1800
Friday:
0900 - 1600
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The Plenary meeting will be held at the Campus in a building called
Cas Jai. You can see the building (picture to left) and the University in the
web page:www.uib.es. When you are in the page
click at Campus, and again at Campus de la UIB. There will be a
map with some buildings in red (iteractive). If you click on them you will
see a photo of the place.Click on Cas Jai and you will see the meeting place. The meeting room have with facilities like overhead projector, video,
PC-projector, etc. |
3. List of participants
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Participants |
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Country |
Date of Arrival |
Date of Departure |
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José
Pedro |
Andrade |
Portugal |
02-10-00 |
08-10-00 |
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Magnus |
Appelberg |
Sweden |
02-10-00 |
08-10-00 |
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Enrico
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Arneri |
Italy |
02-10-00 |
07-10-00 |
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Richard |
Ayers |
UK |
01-10-00 |
08-10-00 |
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Paola ,o:p> |
Belcari |
Italy |
29-09-00 |
08-10-00 |
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Tor |
Birkeland |
Norway |
01-10-00 |
08-10-00 |
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Loes |
Bolle |
The
Netherlands |
01-10-00 |
07-10-00 |
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Orestes
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Cendrero |
Spain |
01-10-00 |
08-10-00 |
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Manuela |
Cunha |
Portugal |
03-10-00 |
08-10-00 |
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Helene |
de Pontual |
France |
28-09-00 |
07-10-00 |
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Peer
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Doering-Arjes |
Germany |
02-10-00 |
08-10-00 |
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M.W. |
Easey |
UK |
01-10-00 |
08-10-00 |
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Guus |
Eltink |
The
Netherlands |
01-10-00 |
11-10-00 |
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Arild
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Folkvord |
Norway |
30-09-00 |
07-10-00 |
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Nuno
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Formigo
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Portugal |
01-10-00 |
08-10-00 |
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Petter |
Fossum |
Norway |
30-09-00 |
07-10-00 |
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Alberto |
Garcia |
Spain |
01-10-00 |
07-10-00 |
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Maria
Teresa |
Garcia
Santamaria |
Spain |
01-10-00 |
07-10-00 |
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Audrey |
Geffen |
UK |
01-10-00 |
08-10-00 |
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Gianfranco |
Giannetti |
Italy |
03-10-00 |
08-10-00 |
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John
D.M. |
Gordon |
UK |
01-10-00 |
11-10-00 |
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Joachim |
Gröger |
Germany |
01-10-00 |
06-10-00 |
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Cornelius |
Hammer |
Germany |
01-10-00 |
07-10-00 |
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Frank Ivan |
Hansen |
Denmark |
01-10-00 |
08-10-00 |
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Tore |
Jakobsen |
Norway |
03-10-00 |
08-10-00 |
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Kim |
Lilliestierna |
Norway |
01-10-00 |
08-10-00 |
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Paulino |
Lucio |
Spain |
01-10-00 |
08-10-00 |
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Bente ,o:p> |
Lundin |
Norway |
01-10-00 |
08-10-00 |
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Willie
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McCurdy |
N.
Ireland, UK |
28-09-00 |
08-10-00 |
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Johan
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Modin |
Sweden |
30-09-00 |
14-10-00 |
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Maria
Cristina |
Mogado |
Portugal |
01-10-00 |
07-10-00 |
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Erlend |
Moksness |
Norway |
29-09-00 |
08-10-00 |
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Beatriz |
Morales-Nin |
Spain |
01-10-00 |
08-10-00 |
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Ana |
Moreno |
Portugal |
03-10-00 |
08-10-00 |
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Henrik |
Mosegaard |
Denmark |
28-09-00 |
07-10-00 |
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Conrad |
Nolan |
Ireland |
01-10-00 |
07-10-00 |
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Isabel |
Palomera |
Spain |
02-10-00 |
07-10-00 |
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Jacques
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Panfili |
France |
28-09-00 |
09-10-00 |
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Catalina |
Perales
Raya |
Spain |
01-10-00 |
07-10-00 |
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Carmen |
Pineiro
Alvarez |
Spain |
01-10-00 |
07-10-00 |
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Jari
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Raitaniemi |
Finland |
01-10-00 |
08-10-00 |
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Sandra |
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height:13.0pt'>
Portugal |
02-10-00 |
07-10-00 |
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Nuria |
Raventos |
Spain |
05-10-00 |
07-10-00 |
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Pedro |
Re |
Portugal |
01-10-00 |
08-10-00 |
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Jose
Eduardo |
Rebeleo |
Portugal |
01-10-00 |
08-10-00 |
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Filipa |
Ribeiro |
Portugal |
02-10-00 |
07-10-00 |
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Alexandra |
Silva |
Portugal |
01-10-00 |
07-10-00 |
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Sarah
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Swan |
UK |
01-10-00 |
11-10-00 |
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Paulo
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Talhadas
dos Santos |
Portugal |
30-09-00 |
07-10-00 |
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Javier |
Tomas |
UK |
01-10-00 |
08-10-00 |
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Hervé
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Troadec |
France |
28-09-00 |
07-10-00 |
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Celia |
Vassilopoulou |
Greece |
01-10-00 |
07-10-00 |
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Dawn |
Woodruffe |
UK |
01-10-00 |
08-10-00 |
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Peter
John |
Wright |
Scotland,
UK |
01-10-00 |
08-10-00 |
4. The hotel in Palma
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Hotel Sol
Bosque Camilo José Cela, 5 07014 Palma de Mallorca Mallorca - Spain Phone: 971 73 44 45 Fax: 971 73 34 44 Location: In El
Terreno, near to much of Palma’s night-life and only 5 mins. from the
historical centre of the city. 12 kms. from the airport. 300 mts. from
Bellver Castle. 2 kms. from the Cathedral. 20 kms. from Valldemosa. 40 kms.
from the Drach Caves. 5 kms. from Bendinat Golf Club and 4 kms. from Son Vida
Golf Club. Services: Breakfast
and dinner buffet. Bar. Outdoor pool. |
Hotel
(including breakfast and dinner)
During the EFAN meetings in Palma,
participants will be staying at the Hotel Sol Bosque. The hotel is located in the central part of Palma and within
walking distance to City University building Sa Riera. However, the participants need to use
transportation to get to the meeting facilities at the University (Approx. 10
min. by bus). Breakfast and dinner will
be served at the hotel. EFAN will cover
the stay at the hotel for the period needed for the meetings.
5. Presentation of EFAN
EFAN will be presented at the 3rd
World Fisheries Congress in Begjing, China this fall. Below you will find the abstract prepared for the paper.
EFAN (European Fish Ageing Network): A cooperative effort to exchange
experience and protocols between European fish institutes
by
W. McCurdy1, J. Modin2, E. Moksness3,
B. Morales-Nin4, H. Troadec5 and P. Wright6
Abstract
There is a discrepancy between
sophisticated research into age determination and biomineralisation processes and
the state of art of routine age reading for fishery assessment. While
sclerochronological research in Europe has progressed tremendously throughout
the past decades, routine age estimation has not adequately kept pace. Often
the quality of age data depends on individual skills and motivation, and in
most cases lacks standardisation, objective control and statistical evaluation.
The quality of input data, such as age data of fish populations, plays a vital
role in the ability to manage fish resources. The need for reliable data is
especially acute in times when stock levels are low and errors in predictions
can have devastating effects on the resources.
In Europe research to improve ageing
methods is often limited to small-scale studies, and thus it has been difficult
to integrate innovations into routine protocols. There has even been a lack of
pilot scale studies and clearly there has been a lack of implementation of
control mechanisms in the age reading process. This was recognised and
addressed by EFAN (FAIR PL.96.1304).
Where has EFAN brought us so far?
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The openness and transparency of EFAN has brought us an
open, independent and informal network. For the first time age reading problems
have found a common platform in Europe.
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The quality of the EFAN internet homepage assures efficient
communication between researchers.
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The quality and frequency of EFAN reports and value of the
databases are already widely appreciated and recognised in national and
regional circles. These databases have clearly fulfilled a previously
unrecognised need, for information integrated at the European level.
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Improved awareness and sensitivity towards quality of age
reading. It was clear from the beginning that establishing Europe-wide control
mechanisms is a very sensitive issue. Imposing them needs time as well as a
good international working climate, EFAN has undoubtedly achieved far more in
this respect than initially expected.
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The interdisciplinary approach has brought new perspectives.
EFAN has very successfully bridged the gap between science and application.
However, this has not yet sparked off changes in the routine age reading
processes.
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Improved awareness that validation is and remains a key
issue, and that assumptions must be evaluated regularly.
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The network has facilitated joint projects, enabling
progress in improving the quality of data for fishery management, e.g. cod,
sardine, whiting, horse mackerel.
6. Exchange and Mobility Costs
Below you will find the cost of the
previous meetings and the expected cost of the Mallorca meeting in
October. This is the final year of EFAN
an in total there is a rest of EURO 38.000 to support participants at the 5th
EFAN Plenary meeting and Cell Workshops in Mallorca in October 2000.
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Plenary Meeting/WS |
Cost in NOK |
Approx. cost in EUR |
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Past Meeting/WS |
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Arendal
January 1997 |
304.905 |
37.184 |
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Brest May
1997 |
451.126 |
55.015 |
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Cell 5 WS,
Bergen June 1998 |
47.628 |
5.808 |
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Porto,
Portugal October 1998 |
329.289 |
40.157 |
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Cell 1 WS, Ireland
June 1999 |
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2.500 |
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Iraklion,
Greece October1999 |
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96.000 |
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Palma de
Mallorca, Spain March 2000 |
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7.000 |
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Future Meetings/WS |
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Palma de Mallorca, Spain October 2000,o:p> |
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38.000 |
*) Exchange rate: 1 ECU = 8.20 NOK
7. Some
general information
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The 3rd
International Symposium on Fish
Otolith Research and Application will be held in Cairns, Australia in
year 2003 Convener:
John M. Kalish Fisheries and Forestry Sciences Division Bureau of Rural Sciences PO Box E11 KINGSTON ACT 2604 Australia Phone: +61-2-6272-4045 Fax: + 61-2-6272-4014 Email:
John.Kalish@brs.gov.au |
8. List of EFAN Reports
EFAN Report 1-97: . Beatriz
Morales Nin (Spain). REVIEW ON THE EUROPEAN
HAKE AGE DETERMINATION AND VALIDATION PROBLEMS
EFAN Report 2-97: Eugenia
Lefkaditou (Greece). BRIEF NOTES ON AGEING PROCEDURES USED FOR STATOLITHS OF
SQUIDS COLLECTED FROM THE AEGEAN SEA (GREECE)
EFAN Report 1-98: The present status of otolith research and
applications. Proceedings of a workshop, held at ORSTOM, Brest, France
27-29 May, 1997
EFAN Report 2-98: Otolith preparation and analysis.
Proceedings of a workshop held at the University of Bergen, Norway, June 18-20,
1998
EFAN Report 3-98: Establishment
of a digital image reference database. Proceedings of a workshop
held at the University of Porto, Portugal, 28-29 September, 1998
EFAN Report 4-98: by Mª Teresa
García Santamaría "Anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) otolith exchange (1997 - 1998)"
EFAN Report 1-99: by Andrew W. Newton
"NORTH SEA COD OTOLITH EXCHANGE SCHEME 1997-1998"
EFAN Report 2-99: Computer assisted age reading.
Proceedings of a workshop held at IFREMER, Brest, France, 26-28 May, 1997
EFAN Report 3-99: by Beatriz
Morales-Nin "BLACK SCABBARD FISH (Aphanopus carbo) OTOLITH EXCHANGE
(1998-1999)"
EFAN Report 4-99: by Ma
Teresa García Santamatía
"Information on age validation studies of sardine (Sardina pilchardus Walbaum, 1792) and
anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus
Linnaeus, 1758)"
EFAN Report 5-99: by Mc Curdy William J, Cornelius Hammer
and Magnus Appelberg "EFAN in the Context of Quality Assurance
and Quality Control Working Document for the EFAN Annual Meeting 1999, Crete
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EFAN Report 1-2000: Report of the EFAN Cell 2 Workshop on
"Contrast enhancement and pre-processing of calcified structure
images", 4-5 October 1999, held at
the Institute of Marine Biology of Crete.
By H. Troadec. Available at the EFAN Homepage.
EFAN Report 2-2000: 3rd International Ageing
Workshop on European Anglerfish.
IPIMAR, Lisboa, 8-12 March 1999.
McCurdy, W.J. and E. Moksness 1997. The establishment
of EFAN - The European network of fish ageing laboratories. ICES CM 1997/HH:01 (Poster)
Anon. 1998. EFAN - The European Fish Ageing Network. Third European Marine Science and Technology
Conference, 23-27 May 1998, Lisbon, Portugal (Poster)