The Fisheries Survival Fund will be hosting a forum on Georges Bank Yellowtail Flounder and Incidental Catch Avoidance on Tuesday, November 13, at 5:30 pm.
The forum will be held at the Atrium at the Newport Marriot Hotel (25 America’s Cup Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island), and is open to the general public.
The presenters at the forum will be:
– Dr. Steve Cadrin and Cate O’Keefe of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth’s School of Marine Science and Technology
– Dr. David Rudders of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science,
– Capt. Ron Smolowitz of the Coonamesset Farm Foundation.
View the bulletin for the forum here
Listen to a July 7, 2011 interview conducted by Saving Seafood Radio with Cate O'Keefe and Greg DeCelles on the SMAST yellowtail bycatch avoidance program here