International Ocean Science Day
Hosted by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), in conjunction with IUCN and the Curtis and Edith Munson Foundation, Inc.

International Ocean Science Day Agenda
July 17, 2000, 9:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
AAAS Auditorium, 1200 New York Avenue NW, Washington, DC

9:00-9:15 am

Registration and Coffee

9:15-10:00 am Introductory Remarks
Richard Getzinger, AAAS, Director for International Programs
John Waugh, Senior Program Officer, IUCN
Admiral James Watkins, President - Consortium on Oceanographic Research and Education (CORE)
10:00-10:30 am Pacific Northwest Fisheries
Daniel Pauly*, University of British Columbia
10:30-11:00 am Atlantic Fisheries
James Wilson, University of Maine
11:00-11:30 am South Atlantic and Gulf Fisheries
Felicia Coleman, Florida State University
11:30 am-Noon

Fishing Practices
Peter Auster, University of Connecticut

Noon-12:30 pm Q & A

12:30-1:30 pm

Lunch
1:30-2:00 pm Gas Hydrates - Big Picture
Bill Dillon*, USGS
2:00-2:15 pm

Gas Hydrates - Energy Impact
Tim Collett, USGS

2:15-2:30 pm Gas Hydrates - Climate/Biology
Ian MacDonald, GERG, Texas A&M
2:30-3:00 pm Q & A
3:00-3:15 pm Break
3:15-3:40 pm

Ocean Diseases - Red Tides
Don Anderson*,Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

3:40-4:05 pm Ocean Diseases - Human & Marine
Drew Harvell, Cornell University
4:05-4:30 pm Land-Based Source Pollution
Veerle Vandeweerd, UNEP - Netherlands
4:30-5:00 pm Q & A
5:00-5:30 pm Summary of Day
Jane Lubchenco, Oregon State University

* Summarize session.

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