March 2-7, 2008	"2008 Ocean Sciences Meeting"	Orlando, Florida, USA	Venue for scientific exchange across broad marine science disciplines, including physical, biological, chemical, and geological oceanography, limnology, and hydrology; conference theme is "From the Watershed to the Global Ocean"	Web: www.aslo.org/meetings/orlando2008/
March 8-10, 2008	"International Conference on the Economic Importance of Fisheries and their Impact on Public Health"	Muscat, Oman	Examining latest scientific and technological developments on how to increase fishery production and nutritional composition of fish through improved stock management and application of modern biotechnologies	Web (PDF): www.maf.gov.om/arabic/downloads/eLib/new%20222.pdf
March 11-13, 2008	"Oceanology International 2008 Conference"	London, UK	World's largest meeting of the marine science and ocean technology community; organized by the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMAREST) and the Society for Underwater Technology	Web: www.oceanologyinternational.com
March 20-21, 2008	"International Seminar on High Seas Governance"	Monaco	Examining perspectives for better governance of biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction	Web: www.iddri.org/Activites/Conferences-internationales/Towards-a-new-governance-of-high-seas-biodiversity
April 7-11, 2008	"Fourth Global Conference on Oceans, Coasts, and Islands"	Hanoi, Vietnam	Conference theme is "Advancing Ecosystem Management and Integrated Coastal and Ocean Management by 2010 in the Context of Climate Change"	Web: www.globaloceans.org/globalconferences/2008/index.html
April 11-13, 2008	"Fisheries and Marine Ecosystem (FAME) Graduate Student Conference"	Port Angeles, Washington State, USA	Connecting graduate students interested in studying a wide array of issues pertaining to fisheries and marine ecosystems	Web: depts.washington.edu/fame2008/Home.shtml
April 13-16, 2008	"Solutions to Coastal Disasters 2008 Conference"	Kahuku, Hawaii, USA	Topics will include coastal erosion, hurricanes, sea level change, and other coastal hazards	Web: content.asce.org/conferences/cd2008
April 21-24, 2008	"CLIMECO: Climate Driving of Marine Ecosystems Changes: Training for Young Marine Scientists"	Brest, France	This exploratory training workshop aims to increase interactions between physical climate science and the marine biogeochemistry and ecosystems communities; there is no registration fee	Web: www.imber.info/CLIMECO_home.html
May 19-21, 2008	"Coastal Environment 2008: 7th International Conference on Environmental Problems in Coastal Regions, Including Oil and Chemical Spill Studies"	The New Forest, UK	Discussing models and cases of oil and chemical slicks, as well as the development of spill contingency plans and issues relative to prevention and clean-up measures	Web: www.wessex.ac.uk/conferences/2008/coast08/
May 19-23, 2008	"Effects of Climate Change on the World Oceans"	Gijón, Spain	Topics will include impacts of climate variability/change on coastal and marine ecosystems, and scenarios of the impact of future climate change on the marine environment, from regional to global scales; co-sponsored by ICES, PICES, and the IOC	Web: www.pices.int/meetings/international_symposia/2008_symposia/Climate_change/climate_background_3.aspx
May 21-25, 2008	"IOC/WESTPAC 7th International Scientific Symposium: Natural Hazards and Changing Marine Environment in the Western Pacific"	Kota Kiabalu, Sabah, Malaysia	Sub-themes include climate change, environmental modeling, data management, coastal management, and ecosystem health and assessment	Web: www.ums.edu.my/conferences
May 25-29, 2008	"Coastal Zone Canada 2008 Conference"	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada	Topics will include Canadian and global approaches to integrated coastal and ocean management	Web: www.czca-azcc.org/html/home.html
June 1-5, 2008	"The 21st Annual Pacific Congress on Marine Science and Technology (PACON 2008)"	Honolulu, Hawaii, USA	Conference topics will include climate change, aquatic invasive species, coral reef science, marine debris, fisheries technology, and other subjects	Web: www.hawaii.edu/pacon/
June 2-6, 2008	"International Symposium on Eastern Boundary Upwelling Ecosystems"	Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain	Discussing the dynamics, structure, functioning, and management  of the world's four major eastern boundary upwelling ecosystems linked to the Benguela, California, Canary (African Canary and Iberian Peninsula), and Humboldt Current systems	Web: www.confmanager.com/main.cfm?cid=845
June 9-11, 2008	"Water Pollution 2008: Ninth International Conference on Monitoring and Management of Water Pollution"	Alicante, Spain	Including discussion of coastal waters and seas, oil spills, agricultural contamination, pollution prevention, and remediation, among other topics	Web: www.wessex.ac.uk/conferences/2008/water08
June 9-27, 2008	"2008 Summer Institute in Advanced Coastal Management"	Rhode Island, USA	Intensive three-week program for coastal resources management professionals	Web: www.crc.uri.edu/index.php?actid=347
June 16-20, 2008	"ICES Symposium on the Ecosystem Approach with Fisheries Acoustics and Complementary Technologies"	Bergen, Norway	Reviewing recent developments in acoustic methods and technologies applied to the characterization of marine and freshwater ecosystems to improve the effectiveness of fisheries management	Web: www.imr.no/seafacts2008/home
June 23-24, 2008	"Fishery Governance and the Cost of Enforcement"	Alghero, Italy	Presented by the European Association of Fisheries Economists (EAFE)	Web (in PDF): www.univ-brest.fr/gdr-amure/eafe/eafe_conf/2008/first_announcement_eafe_conf_enforcement3.pdf
June 26-28, 2008	"SEASINK 2008 Conference"	Oporto, Portugal	Discussing approaches, methods, projects, and other initiatives related to the deposition of anthropogenic residues in the oceans	Web: seasink.ufp.pt
June 29 - July 2, 2008	"21st International Conference of the Coastal Society"	Los Angeles, California, USA	Topics will include "Effective Integration of Coastal Science, Policy and Management", "International Coastal Management Concepts and Practices", and more	Web: www.thecoastalsociety.org/conference/tcs21/index.html
July 7-11, 2008	"11th International Coral Reef Symposium (11th ICRS 2008)"	Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA	Sanctioned by the International Society for Reef Studies, this conference is held every four years; conference theme is "Reefs for the Future"	Web: www.nova.edu/ncri/11icrs/
July 8-11, 2008	"Coping with Global Change in Marine Social-Ecological Systems"	Rome, Italy	Identifying key next steps and common elements and approaches to promote resilience of marine social-ecological systems in the face of global changes	Web: www.confmanager.com/main.cfm?cid=846
July 8-11, 2008	"Islands and the European Union: Strategies in the Face of Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss"	Saint-Denis, Reunion, French Republic	Meeting will particularly cover the special case of the EU's 7 Outermost Regions (ORs) and 20 Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs), and encourage joint approaches with Small Island Developing States (SIDS)	E-mail: yves.desoye@iucn.org
July 14-18, 2008	"12th Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Commons"	Cheltenham, England	Theme is "Governing shared resources: connecting local experience to global challenges"	Web: www.iascp.org/iasc08/iasc08.html
July 20-25, 2008	8th International Wetlands Conference (8th INTECOL)"	Cuiaba, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Discussing new research on wetland ecology and management	Web: www.cppantanal.org.br/intecol/eng/index.php
August 17-21, 2008	"138th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society"	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada	Meeting theme is "Fisheries in Flux"; annual meeting normally features symposia on MPAs and/or ecosystem-based fisheries management	Web: www.afs-oc.org/ottawa2008.htm
August 25-29, 2008	"4th International Symposium on GIS/Spatial Analyses in Fishery and Aquatic Sciences"	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Conference will discuss the use of GIS in ecosystem approaches to fisheries management, as well as in other aspects of marine and freshwater science	Web: www.esl.co.jp/Sympo/4th/index.htm
September 28 - October 2, 2008	"Pathways to Success 2008 Conference: Increasing Human Capacity for Global Human-Wildlife Coexistence"	Estes Park, Colorado, USA	A conference and training program designed to address the myriad issues that arise as people and wildlife struggle to coexist in a sustainable and healthy manner	Web: www.hdfwconference.org
September 22-26, 2008	"Annual Science Conference of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES 2008)"	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada	Themes will include "Marine spatial planning in support of integrated management", "Fishing capacity, effort and fishing mortality", and several other subjects	Web: www.ices.dk/iceswork/asc/2008/index.asp
September 29 - October 1, 2008	"ICES/NAFO Symposium on The Role of Marine Mammals in the Ecosystem in the 21st Century"	Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada	Reviewing current biological knowledge on the role of marine mammals in ecosystems and fisheries	Web: www.ices.dk/iceswork/symposia.asp?topic=2008
October 5-14, 2008	"4th IUCN World Conservation Congress"	Barcelona, Spain	Held every four years, this is the world’s largest and most diverse conservation event	Web: www.iucn.org/congress/2008/
October 11-15, 2008	"4th National Conference ojn Coastal and Estuarine Habitat Restoration"	Providence, Rhode Island, USA	Exploring the state-of-the-art in all aspects of habitat restoration	Web: www.estuaries.org/?id=4
October 20-24, 2008	"5th World Fisheries Congress (WFC 2008)"	Yokohama, Japan	Theme is "Fisheries for Global Welfare and Environmental Conservation"	Web: www.5thwfc2008.com
October 27-30, 2008	"8th International Conference on the Environmental Management of Enclosed Coastal Seas"	Shanghai, China	Themes will include "Environmental vulnerability under the global warming setting", "Integrated catchment-coastal management", "Landcover changes - from catchment to coastal seas", and more	Web: www.emecs-8.ecnu.edu.cn/
October 27-30, 2008	"International Symposium on Ecological Improvement, Conservation and Evaluation for Coastal Habitats"	Shanghai, China	Themes include "Ecosystem status and evaluation methods for the habitats of coastal marine bio-resource" and "Science and technology for ecological improvement, conservation and its impact analyses for the habitats of coastal marine bio-resources"	Web: www.shfu.edu.cn/news/xsjt_detail.asp?ID=80
November 2-7, 2008	"7th International Flatfish Symposium"	Lisboa (Lisbon), Portugal	Including discussion of ecosystem management of flatfish populations	Web: www.flatfish2008.fc.ul.pt
November 10-13, 2008	"5th World Recreational Fishing Conference"	Dania Beach, Florida, USA	Topics include "Inland and marine protected areas: successes, failures, processes and impacts on recreational fisheries" and "Ecosystem-based approach to recreational fisheries management"	Web: www.worldrecfish.org
November 11-15, 2008	"World Conference on Marine Biodiversity"	Valencia, Spain	Discussing the current understanding of marine biodiversity, its role in marine ecosystem functioning, and its socio-economic context, as well as strategies for conservation and management	Web: www.marbef.org/worldconference/
December 1-5, 2008	"4th International Symposium on Deepsea Corals"	Wellington, New Zealand	Exchanging scientific knowledge, establishing collaborative partnerships, and providing an understanding of critical factors for conserving deepsea corals and coral reefs	Web: coral2008.niwa.co.nz/index.php
2009
May 11-15, 2009	"World Ocean Conference"	Manado, Indonesia	Providing a platform where world leaders and decision makers will come together to make commitments for sustainable development of marine resources	Web: www.woc2009.org/home.php
May 20-24, 2009	"International Marine Conservation Congress (IMCC)" and "2nd International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC2)"	Washington, DC, USA	The IMCC will also serve as the 2nd International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC2); major IMCC themes will include global climate change, the land-sea interface, ecosystem-based management, and poverty and globalization	Web: www.conbio.org/imcc

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