OPENING

08.30

Registration and Coffee

09:30

Word of welcome

09:45

Address and opening

Minister for the Marine

SESSION 1 - POLICY FRAMEWORK

Chairman : Sean O'Donoghue, CEO, Killybegs Fishermen's Organisation Ltd.

10:00

PROFET Policy Project - Its Relevance to a Technical Conservation Measures Workshop. How a successful project in the aquaculture sector can be transferred and expanded within other fisheries

Richie Flynn, IFA Aquaculture

10:15

Technical conservation measures: what role in the new Common Fisheries Policy?

Ernesto Penas-Lado, DG Fisheries and Maritime Affairs

10:35

The control and monitoring of technical conservation measures

Conor O'Shea, Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority, Ireland

10:55

Some issues generated by EU policies which impact on technical conservation measures

Ronán Long, Jean Monnet Chair European Commercial Law, NUI Galway

SESSION 2 - CURRENT REGULATORY FRAMEWORK AND NEW PROPOSALS

Chairman: Martin Howley, Chairman, Killybegs Fishermen's Organisation Ltd.

11:45

Commission proposals for new technical measures in the Atlantic and the North Sea

François Theret, DG Fisheries and Maritime Affairs

12:00

The viewpoint of NGOs/ environmental groups on the new proposals

Simon Berrow, Irish Whale and Dolphin Group

12:15

Technical measures can make a significant contribution to the implementation of the new proposals

Dominic Rihan, Bord Iascaigh Mhara

12:30

The reaction of the fishing industry to the new proposals (Mike Park)
The reaction of the fishing industry to the new proposals (Alan McCulla)

• 1. Mike Park, Scottish White Fish Producers Association (SWFPA)
• 2. Alan McCulla, Anglo-North Irish Fish Producers Organisation (ANIFPO)

DISCUSSION

14:00

Moderator: Ronán Long, Jean Monnet Chair European Commercial Law, NUI Galway

Panel drawn from morning sessions + Moderator, Agenda or list of issues to be compiled during the lunch break. This discussion is intended to provide the participants with an opportunity to question, explore and expand the themes in an integrated fashion rather than on an individual basis at the end of each presentation.

SESSION 3 - CURRENT RESEARCH STATUS

Chairman: Richie Flynn, Executive Secretary, IFA Aquaculture

15:00

RECOVERY - Technical Modifications in demersal trawl gear to reduce the by-catches of roundfish, particularly cod

Bob van Marlen, Wageningen IMARES

15:15

NECESSITY - An integrated multi-disciplinary project to reduce by-catches in the European Nephrops fisheries and the by-catch of cetaceans in the European pelagic fisheries

Bob van Marlen, Wageningen IMARES

15:30

DEGREE - An integrated multi-disciplinary project to reduce the mortality of benthic invertebrates caused by demersal trawl gear

Bob van Marlen, Wageningen IMARES

16:00

Can aquaculture contribute to re-stocking marine areas?

Joe McElwee, IFA Aquaculture

16:15

EFIMAS- The inclusion of technical measures in simulation models resulting in more accurate stock assessment

Tom Catchpole ,CEFAS

16:30

SURVIVAL - An assessment of the survival of fish escaping from trawl codends and its implications for fisheries management

Mike Breen, FRS

16:45

PREMECS II - Development of predictive model of cod-end selectivity

Daniel Priour, IFREMER

17:00

PROTECT - How effective are Marine Protected Areas?

Anthony Grehan, Marine Law and Ocean Policy Centre, National University of Ireland, Galway

SESSION 4 - THE APPLICATION OF RESEARCH

Chairman: Bob van Marlen, Wageningen IMARES

09:30

Measuring the effectiveness of technical conservation measures - A case study by the Marine Institute, Ireland

Barry Eustace, Marine Institute

09:45

Incentivising the uptake of technical conservation measures

Barrie Deas, National Federation of Fishermen's Organisations (NFFO)

10:00

The future needs of technical conservation measures

Dominic Rihan, Bord Iascaigh Mhara

10.15

Industry/Science Partnership - The UK Experience

Paul Trebilcock, Cornish Fish Producers Organisation

SESSION 5: DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS

11:00

Moderator: Sean O'Donoghue, CEO, Killybegs Fishermen's Organisation Ltd.

A panel drawn from the participants will give their views and reactions to the proceedings of the workshop and, with the aid of the Moderator, the discussion will be open to the floor culminating in a summary of future needs and views on EU Commission technical conservation measures proposals - CONCLUSIONS CLICK HERE -

13:00

CLOSE OF WORKSHOP

Workshop rapporteur Michael Keatinge, Fisheries Development Manager, Bord Iascaigh Mhara will close the Technical Conservation Measures workshop with a short address.