The 2006 CalCOFI Conference will be held at the Asilomar Conference Center in Pacific Grove, California, December 4-6.
The symposium of the conference is entitled "Ecological Interactions Useful for Marine Ecosystem Based Management: The Roles of Positive Species Interactions, Ecosystem Engineers and Species Diversity". In this symposium, we will examine what lessons have been learned from marine ecology and apply these to marine ecosystem based management. We will explore the potential consequences of fishing for positive species interactions, reductions in species that serve as ecosystem engineers and reductions in species diversity. Registrations and abstracts are currently being accepted.

Second Announcement of the 2006 CalCOFI Conference (including program)

CalCOFI Conference Coordinator:

Maura Leos

CalCOFI Registrar

Cal Dept. Fish and Game

20 Lower Ragsdale Dr., Suite #100

Monterey, CA 93940

mleos@dfg.ca.gov

CalCOFI Committee:
Dr. Elizabeth Venrick	Dr. Laura Rogers-Bennett
UCSD/SIO 0227	Calif. Dept. of Fish and Game
9500 Gilman Drive	PO Box 247
La Jolla, CA 92093-0227	Bodega Bay, CA 94923
evenrick@ucsd.edu	rogersbe@ucdavis.edu
858 534 2068	707-875-2035
Dr. Roger Hewitt
Southwest Fisheries Science Center
8604 La Jolla Shores Drive
La Jolla, CA 92037-1508
Roger.Hewitt@noaa.gov
Voice: (858) 546-5602
Fax:     (858) 546-5656