World Recreational Fishing Conference
The 6th World Recreational Fishing Conference (WRFC) will be held at Humboldt-University Berlin from August 1 – 4, 2011 organized by the Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (www.igb-berlin.de), Humboldt-University and the German Angler Association. The conference theme is “Toward Resilient Recreational Fisheries”. Abstract submission is now open and you are cordially invited to submit your paper or register as a delegate without given a paper to attend this unique scientific meeting in the vibrant and culturally rich German capital during beautiful summer time of 2011.
Please circulate this First Call for Papers widely in your network and country including academia, management, NGOs and industry dealing with, or interested in, recreational fisheries science, policy and management, and consider submitting your paper to this important venue.
The WRFC is the only scientific venue world-wide bringing together scientists, managers, NGOs and policy-makers in the specific context of recreational fisheries. The conference is a standard scientific meeting with short scientific presentations and discussions in English without any translations. Key note speakers are Dr. John Post, Brad Gentner and Dr. Zeb Hogan. Please visit www.worldrecfish.org to learn about our esteemed key note speakers and their lecture topics ranging from sustainability issues to economics and conservation. The proceedings of the scientific meeting are to be published after peer review in the impact factor journal Fisheries Management and Ecology.
High-quality abstracts from a range of scientific disciplines as well as management-oriented case studies dealing explicitly with issues in recreational fisheries are strongly encouraged to be submitted. We are particularly seeking to bring together various scientific disciplines such as fisheries biology, human dimensions, economics, anthropology and policy sciences to encourage interaction across disciplines and between science, management, industry and management practice. See www.worldrecfish.org for further details, including programme content, preliminary theme sessions and contributed session topics. Please make sure to tailor your abstracts to one of the various theme and contributed session topics. We will offer sessions pending on the number of suitable abstracts received. The issues covered are broad enough to accommodate a range of topical papers and papers from both natural and social scientific perspectives.
Abstract submission is possible until March, 1, 2011 (closing deadline). You may also register preliminarily as an attendee without submitting an abstract. Early abstract submission is preferred to help in conference planning. Presentation format includes either 15 min. presentation or posters. An international scientific board will be evaluating abstract submissions and compose a preliminary programme around theme sessions and contributed sessions. Notification of abstract acceptance will be completed until April, 1, 2011.
You have to submit abstracts and register through the website www.worldrecfish.org. Please do not email abstracts.
Registration by payment is not needed at this stage. A personal account upon registration will be created, which can be used to finish the registration by payment (deadline May, 15, 2011). We are currently finishing the budgeting and the likely conference fees will range between 200 and 400 € per person depending on student status. Details will be announced later in 2011 at www.worldrecfish.org. There are currently no travel stipends available, but as sponsoring money becomes available the conference organizers consider developing a travel scholarship programme. Regularly visit www.worldrecfish.org to stay informed about news. You may want to register to the newsletter updates.
If you have any questions, or would like more information, please contact Eva-Maria Cyrus (assistant, cyrus@igb-berlin.de) or Robert Arlinghaus (conference programme chair, arlinghaus@igb-berlin.de).
On behalf of the organizing committee, we would love to host you at the WRFC in August, 2011 in Berlin.
Sincerely,
Robert Arlinghaus (chair of the organizing committee)