Title, authors (presenting author noted in bold), presenting author's affiliation, and abstract. The deadline for submitting your
abstract to the symposium co-chairs is January 25th, 5:00PM.
ASIH deadlines are as follows.
Abstract Submission Deadline
April 30, 2008
Early Registration Deadline
April 30, 2008
Hotel Reservation Deadline
Reservations must be
made and secured by advanced deposit or credit card by June 30, 2008.
Reservations received after 5 p.m. local time at the hotel on this cut-off date will be honored at the hotel's prevailing rate, based on availability.
“The Biology of the Devil Rays: Mantas and Mobulids”
Symposium Goals
This symposium will focus on the biology, management and conservation of the devil rays, mantas and mobulids. The main goal of this symposium is to bring together scientists, aquarists, divers and others to share their expertise in diverse areas.
Specific topics to be covered include movement, behaviors, natural history, fisheries interactions and conservation and management. This will help to determine the current state of knowledge of manta and mobulid biology, will
provide insight on what questions remain unanswered and what is needed for conservation and management, and help bring to light some of the vast stores of unpublished data that has been collected by divers around the globe. If you are interested in attending the symposium see the guideline below.
Instruction to presenters:
· ABSTRACTS: All presenters wishing to be included
in this symposium need to send their abstracts to both Co-Chairs (email below) by January 25
th at 5pm.
· SMALL TRAVEL AWARDS: Submit request for travel
awards to co-chairs for consideration by the funding committee. (guidelines for requesting funding will be provided shortly) Keep in mind that the aid can only
be awarded after the conference and not paid in advance and the amount of funding available is limited. To be considered for a travel award, presenters must be
in good standings with AES and have submitted their abstract to the co-chairs by January 25
th 2008.
· Approved abstracts/presenters will then need to
register with ASIH and submit their abstracts following the ASIH's guidelines.
The deadlines for abstract submission, meeting and hotel registration are given above.
Link:
http://www.dce.k-state.edu/conf/jointmeeting/welcome.shtml
According to ASIH rules there can only be one
presentation per author.
Thank you,
John B. O'Sullivan
Curator of Field Operations
Monterey Bay Aquarium
886 Cannery Row, Mtry CA 93940
W: 831-648-4920
Fax 831-648-4810
josullivan@mbayaq.org
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Heidi Dewar
NOAA Fisheries
8604 La Jolla Shores Dr.
La Jolla CA 92037
858 546-7023
heidi.dewar@noaa.gov
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